Category 1 Requests for Relief

This guide is intended to help students in preparing and submitting a request for relief that is directed to a specific course (e.g., with respect to a mark, grade, appropriateness of assignments or examinations, or grading practices) not involving medical or compassionate circumstances. 

Deadlines

A request for relief against a mark or grade must be initiated with the instructor as soon as possible after the mark is issued. In the event that the instructor is not available to the student, or fails to act, or if the matter is not resolved satisfactorily with the instructor, a request for relief must be submitted to the Associate/Undergraduate Chair of the department within three weeks from the date that the mark was issued. 

Request for Relief Process

Requests for relief for undergraduate students related to a course normally proceed in the following order:

  1. Instructor of the course in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities to whom the request for relief is directed (in-person consultation or written request)
  2. Undergraduate Chair of the department offering the course (submission of written request)
  3. Associate Dean of Arts & Humanities (submission of written request)
  4. Senate Review Board Academic (SRBA)

 

Please refer to the new Undergraduate Student Academic Requests for Relief Policy.