Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Appeal Number: 370
Decision Date: September 23, 2014
Associate Dean: J. Hugh Horton, Ph.D.
Student Name: Amanda Steger
Student Email: 11acs9@queensu.ca

Ms. Amanda Steger
11acs9@queensu.ca




Dear Ms. Steger:

I have reviewed your request to complete the 2015 winter term of your Bachelor of Science (Honours) Program with a Major Plan in Biology and Minor Plan in Psychology via an International Letter of Permission. As you know, Regulation 14.4 indicates that €œnormally the last two years of the Honours degree are taken in the Faculty of Arts and Science at Queen€™s.€ However, given the circumstances explained in your letter of appeal, and the support of the Psychology Department (where you intend to complete the majority of your credits on the letter of permission), I agree to this request. Please consult with your departments regularly to ensure that the courses you select at your visiting university will properly fulfill the Queen€™s requirements for your degree.

Please review Academic Regulation 16.1.3 €“ Applying Transfer Credits

No more than 42.0 units in the Program and no more than the following number of units in the Plan may be transfer credits (grade of TR) from outside Queen€™s University:
(i) For the General Arts (B.A.) Plans, 12.0 units excluding supporting courses

You may therefore apply a maximum of 12.0 units in TR credits toward your PSYC minor requirements.

I would remind you to review the Academic Regulation 14 governing the taking of courses at other educational institutions. In particular, note that before you take these courses you must submit a Letter of Permission application to ensure that the courses requested will count at Queen€™s. You can obtain an application form at http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/student-forms Please include course descriptions with your application form as well as the application fee http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/student-forms (click on the red €œpay now€ button). It may take up to three weeks to receive your letter of permission.

Note that official transcripts with final grades must be received by the Faculty of Arts and Science Office by 15 May to be considered for graduation at Spring Convocation, or by 15 October for Fall Convocation. Finally, please keep in mind that you must achieve a minimum grade of C on each course taken on a Letter of Permission, unless stated otherwise.

I wish you well in the remainder of your studies at Queen€™s, in your studies through your visiting university, and in your future undertakings.

Yours sincerely,

J. Hugh Horton, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Studies)





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