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Petition Type: New
ID: 1834
Submitted: February 6, 2016 at 5:17:19 AM
First Name: Daniel
Last Name: Hu
Student Number: 10063055
Email: daniel.hu@queensu.ca
Degree Program: BAH, BScH
Plan: LING, LISC
Level of Study: 4
Petition Categories
Petition Categories: Add a course after the academic deadline
Code: GRMN 419
Term: Winter
Year: 2016
Petition Category: Add a course after the academic deadline
Instructor's Name: David Pugh
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: To whom it may concern,
I am appealing to add GRMN 419 (Roots of Fascism) for the Winter 2016 Term in place of the ENGL 259 (Global Shakespeare), which I will drop. Due to the repercussions of extenuating physical and mental health challenges which I experienced toward the end of last term, which resulted in confusion regarding my academic plan during the first two week of winter term¿¿coupled with additional complications that I will outline in this letter, I was unable to add GRMN 419 at the time of the add/drop deadline. However, I am currently in full mental capacity to pursue GRMN 419 and have been putting in the work as if I had been a student. In addition, I have the full support of the instructor (who is also the Undergraduate Chair for LLCU), Dr. David Pugh.
There is a partial schedule conflict between GRMN 419 (Monday 11:30-1:00, Thursday 1:00-2:30) and MICR 221 (Monday 11:30-12:30; Tuesday 1:30-2:30; Thursday 12:30-1:30); however, this has been fully settled since Day 1. Dr. Pugh has at least one other student who similarly has a partial scheduling conflict, and he has kindly agreed that we may pursue the course attending the portions of the lecture that do not conflict with the other course. In any case, since we are enrolled in the GRMN section of the ¿¿Roots of Fascism¿ course (the majority of the class being in the LLCU 327 portion of the course), we have separate weekly meetings hosted by Dr. Pugh specifically targeted at the German students, and this ensures that we keep up with the course.
The reason I was not able to add GRMN 419 at the time of the add/drop deadline since at the time, I believed that I would be granted access to a FREN course that would similarly satisfy my degree goals. However, I was informed on Friday afternoon (the add/drop dealine) that my request had been denied; and was at that point unable to add GRMN 419 myself since I would need the Department¿¿s Administrative Assistant, Dr. Margaret Maliszewska, to add it; and the office had already closed. At the time, I settled for ENGL 259, a course that had enticed me; but since it is not a language course, I realized that it would not be a good investment of my time and energy considering my further plans, which may include pursuing a Minor in World Language Studies and other pursuits with German.
Given that I have participated in the course as if I were already an enrolled student and the professor acknowledges such, I humbly ask that I be enrolled in GRMN 419 (and thus drop out of ENGL 259).
Sincerely,
Daniel Hu
I am appealing to add GRMN 419 (Roots of Fascism) for the Winter 2016 Term in place of the ENGL 259 (Global Shakespeare), which I will drop. Due to the repercussions of extenuating physical and mental health challenges which I experienced toward the end of last term, which resulted in confusion regarding my academic plan during the first two week of winter term¿¿coupled with additional complications that I will outline in this letter, I was unable to add GRMN 419 at the time of the add/drop deadline. However, I am currently in full mental capacity to pursue GRMN 419 and have been putting in the work as if I had been a student. In addition, I have the full support of the instructor (who is also the Undergraduate Chair for LLCU), Dr. David Pugh.
There is a partial schedule conflict between GRMN 419 (Monday 11:30-1:00, Thursday 1:00-2:30) and MICR 221 (Monday 11:30-12:30; Tuesday 1:30-2:30; Thursday 12:30-1:30); however, this has been fully settled since Day 1. Dr. Pugh has at least one other student who similarly has a partial scheduling conflict, and he has kindly agreed that we may pursue the course attending the portions of the lecture that do not conflict with the other course. In any case, since we are enrolled in the GRMN section of the ¿¿Roots of Fascism¿ course (the majority of the class being in the LLCU 327 portion of the course), we have separate weekly meetings hosted by Dr. Pugh specifically targeted at the German students, and this ensures that we keep up with the course.
The reason I was not able to add GRMN 419 at the time of the add/drop deadline since at the time, I believed that I would be granted access to a FREN course that would similarly satisfy my degree goals. However, I was informed on Friday afternoon (the add/drop dealine) that my request had been denied; and was at that point unable to add GRMN 419 myself since I would need the Department¿¿s Administrative Assistant, Dr. Margaret Maliszewska, to add it; and the office had already closed. At the time, I settled for ENGL 259, a course that had enticed me; but since it is not a language course, I realized that it would not be a good investment of my time and energy considering my further plans, which may include pursuing a Minor in World Language Studies and other pursuits with German.
Given that I have participated in the course as if I were already an enrolled student and the professor acknowledges such, I humbly ask that I be enrolled in GRMN 419 (and thus drop out of ENGL 259).
Sincerely,
Daniel Hu
Academic Plan
Academic Plan: The course structure of GRMN 419 is well suited to my academic plan this year; and even with the conflict with MICR 221. The Monday and Thursday lectures for MICR 221 are often cancelled (indeed, they have been 4 times thus far), allowing me to attend GRMN 419 lectures in their entirety. In addition, the in-class midterm for GRMN 419 falls on a day when the lecture for MICR 221 is cancelled, so no accommodations are necessary in that respect. The course is primarily based on readings, which are supplemented by lecture (not vice versa), and any holes from not attending lecture are filled by the weekly extra GRMN sessions, which I have been attending since the beginning.
In case the outstanding incompletes from the previous term cause concern, I have already devised a clear plan to complete these incompletes, primarily during Reading Week. Although the number of ¿¿IN¿ seems large, in each of these cases, there is only generally one final assessment (ex. a presentation or test) that was not completed due to health issues in the last week of Fall Term, that have all already been planned with the professors in question. Regarding my courses this year, I have chosen courses with a workload that suits my learning methods to maximum efficiency. I have seen no major hurdles up to now, and consider myself well prepared to tackle the post-Reading Week course loads for these courses, as similar to my successes in Winter 2014 and 2015.
In case the outstanding incompletes from the previous term cause concern, I have already devised a clear plan to complete these incompletes, primarily during Reading Week. Although the number of ¿¿IN¿ seems large, in each of these cases, there is only generally one final assessment (ex. a presentation or test) that was not completed due to health issues in the last week of Fall Term, that have all already been planned with the professors in question. Regarding my courses this year, I have chosen courses with a workload that suits my learning methods to maximum efficiency. I have seen no major hurdles up to now, and consider myself well prepared to tackle the post-Reading Week course loads for these courses, as similar to my successes in Winter 2014 and 2015.
Documentation
Professional Letter Detail: NO DOC