Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Appeal Number: 4761
Decision Date: July 18, 2018
Associate Dean: Johanne Benard, Ph.D.
Student Name: Emma Sarkisian
Student Email: 13ean3@queensu.ca

Course: WRIT 120
Term: Winter
Year: 2018
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: SOCY 273
Term: Winter
Year: 2018
Category: Request aegrotat (AG) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Dr. Lisa Carver

Course: SOCY 389
Term: Winter
Year: 2018
Category: Request aegrotat (AG) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Dr. Fiona Kay

Course: ARTH 226
Term: Fall
Year: 2016
Category: Request aegrotat (AG) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Dr. Lisa Binkley

Dear Ms. Sarkisian:

I have reviewed your appeal to drop WRIT 120 (W 2018) as well as change the grades you received in SOCY 273, SOCY 389 (W 2018) and ARTH 226 (F 2016) to Aegrotat standing. After careful consideration of the documentation you submitted and the information supplied by the instructors about the circumstances surrounding these courses, I have decided the following:

1. I will grant your appeal to drop WRIT 120 (W 2018).

2. I will grant your appeal for Aegrotat standing in SOCY 273 and SOCY 389. The instructor of SOCY 273 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€. The instructor of SOCY 389 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€.

3. I will deny your request to for Aegrotat standing in ARTH 226. Based on the lack of sufficient documentation to support extenuating circumstances during Fall term 2016 as well the opportunity you were given by the instructor to complete the course requirements, I cannot justify altering your transcript after the fact.

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,



Johanne Bénard, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Studies)

Cc: Professor C. Hoeniger


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