The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers guidelines for undergraduate students who are appealing a grade in a course that is taught by a CLAS department. Appeals of grades for courses residing in another UConn school or college should be referred to the corresponding school or college dean.
Grade appeals must be based on errors or failures in the grading process that the student believes affected the grade. Dissatisfaction with a grade is not sufficient to warrant an appeal.
Process Overview
- Students must first appeal the grade to the instructor. The student has 10 days from the day the grade is posted to appeal to the course instructor. It is recommended that this be done in writing (e.g., email) to establish a timeline and record of the appeal.
- If the instructor does not approve the appeal, the student must request a review by the department head. The student has 10 days to appeal to the department head after a faculty’s decision denying a grade change. Again, this should be in writing to establish a record of the request and the outcome of the request.
- If the department head does not provide a remedy, the student may only then appeal to the CLAS Grade Appeal Committee.
- Students should schedule a meeting with an advisor in the CLAS Academic Services Center to discuss next steps in the process. In this meeting, the student will be provided with information about how to appeal the grade to the CLAS Grade Appeal Committee and what documentation they would need to provide to support their appeal.
- Upon review of the student’s Grade Appeal Request and documentation, the CLAS Grade Appeal Committee will perform an administrative review to determine if there are sufficient grounds to proceed with an appeal hearing. Allowable reasons for a grade change request comprise computational errors, clerical errors, and the discovery of overlooked components in a student’s body of work.
- If the committee finds that a hearing is justified, one will be scheduled within 10 business days.
For more information, please see the section on Grade Appeals on the Guidelines and Procedures page of the CLAS website.