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Department of Chemistry

(January 25, 1973)
(Reaffirmed: September 1986)

Since the LS&A Office of Student Academic Affairs no longer has jurisdiction in the matter of appeals by students against grades awarded them, the Department of Chemistry herewith adopts the following procedures to be used in such cases:

  1. The student should, in the first instance, request that the professor in charge of the course examine the grade awarded. This request should be in writing and state clearly the basis for the complaint of unfair or improper grading. This examination may take the form of a complete regrading as well as consideration of any specific complaints brought to the professor's attention by the student.
  2. If the student is dissatisfied with the decision of the professor in charge of the course, a written request for an examination of the grade should be submitted to the departmental Chairman. This written request should state clearly the grounds for belief that the grade was unfair, as well as any further information deemed pertinent by the student. Upon receipt of this material, the Chairman shall forward it to the appropriate Area Coordinator for examination. The Area Coordinator may either undertake the examination personally or may appoint two faculty members, in the area concerned, to act as an ad hoc committee* to examine the grade. The last course of action shall always be followed when the Area Coordinator was the professor in charge of the course.

    The ad hoc committee, if formed, shall report in writing to the Area Coordinator not more than 10 days after receiving the written request for examination of the grade and the Area Coordinator shall, within three days, forward a report containing a recommendation to the Chairman of the Department. The Area Coordinator or the ad hoc committee, as appropriate, may interview both the student and the faculty member in charge of the course during this examination process, together with any other student or faculty member able to assist in the examination.

  3. Upon receipt of the report from the Area coordinator, the departmental Chairman shall personally discuss the recommendation with the professor in charge of the course, if any change in grade is recommended. In all cases, the Chairman shall communicate the results of the examination to the student in writing and forward a copy to the professor in charge of the course.
  4. There shall be no further appeal at the departmental level against this ruling.

*One of these must be a counselor, undergraduate or graduate as appropriate.

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