Prerequisites & Corequisites
Prerequisites
Are courses that should be completed before enrolling in another course. There are two types of prerequisites:
- Required Prerequisites = which mean that students must complete the course before they are able to enroll in a subsequent course. These will be programmed into PeopleSoft and enforced.
- Recommended Prerequisites = faculty have determined that students will do better in a course if they’ve taken the recommended courses prior to enrolling, but they do not have to. These will not be programmed into PeopleSoft or enforced.
It is recommended to qualify a prerequisite with a grade or score requirement. For instance, rather than stating “students must complete ACCTG 2xxx”, it is recommended to say “students must earn a “B-“ or better in ACCTG 2xxx”.
Corequisites
Are courses that should be completed at the same time as another course. These are often required where students need to register for both a Lecture and Lab course in the same semester, or other similar situations.
These can also be either Required or Recommended and follow the same rules as prerequisites.
Proposal Formatting
When submitting Pre/Corequisite change requests there is a limit of 250 characters and the following formatting guidelines should be followed:
- Wording “Prerequisites”, “Corequisites”, or “Recommended Prerequisites/Corequisites” should always begin the section.
- Any letter grades should be surrounded by quotation marks. i.e. “C-“.
- If multiple courses are needed to meet the requirement, they should be joined with the word ‘AND’ in capital letters. i.e. “B-“ or better in ACCTG 1xxx AND ACCTG 1xxx.
- If multiple courses could meet the requirement individually, they should be joined with the word ‘OR’ in capital letters. i.e. “B-“ or better in ACCTG 1xxx OR ACCTG 1xxx.
- Groups of requirements should be surrounded by parentheses. i.e. (“B-“ or better in (ACCTG 1xxx AND ACCTG 1xxx)) AND (“C” or better in (BUS 1xxx OR BUS 1xxx)).
- Should always end with a period.