Decision Letter
Appeal Number: 5547
Decision Date: May 9, 2019
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Katie Carson
Student Email: 15kec1@queensu.ca
Course: BIO 360
Term: Fall
Year: 2018
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Dr. Dan Lefebvre
Dear Katie Carson,
I am sorry to have read about the challenges you faced with BIOL 360. Based on the issues you have outlined in your appeal letter, I have carefully considered your request for Credit Standing in BIOL 360 (F 2018), I have decided to deny your request.
As you know, courses must be dropped on SOLUS within the published deadlines. The Academic Regulations stress that these rules will only be waived under extenuating circumstances. Extenuating circumstances normally involve a significant physical or psychological event that is beyond your control and debilitating to your overall academic performance. The integrity of Arts and Science transcripts would be greatly diminished if the Faculty were to effect changes to students€™ records without clear and compelling documentation of their extenuating circumstances.
Documentation is a key component to an appeal as it verifies the extenuating circumstances that has been reported. You failed to submit documentation and therefore I cannot grant your request. Also, finding a course challenging is not considered to be extenuating circumstances. This may be a disappointing decision, but let me remind you that if a student repeats a course, the low grade is excluded from their grade point average and the higher grade is included which would mean there would be no long term negative impact on your GPA.
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean€™s decision to the Board of Studies, information and deadlines can be found at 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 the Office of the Ombudsman (www.queensu.ca/ombudsman) for advice on matters of procedure and on obtaining a representative.
Sincerely,
Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Studies)
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Decision Date: May 9, 2019
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Katie Carson
Student Email: 15kec1@queensu.ca
Course: BIO 360
Term: Fall
Year: 2018
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Dr. Dan Lefebvre
Dear Katie Carson,
I am sorry to have read about the challenges you faced with BIOL 360. Based on the issues you have outlined in your appeal letter, I have carefully considered your request for Credit Standing in BIOL 360 (F 2018), I have decided to deny your request.
As you know, courses must be dropped on SOLUS within the published deadlines. The Academic Regulations stress that these rules will only be waived under extenuating circumstances. Extenuating circumstances normally involve a significant physical or psychological event that is beyond your control and debilitating to your overall academic performance. The integrity of Arts and Science transcripts would be greatly diminished if the Faculty were to effect changes to students€™ records without clear and compelling documentation of their extenuating circumstances.
Documentation is a key component to an appeal as it verifies the extenuating circumstances that has been reported. You failed to submit documentation and therefore I cannot grant your request. Also, finding a course challenging is not considered to be extenuating circumstances. This may be a disappointing decision, but let me remind you that if a student repeats a course, the low grade is excluded from their grade point average and the higher grade is included which would mean there would be no long term negative impact on your GPA.
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean€™s decision to the Board of Studies, information and deadlines can be found at 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 the Office of the Ombudsman (www.queensu.ca/ombudsman) for advice on matters of procedure and on obtaining a representative.
Sincerely,
Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Studies)
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