If a student disagrees with a grade given for a course, he/she may appeal using the procedure described below:
As outlined in the University Manual in section 8.2610, 8.26.11, 8.26.12, 8.26.13:

1. Review of Syllabus – A professor is required to provide each student a written grading policy in the syllabus, which must be distributed within the first week of class (8.5.2.10). When the grading policy is changed during the semester, students must be informed in writing of these changes as soon as possible. If a professor fails to provide the syllabus as described above, the student should notify the Associate Dean.

2. Meet with the Instructor – The student should make an appointment with the instructor and provide evidence to support the appeal of the grade. This meeting should occur no later than two weeks from the start of the next semester.

3. Request a meeting with the Area Coordinator/Department Chair – If the issue remains unresolved, students shall make their case in writing to the instructor’s area coordinator or department chairperson. The coordinator/chair shall respond to the request, in writing, after a decision is made. If the coordinator/chair thinks the appeal has merit, the coordinator/chair shall inform the instructor, providing to the instructor a copy of the student’s written appeal as well as of the coordinator/chair’s written response.

4. Refer to the Scholastic Standing Committee (including Associate Dean) – If the issue still fails to produce a resolution, the coordinator/chair shall refer the matter to the Scholastic Standing Committee, which includes the Associate Dean for a recommendation.

If, after investigating the appeal, the committee concludes that compelling reasons exist to modify a grade, it shall give the instructor a written explanation of its decision and ask that person to make the change.

If the instructor still declines, the instructor must provide the committee with a written explanation of the reasons for refusing. If, after considering the instructor’s explanation, the committee agrees unanimously that it would be unjust to let the original grade stand, it shall direct the coordinator/chair that the grade be changed over the instructor’s objection.

The coordinator/chair shall then initiate the change, notifying the instructor, the student, the instructor’s dean, the student’s dean, and the Office of Student Affairs of this action.