{"id":218,"date":"2025-08-20T16:19:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/?page_id=218"},"modified":"2026-02-10T15:29:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:29:58","slug":"missed-deferral","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/deferral\/missed-deferral\/","title":{"rendered":"Missed Deferral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/08\/Capture-1-1600x700.png); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Missed Deferrals\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"if-you-missed-your-deferred-exam\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">If You Missed Your Deferred Exam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you are unable to write your deferred exam by the deadline, you cannot defer a deferred exam, but you may <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/petition\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">submit an\u00a0Undergraduate Academic Petition<\/a>\u00a0to the Registrar\u2019s Office in order to explain why the circumstances surrounding your missed deferred exam were beyond your control.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Undergraduate Academic Petitions will only be processed once the Registrar\u2019s Office receives all documentation. Please <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/petition\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">familiarize yourself with petitions on the\u00a0Undergraduate Academic Petitions\u00a0page<\/a> before submitting a petition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"deadlines\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deadlines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your petition and documentation must be submitted within 3 working days after the scheduled date of the missed examination or the take-home examination deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"required-documentation\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Required Documentation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <dl class=\"cu-description cu-component-updated\">\n        \n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-for-medical-reasons\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    For Medical Reasons\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-for-medical-reasons\">\n            \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you were unable to complete a deferred exam due to an illness you will need to see a physician within 1 working day of the missed final exam or the take-home exam deadline.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Original medical documentation submitted to support your Undergraduate Academic Petition must include:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Date and time of your visit with your physician<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Date of the onset of the illness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(Expected) date of recovery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Degree of incapacitation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is advisable that you have your doctor complete the \u201cCarleton University Medical Certificate\u201d (see the&nbsp;\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/deferral\/missed-deferrals\/#downloads\">Downloads<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;section at the bottom of this page). to ensure your medical documentation is complete.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you have missed three or more deferred examination deadlines at Carleton University in the past, you will be asked to provide additional information. Please&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/about\/contact\/\">contact the Registrar\u2019s Office<\/a>&nbsp;for details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-for-other-circumstances\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    For Other Circumstances\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-for-other-circumstances\">\n            \n\n<p>For other circumstances beyond your control (e.g. a death in the immediate family), official documentation is required.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/dl>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"final-decisions\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final Decisions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Decisions on petitions are based on precedents set by the Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee (SUSC). Outcomes will be delivered via your Carleton email account. Approved petitions will be assigned one of the following outcomes based on the work completed during the term:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <dl class=\"cu-description cu-component-updated\">\n        \n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-aeg-aegrotat\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    AEG (Aegrotat)\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-aeg-aegrotat\">\n            \n\n<p>A final grade of AEG (Aegrotat) will be assigned if student has completed and been assessed on 60% or more of the course work (as defined in the course outline) and has achieved a final grade of at least 50% (assigning zero for any missed work). The grade of AEG allows the student to pass the course but has no impact on CGPA calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: Engineering students are not eligible to receive an AEG grade.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/dl>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <dl class=\"cu-description cu-component-updated\">\n        \n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-wdn-withdrawn\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    WDN (Withdrawn)\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-wdn-withdrawn\">\n            \n\n<p>A final grade of WDN (Withdrawn) will be assigned in the cases where the term work is satisfactory (as defined in the courses outline) but the student is not eligible for AEG. There is no course credit for WDN grades and no impact on CGPA calculations. The notation of WDN will appear on the student\u2019s transcript.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/dl>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <dl class=\"cu-description cu-component-updated\">\n        \n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-f-grade\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    F Grade\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-f-grade\">\n            \n\n<p>A grade of F will be assigned where term work is not satisfactory (as defined by the course outline).<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/dl>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"downloads\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Downloads<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        \n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white cu-section--cards ml-offset-center  md:px-8 lg:px-14\" data-attributes=\"&#x7B;&quot;blockType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;cards&quot;,&quot;contentType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;cu_file&quot;,&quot;currentPage&quot;&#x3A;1,&quot;blockBackground&quot;&#x3A;&quot;white&quot;,&quot;numberOfColumns&quot;&#x3A;&quot;2&quot;,&quot;numberOfPosts&quot;&#x3A;6,&quot;showAllPosts&quot;&#x3A;false,&quot;order&quot;&#x3A;&quot;ASC&quot;,&quot;orderBy&quot;&#x3A;&quot;title&quot;,&quot;moreButton&quot;&#x3A;&quot;none&quot;,&quot;showFilter&quot;&#x3A;false,&quot;taxName&quot;&#x3A;&quot;cu_file_type&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;&#x3A;&quot;29&quot;&#x7D;\" data-page=\"2\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n                \n        <div class=\"cu-loading hidden text-center mx-auto h-6 w-6 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]\" role=\"status\">\n    <span class=\"!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]\">\n        Loading&#8230;\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n                                        \n        <p class=\"cu-no-posts hidden\">\n            No\n            file\n\n            posts are available.\n        <\/p>\n\n                <div class=\"w-full max-w-5xl mx-auto overflow-hidden bg-white rounded-lg shadow-lg cu-stackedlist cu-component-updated not-prose\">\n            <ul class=\"grid cu-stackedlist--posts cu-stackedlist--2 md:grid-cols-2\">\n\n                                                        \n    \n    \n<li class=\"cu-listing not-prose relative overflow-hidden @container bg-white p-6 md:p-8 !my-0\">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col @lg:md:flex-row gap-5 @lg:md:gap-7 h-full\">\n        <figure class=\"flex items-center justify-center w-10 h-10 overflow-hidden \">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.carleton.ca\/rds\/assets\/font-awesome\/file-pdf.svg\" alt=\"An icon of a saxophone\" class=\"cu-icon-thumb \" style=\"filter: invert(20%) sepia(50%) saturate(7177%) hue-rotate(348deg) brightness(91%) contrast(100%);\"><\/figure>\n            <div class=\"flex flex-col flex-1 gap-3\">\n\n                \n                    <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3 \">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Medical Certificate Form (PDF 182KB)\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                <div class=\"flex flex-col text-left\">\n                    <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                        \n                    <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <footer class=\"pt-5 mt-auto text-white\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/11\/Medical-Certificate-Form.pdf\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                        Download\n                        <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                            Medical Certificate Form (PDF 182KB)\n                        <\/span>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/li>\n<\/li>\n\n                            \n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n                                    \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If You Missed Your Deferred Exam Deadlines Your petition and documentation must be submitted within 3 working days after the scheduled date of the missed examination or the take-home examination deadline. Required Documentation Final Decisions Decisions on petitions are based on precedents set by the Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee (SUSC). Outcomes will be delivered via [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":508,"featured_media":0,"parent":215,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-218","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/508"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":950,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218\/revisions\/950"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}