Kentucky State University serves many ends and many needs, but the true test of an institution’s quality is whether its graduates have learned to think for themselves. St. Augustine paid his education the compliment of saying that, as a result of it, he could read anything that was written, understand anything that he heard, and say anything he thought. There can be no higher praise.
Every baccalaureate degree program at the University is designed to provide students with a sound liberal studies education and the more specialized skills derived from disciplined study of individual subject matter. Together, the University’s Liberal Studies Requirements and specific academic degree requirements provide each student with an education worthy of the praise that St. Augustine paid to his own education.
The overarching goal of the Thorobreds New Student Orientation sessions is to ensure that first-time KSU students complete a successful academic and social transition into the Kentucky State University family and, therefore, all new freshmen and transfer students are required to select and attend on the orientation sessions.
The Thorobreds New Student Orientation will provide:
Students admitted to Kentucky State University as beginning freshmen receive their initial placement in mathematics courses based on ACT/SAT scores. Students scoring below 19 on the math section of the ACT or below 460 on the math section of the SAT are initially placed in MAT 095. ACT math section scores of 19-21 will place a student in MAT 097 if a science or business major. ACT math score of 22 and higher will place students in MAT 115 or higher level math classes. All students will be given the opportunity to take a placement test to ensure appropriate placement in mathematics courses.
dents in MAT 115 or higher level math classes. All students will be given the opportunity to take a placement test to ensure appropriate placement in mathematics courses.
Initial placement in English and Reading courses is based on ACT subscores or comparable SAT scores.
ACT Reading subscore of 16 or below ENG 088
ACT English subscore of 15 or below ENG 089
ACT English subscore of 16-17 ENG 099
ACT Reading subscore of 17-19 ENG 103
ACT English subscore of 18 and above ENG 101
SAT Reading subscore of 350 and below ENG 088
SAT Reading subscore of 351-399 ENG 103
SAT Writing subscore of 350 and below OR
SAT Essay subscore (if taken) of 4 or below ENG 089
SAT Writing subscore of 351-399 OR
SAT Essay subscore (if taken) of 5 or 6 ENG 099
SAT Writing subscore of 400 and above OR
NOTE: SAT Essay, if taken, will be used for initial placement into English Composition courses. The SAT-Verbal score will determine placement in any Reading courses.
SAT Essay subscore (if taken) of 7 or above ENG 101
A music placement test is required of all entering music majors. Foreign language proficiency examinations are available to those who seek advanced placement in or exemption from the foreign language requirements.
The University requires a proficiency level in a foreign language equal to that which the student would have achieved after taking two semesters of language at the 101/102 levels. Students who have completed language training at the high school level may satisfy all or part of the foreign language requirement through the Advanced Placement Program (described elsewhere in this Catalogue) or through the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) (see Catalogue section, Division of Literature, Languages, and Philosophy, for more information). Any entering freshmen who have taken a foreign language for three years in high school and passed with a grade of C or better may not enroll in a 101 or 102 level of the same foreign language without taking a Placement Exam to determine level of competency. Such students may choose, however, to take a 101 level of a foreign language other than those studied in high school. Exemptions are students who have been out of high school at least five years.
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