Petition Letter
Dear Dr. Bénard, or To Whom This May Concern,
My name is Rachel Rumas, and I am a third-year undergraduate student in Psychology. I am writing to you today to appeal to add a course to my schedule past the academic deadline of January 19th. The course in particular is PSYC 570 (Special Directed Laboratory), under the supervision of Dr. Jason Gallivan of the Department of Psychology.
The reason I was not able to add this course to my timetable before the deadline of January 19th is because I was not initially aware that this course was available to me until the beginning of the Winter semester. Through my involvement as a research assistant in the Mood Lab at Queen¿¿s, my supervisor (Amanda Shamblaw, a PhD candidate in the Psychology program) suggested that because of my interest in neuroimaging and MRI analysis that I inquire into undertaking a PSYC 570 Directed Lab with Dr. Gallivan, who specializes in the area. I first emailed Jason on January 9th, but somehow he missed my email and he was only made aware of this once Amanda sent a second email approximately a week later, as shown by my email correspondence evidence.
The Special Directed Laboratory involves collaboration between the student and the instructor to determine course objectives, course structure, meeting times, and grading scheme. Unlike most courses, it is often student-facilitated with the instructor merely guiding student research, and as such this required Dr. Gallivan and I to meet first and discuss learning outcomes before agreeing to undertake this Directed Lab together. Our initial meeting could not take place until January 19th, the day of the academic deadline to add courses. By the time we were able to iron out the details of the course objectives and grading scheme of our Directed Lab, it was January 30th and the deadline had well passed. Between then and today (February 1st) I have already begun to make-up for the time that I have missed, which I will detail in my Academic Plan.
I am hoping that these circumstances will allow me to add this course past the deadline, as I have a vested personal interest in what Dr. Gallivan may be able to teach me. I intend to apply what I've learned in this lab to my thesis project in fourth year, potentially under the supervision of Dr. Gallivan, as I intend to focus my thesis research on brain imaging and functional analysis, as well as any graduate studies I intend pursue within Psychology.
Rachel Rumas
My name is Rachel Rumas, and I am a third-year undergraduate student in Psychology. I am writing to you today to appeal to add a course to my schedule past the academic deadline of January 19th. The course in particular is PSYC 570 (Special Directed Laboratory), under the supervision of Dr. Jason Gallivan of the Department of Psychology.
The reason I was not able to add this course to my timetable before the deadline of January 19th is because I was not initially aware that this course was available to me until the beginning of the Winter semester. Through my involvement as a research assistant in the Mood Lab at Queen¿¿s, my supervisor (Amanda Shamblaw, a PhD candidate in the Psychology program) suggested that because of my interest in neuroimaging and MRI analysis that I inquire into undertaking a PSYC 570 Directed Lab with Dr. Gallivan, who specializes in the area. I first emailed Jason on January 9th, but somehow he missed my email and he was only made aware of this once Amanda sent a second email approximately a week later, as shown by my email correspondence evidence.
The Special Directed Laboratory involves collaboration between the student and the instructor to determine course objectives, course structure, meeting times, and grading scheme. Unlike most courses, it is often student-facilitated with the instructor merely guiding student research, and as such this required Dr. Gallivan and I to meet first and discuss learning outcomes before agreeing to undertake this Directed Lab together. Our initial meeting could not take place until January 19th, the day of the academic deadline to add courses. By the time we were able to iron out the details of the course objectives and grading scheme of our Directed Lab, it was January 30th and the deadline had well passed. Between then and today (February 1st) I have already begun to make-up for the time that I have missed, which I will detail in my Academic Plan.
I am hoping that these circumstances will allow me to add this course past the deadline, as I have a vested personal interest in what Dr. Gallivan may be able to teach me. I intend to apply what I've learned in this lab to my thesis project in fourth year, potentially under the supervision of Dr. Gallivan, as I intend to focus my thesis research on brain imaging and functional analysis, as well as any graduate studies I intend pursue within Psychology.
Rachel Rumas