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Petition Type: New
ID: 3856
Submitted: September 29, 2017 at 2:27:21 PM
First Name: Harris
Last Name: Wilson
Student Number: 20010988
Email: 15hw43@queensu.ca
Degree Program: BAH
Plan: DEVS
Level of Study: 2
Petition Categories
Petition Categories: Add a course after the academic deadline
Code: SOCY 122
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2017
Petition Category: Add a course after the academic deadline
Instructor's Name: Rob Beamish
Province / Region: Eastern Ontario
Exam Centre: Kingston
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: Dear Associate Dean,
My name is Harris Wilson; I am a second year BAH student registered in a DEVS plan. I am appealing to add the course SOCY 122 as it is past the deadline to do so.
As many undergraduate students do, I realized that I had picked the wrong major for my plan and decided to change my focus. I am very interested in various¿sociology studies and found that the courses offered in the SOCY¿higher levels interest me far more than my current plan. Unfortunately, I did not take SOCY 122 in my first year and therefore am slightly behind in my planning, however still very eager to¿begin making¿progress. While I was still able to add courses in the first two weeks of school, I changed around my schedule quite a bit, never quite satisfied with my result. It has been a very difficult start for myself as a student who is eager to focus on a plan that suits my interests and academic skill set, and this has caused me quite a bit of stress and anxiety. I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression three years ago, and occasionally the pressures of school can trigger certain temporary episodes for me. Because of this, I find it very important to my well-being and general experience at Queen¿¿s to be in a plan that fits well with me. Based on the course descriptions and advice from peers in various sociology plans, sociology sounds like a much more proper field of study for me to set goals and make progress in as opposed to the DEVS program I registered in earlier this summer.
As I mentioned, I will be setting both academic and social goal for myself in my following years of the BAH program. My number one goal is to maintain a GPA of at least 3.0 in all of my upcoming classes. To achieve this goal, it would be a tremendous advantage to be studying a subject that I genuinely find fascinating. I also believe that the course load in the SOCY major or medial plan will put less pressure on myself and this would help me avoid or mitigate the anxious feelings I have experienced and allow me to take advantage of all the wonderful things that Queen¿¿s offers its students outside of the classroom. After consulting with my academic advisor today, I truly hope to pursue a major or medial plan in sociology and only regret that I hadn¿¿t realized this earlier.
Please get back to me at your earliest convenience, thank you.
Harris Wilson
Student : 20010988
My name is Harris Wilson; I am a second year BAH student registered in a DEVS plan. I am appealing to add the course SOCY 122 as it is past the deadline to do so.
As many undergraduate students do, I realized that I had picked the wrong major for my plan and decided to change my focus. I am very interested in various¿sociology studies and found that the courses offered in the SOCY¿higher levels interest me far more than my current plan. Unfortunately, I did not take SOCY 122 in my first year and therefore am slightly behind in my planning, however still very eager to¿begin making¿progress. While I was still able to add courses in the first two weeks of school, I changed around my schedule quite a bit, never quite satisfied with my result. It has been a very difficult start for myself as a student who is eager to focus on a plan that suits my interests and academic skill set, and this has caused me quite a bit of stress and anxiety. I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression three years ago, and occasionally the pressures of school can trigger certain temporary episodes for me. Because of this, I find it very important to my well-being and general experience at Queen¿¿s to be in a plan that fits well with me. Based on the course descriptions and advice from peers in various sociology plans, sociology sounds like a much more proper field of study for me to set goals and make progress in as opposed to the DEVS program I registered in earlier this summer.
As I mentioned, I will be setting both academic and social goal for myself in my following years of the BAH program. My number one goal is to maintain a GPA of at least 3.0 in all of my upcoming classes. To achieve this goal, it would be a tremendous advantage to be studying a subject that I genuinely find fascinating. I also believe that the course load in the SOCY major or medial plan will put less pressure on myself and this would help me avoid or mitigate the anxious feelings I have experienced and allow me to take advantage of all the wonderful things that Queen¿¿s offers its students outside of the classroom. After consulting with my academic advisor today, I truly hope to pursue a major or medial plan in sociology and only regret that I hadn¿¿t realized this earlier.
Please get back to me at your earliest convenience, thank you.
Harris Wilson
Student : 20010988
Academic Plan
Academic Plan: As I mentioned, I will be setting both academic and social goal for myself in my following years of the BAH program. My number one goal is to maintain a GPA of at least 3.0 in all of my upcoming classes. To achieve this goal, it would be a tremendous advantage to be studying a subject that I genuinely find fascinating. I also believe that the course load in the SOCY major or medial plan will put less pressure on myself and this would help me avoid or mitigate the anxious feelings I have experienced and allow me to take advantage of all the wonderful things that Queen¿¿s offers its students outside of the classroom. After consulting with my academic advisor today, I truly hope to pursue a major or medial plan in sociology and only regret that I hadn¿¿t realized this earlier.
After contacting Professor Beamish and discussing the class syllabus, it is clear that I have missed some material from the first few weeks but agreed by the both of us that catching up and succeeding in SOCY 122 is certainly doable.
Thank you.
After contacting Professor Beamish and discussing the class syllabus, it is clear that I have missed some material from the first few weeks but agreed by the both of us that catching up and succeeding in SOCY 122 is certainly doable.
Thank you.
Documentation
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