Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Submission Number: 14023
Decision Date: March 5, 2026
Associate Dean: Dorit Naaman (Associate Dean Academic)
Student Name: Laura Curran
Student Email: 23nf19@queensu.ca

Course: POLS 284
Term: Fall
Year: 2025
Category: Request a review of instructors' decisions on grading of final examination and/or term work
Instructor: Dr Quinn Albaugh
Additional Information: Short Research Proposal

Dear Laura:

We have received the results of your petition request #14023 to review an instructor’s decision on grading related to your Short Research Proposal in POLS 284 (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 Political Studies 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 Short Research Proposal as well as the relevant instructions for this component.

While this review did result in an increase in your Short Research Proposal grade, we regret to inform you that your overall graded percentage still falls within the C range, so your final course grade in POLS 284 (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