Decision Letter
Submission Number: 13804
Decision Date: March 12, 2026
Associate Dean: Dorit Naaman (Associate Dean Academic)
Student Name: Ava DeSouza
Student Email: 21abd7@queensu.ca
Course: POLS 437
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 Ava:
We have received the results of your petition request #13804 to review an instructor’s decision on grading related to the Short Research Proposal in POLS 437 (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 and the relevant instructions for this component.
This letter confirms that the reconsidered grade for your Short Research Proposal is B minus, revised from the original grade of C. As a result of this formal review, your final grade in POLS 437 (F25) has been adjusted from B minus to B. 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 12, 2026
Associate Dean: Dorit Naaman (Associate Dean Academic)
Student Name: Ava DeSouza
Student Email: 21abd7@queensu.ca
Course: POLS 437
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 Ava:
We have received the results of your petition request #13804 to review an instructor’s decision on grading related to the Short Research Proposal in POLS 437 (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 and the relevant instructions for this component.
This letter confirms that the reconsidered grade for your Short Research Proposal is B minus, revised from the original grade of C. As a result of this formal review, your final grade in POLS 437 (F25) has been adjusted from B minus to B. 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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