Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Appeal Number: 3625
Decision Date: July 7, 2017
Associate Dean: Sue Blake
Student Name: Noah Stevens
Student Email: 14nfs@queensu.ca

Course: LING 205
Term: Winter
Year: 2016
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: PHIL 316
Term: Winter
Year: 2016
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Dr. Deborah Knight

Course: PHIL 204
Term: Winter
Year: 2016
Category: Request aegrotat (AG) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Prof. Michael Vossen

Course: PHIL 250
Term: Winter
Year: 2016
Category: Request aegrotat (AG) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Dr. Mark Smith


Dear Mr. Stevens:

I have reviewed your appeal to drop LING 205 (W 2016), receive Credit standing in PHIL 316 (W 2016) as well as change the grades you received in PHIL 204 (W 2016) and PHIL 250 (F/W 2015-16) to Aegrotat standing. After careful consideration of the documentation you submitted and the information supplied by the instructors about the circumstances surrounding this course, I have decided to grant your appeal.

The instructor of PHIL 204 (W 2016) has submitted a replacement grade based on the work you have completed, which will appear on your transcript as an A- along with the notation €œAegrotat: estimated grade€. The instructor of PHIL 250 (F/W 2015-16) has submitted a replacement grade based on the work you have completed, which will appear on your transcript as a B+ along with the notation €œAegrotat: estimated grade€. Your grade in PHIL 316 (W 2016) will appear on your transcript as CR.

Note that any change in academic registration may impact government or private-firm student financial assistance eligibility and/or funding. Please consult with the Student Awards Office, Office of the University Registrar, Gordon Hall, to understand the potential implications of changes to course or program registration and/or the consequences of not successfully completing the required course load.

I am confident that in the future you will make every effort to inform yourself of the academic regulations concerning deadlines as they are outlined in Important Dates Section on the Arts and Science web page. These deadlines have been established by the Faculty of Arts and Science to ensure a fair and equitable treatment of all students and to facilitate the timely completion of university studies at Queen's.

Yours sincerely,


Sue Blake
Assistant Dean (Studies)

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Cc: Professor M. Vossen
Professor M. Smith