Decision Letter
Appeal Number: 8805
Decision Date: May 27, 2022
Associate Dean: 0
Student Name: Raghav Taneja
Student Email: 16rt33@queensu.ca
Course: ASTR 101
Term: Fall
Year: 2021
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Dear Raghav:
On May 24, the Board of Studies reviewed your appeal of Associate Dean (Academic) Jenn Stephenson??s decision to deny your request to drop ASTR 101 (Fall 2021) after the deadline. Board members present that day were Johanne Bénard (Chair), Tara MacDonald (Faculty member), Dongmei Chen (Faculty member), and Emma Farrell (Student representative). Pamela Briand (Arts and Science resource staff) was also present.
At this meeting, after carefully reviewing all written submissions contained in the file, the Board voted to uphold the Associate Dean??s decision to deny your appeal to drop ASTR 101 (Fall 2021) after the deadline, finding it reasonable in light of the Faculty??s regulations and your academic record.
In your letter of appeal to the Board and in your earlier submission to the Associate Dean that was included in the file, you reported health issues that affected your academic performance in the fall term of 2021. Also included in the file was a Letter of Accommodation from QSAS issued in December 2020 and valid until the end of August 2027 that attests to an on-going or a chronic disability.
The Board agrees with the Associate Dean that this Letter of Accommodation does not document the extenuating circumstances you experienced during the fall of 2021 and that would have had an impact on your performance in ASTR 101. We also agree with the Associate Dean that, in case of extenuating circumstances, it is the student??s responsibility to manage their academics by dropping a course by the drop deadline (without academic penalty) before the end of week 8. In your case, since your health issues occurred in week 7 and 8, you had the possibility to drop the course by the end of week 8 without academic penalty.
We recognize the importance of this decision to you and want to assure you that every effort was made to explore all aspects of your appeal through discussion of your file. We would also like to reiterate the Associate Dean??s advice to consider repeating ASTR 101 and remind you that only the best marks for this course will count towards your GPA.
In April 2021, the Queen??s University Senate released a new appeals policy, which you can read here: https://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/policies/senate/student-academic-appeals-policy. According to this new policy, the Board of Appeals is the last step in the appeal process for this matter since your ability to progress to the next level has not been affected by this decision. Please also note that Student Academic Appeals Policy (SAAP) or Rules of Procedure for USAB are Queen??s University Senate approved appeal policies. In the event that an inconsistency arises between these policies and Arts & Science regulations, SAAP and USAB will supersede.
On behalf of the Board of Studies, I would like to wish you every success as you pursue your educational and career goals.
Sincerely,
Johanne Bénard
Chair, Board of Studies
Decision Date: May 27, 2022
Associate Dean: 0
Student Name: Raghav Taneja
Student Email: 16rt33@queensu.ca
Course: ASTR 101
Term: Fall
Year: 2021
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Dear Raghav:
On May 24, the Board of Studies reviewed your appeal of Associate Dean (Academic) Jenn Stephenson??s decision to deny your request to drop ASTR 101 (Fall 2021) after the deadline. Board members present that day were Johanne Bénard (Chair), Tara MacDonald (Faculty member), Dongmei Chen (Faculty member), and Emma Farrell (Student representative). Pamela Briand (Arts and Science resource staff) was also present.
At this meeting, after carefully reviewing all written submissions contained in the file, the Board voted to uphold the Associate Dean??s decision to deny your appeal to drop ASTR 101 (Fall 2021) after the deadline, finding it reasonable in light of the Faculty??s regulations and your academic record.
In your letter of appeal to the Board and in your earlier submission to the Associate Dean that was included in the file, you reported health issues that affected your academic performance in the fall term of 2021. Also included in the file was a Letter of Accommodation from QSAS issued in December 2020 and valid until the end of August 2027 that attests to an on-going or a chronic disability.
The Board agrees with the Associate Dean that this Letter of Accommodation does not document the extenuating circumstances you experienced during the fall of 2021 and that would have had an impact on your performance in ASTR 101. We also agree with the Associate Dean that, in case of extenuating circumstances, it is the student??s responsibility to manage their academics by dropping a course by the drop deadline (without academic penalty) before the end of week 8. In your case, since your health issues occurred in week 7 and 8, you had the possibility to drop the course by the end of week 8 without academic penalty.
We recognize the importance of this decision to you and want to assure you that every effort was made to explore all aspects of your appeal through discussion of your file. We would also like to reiterate the Associate Dean??s advice to consider repeating ASTR 101 and remind you that only the best marks for this course will count towards your GPA.
In April 2021, the Queen??s University Senate released a new appeals policy, which you can read here: https://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/policies/senate/student-academic-appeals-policy. According to this new policy, the Board of Appeals is the last step in the appeal process for this matter since your ability to progress to the next level has not been affected by this decision. Please also note that Student Academic Appeals Policy (SAAP) or Rules of Procedure for USAB are Queen??s University Senate approved appeal policies. In the event that an inconsistency arises between these policies and Arts & Science regulations, SAAP and USAB will supersede.
On behalf of the Board of Studies, I would like to wish you every success as you pursue your educational and career goals.
Sincerely,
Johanne Bénard
Chair, Board of Studies
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