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.

Students admitted to Kentucky State University as beginning freshmen or transfer students may be required to take placement tests to ensure appropriate placement in mathematics courses. Initial math placement is based on ACT/SAT scores. If a student scores below 19 on the Math section of the ACT or 460 on the SAT, the in-house math placement test is administered. (This in-house assessment may only be taken once.) Initial placement in English courses is based on ACT composite scores and subscores (or comparable SAT scores).

English Placement based on ACT/SAT Subscores:

ACT Reading Composite

score of 15 or below ENG 088

ACT English Composite

score of 16-18 ENG 099 and ENG 103

ACT Reading Composite

score of 16-18 ENG 103

ACT English Composite

above a score of 18 ENG 101

SAT Verbal score

of 350 and below ENG 088 and ENG 089

SAT Verbal score

of 351-399 ENG 099 and ENG 103

SAT Verbal score

above 400 ENG 101

NOTE: Scores subject to change.

NOTE: Scores subject to change. Students may appeal to the Division of Literature, Languages and Philosophy for placement in English classes. 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.

University Orientation (UNV 101) is a course designed to prepare students for the transition to university academic rigors and university life. It includes learning skills to succeed in the academic and social environments at the University.

Degree-seeking students entering the University will be required to take University Orientation (UNV 101) if:

C they lack one or more PCC requirement;

C they have received a grade of less than C in any PCC requirement;

C they enter with 24 semester credit hours or less and a high school cumulative grade point average less than 2.5 on a 4 point scale;

C they have been placed in ENG 088, ENG 089, ENG 099, MAT 095, or MAT 099 based on ACT/SAT or departmental exam scores.

Military personnel, students who have reached their 21st birthday before the beginning of the semester, associate degree seeking students, and international students are exempted from taking UNV 101.

Each student who enters Kentucky State University with the intention to earn a baccalaureate degree must satisfy the Liberal Studies Requirements. Liberal studies courses serve as a foundation for many other courses. Therefore, students are strongly encouraged to complete these courses in accordance with the appropriate curriculum ladder. In addition to the requirements of the student's major field of study, Liberal Studies Requirements constitute a carefully designed program of 53 semester credit hours of courses to be selected from the various academic offerings of the University. An important feature of these requirements is the sequence of Integrative Studies courses. Details of the Integrative Studies program may be found in the section of this Catalogue describing the Whitney M. Young, Jr. College of Leadership Studies. A number of electives are included in the Liberal Studies Requirements, and students are encouraged to consider carefully the alternatives available to them.

The course of studies in the first two years of the Whitney M. Young, Jr. College of Leadership Studies (48 semester credit hours) provides an alternate and brief way of fulfilling all of the University's Liberal Studies Requirements. Math and science majors complete only the seminars and language tutorials; courses from the College of Arts and Sciences fulfill the math/science component of the core. (Students who pursue this option must still meet the minimum number of hours required in a major for graduation.) Students transferring in courses as substitutes or equivalents