Undergraduate students are classified into levels on the basis of the number of credit hours they have earned as follows:
 

Classification of Courses
The courses of instruction for degree credit in the curriculum of the university are divided into three categories: lower division, upper division and graduate. Lower division courses (typically regarded as freshman and sophomore level courses) are numbered 1000-2999; upper division courses (typically regarded as junior and senior level courses) are numbered 3000-4999; and graduate courses are numbered 5000 and above. Graduate courses are open only to students accepted to graduate study. (Courses numbered below 1000 do not count for degree credit but do count for determining fees and enrollment status.)

President's List and Deans' Lists
The President's List and the Deans' Lists are announced after each semester or summer term. These lists apply only to undergraduate students not under academic or disciplinary probation. The President's List includes the names of all students who, for the semester or summer term in question, (1) were enrolled in at least 9 credit hours of courses awarding letter grades, and (2) earned a grade point average of 4.0. The Deans' Lists includes the names of all students who, for the semester or summer term in question, (1) were enrolled in at least 9 credit hours of courses awarding letter grades, and (2) earned a grade point average of at least 3.5 (but less than 4.0).

Academic Fresh Start
A student previously enrolled at KSU, who discontinued his/her college studies for at least five years, may petition in the Office of the Registrar for a onetime "academic fresh start". The student's adjusted grade point average will be readjusted after the end of the semester or summer term in which the petition was approved. The student's transcript and cumulative GPA will retain all previous course attempts and grades.

Academic Probation
A student will be placed on academic probation at the end of any semester or summer term in which his/her adjusted grade point average (AGPA) falls below 2.0. Students may remove themselves from academic probation by raising their AGPA to at least 2.0.

Academic Dimissal
Students on academic probation will be dismissed for any one of the following reasons:

1. They fail to maintain a 2.0 grade point average for courses attempted in any semester or summer term.
2. They fail to remove themselves from academic probation after completing three consecutive terms of attendance.
3. They fail to remove themselves from academic probation after attempting 30 semester hours.

For counting semesters and terms of enrollment, audits, withdrawals and incompletes will be used.

Students who are dismissed are not in good academic standing at KSU and are not eligible for immediate readmission.

After the first dismissal, a student may be considered for readmission after an absence of one semester or summer term. After the second dismissal, a student may be considered for readmission after an absence of one calendar year from the end of the semester or summer term in which the second dismissal occurred. After the third dismissal, the student will not be eligible for readmission.

Learning Support Standing
Grades received in learning support courses (0097, 0098, 0099) are not included in the calculation of a student's grade point average (adjusted or cumulative). Failing grades in these courses will be considered for the purpose of determining satisfactory progress.

Exclusion - A student who does not complete a learning support area in two (2) attempts shall be placed on exclusion.

A student who has been excluded from the university because of learning support attempts is not eligible for readmission in learning support studies. Completion of learning support requirements elsewhere may restore a student's eligibility for readmission to Kennesaw State's undergraduate program.

Students engaged in degree-credit courses before the completion of their learning support requirements will be subject to the requirements of satisfactory scholarship in both types of courses simultaneously. Once the learning support requirements are met, a student's academic standing will be judged solely on the basis of his or her adjusted grade point average for degree credit courses.

Transient Status (for KSU Students) at Another College/Institution
Students wishing to be transient students at another institution must submit a request to the registrar. Once the registrar has determined that the student is either currently enrolled or has been enrolled in KSU during the past calendar year, and the student is not on academic probation, dismissal or exclusion, then the registrar will issue the appropriate transient letter for the student. Major courses taken as a transient student must be approved by the major department chair. Students on disciplinary suspension or expulsion will not be issued transient letters.