Academic and grade appeals
If you believe a grade you received was assigned arbitrarily or against the criteria and requirements outlined in the course syllabus or assignment guidelines, you may appeal your course grade.
To initiate a grade appeal, you must first meet to discuss the grade with the faculty member. If you still feel the grade was assigned incorrectly, you may discuss your concern with the chair of the department in which the course was taught. If after consultation with the chair and the instructor, there has been no resolution to your case, you may submit a written appeal to the chair of the department in which the course was taught (this must be within 14 calendar days of the semester (fall or spring) following the semester in which the course was taken. The chair would then send the appeal, with his or her recommendation, to the dean or dean’s designee of the school/college in which the course was taught. The dean would then form a grade review committee and designate the chair. **You (the student) are responsible for providing evidence that the grade was incorrect and why you believe the grade should be changed, and you are responsible for all documentation (graded work, syllabus, emails, etc.) that you want to include in your appeal packet; when you feel your packet is complete, you should let the dean know so that the committee can be instructed to meet to discuss your appeal.
Note that the grade review committee is not a "standing committee" and needs to be formed on a case-by-case basis. If possible, a committee will be formed to hear multiple grade appeals in a single initial meeting, and thus the formation of an appropriate committee may take a bit of time. In other words, there will often be a time gap between when the appeal is formally submitted and when the committee can meet to make a decision.
For complete instructions on initiating an appeal and other grade review procedures (including the remaining steps of the appeal once it reaches the grade review committee), see the “Grade review procedure” section of the Undergraduate Bulletin.
