Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Submission Number: 11086
Decision Date: November 13, 2023
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Anna Bagshaw
Student Email: 22lswx@queensu.ca

Course: MATH 130
Term: Fall
Year: 2023
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: BIOL 102
Term: Fall
Year: 2023
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: PHYS 115
Term: Fall
Year: 2023
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Dear Anna:

I have carefully considered your petition to drop BIOL 102, MATH 130, and PHYS 115 (F23) past the academic deadline. After reviewing your file, I have decided to grant your request.

I acknowledge that you have dropped your 2024 Winter term classes and I have granted your request due to the timeline and severity of your extenuating circumstances as confirmed within the documentation that you supplied.

Upon your return to studies, I want you to know that it is the student’s responsibility to pause and evaluate the impact of extenuating circumstances on their classes during week 7 of the term. If they have fallen behind in a course or find the material too difficult, they should drop the course by week 8 of term. The drop deadlines, outlined in the “Important Dates” section on the Faculty of Arts and Science web page, have been established to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all students.

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.

Yours sincerely,

Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Academic)