Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Submission Number: 10142
Decision Date: March 10, 2023
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Gavin Larmet
Student Email: 20glml@queensu.ca

Course: CLST 205
Term: Summer
Year: 2022
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: ARTF 101
Term: Summer
Year: 2022
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: FILM 260
Term: Summer
Year: 2022
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: WRIT 125
Term: Fall
Year: 2022
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: FILM 236
Term: Fall
Year: 2022
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: ENGL 281
Term: Fall
Year: 2022
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline


Dear Gavin:

I am sorry to read in your petition letter the circumstances you have outlined, and I have carefully considered your request to drop CLST 205, ARTF 101, FILM 260 (S 2022) and WRIT 125, FILM 236, ENGL 281 (F 2022) past the academic deadline. After reviewing your petition, I have decided to grant your request.

I have granted this petition based on the challenges you outlined and your documentation which demonstrates that you are actively seeking support related to your health and wellness.

Gavin, I encourage you to continue to work with your support network and to remember that students should pause and evaluate their progress in courses during week 7 of each term. A petition based on these same circumstances may not be granted in the future since it is a student??s responsibility to drop courses by the week 8 drop deadline if they have fallen behind or if their health is impacting their studies. The drop deadlines, as they have been outlined in the ??Important 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 at Queen's.

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 had to 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

Note that any change in academic registration may impact government or private-firm student financial assistance eligibility and/or funding. Please consult with the Student Awards Office, Office of the University Registrar, Gordon Hall, to understand the potential implications of changes to course or program registration and/or the consequences of not successfully completing the required course load.

Yours sincerely,


Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Academic)

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