An applicant unable to supply all the required application materials prior to admission consideration, but who otherwise meets the admission requirements, may be granted provisional admission. Complete and satisfactory credentials must be received by the Aquaculture Graduate Student Coordinator before the end of the semester in which the student has registered in a provisional status. A student normally will not be permitted to enroll with a provisional status for more than one semester. Provisional admission does not guarantee, in any way, subsequent unconditional admission.

An applicant who does not meet conditions B and/or C of the admission requirements for unconditional admission but does show promise for successful graduate studies may be granted probationary admission. Students must be removed from probationary admission prior to registering in any graduate coursework beyond an initial 12 semester credit hours. The minimum condition for transfer from probationary admission status to unconditional admission status is the successful completion of at least nine semester credit hours of graduate coursework in the School of Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences at Kentucky State University while maintaining a graduate grade-point-average of at least 3.0 and with no more than one grade (regardless of the number of course credit hours) of “C” or lower. The student will be informed of all conditions for consideration for unconditional admission at the time the student is granted probationary admission status. A student admitted under the probationary admission status should not attempt any graduate coursework graded pass/fail. International students will not be admitted on a probationary admission basis.

An individual wishing to take graduate aquaculture courses for personal or professional development, but who does not plan to pursue a graduate degree, may be admitted as a non-degree student. A non-degree student must hold a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution and must have a minimum overall undergraduate GPA of 2.5.

An individual wishing to pursue the Graduate Certificate in Aquaculture, but not the full MS degree may be admitted as Certificate Seeking. A Certificate Seeking student must hold a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution and must have minimum overall undergraduate GPA of 2.8 on a 4.0 scale. Students must pass all courses with a B or higher to successfully complete the Graduate Certificate in Aquaculture.

During the first semester at KSU the student will be assigned an advisor who will work with the student to design a course of study based on the student's academic background, experience, and future aspirations in terms of employment or further graduate study. The program has a new graduate student orientation meeting each semester where important deadlines are covered. This is a required meeting for all new graduate students, if you cannot make the meeting the day it is offered you are responsible to obtain the information from the program coordinator. The committee will consist of three voting members which will be members of the