Decision Letter
Appeal Number: 4658
Decision Date: June 14, 2018
Associate Dean: Jill Atkinson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Nathen Sevigny
Student Email: nathen.sevigny@gmail.com
Course: ECON 310
Term: Fall
Year: 2017
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Sumon Majumdar
Course: ECON 351
Term: Fall
Year: 2017
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Michael Barber
Dear Mr. Sevigny:
I have carefully considered your appeal to receive Credit standing in ECON 310 and ECON 351 (F 2017). After reviewing your file I must unfortunately deny your request.
As you know, Academic Regulation 10.3.2. 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€. Credit standing is only granted in cases where there are well documented and unforeseen extenuating circumstances outside of a student€™s control. 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 his or 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 having your winter coat stolen in December is certainly difficult and unfortunate, it is not considered to be the type of circumstance that would warrant making changes to a student transcript. The documentation included with your appeal also fails to confirm the severity of your circumstances or the impact that they had on your performance in ECON 310 and ECON 351. The appeal also fails to explain why only these courses were affected by your circumstances and not the other courses you were registered in during the same time period. Going forward, should you experience similar problems you may seek help from the AMS who can help with items such as food and clothing. They have services available to help students in cases like these.
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 Ombudsman 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,
Jill Atkinson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Studies)
10188274Sevigny
Decision Date: June 14, 2018
Associate Dean: Jill Atkinson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Nathen Sevigny
Student Email: nathen.sevigny@gmail.com
Course: ECON 310
Term: Fall
Year: 2017
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Sumon Majumdar
Course: ECON 351
Term: Fall
Year: 2017
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Michael Barber
Dear Mr. Sevigny:
I have carefully considered your appeal to receive Credit standing in ECON 310 and ECON 351 (F 2017). After reviewing your file I must unfortunately deny your request.
As you know, Academic Regulation 10.3.2. 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€. Credit standing is only granted in cases where there are well documented and unforeseen extenuating circumstances outside of a student€™s control. 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 his or 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 having your winter coat stolen in December is certainly difficult and unfortunate, it is not considered to be the type of circumstance that would warrant making changes to a student transcript. The documentation included with your appeal also fails to confirm the severity of your circumstances or the impact that they had on your performance in ECON 310 and ECON 351. The appeal also fails to explain why only these courses were affected by your circumstances and not the other courses you were registered in during the same time period. Going forward, should you experience similar problems you may seek help from the AMS who can help with items such as food and clothing. They have services available to help students in cases like these.
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 Ombudsman 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,
Jill Atkinson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Studies)
10188274Sevigny
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