If a student believes a faculty member has issued a final grade in violation of the faculty member’s published grading standards or practices, the student must do the following:

• Step one—Student meets with the faculty member.
• Step two—Student meets with the appropriate associate dean or dean of the teacher’s department if the problem is not resolved in step one.
• Step three—If the student has not been able to resolve the issue in one of the above steps, the student may appeal the grade by submitting the Academic Standards Committee Student Petition Form to the associate dean or dean.

The form must specify how the published grading standards or practices have been violated and be signed and dated. The Academic Standards Committee must receive the form no later than six months following the end of the course. Again, the appeal form can only be sent to the College Standards Committee after completing steps one and two. Questions regarding the appeal process may be directed to the associate dean or director of the teacher’s department.

All grade change requests must be initiated within six months following the end of that course for which the grade was recorded. No grade change request will be accepted after that period of time.