Course Requisites

Some courses are better situated for controlling the enrollment by using permission or consent.   Selecting permission means that you cannot also add specific course requirements. Combinations like that cannot be enforced in the enrollment system. Any criteria that is listed in addition to permission will be considered recommendations for enrollment. This will be reflected in the course description.

Prerequisites are added to courses by using rules. The rules allow for other courses and programs to specified within the CM. This feature makes it possible to notify the departments who own those course and programs when they are being used. It also will allow for reporting to show course use across the curriculum.

The following rules are available in the CM to use. They cover the most of the common prerequisites that are used for enrollment. The rules specified align with what is used in the enrollment management system and are what students will encounter when enrolling in the courses. A course requisite can be made up of one or more of these rule sets, i.e., a prerequisite can be both a course and a program. See the section about complex requisites for more details regarding more granularity in what is needed to enroll in some courses.

Prerequisite rules to add:

• Course or courses
• Course or courses from a list
• Academic level
• Course with a specific grade or better
• Minimum GPA
• Admitted to a program
• Admitted to program from a list
• Other requirements 

Note that it is recommended that requisites be built in the following order if one that one rule is needed: 1) admitted to program or admitted to program from list, 2) course or courses, 3) course or courses from a list, 4) course with a specific grade or better, 5) minimum GPA, 6) other requirements as free text.

Example: Completed the following (course or courses)

1. Select rule Taken
2. Select rule all selected courses
3. Add course(s) by using the search field

Example: Completed at least one or more of the following courses listed.

1. Select rule Taken
2. Select rule minimum number of courses from
3. Select rule selected courses
4. Enter the number of course required (i.e., 1, 2)
5. Add courses by using the search field

Specify a particular academic level, e.g., freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, upper-division, graduate.

Example: Must have a class standing of junior or higher.

1. Select rule Student must be
2. Select rule in selected class standing or higher
3. Select academic level from dropdown 

Take care in selecting courses. Incorrect entries will result in nonexistent courses being added to this tool.

According to university policy, students must complete prerequisites listed in the catalog descriptions with a grade of C- or better prior to enrolling in the course, unless otherwise specified by the department.

Example: Earned a minimum grade of B in each of the following courses: ENGL 102.

1. Select rule Take
2. Select rule minimum result in selected courses
3. Enter the grade required
4. Add courses by using the search field

Example: Earned a minimum cumulative GPA of (GPA)

1. Select rule Earned
2. Select rule minimum cumulative GPA

Depending on the department, either a program can be required (e.g., Criminal Justice BS) or other program admission (e.g., admitted to Civil Engineering Upper-Division or admitted to the College of Business and Economics (COBE)). Both types require the program to be selected when building the requirement.  

Example: Admission to (program)

1. Select rule Admitted to
2. Select rule selected program
3. Add program(s) by using the search field

Example: Admission to (program)

1. Select rule Placement in
2. Select rule selected program
3. Add program by using the search field

Add prerequisite criteria as free text that will not be enforced in the enrollment management system.

Example: Or satisfactory placement score

1. Select rule Free form text
2. Enter text

Use the rules provided to specify a course or courses that a student must enroll in at the same time as another course or courses. Note that academic level, grade, GPA, and program requirements are added by using prerequisite rules.

Co-requisite rules:

• Course or courses
• Course or courses from a list

Example: Completed or concurrently enrolled in:

1. Select rule Taken
2. Select rule all selected courses
3. Add course(s) by using the search field

Example: Completed or concurrently enrolled in at least 1 of the following.

1. Select rule Completed or concurrently enrolled in
2. Select rule minimum number of selected courses
3. Enter the number of course required (i.e., 1, 2)
4. Add courses by using the search field