Decision Letter
Appeal Number: 9124
Decision Date: June 8, 2022
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Tracy Cui
Student Email: 19hc@queensu.ca
Course: MUTH 331
Term: Winter
Year: 2022
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Darrell Christie
Dear Tracy Cui:
I have carefully considered your appeal to receive Credit standing in MUTH 331 (W22) 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 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?.
I acknowledge that you have been impacted with a chronic condition which you report was exacerbated by receiving lower grades in this course however, I want to remind you that 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 reasons indicating that the student??s performance was significantly compromised by extenuating circumstances beyond their control. An extenuating circumstance is defined as a significant physical or psychological event that is beyond a student??s control and debilitating to their academic performance. In general, an appeal would be successful when there are significantly extenuating circumstances, which would merit the waiving of an academic regulation.
I am certainly sympathetic to your situation and realize that this is a disappointing decision however, the documentation that you supplied does not show a correlation with the timeline of your extenuating circumstances and your low grades in this course. Also, the information that I received from your instructor indicates that you did not complete all of the components in this course and so are not eligible for Credit Standing in it.
If you are concerned about how this grade is affecting your GPA, I want to remind you that if a student repeats a course, both grades will appear on their transcript but only the higher grade will be included within their cumulative GPA.
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 ??Board of Studies?). 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).
??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.??
Sincerely,
Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Academic)
Decision Date: June 8, 2022
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Tracy Cui
Student Email: 19hc@queensu.ca
Course: MUTH 331
Term: Winter
Year: 2022
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Darrell Christie
Dear Tracy Cui:
I have carefully considered your appeal to receive Credit standing in MUTH 331 (W22) 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 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?.
I acknowledge that you have been impacted with a chronic condition which you report was exacerbated by receiving lower grades in this course however, I want to remind you that 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 reasons indicating that the student??s performance was significantly compromised by extenuating circumstances beyond their control. An extenuating circumstance is defined as a significant physical or psychological event that is beyond a student??s control and debilitating to their academic performance. In general, an appeal would be successful when there are significantly extenuating circumstances, which would merit the waiving of an academic regulation.
I am certainly sympathetic to your situation and realize that this is a disappointing decision however, the documentation that you supplied does not show a correlation with the timeline of your extenuating circumstances and your low grades in this course. Also, the information that I received from your instructor indicates that you did not complete all of the components in this course and so are not eligible for Credit Standing in it.
If you are concerned about how this grade is affecting your GPA, I want to remind you that if a student repeats a course, both grades will appear on their transcript but only the higher grade will be included within their cumulative GPA.
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 ??Board of Studies?). 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).
??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.??
Sincerely,
Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Academic)
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