Decision Letter
Submission Number: 13934
Decision Date: March 5, 2026
Associate Dean: Dorit Naaman (Associate Dean Academic)
Student Name: Carolane Cote
Student Email: 20cc67@queensu.ca
Course: POLS 312
Term: Fall
Year: 2025
Category: Request a review of instructors' decisions on grading of final examination and/or term work
Instructor: Fan Lu
Additional Information: Term Paper
Dear Carolane:
We have received the results of your petition request #13934 to review an instructor’s decision on grading related to the Term Paper in POLS 312 (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 Term Paper and the relevant instructions for this component.
This letter confirms that the reconsidered grade for your Term Paper is 78/100, revised from the original 70/100. As a result of this formal review, your final grade in POLS 312 (F25) has been adjusted from A minus to A. This update will be reflected on your transcript once it has been processed by the Office of the University Registrar.
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: March 5, 2026
Associate Dean: Dorit Naaman (Associate Dean Academic)
Student Name: Carolane Cote
Student Email: 20cc67@queensu.ca
Course: POLS 312
Term: Fall
Year: 2025
Category: Request a review of instructors' decisions on grading of final examination and/or term work
Instructor: Fan Lu
Additional Information: Term Paper
Dear Carolane:
We have received the results of your petition request #13934 to review an instructor’s decision on grading related to the Term Paper in POLS 312 (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 Term Paper and the relevant instructions for this component.
This letter confirms that the reconsidered grade for your Term Paper is 78/100, revised from the original 70/100. As a result of this formal review, your final grade in POLS 312 (F25) has been adjusted from A minus to A. This update will be reflected on your transcript once it has been processed by the Office of the University Registrar.
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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