As a student, you may encounter situations such as significant illnesses, ongoing medical conditions, or other circumstances that prevent you from meeting academic obligations.
New this term (Winter 2023), there is a new process for requesting accommodation. Please see the Faculty of Arts Accommodations for Illness or Extenuating Circumstances page for direction on next steps, including submitting supporting documentation, like the Verification of Illness Form.
Ensure to contact your course instructor before or within 24 hours of a test, exam or due date and follow the instructions on the accommodations page. You should also submit documentation within 48 hours of the missed course element. Please email your instructor or safadvisor@uwaterloo.ca if you have any questions.
An
accommodation
will
only
be
considered
when
the
instructor
hasn’t
already
indicated
a
policy
that
accommodates
for
an
absence.
For
example,
the
course
syllabus
may
already
indicate
what
happens
if
one
quiz
is
missed
because
of
an
absence.
So
check
the
relevant
course
syllabus
to
see
if
perhaps
there
is
already
some
type
of
accommodation
built
into
the
course
element
itself
(e.g.,
we
take
the
best
x
of
y
quiz
results
which
allows
students
to
potentially
discard
a
less
than
ideal
result
or
two
BUT
also
allows
the
instructor(s)
to
readily
deal
with
a
missed
quiz
or
two
without
needing
to
resort
to
the
process
mentioned
above).
Submitting
an
accomodation
request
is
the
first
step
in
the
process
to
have
your
situation
reviewed. Submission
of
the
form
does
not
guarantee
approval
of
the
request.
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