THE GENERAL EDUCATION TRANSFER POLICY AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES
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Kentucky General Education Transfer Policy
In an effort to promote a seamless transfer between Kentucky two-year and four-year public institutions, the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) developed a policy to facilitate the transfer of credits from one Kentucky public college or university to another. This policy implemented in 1996 and revised in 2011, is called the General Education Transfer Policy and allows for the automatic transfer of a block of courses to satisfy general education degree requirements.
Students who transfer from another Kentucky public college or university may be (1) category certified, (2) core certified, or (3) general education certified by the Registrar of the school where the course work was completed. KSU will honor any of these designations and will apply the transferred general education courses to the student's record at Kentucky State University in a manner that best serves the transferring student.
Transfer Policy - Undergraduate
Students transferring to Kentucky State University are required to submit official transcripts from all previously attended institutions as part of the admissions process.
Credits earned at a fully accredited institution may be transferred to KSU and applied toward a degree. A fully accredited institution is one in good standing and a member of one of the six regional academic accrediting associations.
Kentucky State University accepts transfer credits with a grade of "D" or better. Exceptions to this are transfer equivalents for ENG 101 and ENG 102, which must have grades of "C" or better.
Credits that do not fulfill requirements will be accepted as free electives if grades of "D" or better were earned. If a grade of "D" is transferred and the student attempts to use this course to satisfy the requirements for a major or minor, or an area of specialization, the student will have to take the course at KSU and earn a grade of "C" or better.
KSU will not give upper level credit for a course completed at junior or community colleges without validation that the course is equivalent to upper level university courses with the respective departments reserving final approval.
Regardless of the number of hours accepted for transfer, all candidates for an undergraduate degree must complete 30 of their last 36 hours toward their degree at Kentucky State University.
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