Advising. Advising at both sending and receiving institutions and an inter-institutional network are essential to the successful implementation of this transfer policy. Academic advisors and other institutional staff concerned with transfer should enforce and strengthen, if necessary, policies and procedures and should establish an inter-institutional communications link (e.g., through a statewide Web presence for easier communication among institutional staff addressing similar issues).
Sending and receiving institutions are to advise transferring students that general education certification does not set aside specific major or programmatic requirements where coursework may be used to satisfy both a general education requirement and another specific degree requirement (e.g., a course serves as satisfying both a general education requirement and a supporting course requirement).
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Publicity. The general education transfer policy and the courses that meet general education requirements should be easily accessible to students. The transfer policy should be included in each institution's catalog for easy reference. The general education transfer policy and the courses designated for completion of general education requirements will be reviewed annually by a subcommittee of the Statewide Transfer Committee and institutional representatives.
Certification of Transcripts. The sending institution will indicate, either on the transcript or as an attachment to the transcript, whether the student is Fully Certified, Core Certified, Category Certified in general education, or if they have completed any of the coded general education courses (e.g., WC, OC, AH, QR, NS, SL, and SB) at their institution. If general education coursework has been earned at more than one public Kentucky institution, will conduct a comprehensive review for certification and must include certifications received from previous institutions. Transfer certifications will be processed for all students requesting a transcript to be sent to a Kentucky public postsecondary institution (excluding students requesting transcripts for application to master's, doctorate, or professional degree programs).
If a public sending institution endorses the use of credits earned from a regionally accredited public or independent college or university for satisfying a general education requirement (category, core, or fully certified, or coded course), the receiving institution will accept this decision.
If a public sending institution endorses the use of credits from a non-regionally accredited institution for satisfying a general education requirement (category, core, fully certified, or coded course), the certifying institution must have a policy stated in the undergraduate catalog regarding the acceptance of coursework in accordance with SACS standards and a process of assessment to ensure that certified coursework demonstrates that student learning outcomes for the statewide general education category have been met.
The sending institution will indicate, either on the transcript or as an attachment to the transcript, whether the student is Fully Certified, Core Certified, Category Certified in general education or if they have completed any of the coded general education courses (e.g., WC, OC, AH, QR, NS, SL, and SB) at their institution.
The sending institution will certify courses with satisfactory national exam scores listed in the “Kentucky Standard Acceptable Scores for National Exams” Table. KRS 164.2951(2)(e))
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