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Course Prerequisite Resolution
From the Benefits and Works Environment Committee Revised Version
Presented May 5, 2000; Passed May 5, 2000.
Whereas:
- Prerequisites are given for many courses in order to ensure that students enrolling for those courses have adequate academic preparation. When students without sufficient academic background enroll in courses, one of two things is very likely to occur: either (1) the student will make a very low grade, which is discouraging for the student and not a desirable outcome; or (2) the level of the classroom instruction will drop to accommodate the under-prepared student, which means that academic standards will necessarily suffer.
- The Faculty Senate fully recognizes that it is impossible to bar students from enrolling for courses for which they have not completed the prerequisite, since at the time of enrollment they may be currently enrolled in the prerequisite course. It is vital, however, that faculty members be alerted to any possible problems of this nature prior to the commencement of the course, so that they can determine whether any student should be excluded from the course.
Therefore, be it resolved that the Registrar should ensure that PeopleSoft is installed in such a manner as to make possible the following:
- notification of the student in writing that he/she has not at that point met prerequisite requirements for one or more courses for which he/she has enrolled, and that if he/she has not completed all prerequisites listed in the Bulletin prior to the beginning of the semester, permission to continue in the course will have to be sought from the instructor in question; and
- notification of each instructor (or, in the case of staff listings, department) of any students enrolled for a course who had not completed the prerequisite(s) at the time of registration.
Be it further resolved that the waiving of a prerequisite for a course is the exclusive right of the instructor of the course, not of administrators.