“F” is assigned when the numerical grade is below 70%.
The grading scale is as follows:
Grading Scale A = 90-100 B = 80-89 C = 70-79 D = 60-69 F = 0-59
More detailed information about student evaluation is available on specific course syllabi. A student's academic grade record is expressed as a grade-point average computed by multiplying the semester hours of credit for each course by the quality point value of the grade received in the course. These products are added, and the sum is divided by the total number of semester credit hours attempted.
See Section XIII.F of the University Catalogue.
The University faculty have the right to expect students to adhere to the principles of academic integrity. These principles require students to present as theirs only academic work for which they are actually responsible. Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. Depending upon the seriousness of the infraction, students found guilty of plagiarizing or cheating will be sanctioned in any of several ways. These range from assignment of a failing grade on the assignment or dismissal from the course in question, to dismissal from the Program.
For a full description of what is considered “cheating” and “plagiarism,” refer to the section entitled “Academic Offenses” in the Kentucky State University Student Handbook.
When students have completed 12 or more semester credit hours of graduate coursework with a grade-point average of less than 3.0, they will be placed on academic probation. Students will have one full-time semester or the equivalent (9 semester credit hours) to remove the scholastic probation by attaining a 3.0 average.
If probation is not removed, students will be dismissed from the Program. Students who have been dismissed from the Program for this reason may apply for re-admission after one semester. Readmitted students will have one full-time semester or the equivalent (9 semester credit hours) to remove the scholastic probation by attaining a 3.0 average. Students placed on scholastic probation are not eligible for assistantships. Enrollment may be terminated for any of the following reasons:
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terminated for any of the following reasons:
C Scholastic probation for three semesters of enrollment.
C Two unsuccessful attempts to pass the written comprehensive examination(s) or the final oral examination.
C In cases where the student's Advisory Committee recommends termination after the student has passed the written comprehensive examination, the Graduate Faculty will meet to vote on the recommendation. When the Graduate Faculty concurs and the student dissents, the student will have an opportunity to meet with the Graduate Faculty, after which a second vote will be taken and a final recommendation will be made to the Aquaculture Program and the Division of Mathematics and Sciences.
Admission to candidacy is a function of the Program's consideration of the student's potential for matriculation in the Program based on his/her performance at the graduate level, and represents a stage beyond admission to the Aquaculture/Aquatic Sciences Graduate Program. Students must be admitted to candidacy to be considered eligible for the master's degree. A copy of the student's admission to candidacy application shall be submitted by his/her advisor for approval by the Aquaculture Graduate Student Coordinator and Chairperson of the Division of Mathematics and Sciences as soon as possible. Admission to candidacy must be approved no later than the third week of the semester in which the student is enrolled in any of the last 12 semester credit hours of his/her degree program. To accomplish this, the required papers for admission to candidacy must be received by the Aquaculture Graduate Student Coordinator prior to the student's registration in any of the last 12 semester credit hours of the degree program. A student will not be eligible to graduate in the same semester he/she is admitted to candidacy, unless that student is completing the program within two consecutive semesters. A permanent committee will be assigned upon approval of candidacy. The permanent committee will consist of the Aquaculture Graduate Coordinator, the major professor (Chair), and one other faculty member from the Aquaculture Program or the Division of Mathematics and Sciences. Admission to candidacy must be completed prior to scheduling of the written comprehensive examination(s) or thesis final defense.
All conditions for clear admission to the Program and any prerequisites must have been satisfied before the candidacy application is approved. No student shall become an approved candidate without a minimum overall and program graduate grade-point average of 3.0; no graduate credit shall be granted for