Decision Letter
Appeal Number: 9426
Decision Date: August 15, 2022
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Tayte Gossling
Student Email: 17tvhg@queensu.ca
Course: BIOL 102
Term: Fall
Year: 2018
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: --
Course: BIOL 103
Term: Winter
Year: 2019
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: --
Course: PHAR 100
Term: Winter
Year: 2019
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: --
Course: ANAT 100
Term: Winter
Year: 2019
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: CHEM 112
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2019
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: --
Course: PHYS 117
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2019
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: --
Course: PSYC 100
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2019
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: --
Course: PHGY 215
Term: Fall
Year: 2020
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: GLPH 385
Term: Summer
Year: 2020
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: PSYC 100
Term: Summer
Year: 2020
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: PSYC 397
Term: Fall
Year: 2020
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: GLPH 471
Term: Winter
Year: 2021
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Dear Tayte:
I am sorry to have read of the circumstances reported in your letter of appeal and I have carefully considered your request to drop courses past the academic deadline as well as receive credit standing in courses based on those circumstances:
F 2018: BIOL 102?? Credit
W 2019: BIOL 103, PHAR 100 - Credit; ANAT 100 - Drop
FW 2018/19: CHEM 112, PHYS 117, PSYC 100 - Credit
S 2020: GLPH 385, PSYC 100 - Drop
F 2020: PHGY 215, PSYC 397 - Drop
W 2021: GLPH 471, GNDS 380 - Drop
S 2021: GNDS 280, GNDS 380 - Drop
F 2021: GNDS 445 - Credit
W 2022: DRAM 303 - Credit; HIST 283, LLCU 395 - Drop
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, often which took place after the drop date deadline. In addition, courses must be dropped on SOLUS within the published deadlines. 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 sure this is a disappointing decision, but the documentation provided does not provide enough information to warrant the alteration of your transcript. You have not provided information advising me of when exactly you experienced impacts on your academics since some terms are very successful while others show multiple failures. You have also not included information as to when you were diagnosed, nor do you provide information as to what you knew about your condition and how it was being managed (successfully or not).
Going forward, I encourage you to carefully evaluate your progress in courses by week 7 of the term and if you are finding the material too difficult or have not kept up with the course work, you should drop the course by the week 8 drop deadline. The drop deadline is set at Week 8 to allow students plenty of time to assess their progress in a class and withdraw without any academic penalty if they feel that they cannot keep up with the demands or have the academic background needed to successfully complete it.
Another tool to manage your academics in addition to dropping a course by the drop deadline is our Academic Consideration protocol. A student can request short term consideration if they need more time to complete an assignment or miss a class due to documented extenuating circumstances. Here is the link for information about that process:
https://www.queensu.ca/artsci/undergrad-students/academic-consideration-for-students
Tayte, let me remind you that if a student repeats a course, the lower grade is excluded from their GPA and the higher grade is included.
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 https://www.queensu.ca/ombuds/appeal-process/procedural-fairness and guidance on policy and procedure by visiting their website at https://www.queensu.ca/ombuds/.
Student Academic Appeals Policy (SAAP) https://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/policies/senate/student-academic-appeals-policyE and Rules of Procedure for USAB https://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/policies/senate/student-academic-appeals-policy/usab-rules-of-procedure 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)
20103033Gossling
Decision Date: August 15, 2022
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Tayte Gossling
Student Email: 17tvhg@queensu.ca
Course: BIOL 102
Term: Fall
Year: 2018
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: --
Course: BIOL 103
Term: Winter
Year: 2019
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: --
Course: PHAR 100
Term: Winter
Year: 2019
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: --
Course: ANAT 100
Term: Winter
Year: 2019
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: CHEM 112
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2019
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: --
Course: PHYS 117
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2019
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: --
Course: PSYC 100
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2019
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: --
Course: PHGY 215
Term: Fall
Year: 2020
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: GLPH 385
Term: Summer
Year: 2020
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: PSYC 100
Term: Summer
Year: 2020
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: PSYC 397
Term: Fall
Year: 2020
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: GLPH 471
Term: Winter
Year: 2021
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Dear Tayte:
I am sorry to have read of the circumstances reported in your letter of appeal and I have carefully considered your request to drop courses past the academic deadline as well as receive credit standing in courses based on those circumstances:
F 2018: BIOL 102?? Credit
W 2019: BIOL 103, PHAR 100 - Credit; ANAT 100 - Drop
FW 2018/19: CHEM 112, PHYS 117, PSYC 100 - Credit
S 2020: GLPH 385, PSYC 100 - Drop
F 2020: PHGY 215, PSYC 397 - Drop
W 2021: GLPH 471, GNDS 380 - Drop
S 2021: GNDS 280, GNDS 380 - Drop
F 2021: GNDS 445 - Credit
W 2022: DRAM 303 - Credit; HIST 283, LLCU 395 - Drop
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, often which took place after the drop date deadline. In addition, courses must be dropped on SOLUS within the published deadlines. 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 sure this is a disappointing decision, but the documentation provided does not provide enough information to warrant the alteration of your transcript. You have not provided information advising me of when exactly you experienced impacts on your academics since some terms are very successful while others show multiple failures. You have also not included information as to when you were diagnosed, nor do you provide information as to what you knew about your condition and how it was being managed (successfully or not).
Going forward, I encourage you to carefully evaluate your progress in courses by week 7 of the term and if you are finding the material too difficult or have not kept up with the course work, you should drop the course by the week 8 drop deadline. The drop deadline is set at Week 8 to allow students plenty of time to assess their progress in a class and withdraw without any academic penalty if they feel that they cannot keep up with the demands or have the academic background needed to successfully complete it.
Another tool to manage your academics in addition to dropping a course by the drop deadline is our Academic Consideration protocol. A student can request short term consideration if they need more time to complete an assignment or miss a class due to documented extenuating circumstances. Here is the link for information about that process:
https://www.queensu.ca/artsci/undergrad-students/academic-consideration-for-students
Tayte, let me remind you that if a student repeats a course, the lower grade is excluded from their GPA and the higher grade is included.
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 https://www.queensu.ca/ombuds/appeal-process/procedural-fairness and guidance on policy and procedure by visiting their website at https://www.queensu.ca/ombuds/.
Student Academic Appeals Policy (SAAP) https://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/policies/senate/student-academic-appeals-policyE and Rules of Procedure for USAB https://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/policies/senate/student-academic-appeals-policy/usab-rules-of-procedure 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)
20103033Gossling
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