Graduate Grade Appeal Process
Grading is the prerogative of the instructor. The Graduate Grade Appeal Process is used when a student wishes to appeal a final grade in a specific course. Disputing general fairness in the class and/or dissatisfaction of the grade are not acceptable grounds for the appeal.
1. The student will have 5 working days from the time grades are posted to contact the instructor and request reconsideration of the grade. The instructor will make a decision on the request within 5 working days and inform the student of that decision.
2. If a student wishes to continue the grade appeal following a decision by the instructor, the student must file a written appeal to the program director/department chair, within 5 working days of the instructor’s decision.
3. Students who wish to appeal the decision of the program director/department chair may appeal that decision to the college dean within 5 working days of that decision. The dean will review the written appeal and other pertinent materials and render a decision regarding the grade under appeal within 5 working days. The Dean’s decision will be final.
For the purpose of this policy, a “working day” means a calendar day, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and any other day when the university is not open.