APPENDIX G 

Final Grade Appeal Procedures

Faculty members’ rights and professional responsibility to assign grades based on their professional judgments of student performance are respected.

1. The student must first confer with the faculty member involved, to review the academic work and its assessment and attempt to resolve issues informally.
    
2. If the student is not satisfied and wishes to continue the appeal, he/she will request a Final Grade Appeal form from the appropriate department chair.  This form must be completed and submitted to the department chair, along with an attached written statement of the rationale/basis for the appeal, including any supportive materials such as graded work and course syllabus.  The written appeal must state clearly the reason(s) for the appeal of the grade and the desired remedy, and request a review and an appointment for discussion.  Appeals must be submitted within 30 days of the posting of final grades.
    
3. The department chair will provide the faculty member with a copy of the written appeal.  When the chair has reviewed the document and has discussed the case with the faculty member, he/she will make an appointment with the student.  The chair’s decision will be rendered during the conference or in a timely fashion after the meeting. 
    
4. If the student is not satisfied and wishes to continue the appeal, he/she will request that the department chair send all materials to the college dean, who, after discussion with the chair will schedule an appointment with the student.  The dean may or may not request that the chair and faculty member attend the conference.  The dean will render a decision during the conference or in timely fashion after the meeting. All appeals should be resolved by the end of the term in which they are filed.
    
5. Appeals which reach beyond the college dean will follow established procedures which allow that such appeals follow either the administrative route (to the Provost/VPAA) or the Justice Council route (to the VPSA).

Final Grade Appeal Form

Printable Form

 

Please complete the information below and attach a copy of your written rationale/basis for the grade appeal.

 

Student’s Name:___________________________________________________________

 

Mailing Address:___________________________________________________________

                         

                             ___________________________________________________________

 

Home Phone #:__________________________ Cell Phone #: ______________________

 

Course # & Title:__________________________________________________________

 

Instructor:___________________________ Term: _______________________________

 

____________________________________Date:_______________________________

(Student Signature)