Decision Letter
Appeal Number: 9121
Decision Date: June 16, 2022
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Thipika Balakrishnan
Student Email: 16tb28@queensu.ca
Course: DEVS280
Term: Fall
Year: 2021
Category: Request an extension of an incomplete grade
Instructor: kathryn.fizzell@queensu.ca
Course: GNDS215
Term: Fall
Year: 2021
Category: Request an extension of an incomplete grade
Instructor: hbb@queensu.ca
Dear Thipika Balakrishnan:
I have carefully considered your appeal for an Extension of an Incomplete Grade in GNDS 215 and DEVS 280 (F21) After reviewing your file and the information that I received from your instructors, I have decided the following:
1) To grant your request for an Extension of an Incomplete Grade in GNDS 215 (F21). I acknowledge that you were impacted with a bereavement-related extenuating circumstance during the Winter term and were unable to complete the outstanding components of this class at that time. I have granted this request as your instructor is willing to accept the outstanding components, worth 40% of your final grade, during the current 2022 Summer term. It is your responsibility to connect with Professor Baba to make these arrangements.
2) To deny your request for an Extension of an Incomplete in DEVS 280 (F21). According to Regulation 10.3.4 ??Incomplete standing (IN) is a temporary designation reserved for a course in which a student who, because of extenuating circumstances beyond their control, has not completed all term work for a course or requests permission to defer the writing of a final examination. The student must have participated actively in the class and only one or two elements of the class may be outstanding?. The information that I received from your instructor indicates that there is 77.5% of the work outstanding in this course which includes multiple different components and so you are not eligible for an Incomplete Grade in this class.
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean??s decision to the Board of Studies, information and deadlines and the 21-day deadline 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 16, 2022
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Thipika Balakrishnan
Student Email: 16tb28@queensu.ca
Course: DEVS280
Term: Fall
Year: 2021
Category: Request an extension of an incomplete grade
Instructor: kathryn.fizzell@queensu.ca
Course: GNDS215
Term: Fall
Year: 2021
Category: Request an extension of an incomplete grade
Instructor: hbb@queensu.ca
Dear Thipika Balakrishnan:
I have carefully considered your appeal for an Extension of an Incomplete Grade in GNDS 215 and DEVS 280 (F21) After reviewing your file and the information that I received from your instructors, I have decided the following:
1) To grant your request for an Extension of an Incomplete Grade in GNDS 215 (F21). I acknowledge that you were impacted with a bereavement-related extenuating circumstance during the Winter term and were unable to complete the outstanding components of this class at that time. I have granted this request as your instructor is willing to accept the outstanding components, worth 40% of your final grade, during the current 2022 Summer term. It is your responsibility to connect with Professor Baba to make these arrangements.
2) To deny your request for an Extension of an Incomplete in DEVS 280 (F21). According to Regulation 10.3.4 ??Incomplete standing (IN) is a temporary designation reserved for a course in which a student who, because of extenuating circumstances beyond their control, has not completed all term work for a course or requests permission to defer the writing of a final examination. The student must have participated actively in the class and only one or two elements of the class may be outstanding?. The information that I received from your instructor indicates that there is 77.5% of the work outstanding in this course which includes multiple different components and so you are not eligible for an Incomplete Grade in this class.
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean??s decision to the Board of Studies, information and deadlines and the 21-day deadline 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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