Section VI

Special Examination

Any student enrolled in or accepted for admission to a KCTCS College, shall be given a faculty developed special examination for credit, provided the request for the examination is approved by the division chairperson and the instructor requested to give the examination. Application by the student must be made in writing to the division chairperson. It is the responsibility of the examiner to report the credit obtained to the office of the registrar of the college.

1.1.1 

A student may be given a faculty developed special examination upon written application to the appropriate division chairperson regardless of whether the student has audited the course, is currently enrolled in it, or has studied for it independently. A student who has been accepted for admission, but not yet enrolled, may also be given a special examination except that in specialized technical areas (such as clinical laboratory technician, etc.) the student shall also have been admitted to the program unless exceptions are provided for in these rules.

1.1.2

The division chairperson and the instructor may deny the student’s request if it is decided that the student has failed to furnish evidence of being reasonably prepared to take the examination, or if it is determined that the course is of such nature that credit by special examination would be inappropriate.

1.1.3

The examiner may schedule the examination at the examiner’s convenience but must offer it within a reasonable period of time of the student’s written request in order to permit the student to enter another course.

1.1.4

All special examinations for credit shall be graded on a Pass-Fail basis. A failure shall not be recorded on the student’s official record. A student currently enrolled in a course, who takes a special examination and is dissatisfied with the results, may continue in the course and be graded in the usual manner. The taking of a special examination for credit shall in no manner affect the student’s options to take courses under the regular Pass-Fail Rules of the KCTCS Senate.

1.1.5

Credit awarded by a special examination shall not be counted as residence credit and shall not count as part of the student’s academic load for the semester.

1.1.6

A student currently enrolled in a class who successfully completes a special examination shall be removed from the official class roll after the granting of credit.

1.1.7

In technical areas, where the program or its graduates are subject to special accreditation, certification, registration and/or licensure, or in such other areas as determined by the Chancellor, special examinations for credit for technical courses may be developed by each program faculty. Each special examination shall measure the required course competencies.