A minimum of 25% of all required semester hours for degree completion must be earned at Kentucky State University.
At least one-half of a student’s major field academic requirements must be earned at Kentucky State University.
C. In order to receive an associate or a baccalaureate degree from Kentucky State University, a student must complete at least 30 of the last 36 semester credit hours, or 12 of the last 15 semester credit hours, respectively, at the University. Courses taken under the Study Abroad program, National Exchange Student program, or as online courses (and for which students pay their tuition to Kentucky State University) are considered as courses taken at the University for purposes of the residency requirement. Any credit hours taken outside of the University must be taken from another regionally accredited post-secondary institution in accordance with regulation XXVI.K.
Graduation honors are awarded only to baccalaureate degree students who have earned at least 60 semester credit hours at Kentucky State University. Students who maintain a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.8 and who have received no grades of “D” or “F” in any attempt at a course are awarded the baccalaureate degree summa cum laude. Students who maintain a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.5 and who have received no grades of “D” or “F” in any attempt at a course are awarded the baccalaureate degree magna cum laude. Students who maintain a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.2 or have maintained a GPA of 3.5 or higher but have received a “D” or “F” in any attempt of a course are awarded the baccalaureate degree cum laude.
The baccalaureate degree or the associate degree with departmental honors will be conferred upon the student who, in addition to having completed the requirements for the degree, shall have maintained a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 and a GPA of at least 3.3 in courses required for the major. In computing academic major grade-point averages, all courses taken in a major will be counted. To be considered for academic program honors, one or two years of residence work at Kentucky State University are required of associate or baccalaureate degree recipients, respectively, with at least half of the major courses taken at the University.
The normal semester load for undergraduate students is between 16-18 semester credit hours.
An undergraduate student must carry 12 or more semester hours to be full time, 9–11 semester credit hours to be three-quarters time, 6–8 semester credit hours to be half time, and 1–5 semester credit hours to be part time or less than half time.
In order for an undergraduate student to pursue 19 or more credit hours per semester, one of the following conditions must be met:
The student must have the written approval of his/her advisor and the academic unit head; or
The student’s cumulative grade-point average is 3.2 or better.
An undergraduate student may pursue a maximum of 21 semester credit hours during the fall or spring semester of the academic year for which he/she is a candidate for graduation.
An undergraduate student may pursue a maximum of 10 semester credit hours during the summer session.
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