Testing Service (Office of Testing) ..... 47 Student Expenses ..... 48 Schedule of Fees and Expense ..... 49 Course and Laboratory Fee ..... 49 Computer Usage Fee ..... 50 Other Fees ..... 50 Testing ..... 50 Deferred Payment Plan: Fees and Payment Schedule ..... 50 Returned Check Policy ..... 51 Tuition and Fee Refund Policy ..... 51 Refund Process ..... 51 Refund Period ..... 51 Room and Board Refunds ..... 52 Refund Appeal Process ..... 52 Fee Assessment: Classification of Students ..... 52 University Residency Process and Appeals ..... 52 Financial Aid and Scholarships ..... 59 Applying for Financial Aid ..... 59 New Freshmen and Transfer Students ..... 59 Continuing Students ..... 59 Cooperative Education Classes ..... 59 Summer Sessions ..... 59 Types of Financial Aid ..... 59 Satisfactory Academic Progress Requirements for Financial Aid Recipients ..... 61 Maximum Time Allowance ..... 62 Tax Credits ..... 62 Institutional Scholarship Policies ..... 63 Types of Academic Scholarships ..... 64 Other Academic Scholarships and Awards ..... 68 Kentucky State University Foundation Scholarships ..... 68 Non-Academic Scholarship Policies ..... 69 Types of Non-Academic Scholarships ..... 70 Student Affairs ..... 72 Student Life ..... 72 Student Government Association ..... 72 Student Organizations ..... 72 Office of Residence Life ..... 72 Student Health Services ..... 73 Student Health Insurance ..... 73 Counseling and Career Placement ..... 74 University Police ..... 74 Academic Fields of Study ..... 75 The College of Arts and Sciences ..... 77 Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies (Student-designed Major) ..... 77 The Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences ..... 79 African American Studies ..... 79 History ..... 79 Political Science ..... 79 Psychology ..... 80 Sociology ..... 80 The Division of Fine Arts ..... 81 Art ..... 81 Music ..... 83 Music Education ..... 83 Speech, Communication, and Theatre ..... 85 The Division of Literature, Languages, and Philosophy ..... 86 English ..... 86 Modern Foreign Languages ..... 88
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