A student whose appeal is denied by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies may appeal to the Senate Committee on Academic Appeals. Academic units whose decisions are overturned by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies may appeal to the Senate Committee on Academic Appeals. Decisions of the Senate Committee on Academic Appeals are final and within the University there is no further appeal.

Unless the student bringing the appeal requests otherwise, student appeals are heard anonymously by all committees except the Senate Committee on Academic Appeals.

  

6.16.2 Routes of Appeal of Academic Regulations
Normally, the responsibility for making an appeal before the appropriate committee of the University rests with the student.

A student who is ineligible to register for courses officially but who wishes to attend classes, laboratories or other educational activities while an appeal is in progress can do so only with the written permission of the academic units offering the courses. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld.

A student whose request for waiver of regulations has been denied may direct the appeal as described below.

Course prerequisites or co-requisites: to the appropriate faculty/school committee on undergraduate studies. No further appeal is possible;

Applications to write Deferred Final Examinations: to the appropriate faculty/school committee on undergraduate studies;

Program Regulations: to the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies, c/o The Office of the Registrar, where the appropriate committee on undergraduate studies denies the request for waiver;

General Academic Regulations (Undergraduate): to the Senate Committee on Academic Appeals, c/o The Office of the Registrar;

Decisions of the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies: to the Senate Committee on Academic Appeals, c/o The Office of the Registrar;

Scholarships, Bursaries, Awards, Medals and Prizes Regulations: to the Senate Committee on Academic Appeals, c/o The Office of the Registrar; and

Decisions of a Faculty/School under Regulations for Readmission and Advancement, 7. of the Faculty of Education; Promotion Regulations, Other Information, bullet four of the School of Human Kinetics and Recreation; Regulations for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine, Promotion, 6. of the Faculty of Medicine; Promotion Regulations, 12. of the Faculty of Nursing; Promotion Regulations, Other Information of the School of Pharmacy; or Academic Requirements and Promotion Regulations, Promotion Status, Other Information, 1., bullet three of the School of Social Work: to the Senate Committee on Academic Appeals, c/o The Office of the Registrar.

  

6.16.3 Route for Questioning Grades
Grades awarded in individual courses cannot be appealed, as the student shall normally have had the opportunity to contest grades immediately after the release of examination results (see Access to Final Examination Scripts and Rereading of Final Examination Scripts). Dissatisfaction with grades is not sufficient grounds for an appeal.

Notwithstanding the above, and recognizing that the awarding of grades is an academic matter within the purview of experts in a discipline or subject area, a student who wishes to question the grades awarded in individual courses may consult with the following in the order given:

the course instructor

the head of the appropriate academic unit

the Dean of the appropriate Faculty/School or Vice-President of the Marine Institute.