Rules of the Senate

Section V

  • 1.0 Requirements and Regulations
    • 1.0.1 Registration
      • 1.0.1.1 Late Registration
      • 1.0.1.2 Repeated Registration in a Course
      • 1.0.1.3 Repeated Registrations in a Modular Course
      • 1.0.1.4 Concurrent Registration in Courses Bearing the Same Number
    • 1.0.2 Assignment to and Removal from Classes
    • 1.0.3 Withdraw Without a Grade
    • 1.0.4 Foreign Language Transfer Credit
  • 2.0 Credit, Loads, and Academic Standards
    • 2.0.1 Credit/Contact Hours (Course, Course Components)
      • 2.0.1.1 Instructional Components Definitions
        • 2.0.1.1.1 Lecture
        • 2.0.1.1.2 Laboratory
        • 2.0.1.1.3 Clinical Practice
        • 2.0.1.1.4 Cooperative Work Experience
        • 2.0.1.1.5 Practicum
        • 2.0.1.1.6 Private Instruction
      • 2.0.1.2 Contact/Credit Ratios for Course Components (One Semester Credit Hour)
    • 2.0.2 Student Load
      • 2.0.2.1 Session Load
      • 2.0.2.2 Students on Probation
    • 2.0.3 Academic Standards
      • 2.0.3.1 Attendance
      • 2.0.3.2 Unsatisfactory Scholarship and Excessive Absences
      • 2.0.3.3 Acceptable Standards in English
      • 2.0.3.4 Final Examinations
        • 2.0.3.4.1 Conflict with Three or More Exams 
        • 2.0.3.4.2 Conflict with Regular Instruction
      • 2.0.3.5 Participation in College Orientation
      • 2.0.3.6 Participation in Intercollegiate Athletics
    • 2.0.4 Associate in Applied Science General Education Requirements
  • 3.0 Grades and Marking System
    • 3.0.1 The Marking System
    • 3.0.2 Courses Taken on a Pass-Fail Basis
    • 3.0.3 Audit 
    • 3.0.4 Mid-Term Grades
    • 3.0.5 Reporting Final Grades
    • 3.0.6 Changing Grades
    • 3.0.7 Grades for Students who Withdraw or are Dropped
    • 3.0.8 Grades for Non-Payment of Fees
  • 4.0 Academic Probation, Academic Suspension and Reinstatement
    • 4.0.1 General Regulations
    • 4.0.2 Academic Probation
    • 4.0.3 Academic Suspension
    • 4.0.4 Reinstatement
  • 5.0 Degrees, Diplomas, Certificates, Honors, Graduation
    • 5.0.1 Requirements for Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates
      • 5.0.1.1 Approval of the College Faculty
      • 5.0.1.2 Residence Requirement
      • 5.0.1.3 Requirements for Awarding of Credentials
      • 5.0.1.4 Change in Requirements for Credentials
      • 5.0.1.5 Multiple Credentials
        • 5.0.1.5.1 Additional Degrees
        • 5.0.1.5.2 Additional Diplomas
        • 5.0.1.5.3 Additional Certificates
        • 5.0.1.5.4 Embedded Certificates
      • 5.0.1.6 Exit Examinations (Madisonville Community College) – Deleted 2019-2020
    • 5.0.2 Honors
      • 5.0.2.1 “With High Distinction” in the System
        • 5.0.2.1.1 Associate Degrees
        • 5.0.2.1.2 Diplomas
      • 5.0.2.2 “With Distinction” in the System
        • 5.0.2.2.1 Associate Degrees
        • 5.0.2.2.2 Diplomas
    • 5.0.3 Graduation
      • 5.0.3.1 Posthumous Degree and Credential in Memoriam
        • 5.0.3.1.1 Process for Nomination for Posthumous Degrees and
          Credentials in Memoriam
        • 5.0.3.1.2 Credential Options
    • 5.0.4 General Education Certification
      • 5.0.4.1 General Education Full Certification
        • 5.0.4.1.1 Residency Requirement
        • 5.0.4.1.2 Curriculum Requirements
      • 5.0.4.2 General Education Category Certification
        • 5.0.4.2.1 Communication Category Certification
        • 5.0.4.2.2 Arts and Humanities Category Certification
        • 5.0.4.2.3 Quantitative Reasoning Category Certification
        • 5.0.4.2.4 Natural Sciences Category Certification
        • 5.0.4.2.5 Social and Behavioral Sciences Category Certification
  • 6.0 Non-Credit Courses (CEUs)
  • 7.0 KCTCS Dean’s List
    • 7.0.1 Dean’s List Criteria for a KCTCS Full-Time Student 
    • 7.0.2 Dean’s List Criteria for a KCTCS Part-Time Student
  • 8.0 KCTCS President’s Honor List
    • 8.0.1 President’s Honor List Criteria for a KCTCS Full-Time Student
    • 8.0.2 President’s Honor List Criteria for a KCTCS Part-Time Student