Decision Letter
Submission Number: 13989
Decision Date: March 30, 2026
Associate Dean: Dorit Naaman (Associate Dean Academic)
Student Name: Sofia Guido
Student Email: 21sjg12@queensu.ca
Course: DEVS101
Term: Fall
Year: 2025
Category: Request a review of instructors' decisions on grading of final examination and/or term work
Instructor: Marcus Taylor
Additional Information: Final exam
Dear Sofia Guido:
We have received the results of your petition request #13989 to review an instructor’s decision on grading related to your Final Exam in DEVS 101 (F25).
As per Arts and Science Academic Calendar, Academic Petitions and Appeals Regulation 1.7.1.10, To Facilitate a Formal Review of Instructors’ Decisions on Grading of Term Work and/or Final Examinations, a student may petition for a formal review of a grade assigned in a course subject to the marking scheme set out by the course instructor.
Your petition letter was sent to the Undergraduate Chair of Global Development Studies so that they could understand the reasons for your request before they facilitated this review. As part of formal review process, two subject matter experts (selected by the Chair) were provided with your Final Exam as well as the relevant instructions for this component.
This review did not result in an increase in your Final Exam grade. Your final course grade in DEVS 101 (F25) will remain unchanged.
Please know that according to Academic Petition and Appeal regulation 1.7.1.10. at https://www.queensu.ca/academic-calendar/arts-science/appeal-regulations/#text the reconsidered grade, which may be higher than or remain unchanged from the original grade, may not be appealed.
If you are concerned with the impact that your grade in DEVS 101 has on your GPA, you may want to consider repeating this course in a future term. When repeating the exact same course code, both attempts will appear on your transcript, however only the higher grade will be included within your GPA.
Sincerely,
Academic Petitions Team
(for) Dorit Naaman, PhD
Associate Dean (Academic)
Faculty of Arts and Science
Decision Date: March 30, 2026
Associate Dean: Dorit Naaman (Associate Dean Academic)
Student Name: Sofia Guido
Student Email: 21sjg12@queensu.ca
Course: DEVS101
Term: Fall
Year: 2025
Category: Request a review of instructors' decisions on grading of final examination and/or term work
Instructor: Marcus Taylor
Additional Information: Final exam
Dear Sofia Guido:
We have received the results of your petition request #13989 to review an instructor’s decision on grading related to your Final Exam in DEVS 101 (F25).
As per Arts and Science Academic Calendar, Academic Petitions and Appeals Regulation 1.7.1.10, To Facilitate a Formal Review of Instructors’ Decisions on Grading of Term Work and/or Final Examinations, a student may petition for a formal review of a grade assigned in a course subject to the marking scheme set out by the course instructor.
Your petition letter was sent to the Undergraduate Chair of Global Development Studies so that they could understand the reasons for your request before they facilitated this review. As part of formal review process, two subject matter experts (selected by the Chair) were provided with your Final Exam as well as the relevant instructions for this component.
This review did not result in an increase in your Final Exam grade. Your final course grade in DEVS 101 (F25) will remain unchanged.
Please know that according to Academic Petition and Appeal regulation 1.7.1.10. at https://www.queensu.ca/academic-calendar/arts-science/appeal-regulations/#text the reconsidered grade, which may be higher than or remain unchanged from the original grade, may not be appealed.
If you are concerned with the impact that your grade in DEVS 101 has on your GPA, you may want to consider repeating this course in a future term. When repeating the exact same course code, both attempts will appear on your transcript, however only the higher grade will be included within your GPA.
Sincerely,
Academic Petitions Team
(for) Dorit Naaman, PhD
Associate Dean (Academic)
Faculty of Arts and Science
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