Enrollment requisites are essentially requirements that can be assigned to courses, which students must meet in order to enroll. These requisites can be defined in two ways: As conditions that students must meet at the time of enrollment or as courses that students must have completed (or be enrolled in) at the time of enrollment.
Conditions
One of the most basic types of requisites that can be assigned to a course is a condition that a student must meet at the time of enrollment, in order to be allowed into the course. It is possible to have more than one condition assigned to a course. The following describes the conditions that can be requested to be added to the courses from your academic area:
Academic Level:
Indicate any restrictions on enrollment in courses, based on the Academic Level (i.e. freshman, senior) of the student. The system uses the Projected Academic Level of the student at the start of the term in its analysis of whether the student meets the condition. The Projected Academic Level is determined based on the student’s cumulative credits within their academic career, including all in‐progress units from previous terms.
Example 1: Only students whose academic level is equal to ‘Senior’ can enroll in the course.
Example 2: Only students whose academic level is greater than ‘Freshman’ can enroll in the course.
Academic Program:
Indicate a specific academic program in which the student must be active in order to be allowed into a course.
Example: Only undergraduate Engineering students can enroll in the course.
Academic Plan:
Indicate a specific academic plan in which the student must be active in order to be allowed into a course. Academic plans include majors, minors, and certificates. (Note: If you indicate that a student must be in a specific plan, you do not need to include a program condition.)
Example: Only Mechanical Engineering BS majors can enroll in the course.
Academic Sub‐Plan:
Indicate a specific academic sub‐plan in which the student must be active in order to be allowed into a course. (Note: If you indicate that a student must be in a specific sub‐plan, you do not need to include a program or a plan condition.)
Example: Only students pursuing an Industry Experience sub‐plan can enroll in the course.
Cumulative Grade Point Average:
Indicate any restrictions on course enrollment based on the student’s cumulative grade point average. Please indicate GPA values in increments no smaller than 0.25 (i.e. 2.00, 2.25, 2.5, 2.75, etc…)
Example: The student’s overall GPA must be greater than ‘2.0’ in order to enroll in the course.
Pre‐Requisite and Co‐Requisite Courses
There are two different types of course requisites:
Pre‐Requisite:
A pre‐requisite is something that a student must complete (or be enrolled in for a previous term) before the start date of the desired class. By default, the system will include any ‘In‐Progress’ courses from a previous term as meeting the requisite.
Co‐Requisite:
A co‐requisite is something that a student can complete prior to, or at the same time as, the desired class. This means that if one course is a co‐requisite to another, students can enroll in both courses, simultaneously, within the same term – or could have already completed the course in a previous term, to meet the requisite.
Most Common:
Specific courses (or groups of courses) that students must have completed (or be enrolled in) to enroll in another course. The use of the logical connectors ‘AND’ and ‘OR’ can be used between multiple courses to create more complicated types of requisites.
Example 1: Complete MATH 1310 in order to enroll in MATH 1314.
Example 2: Complete both MATH 2433 AND MATH 3338 (in order to enroll in MATH 4380).
Example 3: Complete either MATH 1310 OR MATH 1311 (in order to enroll in MATH 1314).
Range of courses as an enrollment requisite, based upon subject area and catalog number. For example, wild card course of English 1###, where the range starts at any four‐digit English course beginning with 1.
Example: Complete three hours of 4000-level Mathematics in order to enroll in MATH 4389.
OPTIONAL REQUISITE PARAMETER
Minimum Grade in Course:
Indicate the minimum grade that students must earn in a course for it to be used to satisfy the requisite. (Note: Transfer/Test/Other credit is considered a ‘C grade.’) It is important to understand that the system includes a student's in‐progress work as counting toward the minimum. Only when the student receives a grade below this minimum value will they not meet the requisite. (See section below on In‐Progress Credit.) Also indicate whether the minimum grade value applies to specific courses in the list of requisites, or all courses that make up the requisite.
Example 1: Complete ACCT 3367 with a grade of ‘C‘ or better (in order to enroll in ACCT 3368).
Example 2: Complete STAT 3331 with a grade of ‘C+‘ or better AND complete SCM 3301 with a grade of 'C' or better (in order to enroll in SCM 4301).
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING REQUISITES
In‐Progress Credit:
The system will include in analysis and count any non‐graded courses, as well as any graded courses that are considered ‘in‐progress’ (i.e. IP and I grades). A course is considered in‐progress as soon as you enroll. If your academic area wants to exclude in‐progress coursework as meeting requisites, please indicate in the 'Comments for Implementation' box on the template. It is important to understand that if you decide to exclude in‐progress coursework, students will not meet the requisite until an official grade is posted.
example: Enrollment in subsequent terms begins before the current term ends. If a student qualifies for a class offered in a session of the Spring term based on the enrollment in the prerequisite class in a session of the Fall term, the system will assume that the student is going to pass the Fall class and then allow CONDITIONAL enrollment in the Spring class. Once the Fall term ends and all grades are final, the PERC process will then inform the course manager as to whether or not the CONDITIONALLY enrolled student is now fully-qualified in the next course. If the student earned an I or IP for the prerequisite class, the system will still show the student as CONDITIONAL and not as SATISFIED or NOT SATISFIED.
example: If the student is attempting enrollment Spring class and has already earned/has posted a grade of I or IP in the prerequisite course, the system will allow enrollment in the Spring course and show that the student has CONDITIONALLY satisfied the prerequisites.
Transfer, Test, and Other Credit:
The system defaults to allow Transfer, Test, and Other Credit to meet requisites (where applicable). If transfer, test, and/or other credit should not be used to meet requisites, please indicate in the 'Comments for Implementation' box on the template.
Department/Instructor Consent vs. Requisites:
The distinction between department consent and requisites is that a requisite prevents individuals who have not met the minimum requirements from entering the class; consent requires that all students receive “permission” from the department to enter into the course. Requisites should not be placed on courses that already require department/instructor consent since the ‘permission’ will override the requisite.
Please refer to Class Permissions for more information about how to create and manage required and optional permissions.
Requisites are for Graded Components Only:
Requisites cannot be placed on non‐graded labs and recitations.