Decision Letter
Appeal Number: 7074
Decision Date: December 7, 2020
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Michela Di Salvo
Student Email: 16mds4@queensu.ca
Course: SOCY 275
Term: Fall
Year: 2018
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Baron,Stephen W
Course: SOCY 200
Term: Fall
Year: 2018
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Levine-Rasky,Cynthia B
Course: PHIL 204
Term: Fall
Year: 2018
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Jamieson,Lesley
Dear Michela Di Salvo:
I am sorry to have read about the challenges you faced during the Fall of 2018 and have carefully considered your appeal for credit standing in PHIL 204, SOCY 200 and SOCY 275 (F 2018). After reviewing your file, I have decided to 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 all of the work in the course including the final examination, and achieved a passing grade in the course, 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.
I am certainly sympathetic to your situation and realize that this is a disappointing decision, however, the documentation that you submitted does not verify the timeline of your circumstances nor the impact that it had on these particular courses. Going forward, I suggest that you pause to assess your progress in your courses during week 7 of the term. If you have fallen behind in a course or find the material too difficult, you should seek academic advising and consider dropping the course by week 8 of term. The drop deadlines, as they have been outlined in the €œImportant Dates€ section on the Arts and Science web page, have been established by the Faculty of Arts and Science to ensure a fair and equitable treatment of all students.
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 University Ombudsperson for information about student rights and responsibilities as well as guidance on policy and procedure (www.queensu.ca/ombuds).
Sincerely,
Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Academic)
Decision Date: December 7, 2020
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Michela Di Salvo
Student Email: 16mds4@queensu.ca
Course: SOCY 275
Term: Fall
Year: 2018
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Baron,Stephen W
Course: SOCY 200
Term: Fall
Year: 2018
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Levine-Rasky,Cynthia B
Course: PHIL 204
Term: Fall
Year: 2018
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Jamieson,Lesley
Dear Michela Di Salvo:
I am sorry to have read about the challenges you faced during the Fall of 2018 and have carefully considered your appeal for credit standing in PHIL 204, SOCY 200 and SOCY 275 (F 2018). After reviewing your file, I have decided to 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 all of the work in the course including the final examination, and achieved a passing grade in the course, 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.
I am certainly sympathetic to your situation and realize that this is a disappointing decision, however, the documentation that you submitted does not verify the timeline of your circumstances nor the impact that it had on these particular courses. Going forward, I suggest that you pause to assess your progress in your courses during week 7 of the term. If you have fallen behind in a course or find the material too difficult, you should seek academic advising and consider dropping the course by week 8 of term. The drop deadlines, as they have been outlined in the €œImportant Dates€ section on the Arts and Science web page, have been established by the Faculty of Arts and Science to ensure a fair and equitable treatment of all students.
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 University Ombudsperson for information about student rights and responsibilities as well as guidance on policy and procedure (www.queensu.ca/ombuds).
Sincerely,
Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Academic)
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