Decision Letter
Appeal Number: 3445
Decision Date: May 24, 2017
Associate Dean: Sue Blake
Student Name: Vivekha Kengatharan
Student Email: 14vk4@queensu.ca
Course: BIO 102
Term: Summer
Year: 2017
Category: Add a course after the academic deadline
Instructor: Kenton Ko
Dear Ms. Kengatharan:
I have carefully considered your appeal to add BIOL 102 (S 2017) after the academic deadline. After reviewing your file, I have decided to deny your request.
As you know, courses must be added 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 ability to add a course within the deadline was significantly compromised by extenuating circumstances beyond his or her control.
The deadlines for adding courses have been designed and established in order to provide sufficient time for students to obtain the relevant permission, determine their interest in the course material, to consider their ability to handle each course, and to evaluate their overall workload. In the absence of extenuating circumstances, beyond your control, which would have prevented you from meeting the add deadline as published in the Arts and Science Calendar, I can not reasonably waive the Faculty Regulation.
Your appeal does not present any extenuating circumstances which prevented you from adding this course by the deadline and it is too late into the term to start a course this late. We are now entering Week 4 of the summer term and you have missed a significant amount of class material. Assignment deadlines have passed as well, making it too difficult to achieve the grades you need to raise your GPA. You currently remain on academic probation so it is imperative that you manage your academics responsibly and not take any risks that could affect your success in courses.
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)
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Decision Date: May 24, 2017
Associate Dean: Sue Blake
Student Name: Vivekha Kengatharan
Student Email: 14vk4@queensu.ca
Course: BIO 102
Term: Summer
Year: 2017
Category: Add a course after the academic deadline
Instructor: Kenton Ko
Dear Ms. Kengatharan:
I have carefully considered your appeal to add BIOL 102 (S 2017) after the academic deadline. After reviewing your file, I have decided to deny your request.
As you know, courses must be added 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 ability to add a course within the deadline was significantly compromised by extenuating circumstances beyond his or her control.
The deadlines for adding courses have been designed and established in order to provide sufficient time for students to obtain the relevant permission, determine their interest in the course material, to consider their ability to handle each course, and to evaluate their overall workload. In the absence of extenuating circumstances, beyond your control, which would have prevented you from meeting the add deadline as published in the Arts and Science Calendar, I can not reasonably waive the Faculty Regulation.
Your appeal does not present any extenuating circumstances which prevented you from adding this course by the deadline and it is too late into the term to start a course this late. We are now entering Week 4 of the summer term and you have missed a significant amount of class material. Assignment deadlines have passed as well, making it too difficult to achieve the grades you need to raise your GPA. You currently remain on academic probation so it is imperative that you manage your academics responsibly and not take any risks that could affect your success in courses.
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)
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