Decision Letter
Appeal Number: 1837
Decision Date: February 22, 2016
Associate Dean: Sue Blake
Student Name: Kristen Murray
Student Email: 14km30@queensu.ca
Course: CHEM 281
Term: Fall
Year: 2015
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Dr. John Carran/ Dr. David Zechel
Course: BIOL 205
Term: Fall
Year: 2015
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Dr. Chin-Sang/ Dr. Bendena
Dear Ms. Murray:
I have carefully considered your appeal to receive Credit standing in CHEM 281 and BIOL 205 (F 2015). After reviewing your file I have decided to deny your request.
As you know, Academic Regulation 10.2.2. states that, Credit standing in a course is reserved for situations in which a student, who has completed and passed all of the work of the course including the final examination, but because of illness or other extenuating circumstances beyond their control, earned a substantially lower grade than might have been expected, normally a grade of C or lower€. The Calendar goes on to stress that Credit standing will only be granted under exceptional circumstances. The integrity of Arts and Science transcripts in general would be greatly diminished if the Faculty were to effect changes to students€™ records without clear and compelling documentation indicating that the student€™s performance was significantly compromised by extenuating circumstances beyond her control.
Extenuating circumstances normally involve a significant physical or psychological event that is beyond your control and debilitating to your overall academic performance. Additionally, these kinds of extraordinary situations are normally supported by documentation from a professional.
While your appeal does allude to some circumstances that may be extenuating in nature, it fails to include any supporting documentation from a healthcare professional to confirm the timeline of your personal challenges, how serious they were and what impact they had on your studies over the fall term. The appeal also fails to address why you didn€™t choose to drop some courses as your problems began early in the term. For these reasons I cannot waive the faculty regulations.
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean€™s decision to the Board of Studies, you must submit an appeal to the Board of Studies within 21 days of the date this decision was sent. Guidelines for appealing to the Board of Studies and the appeal form can be found at: http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/students-at-queens/academic-appeals (click on €œBoard of Studies€) Do not use the on-line application for this process. You may contact Mr. Harry Smith, Office of the Ombudsperson for advice on matters of procedure and on obtaining a representative. His office is located in room 421 Robert Sutherland Hall and he can be reached by phone (533-6495) or e-mail (ombuds@queensu.ca).
Sincerely,
Sue Blake
Assistant Dean (Studies)
10160356Murray
Decision Date: February 22, 2016
Associate Dean: Sue Blake
Student Name: Kristen Murray
Student Email: 14km30@queensu.ca
Course: CHEM 281
Term: Fall
Year: 2015
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Dr. John Carran/ Dr. David Zechel
Course: BIOL 205
Term: Fall
Year: 2015
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Dr. Chin-Sang/ Dr. Bendena
Dear Ms. Murray:
I have carefully considered your appeal to receive Credit standing in CHEM 281 and BIOL 205 (F 2015). After reviewing your file I have decided to deny your request.
As you know, Academic Regulation 10.2.2. states that, Credit standing in a course is reserved for situations in which a student, who has completed and passed all of the work of the course including the final examination, but because of illness or other extenuating circumstances beyond their control, earned a substantially lower grade than might have been expected, normally a grade of C or lower€. The Calendar goes on to stress that Credit standing will only be granted under exceptional circumstances. The integrity of Arts and Science transcripts in general would be greatly diminished if the Faculty were to effect changes to students€™ records without clear and compelling documentation indicating that the student€™s performance was significantly compromised by extenuating circumstances beyond her control.
Extenuating circumstances normally involve a significant physical or psychological event that is beyond your control and debilitating to your overall academic performance. Additionally, these kinds of extraordinary situations are normally supported by documentation from a professional.
While your appeal does allude to some circumstances that may be extenuating in nature, it fails to include any supporting documentation from a healthcare professional to confirm the timeline of your personal challenges, how serious they were and what impact they had on your studies over the fall term. The appeal also fails to address why you didn€™t choose to drop some courses as your problems began early in the term. For these reasons I cannot waive the faculty regulations.
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean€™s decision to the Board of Studies, you must submit an appeal to the Board of Studies within 21 days of the date this decision was sent. Guidelines for appealing to the Board of Studies and the appeal form can be found at: http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/students-at-queens/academic-appeals (click on €œBoard of Studies€) Do not use the on-line application for this process. You may contact Mr. Harry Smith, Office of the Ombudsperson for advice on matters of procedure and on obtaining a representative. His office is located in room 421 Robert Sutherland Hall and he can be reached by phone (533-6495) or e-mail (ombuds@queensu.ca).
Sincerely,
Sue Blake
Assistant Dean (Studies)
10160356Murray
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