Decision Letter
Appeal Number: 3158
Decision Date: March 31, 2017
Associate Dean: Sue Blake
Student Name: Andrew Dent
Student Email: 12ad85@queensu.ca
Course: ECON 280
Term: Winter
Year: 2017
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Dear Mr. Dent:
I have carefully considered your appeal to drop ECON 280 (W 2017) past the academic deadline. After reviewing your file I have decided to deny your request.
As you know, courses must be dropped on SOLUS within the published deadlines. The Academic Regulations (Appeal of Academic Decisions, IIIb) stress that exceptions to this will only be waived under exceptional circumstances. The integrity of Arts and Science transcripts in general would be greatly diminished if the Faculty were to effect changes to students€™ records without clear and compelling documentation indicating that the student€™s performance was significantly compromised by extenuating circumstances beyond his or her control.
The deadlines for dropping courses have been designed and established in order to provide sufficient time for students to determine their interest in the course material, to consider their ability to handle each course, and to evaluate their overall workload.
Extenuating circumstances normally involve a significant physical or psychological event that is beyond your control and debilitating to your overall academic performance. Additionally, these kinds of extraordinary situations are normally supported by documentation from a professional.
Your appeal does not describe any circumstances that are extenuating in nature. While I understand that this course is extra to your degree, students are expected to manage their course registration and degree plans carefully, consult the necessary resources and make adjustments, as needed, within the drop deadlines. You requested a course overload in January and upon approval, you were provided with a memo cautioning you to monitor your workload carefully and drop courses by the March 3 drop deadline. Without the presence of any documented extenuating circumstances that prevented you from meeting this drop deadline, I cannot reasonably waive the Faculty regulation.
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean€™s decision to the Board of Studies, you must submit an appeal to the Board of Studies within 21 days of the date this decision was sent. Guidelines for appealing to the Board of Studies and the appeal form can be found at: http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/students-at-queens/academic-appeals (click on €œBoard of Studies€) Do not use the on-line application for this process. You may contact Mr. Harry Smith, Office of the Ombudsman for advice on matters of procedure and on obtaining a representative. His office is located in room 421 Robert Sutherland Hall and he can be reached by phone (533-6495) or e-mail (ombuds@queensu.ca).
Sincerely,
Sue Blake
Assistant Dean (Studies)
10098253Dent
Decision Date: March 31, 2017
Associate Dean: Sue Blake
Student Name: Andrew Dent
Student Email: 12ad85@queensu.ca
Course: ECON 280
Term: Winter
Year: 2017
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Dear Mr. Dent:
I have carefully considered your appeal to drop ECON 280 (W 2017) past the academic deadline. After reviewing your file I have decided to deny your request.
As you know, courses must be dropped on SOLUS within the published deadlines. The Academic Regulations (Appeal of Academic Decisions, IIIb) stress that exceptions to this will only be waived under exceptional circumstances. The integrity of Arts and Science transcripts in general would be greatly diminished if the Faculty were to effect changes to students€™ records without clear and compelling documentation indicating that the student€™s performance was significantly compromised by extenuating circumstances beyond his or her control.
The deadlines for dropping courses have been designed and established in order to provide sufficient time for students to determine their interest in the course material, to consider their ability to handle each course, and to evaluate their overall workload.
Extenuating circumstances normally involve a significant physical or psychological event that is beyond your control and debilitating to your overall academic performance. Additionally, these kinds of extraordinary situations are normally supported by documentation from a professional.
Your appeal does not describe any circumstances that are extenuating in nature. While I understand that this course is extra to your degree, students are expected to manage their course registration and degree plans carefully, consult the necessary resources and make adjustments, as needed, within the drop deadlines. You requested a course overload in January and upon approval, you were provided with a memo cautioning you to monitor your workload carefully and drop courses by the March 3 drop deadline. Without the presence of any documented extenuating circumstances that prevented you from meeting this drop deadline, I cannot reasonably waive the Faculty regulation.
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean€™s decision to the Board of Studies, you must submit an appeal to the Board of Studies within 21 days of the date this decision was sent. Guidelines for appealing to the Board of Studies and the appeal form can be found at: http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/students-at-queens/academic-appeals (click on €œBoard of Studies€) Do not use the on-line application for this process. You may contact Mr. Harry Smith, Office of the Ombudsman for advice on matters of procedure and on obtaining a representative. His office is located in room 421 Robert Sutherland Hall and he can be reached by phone (533-6495) or e-mail (ombuds@queensu.ca).
Sincerely,
Sue Blake
Assistant Dean (Studies)
10098253Dent
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