Appeal Procedures

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering expects a student's disagreement with the evaluation of an item of course work (assignment, report, class test, non-final examination, etc.) to be settled with the instructor informally, amicably, and expeditiously. With respect to a formal appeal there are different procedures for course work and for final examinations and final grades. Of necessity a formal appeal must involve only written work.

Course Work

An appeal against a grade assigned to an item of course work must be made to your instructor within 7 days of the grade being made available.

Final Exams and Final Grades

An appeal for reappraisal of a final exam, or recalculation of the final grade, must be made in writing on a standard departmental form to the Office of the Undergraduate Director within 21 days of receiving official notification of the grade. Note that valid reasons pertaining to the marking of the final exam or calculation of the final grade must be presented.

• The department Petitions Committee will consider the appeal. If the committee supports the appeal a second reader for the examination will be selected and the examination remarked. The mark may increase, decrease, or remain the same.
• The department Petitions Committee will consider the report of the second examiner and recommend a final grade, which might be higher, lower, or the same as the original.

The student and the Office of Student Programmes will receive the report of the Petitions Committee. The decision can only be appealed to the Executive Committee of the Faculty on procedural grounds.