Decision Letter
Appeal Number: 5759
Decision Date: June 25, 2019
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Natasha Jarman
Student Email: 17nyhj@queensu.ca
Course: MATH 121
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2018
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Alan Ableson
Course: MATH 111
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2018
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Peter Taylor
Dear Natasha Jarman,
I am sorry to have read that you were ill during the exam period. Based on the issues you have outlined in your appeal letter, I have carefully considered your request to have your grade changed to Credit Standing in MATH 121B and MATH 111B (W 19), 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.
According to the procedures and steps for submitting a request for Academic Consideration on our website, it states that a student is expected to request academic consideration as soon as the need is apparent. You did not submit a request for academic consideration at the time of the exam, nor did you contact your Prof directly. The University recommends that students who are ill on the day of their exams not to write the exam. It would also appear that the low mark is not specific to the exam itself, as a course breakdown provided by your course instructor indicates that you have other tests that were also in the D/F range. Therefore, the grade is in line with the other course work in the term.
In the future, I encourage you to carefully evaluate your progress in a course by week 7 of the term and if you have not been keeping up with the course work, you should drop the course by the week 8 drop deadline. The drop deadline is set at Week 8 to allow students plenty of time to assess their progress in a class and withdraw without any academic penalty if they feel that they cannot keep up with the demands or have the academic background needed to successfully complete it.
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)
20096337Jarman_5759
Decision Date: June 25, 2019
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Natasha Jarman
Student Email: 17nyhj@queensu.ca
Course: MATH 121
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2018
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Alan Ableson
Course: MATH 111
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2018
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Peter Taylor
Dear Natasha Jarman,
I am sorry to have read that you were ill during the exam period. Based on the issues you have outlined in your appeal letter, I have carefully considered your request to have your grade changed to Credit Standing in MATH 121B and MATH 111B (W 19), 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.
According to the procedures and steps for submitting a request for Academic Consideration on our website, it states that a student is expected to request academic consideration as soon as the need is apparent. You did not submit a request for academic consideration at the time of the exam, nor did you contact your Prof directly. The University recommends that students who are ill on the day of their exams not to write the exam. It would also appear that the low mark is not specific to the exam itself, as a course breakdown provided by your course instructor indicates that you have other tests that were also in the D/F range. Therefore, the grade is in line with the other course work in the term.
In the future, I encourage you to carefully evaluate your progress in a course by week 7 of the term and if you have not been keeping up with the course work, you should drop the course by the week 8 drop deadline. The drop deadline is set at Week 8 to allow students plenty of time to assess their progress in a class and withdraw without any academic penalty if they feel that they cannot keep up with the demands or have the academic background needed to successfully complete it.
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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