Grade Appeals Policy

Foundations Grade Appeal Policy

• Students are alerted by e-mail when a grade has been finalized.
• Students who feel there is an error in their grade may submit a written request for a grade review to the Course Chair within 14 days of grade submission.
• Per UCLA Academic Senate regulations, only the course instructor of record has the responsibility and right to determine and assign a final grade.
• Any student claiming that a grade was assigned for other than academic reasons needs to provide written documentation to support their assertion.

Clerkship Grade Appeal Policy

• Students are alerted by email when a clerkship summative evaluation has been finalized and submitted to the Dean's Office.
• Students who feel there is an error in their evaluation may request a review with the Clerkship Chair(s) to better understand their evaluation. This request must be submitted in writing to the Clerkship Chairs) within 14 days of grade submission.
• Edits to the summative evaluations will be limited to errors such as incorrect names or pronouns, grammar, etc. Clerkship Chairs do not add or delete comments from the MSPE section of the summative evaluation once submitted to the Dean's Office.
• Evaluations may not be revised by completing additional work with the exception of an incomplete.

Advanced Electives Grade Appeal Policy

• All performance evaluations and assessments must be submitted within four weeks of the conclusion of the course.
• Students are alerted by email when an elective course grade has been finalized and submitted to the Dean's Office.
• Students who feel there is an error in their clinical grade may request a review of their summary evaluation with the Course Chair to better understand the grade assigned. This request must be submitted in writing to the Course Chair within 14 days of grade submission.
• Edits to the summative evaluations will be limited to errors such as incorrect name or pronouns, grammar, etc. Clerkship Chairs do not add or delete comments from the MSPE section of the summative evaluation once submitted to the Dean's Office.
• Grades may not be revised by completing additional work with the exception of an incomplete.