SACSCOC 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 examination scores listed in the “Kentucky Standard Acceptable Scores for National Exams” Table.
Transfer Certification. Transfer certification from any KCTCS college or Kentucky public university will be accepted as documented and analyzed according to institutional transfer policies. The receiving institution must review the transcript and notify the student of their remaining requirements within one semester of their admittance. This does not preclude an institution from evaluating the transcript for administrative errors.
The receiving institution will accept the coded course (e.g., WC, OC, AH, QR, NS, SL, and SB) as meeting part of the requirement for the general education category associated with the code, unless the course has been determined to be equivalent and has a direct articulation to a course that fulfills a requirement in a different category of general education at the receiving institution. The category of the sending institution will be honored unless it is to the advantage of the student to award a different category.
The sending institution will certify courses with satisfactory national exam scores listed in the “Kentucky Standard Acceptable Scores for National Exams” Table.
Applying Credit. The general education transfer component and additional transfer articulations already in place should be supplemented by an institutional commitment that, to the extent possible, the transfer of any remaining credit hours beyond the general education transfer component to the receiving institution will be treated as liberally as possible to maximize the transferability of credit toward meeting the degree requirements.
Transfer Student Grades. Receiving institutions will treat transfer students' grades in the same way they treat native student grades. Specifically, an institution that accepts “D” grades for native students will accept “D” grades for transfer students. While a “D” grade will be accepted as a course transferred, program requirements may prohibit a “D” grade from being accepted toward specific academic program requirements of the receiving institution. The treatment of transfer student grades also applies to students receiving pass/fail grades.
Student Appeals. A student appeals process will be in place on each institution's campus. It will provide for institutional review of transfer decisions governed by institutional policies and the Statewide Transfer Committee. A second state-level review will be available for transfer decisions governed by this committee.
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