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Academic Policies

Listed below is an A-Z list of university-wide academic policies and procedures. Additional policies related to specific majors and degree programs are with the individual programs in this Catalog. For a list of all university policies, academic and non-academic, please visit the Kent State University Policy Register.

 

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A

Academic Forgiveness Policy

Academic Standing

Adult Student Admissions

Advanced Placement (AP)

Award of a Master's Degree to a Doctoral Student

B

C

Candidacy for Doctoral Degree

Catalog Rights and Exclusions

Class Attendance

Classification of Undergraduate Students

College Level Examination Program (CLEP)

Combined Bachelor's/Master's Degree Early in Student's Undergraduate Studies (also see Dual Degrees / Double Majors / Multiple Degrees)

Combined Bachelor's/Master's Degree for Specified Professional Program (also see Dual Degrees / Double Majors / Multiple Degrees)

Correspondence Courses

Course Numbering System

Course Overload for Undergraduate Students

Course Privileges for Doctoral Students

Course Repeat Policies

Credit By Examination (CBE)

Credit-Hour Requirement for Graduation

Credit Testing Eligibility

D

Destination Kent State: First Year Experience

Developmental Coursework

Dismissal

Dismissal Appeals

Dissertation for Doctoral Degree

Diversity Requirement

Dual Credit

Dual Degrees / Double Major / Multiple Degrees (see Combined Bachelor's/Master's Degree for Specified Professional Program)

E

Eligibility for a Doctoral Degree

Enrollment Certification

Exploratory and General Majors

F

Former Kent State Student Admissions

G

General Education Requirement (see Kent Core)

Grade Point Average (GPA) Requirement

Grading Policies and Procedures

Graduate Student Admissions

Graduation

Guest Student Admissions

H

Home-Schooled Student Admissions

I

International Student Admissions

J

K

Kent Core (General Education Requirement)

L

Language Requirements for Graduate Students

M

Military Credit

Multiple Degrees (see Dual Degrees / Double Majors / Multiple Degrees)

N

Non-Degree Student Admissions

Non-Traditional Master's Degree Student Admissions

O

Orientation for Graduate Students

P

Pass/Fail Grade

Placement Testing

Post-Secondary Enrollment Option Program (PSEOP)

Post-Undergraduate Student Admissions

Q

Qualifying Examination for Master's Degree

R

Registration

Registration — Full and Part Time

Reinstatement

Residence Requirement

S

Selective Service Requirement

Semester System

Student Conduct

T

Thesis for Master's Degree

Time Limits for Graduate Degrees

Transfer Credit Evaluation of Undergraduate Coursework

Transfer Students Admissions – Graduate

Transfer Students Admissions – Undergraduate

Transcripts

Transient Student Admissions

Transient Work at Another University

U

Undergraduate Student Admissions

Upper-Division Requirement

V

Veteran Student Admissions

W

Workshops for Graduate Students

Writing Intensive Course Requirement

X

Y

Z