Decision Letter
Submission Number: 13750
Decision Date: January 13, 2026
Associate Dean: Dorit Naaman (Associate Dean Academic)
Student Name: Siyuan Wu
Student Email: 24rh48@queensu.ca
Course: PHIL 151
Term: Fall
Year: 2025
Category: Request a review of instructors' decisions on grading of final examination and/or term work
Instructor: Mark Smith
Additional Information: Paper 2
Dear Yoyo:
We have received the results of your petition request #13750 to review an instructor’s decision on grading related to your Paper #2 in PHIL 151 (F25).
As per Arts and Science Academic Calendar, Academic Petitions and Appeals Regulation 1.7.1.10, 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 Philosophy so that they could understand the reasons for your request before they facilitated this review. As part of formal review process, two reviewers (selected by the Head) were provided with your Paper #2 as well as the relevant instructions for this component.
While this review did result in an increase in your Paper #2 grade, we regret to inform you that your overall graded percentage still falls within the A- range, so your final course grade in PHIL 151 (F25) will remain unchanged.
Please know that according to Academic Petition and Appeal regulation 1.7.1.10. at https://www.queensu.ca/academic-calendar/arts-science/appeal-regulations/#text the reconsidered grade, which may be higher than or remain unchanged from the original grade, may not be appealed.
Sincerely,
Academic Petitions Team
(for) Dorit Naaman, PhD
Associate Dean (Academic)
Faculty of Arts and Science
Decision Date: January 13, 2026
Associate Dean: Dorit Naaman (Associate Dean Academic)
Student Name: Siyuan Wu
Student Email: 24rh48@queensu.ca
Course: PHIL 151
Term: Fall
Year: 2025
Category: Request a review of instructors' decisions on grading of final examination and/or term work
Instructor: Mark Smith
Additional Information: Paper 2
Dear Yoyo:
We have received the results of your petition request #13750 to review an instructor’s decision on grading related to your Paper #2 in PHIL 151 (F25).
As per Arts and Science Academic Calendar, Academic Petitions and Appeals Regulation 1.7.1.10, 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 Philosophy so that they could understand the reasons for your request before they facilitated this review. As part of formal review process, two reviewers (selected by the Head) were provided with your Paper #2 as well as the relevant instructions for this component.
While this review did result in an increase in your Paper #2 grade, we regret to inform you that your overall graded percentage still falls within the A- range, so your final course grade in PHIL 151 (F25) will remain unchanged.
Please know that according to Academic Petition and Appeal regulation 1.7.1.10. at https://www.queensu.ca/academic-calendar/arts-science/appeal-regulations/#text the reconsidered grade, which may be higher than or remain unchanged from the original grade, may not be appealed.
Sincerely,
Academic Petitions Team
(for) Dorit Naaman, PhD
Associate Dean (Academic)
Faculty of Arts and Science
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