Prerequisites & Corequisites
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”.
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.
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.