Grade Discrepancies
Students must bring any grade discrepancy to the attention of the Student Affairs Specialist within 60
days after grades are posted or within the next regular term.
Challenging a Course
KCC maintains a course challenge procedure, recognizing that alternative avenues exist other than the classroom
for acquiring knowledge. Students wishing to challenge a course must have completed a minimum of 12 credits at KCC
prior to the challenge. If adequate justification exists, students may challenge courses using the following
procedures:
- Consult the appropriate instructor.
- Obtain the appropriate instructor and department chair‘s signatures.
- Present the completed challenge form to the Student Services office during the add/drop period for the term and pay the $10 per course non-refundable challenge fee plus any other fees associated with the examination.
- Complete the challenge examination within the term in which the course is offered at a time that is mutually agreed on with the instructor. Students successfully passing the challenge exam must register for the class and pay the appropriate tuition. [Financial Aid will not pay for challenged courses.]
Students may not challenge a course a second time.
Challenged courses are not financial aid eligible and are not considered part of the residency requirements for degrees,
diplomas or certificates nor are they considered in determining full-time status or eligibility for student benefits.
After successfully passing the challenge exam and paying the appropriate tuition, registration for the class can be
completed. The instructor will record the grade [A, B, C or P] on the regular end-of-term grade sheet. Failure to pass
the exam will result in no grade being recorded. A course may not be challenged a second time. A course may not be
challenged in which a grade has been received, nor may a lower level course be challenged. For example, WRI 095 may not
be challenged after completion of WRI121. Furthermore, some courses may not be challenged for any reason. A list of
these courses is available at the Student Services Office. Alternative challenge procedures exist for current high school
students and are identified in the Academic Policy Handbook, located in the LRC.
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