Evening & Weekend MBA Program
Berkeley/Haas Grade Grievance Procedure
Students must first attempt to settle a grade dispute informally through discussions with the instructor. Students may include the
executive director of their degree program, the campus student
Ombudsperson, or another mutually accepted third party who can attempt
to mediate the dispute informally.
If you are unable to reach a mutually satisfactory resolution with the instructor informally, you may pursue a formal grievance process. This
process is initiated when the student presents his/her case in writing
to the Haas School's grievance committee chair, who is the Haas
School's Senior Assistant Dean for Instruction. An ad hoc grievance
committee composed of faculty members and students will be convened to
review the case.
If the student or the instructor wishes to appeal the conclusions of
the ad hoc committee, the case can be sent for review to the Committee
on Courses of Instruction (COCI), a standing committee of the Berkeley
Academic Senate. COCI has the final authority to uphold or overturn
the grade.
Both the Haas School and COCI consider grades to be a matter of
academic judgment and subject to grievance only on the basis of the
following
grounds:
· Application of non-academic criteria, such as: considerations of race, politics, religion, sex, or other criteria not directly reflective of performance related to course requirements;
· Sexual harassment;
· Improper academic procedures that unfairly affect a student's grade.
Time Limit You must initiate the formal grievance process within one calendar year of the last day of the semester in which the course in
question was taken.
