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This policy applies only in the case of marks given for written work in 600- and 700-level courses. For 500-level courses and below, the reread policy of the appropriate undergraduate faculty applies. This policy covers exams and other written work (essays/papers, assignments, and lab reports). This policy does not apply to Ph.D. comprehensive examinations. See Ph.D. Comprehensives Policy for more information.
I. Consultation
In accordance with the Charter of Students' Rights (available at www.mcgill.ca/students/srr/policies-student-rights-and-responsibilities), and subject to the conditions stated therein, graduate students have the right, subject to reasonable administrative arrangements, 鈥渢o consult any written submission for which they have received a mark and to discuss this submission with the examiner.鈥 Upon request by the student, the instructor of the course is obliged to conduct this consultation with the student.
II. Verification
In a case where a student feels that totalling errors have been made in arriving at the final grade, the student can request the instructor to carry out a detailed check that all questions have been marked and that the final grade has correctly been computed on the basis of the term work, final examination, etc.
III. Rereads
According to the Charter, students have the right, subject to reasonable administrative arrangements, 鈥渢o an impartial and competent review of any mark鈥 (hereafter 鈥渞eread鈥).
At the time the request for a reread is made, the student should have already met with the faculty member responsible for the course to review the mark, or made a reasonable attempt to do so.
Rereads can only be requested if a change upwards in the letter grade for the course is possible as a result of the reread. An essay/paper, assignment, or lab report must account for more than 20% of the course grade to be eligible for a reread.
The reread by a second reader is a review of the mark, not the work assigned. It is the second reader's task to determine whether the original mark is fair and reasonable, not to give the work a totally new assessment.
The time limit for requesting a reread is within 30 days after posting of the final marks for the course. However, in the case of work which has been graded during the course and returned to the student, students must indicate their intention to request a reread by writing to associatedeans.gps [at] mcgill.ca (Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies) within 5 working days of receiving the graded work. This intention must be confirmed within 30 days of the posting of the final marks for the course.
b) The second reader is given the course syllabus, the original assignment with marginalia, corrections, summary comments, and mark intact, as well as any notes from the instructor pertinent to the general nature of the course or the assignment and grading schemes, etc.
b) In the case of requests for rereads of group work, all members of the group must sign the request, indicating that they agree to the reread. In the event that members of the group are not in agreement, the written request should indicate which students are requesting the reread and which students do not wish for a reread. In such cases, the outcome of the reread (whether positive or negative) will affect only the students who had previously agreed to the reread. Neither the reread grade nor the decision to opt in or out of the reread can be challenged.
Prepared by the Committee on Graduate Programs, Supervision and Teaching.
Approved by Council of FGSR, May 12, 1995.
Revised May 1997, January 2011, July 2014, July 2015.