Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Appeal Number: 3735
Decision Date: October 27, 2017
Associate Dean: Jill Atkinson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Shamana Sathiyasothy
Student Email: 14ss65@queensu.ca

Course: POLS 310
Term: Fall
Year: 2016
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Janet Hiebert

Course: POLS 313
Term: Fall
Year: 2016
Category: Request aegrotat (AG) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Jonathan Rose

Course: POLS 385
Term: Winter
Year: 2017
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Kyle Hanniman

Course: RELS 131
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2017
Category: Request aegrotat (AG) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Danielle LaGrone


Dear Ms. Sathiyasothy:

I have reviewed your appeal to receive Credit standing in POLS 310 (F 2016) and POLS 385 (W 2017) as well as change the grades you received in POLS 313 (F 2016) and RELS 131 (F/W 2016-17) to Aegrotat standing. After careful consideration of the documentation you submitted and the information supplied by the instructors about the circumstances surrounding these courses, I have decided to grant your appeal.

The instructor of POLS 313 (F 2016) has submitted a replacement grade based on the work you have completed, which will appear on your transcript as a B along with the notation €œAegrotat: estimated grade€. The instructor of RELS 131 (F/W 2016-17) has submitted a replacement grade based on the work you have completed, which will appear on your transcript as a B+ along with the notation €œAegrotat: estimated grade€. Your grades in POLS 310 (F 2016) and POLS 385 (W 2017) will appear on your transcript as CR.

Note that any change in academic registration may impact government or private-firm student financial assistance eligibility and/or funding. Please consult with the Student Awards Office, Office of the University Registrar, Gordon Hall, to understand the potential implications of changes to course or program registration and/or the consequences of not successfully completing the required course load.

I am confident that in the future you will make every effort to inform yourself of the academic regulations concerning deadlines as they are outlined in Important Dates Section on the Arts and Science web page. These deadlines have been established by the Faculty of Arts and Science to ensure a fair and equitable treatment of all students and to facilitate the timely completion of university studies at Queen's.

Yours sincerely,


Jill Atkinson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Studies)


10156525Sathiyasothy

Cc: Professor J. Rose
Professor K. Hanniman