Petition Letter
Dear Sir/Madam,
Please see my petition for an academic appeal.
I am requesting to upgrade course MUSC 352 to MUSC 355. My reasoning for submitting this academic appeal is due to the University??s negligence I am not taking enough credits to be a full-time student at Queen??s University which then in term means I fail my 3rd Year at my home institution Cardiff University. I have spoken to the International Programmes Office, DAN Faculty of Music Office, my home institution Cardiff University and with Dr Lind and she has referred me to submit this appeal.
As Dr Lind has stated in her emails there was a form submitted to the International Programmes Office in August which was sent to the DAN School of Music Office with the 6 credits listed but the wrong course code (MUSC 352). This was then approved by the Music Office. This form was sent before I was a Queen??s University Student and listed the courses, I wanted to take during my time here. I then resubmitted the form again on 14th October 2022 which included the courses I was taking and was approved and signed by the International Programmes Office with the 6 credits listed with the wrong course code (MUSC 352).
Due to this confusion and a sheer lack of miscommunication I am now not taking enough credits for the Winter 2023 Semester to be considered a full-time student at Queen??s despite checking the relevant courses before my arrival at Queen??s and once I arrived at Queen??s. This information was brought to my attention in January 2023 where I went to speak to the International Programmes Office and the DAN School of Music Office in person to try and come up with a solution to this problem and they stated that they would help solve the problem. However, due to no response I had to chase this up which was followed by their slow response to emails which has resulted in surpassing the deadline to add/drop classes despite trying to sort this out for 6 weeks and now need to submit an academic appeal.
This has given me an unnecessary amount of stress due to being worried that I will not have enough transferrable credits to advance into my fourth and final year of university back at my home institution Cardiff University. Which is giving me anxiety attacks due to the lack of communication and miscommunication within Queen's University which could have been avoided if this was improved or picked up on back in August.
Please see my petition for an academic appeal.
I am requesting to upgrade course MUSC 352 to MUSC 355. My reasoning for submitting this academic appeal is due to the University??s negligence I am not taking enough credits to be a full-time student at Queen??s University which then in term means I fail my 3rd Year at my home institution Cardiff University. I have spoken to the International Programmes Office, DAN Faculty of Music Office, my home institution Cardiff University and with Dr Lind and she has referred me to submit this appeal.
As Dr Lind has stated in her emails there was a form submitted to the International Programmes Office in August which was sent to the DAN School of Music Office with the 6 credits listed but the wrong course code (MUSC 352). This was then approved by the Music Office. This form was sent before I was a Queen??s University Student and listed the courses, I wanted to take during my time here. I then resubmitted the form again on 14th October 2022 which included the courses I was taking and was approved and signed by the International Programmes Office with the 6 credits listed with the wrong course code (MUSC 352).
Due to this confusion and a sheer lack of miscommunication I am now not taking enough credits for the Winter 2023 Semester to be considered a full-time student at Queen??s despite checking the relevant courses before my arrival at Queen??s and once I arrived at Queen??s. This information was brought to my attention in January 2023 where I went to speak to the International Programmes Office and the DAN School of Music Office in person to try and come up with a solution to this problem and they stated that they would help solve the problem. However, due to no response I had to chase this up which was followed by their slow response to emails which has resulted in surpassing the deadline to add/drop classes despite trying to sort this out for 6 weeks and now need to submit an academic appeal.
This has given me an unnecessary amount of stress due to being worried that I will not have enough transferrable credits to advance into my fourth and final year of university back at my home institution Cardiff University. Which is giving me anxiety attacks due to the lack of communication and miscommunication within Queen's University which could have been avoided if this was improved or picked up on back in August.