Decision Letter
Submission Number: 12541
Decision Date: March 31, 2025
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Zachary Agnew
Student Email: 21za@queensu.ca
Course: POLS 494
Term: Fall
Year: 2024
Category: Request a review of instructors' decisions on grading of final examination and/or term work
Instructor: Surulola Eke
Additional Information: Final Research Paper
Dear Zach:
We have received the results of your petition request #12541 to review an instructor’s decision on grading related to your Final Research Paper in POLS 494 (F24).
As per Arts and Science Academic Calendar, Academic Petitions and Appeals Regulation 3.3.1.6, To Facilitate a Formal Review of Instructors’ Decisions on Grading of Term Work and/or Final Examinations, a student may petition for a formal review of a grade assigned in a course subject to the marking scheme set out by the course instructor.
Your petition letter was sent to the Head of the Department of Political Studies so that they could understand the reasons for your request before they facilitated this review. During the formal review process, two reviewers (selected by the Head) were provided with your Research Paper as well as the instructions/rubric for this component of the course.
We regret to inform you that while this review resulted in a higher grade on the Research Paper, it was not enough to change to your final grade in POLS 494 (F24). If you are concerned with the impact that this course has on your GPA, we would suggest that you consider repeating it in a future term. When repeating the exact same course code, both attempts will appear on your transcript however, only the higher grade will be included within the calculation of your cumulative GPA.
Please know that according to Academic Petition and Appeal regulation 3.3.1.6. at https://www.queensu.ca/academic-calendar/arts-science/appeal-regulations/#text this reconsidered grade may not be appealed.
Sincerely,
(for) Jenn Stephenson
Associate Dean (Academic)
Faculty of Arts and Science
Decision Date: March 31, 2025
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Zachary Agnew
Student Email: 21za@queensu.ca
Course: POLS 494
Term: Fall
Year: 2024
Category: Request a review of instructors' decisions on grading of final examination and/or term work
Instructor: Surulola Eke
Additional Information: Final Research Paper
Dear Zach:
We have received the results of your petition request #12541 to review an instructor’s decision on grading related to your Final Research Paper in POLS 494 (F24).
As per Arts and Science Academic Calendar, Academic Petitions and Appeals Regulation 3.3.1.6, To Facilitate a Formal Review of Instructors’ Decisions on Grading of Term Work and/or Final Examinations, a student may petition for a formal review of a grade assigned in a course subject to the marking scheme set out by the course instructor.
Your petition letter was sent to the Head of the Department of Political Studies so that they could understand the reasons for your request before they facilitated this review. During the formal review process, two reviewers (selected by the Head) were provided with your Research Paper as well as the instructions/rubric for this component of the course.
We regret to inform you that while this review resulted in a higher grade on the Research Paper, it was not enough to change to your final grade in POLS 494 (F24). If you are concerned with the impact that this course has on your GPA, we would suggest that you consider repeating it in a future term. When repeating the exact same course code, both attempts will appear on your transcript however, only the higher grade will be included within the calculation of your cumulative GPA.
Please know that according to Academic Petition and Appeal regulation 3.3.1.6. at https://www.queensu.ca/academic-calendar/arts-science/appeal-regulations/#text this reconsidered grade may not be appealed.
Sincerely,
(for) Jenn Stephenson
Associate Dean (Academic)
Faculty of Arts and Science
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