This form is provided for KSU students who wish to print and submit a form to the Office of the Registrar. When completed, you may fax the form to (770) 423-6541, mail it to 1000 Chastain Road, Box #0116, Attn: Office of the Registrar, Kennesaw, Georgia, 30144-5591; or, bring it to the Office of the Registrar during normal operating hours.
KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY
APPLICATION FOR ADVANCED STANDING EXAMINATION
I.
 Name:

 KSU #:
Date:
Course Department and Number:
Course Title:

 Credit Hours:
Description of Qualifications in This Area:
II.
 Approval is granted for the above named student to take an examination for advanced standing in the course cited above.
Department Chair's Signature:                                   

 Date:
III.
 The above named student is eligible to receive credit for the course shown above by passing an approved examination for Advanced Standing.
Registrar's Signature:

 Date:
IV.
 The student whose name appears above has paid the required $60 fee for and Advanced Standing examination
Business Office representative or stamp:

 Date:
V.
 Report to the Registrar:  The above names student has been given an examination for Advanced Standing in the course cited above.
The examination grade is:
 S      -or-      U
Department Chair's Signature:

 Date:
INSTRUCTIONS

STUDENTS WHO WISH TO TAKE AN ADVANCED STANDING EXAMINATION SHOULD FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
  1. Meet with the Department Chair for the course in which testing is desired.  The Department Chair will evaluate your qualifications to take an Advanced Standing examination.
  2. Take the signed application (by the Department Chair) to the Office of the Registrar for an official review of your eligibility to take an Advanced Standing examination - you will leave the form in the Registrar's Office and should return after one working day to pick up.
  3. Return the form to the Department Chair and make arrangements for testing.  The Department Chair will report your examination grade to the Registrar and you will receive official notification from that office.
POLICIES
  1. A student may receive up to a total of 30 semester hours of credit by CLEP, AP, Institutional Advanced Standing examination or other examinations.
  2. Authorization will not be given for a course under any of the following circumstances.
    1. If the course has been previously audited.
    2. If the course has been previously scheduled and failed.
    3. If the course has been previously scheduled, but the student has withdrawn after two calendar weeks from the day the semester begins.
    4. If the student is currently enrolled in the course.
    5. If the course is either a prerequisite or an introduction to a course for which the student is currently enrolled.  (This provision does not apply to skill courses such as Physical Education or Music, for example).
  3. Credit earned by the Institutional Advanced Standing examination may neither be used to satisfy Residency requirements nor used to satisfy more than one-half of the major field or minor field requirements in a program of study.
  4. A passing grade for an Institutional Advanced Standing examination is a grade of 75% or higher for a lower division course and a grade of 80% or higher for an upper division course.
  5. A fee of $60 will be assessed for each Institutional Advanced Standing examination attempted; no course may be attempted more than once.
  6. A student must be admitted to Kennesaw State University at the time of the application for Advanced Standing examination and must be enrolled in the university to receive credit for a course by Advanced Standing examination.
  7. If a student transfers to another university, it is the decision of that institution as to whether or not the examination credit will transfer.