There may be occasions when an undergraduate engineering student has a grievance with a faculty member. An example might be a disagreement about the grading of homework or an exam.
Course instructors are responsible for establishing grading criteria and for fairly evaluating students' academic performance. Students are responsible for meeting academic standards established by course instructors.
There may be occasions when a student would like to request that a grade on an assignment or an exam be reevaluated by the instructor who assigned the grade. Listed below is an appeal procedure which allows for the review of allegedly unfair grading. It is not intended as a review of the instructor's evaluation of the student's academic performance. Disagreement or dissatisfaction with an instructor’s professional evaluation of coursework is not the basis for a grade appeal.
Unfair grading occurs when a student's work is graded by a different standard than was applied to equivalent students in the course. Different grading criteria may be expected of graduate students enrolled in 400-level courses, and those differing grading standards should be announced or stated in the course syllabus. Unfair grading may also exist if it is demonstrated that the instructor assigned a grade using standards that were substantially different from those previously announced or stated in the course syllabus.
Depending upon the situation, the facilitator may recommend contacting the Grievance Committee.