PREREQUISITES

ratified: Academic Council, March 26, 1993, Academic Dean, March 30, 1993
last update: 11/99
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PURPOSE:

To ensure consistent documentation and procedures for waiving of course prerequisites

POLICY:

Students are required to meet the prerequisite requirements for each course taken.

Approved prerequisite requirements can be waived for individual students only by full-time faculty members who teach the course or by the Academic Dean.

A granted prerequisite waiver waives prerequisites only for the specific course listed.

Prerequisite requirements must be included as part of the course description when the process of course approval is initiated.

Adding or dropping prerequisite requirements must be submitted to the Division Council (to be routed to Academic Issues Committee) for approval as a modification of the course description.

PROCEDURE:

1. To be granted a prerequisite waiver, the student must request the waiver of a full-time faculty member teaching the course. If a full-time faculty member is not available, the Academic Dean must approve the waiver.

2. If the faculty member or Academic Dean approves the waiver, a prerequisite waiver form must be completed at that time.

3. The student will bring the waiver to Student Services to register for the course.

4. The waiver will be placed in the student's file.