Nursing: K entucky St ate University's D epartment of Nursing offers Lic ensed Pra ctical Nurse s ( LPN's) the opportunity to be exempted from taking NUR 101 (Nursing I) by successfully completing the ACT-PEP Fundamentals of Nursing Examination and a nursing skills test administered by the Department of Nursing. A minimum of 50 is required on the ACT-PEP, and a satisfactory performance is required on the nursing skills test. Code 1516 must be used to designate Kentucky State University a s a sc ore re cipient. Interested students should contact the chairperson of the Department of Nursing.
Foreign Languages: The area of Modern Foreign Languages offers profit-friendly examinations for students with prior experience in French, Italian, and Spanish. Students who demonstrate competency in a foreign language by making the necessary score on a proficiency examination may qualify for a 102-level foreign language course (or above) depending upon their score. Students demonstrating competency above the 102-level are considered to have fulfilled the foreign language requirement of the University's Liberal Studies Requirements. However, students de-monstrating foreign language competency through a proficiency examination will not receive academic credit. Foreign language proficiency examinations may not be repeated.
The “Credit for Life Experience” program is a Kentucky State University option which affords an adult student, who has significant learning generated by life experiences, the opportunity to document this learning for possible academic credit. To be eligible for the program, a student must::
The successful completion of CLE 299 results in the development of a portfolio that does not be a student's learning through life experience and becomes the basis for the formal request for academic credit. An academic credit through assessment is granted only for related courses taught by the University's faculty as part of the degree programs of Kentucky State University. Academic credit is not available for any course that state or accrediting agency policy does not allow to be granted by a assessment. The portfolio can be assessed only after the student has been billed for and has paid a non-refundable fee equal to one-third the prevailing tuition rate per semester credit hour for the sum of all credits requested through the portfolio.
for any course that state or accrediting agency policy does not allow to be granted by a assessment. The portfolio can be assessed only after the student has been billed for and has paid a non-refundable fee equal to one-third the prevailing tuition rate per semester credit hour for the sum of all credits requested through the portfolio.
A student may earn up to one-fourth the minimum number of semester credit hours required for completion of an associate or a baccalaureate degree under the Credit for Life Experience option provided that no other credit by examination/certification has been earned (including CLEP and Challenge Examinations). A student who intends first to complete an associate degree program and then work toward a baccalaureate degree may “bank” credits above one-fourth the minimum number of semester credit hours, which would then become applicable toward a baccalaureate degree. The payment will amount to one-third of the appropriate prevailing tuition rate.
The Credit for Life Experience program is administered by the Office of Continuing and Distance Education.
Armed service scho ol cours es taken by armed service personnel will be granted credit as recommended in the Guide to the Evaluation of Ed ucational Experience in the Armed Services. Certificates of completion of such courses must be pres ented for the awarding of credit. In interested students should see the VA Specialist in the Office of the Registrar for assistance.
Kentucky State University, through an articulation agreement with regional post-secondary vocational and technical schools, awards semester credit hours to applicants who continue their technical field of study in Nursing or Industrial Technology at the University. Inquiries relating to this agreement should be directed to the College of Mathematics, Science, Technology and Health.
The University’s Office of Testing is responsible for the administration, scoring, reporting, and record keeping for a number of nation-wide standardized testing programs and services, as well as for specialized institutional testing programs and services. The specific test s and pr programs may vary as the University’s programs change, but they currently include the following: