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Grade Appeal Policy

Policy: SC-03 | Updated on June 13, 2024

Policy

This policy outlines the governing procedures for student appeals of individual marks and final grades. If appealing a final grade, students have the right to appeal when they believe the stated evaluation criteria for the course have not been properly or consistently applied, evaluation criteria were unclear or were not specified, the grade was assigned on a basis other than the evaluation of the student’s required coursework or the final grade was miscalculated. All parties to an appeal have the right to a timely, fair, and equitable process for resolving concerns over grades.

The Grade Appeal Process:

The process by which a student may appeal a grade received in a course at Saint Community College Ltd is as follows:

  1. Within 3 days request to resolve the grade concern with the instructor.
  2. If the student is dissatisfied with the results of the informal resolution, within 3 days of being notified of the results, the student may then follow the steps outlined in the Dispute Resolution Policy.
    • This process begins with a written statement to the Campus Director regarding the nature of the appeal,
    • an appropriate rationale for the appeal,
    • a summary of events that resulted in the appeal
    • as well as the reasons why the mark/grade should be changed

    3. A student may also appeal the grades for the previous four-week period with the Instructor within 10 days of the interim transcripts are generated.

    • Grades are compared firstly to the attendance/marking sheet to eliminate input errors.
    • If an error is identified, the instructor will immediately change the mark/final grade on the attendance/marking sheet to properly calculate the final grade.
    • Within 24 hours to the Administrative Assistant to update the mark/grade.

    Letter Grades

    % Letter GPA
    90 – 100 A+ 4.33
    85 – 89 A 4.00
    80 -84 A- 3.67
    76 – 79 B+ 3.33
    72 – 75 B 3.00
    68 – 71 B- 2.67
    64 – 67 C+ 2.33
    60 -63 C 2.00 (2.00 + needed for graduation)
    0 – 59 Fail 0.00 (part of the GPA calculation)