Decision Letter
Appeal Number: 5326
Decision Date: March 25, 2019
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Maeve Hildebrand
Student Email: 16msjh@queensu.ca
Course: GEOL 200
Term: Fall
Year: 2018
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Noel James
Dear Ms. Hildebrand:
I am sorry to hear that you were unwell during the exam period in December. After carefully considering your appeal to receive Credit standing in GEOL 200 (F 2018). I have decided to deny your request, and I will explain why.
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.
While your appeal does describe circumstances that are extenuating in nature and the documentation you have supplied does indicate that your circumstances were acute during exam period, however there is a strong recommendation from both the Exams Office and the Faculty that students who are not feeling well should not write the exam and should seek a deferral. In your case, you made a valid attempt on the exam material by completing not only the questions required but many extra questions in addition.
There is no clear indication that your circumstances impacted your grades in this particular course, or that you would have performed significantly better in this class under any different circumstances. The pattern of grades on your transcript suggests that these grades are consistent with your other courses to date and so this grade is not €œsubstantially lower than might have been expected.€
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean€™s decision to the Board of Studies, information and deadlines can be found at 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 the Office of the Ombudsman (www.queensu.ca/ombudsman) for advice on matters of procedure and on obtaining a representative.
Sincerely,
Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Studies)
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Decision Date: March 25, 2019
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Maeve Hildebrand
Student Email: 16msjh@queensu.ca
Course: GEOL 200
Term: Fall
Year: 2018
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Noel James
Dear Ms. Hildebrand:
I am sorry to hear that you were unwell during the exam period in December. After carefully considering your appeal to receive Credit standing in GEOL 200 (F 2018). I have decided to deny your request, and I will explain why.
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.
While your appeal does describe circumstances that are extenuating in nature and the documentation you have supplied does indicate that your circumstances were acute during exam period, however there is a strong recommendation from both the Exams Office and the Faculty that students who are not feeling well should not write the exam and should seek a deferral. In your case, you made a valid attempt on the exam material by completing not only the questions required but many extra questions in addition.
There is no clear indication that your circumstances impacted your grades in this particular course, or that you would have performed significantly better in this class under any different circumstances. The pattern of grades on your transcript suggests that these grades are consistent with your other courses to date and so this grade is not €œsubstantially lower than might have been expected.€
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean€™s decision to the Board of Studies, information and deadlines can be found at 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 the Office of the Ombudsman (www.queensu.ca/ombudsman) for advice on matters of procedure and on obtaining a representative.
Sincerely,
Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Studies)
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