admit status. See Admission to the University in this Catalogue.)

  • The Office of the Registrar se ts the time of registration for all students and informs them of the times they are to register.
  • Students are expected to register at the appointed time.
  • Students may not register for credit after the deadline set for completion of late registration.
  • A late registration fee is assessed to students who do not register at the appointed time.
  • Late reg istration for semesters will end one calendar week after the last day of registration or its equivalent for summer session (see Academic Calendar for specifics).
  • A student must repeat any course in which he/she received a n i n a d e q u a t e g r a d e (as de scribed in Section III. D) during the next semester in which the student is enrolled and in which the course is offered. Students will be prohibited from registering for the next term until this requirement is satisfied.

XVII. Changes in Registration

(Adding a cours e, dropping a cours e, changing sections, changing grading options)

  • All changes in registration must be approved by the Office of the Regis trar and the design ated advisor (an d the ins tructor in case of a c-losed class).
  • Any student properly registered for a course will not receive credit for that course.
  • A processing fee is assessed beginning the first day of classes of a term (summer session/semester) for any change in registration, with the exception of those caused by University cancellation of courses or other University-initiated adjustments to course schedules.
  • See Section XIV for regulations on withdr awal from a course.
  • The chairperson and/or dean will inform the Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Office of the Registrar, and the instructors of all course cancellations no later than two (2) working days after the end of late registration.
  • When a course is canceled, any student enrolled in that course may change his/her final registration in order to replace the canceled course. Such adjustment must be completed no later than Saturday of the second full week of classes during an academic semester or no later than Saturday of the first full week of classes during a summer session.

KSU CATALOGUE, 2005–2007

XVIII. Class Attendance

  • There are three mutually-exclusive types of absences for purposes of classification:
  • Service-related absence
  • due to documented re-quired mi litary service
  • due to documented university service or off-campus representation of the University
  • due to documented jury duty
  • Excused absence, non-Service related
  • due to documented illness,
  • due to do cumented se rious il lness or death in the student's immediate family
  • due to documented court appearance
  • due to d ocumented a ttendance a t a university-sponsored field trip
  • Unexcused absence
  • due to lack of documentation of an otherwise excused absence
  • due to excessive excused absences (exceeding the number of class meetings in one week)
  • due to university-activity a bsences in - curred when the student's performance in class is below a "C" average
  • Provided the student is doing satisfactorily in the course, any class absence incurred while a student is performing university-patriotic service (participating in an activity whereby the student represents the university off campus) is to be excluded from the total number of allowed excused absences.
  • Absence(s) from class(es) because of university-patriotic duty or university-sponsored academic class activities must be reported to the Vice President for Student Affairs two (2) weeks prior to the date of the absence. The Vice President for Student Affairs will inform faculty members BEFORE the student’s absence from class(es) in these cases.
  • In order for a class absence to be excused, the student must submit documentation of the absence(s) to the Vice President for Student Affairs within one week of the absence(s).
  • The number of excused absences may not exceed the nu mber of class m eetings during one full week of class(es) during a semester, or two class meetings during one full week of classes during the summer session. Absences in excess of the allowed nu mber of ex cused absences will be considered unexcused.
  • The number of unexcused absences per semester or summer session may not exceed the number of class meetings during one full week of class.