Prerequisites

Using the Prerequisites tile, you can configure prerequisites. Prerequistes must be met before a student can take a course.

Prerequisites

To view the page, you must have Academics - Configuration - View authorization.

To edit the page, you must have Academics - Configuration - Manage authorization.

Your institution must have selected No for the following advanced feature (Select the Settings tile > expand System > select Advanced Features.): Allow Enhanced Pre-requisite and Co-requisite Feature Enables the new feature for configuring requisite rules. Using the feature, you can configure prerequisite or corequisite rules that you can apply to more than one course. When you enable this feature, a Course Requisite Rules option is available from the Configuration tile and the Prerequisite and Corequisite tiles are replaced with one Requisites tile in course configuration. When you select Yes, Anthology Student automatically migrates your existing prerequisite and corequisite rules to requisite rules so that you can modify and consolidate them as needed to make your rule management more efficient. During the migration, Anthology Student prefixes your existing prerequisite rules with pr- and corequisites rules with -cr. For example, if the course code for a prerequisite is ENG101 (course name: English Composition) the code of the rule will be pr-ENG101 and the name of the rule will be Legacy Pre-Req migrated rule for English Composition. If the course code for a corequisite is BIO101LAB, the name of the rule will be cr-BIO101LAB. Enabling this feature permanently disables features in the legacy interface related to rules (such as prerequisites and corequisite rules and actions for courses like register, unregister, and drop). Other changes can still be made to courses in the legacy interface (such as edits to the course, books, and fees).

If your institution selected Yes, the Corequisites and Prerequisites tiles are replaced with a Requisites tile.

To edit an item associated with more than one campus, you must have access to all the campuses. For example, if the item is configured to be available at three campuses and you only have access to two of the campuses, you can view the item but cannot edit it. When you add an item, you can only select campuses to which you have access.

Your institution must have ensured that the section end date of the prerequisite course is in the past when compared to the section start date of the conditional course.

If you want to configure a document as a course prerequisite, your institution must have selected the Registration Prerequisite Document Specifies the document is to be configured as a course or course section prerequisite. Within the Permit Details tab, you can specify the course, for which the document should allow registration. This check box is enabled only when you select Academic Records option in the Module field. check box for the documents on the Documents page. (Select the Configuration tile > expand Contact Manager > select Documents.) Only active documents with the check box selected will be available to select as a prerequisite.

You should be familiar with how to Use Features for Course Requisites.

Access Method

Select the Configuration tile > expand Academic Records > select Courses.

Procedure to Configure Prerequisites

1. Add a course or select a Course record.

2. Select the Prerequisites tile.

3. Under Optional or Required Prerequisites, select the Enabled Indicates that the selected prerequisite is enabled. The Optional and Required check boxes are enabled for the newly selected Enabled check box. check boxes for the Types The prerequisite type. of prerequisite you want for the course. Anthology Student selects the Required Indicates that the selected prerequisite is required for the course. This check box is selected by default. If you clear the Required check box, the Optional check box is selected instead to indicate that the prerequisite is optional check box by default.

4. If you want the prerequisite to be optional instead of required, select the Optional Indicates that the selected prerequisite is optional for the course. This check box is selected if you clear the Required check box. check box.

5. Specify the number of Optional Prerequisites to be Met The minimum number of optional prerequisites required for a course. The number that you specify in the field must be less than the number of Optional items selected. For example, if you have selected two courses as Optional, specify 1 as the value in the Optional Prerequisites to be Met. This check box is enabled only if you select at least two optional prerequisites..

6. If you are: 

   • Adding a course, select the Next button through the types of prerequisites to expand and specify the requirements for each of the types of prerequisites you selected

   • Editing a course, either expand the area for the type of prerequisite you want to change or select the Next button through the types of prerequisites and make your changes

   The table provides the steps to specify the details for each type of prerequisite.

   Type of Prerequisite You Enabled	Action to Take
   Course	Select the Campus The campus that will be associated with the prerequisite rule.. In Conditions, use any of combination of the following options to specify or change the requirements and automatically populate the rules in Rule Configuration. To add a rule, select the New Rule button. To add a grouping of rules, select the New Rule Group button. You can then select the check box for the group and use the New Rule button to add rules to the group. To specify an operator, select the And or Or operators (For example, if you have 2 groups, you can specify the Or operator for the second group to specify that the prerequisites are met if the conditions in either group are met. The default is And.)  To add a course to the rule, select the check box for the rule, the name of the course in the Courses list, and the button. You can also specify the Minimum GPA The minimum grade required to meet the prerequisite as configured in the grade scale.. To change the order of rules or rule groups, use the up and down arrows. To delete a rule or rule group, select the Delete button. To delete a course from a rule, select the X next to the course.
   Credits or Hours & Grade Level	Specify or change the following values. Credits Minimum credits that the student needs to meet in the prerequisite course to be considered for registration. Grade Level Grade level required to complete the prerequisite. Hours Minimum hours required to complete the prerequisite. Remaining Program Required/Credits/Hours Specifies that students must have less than or the number of required credits or hours specified remaining in their program to meet the prerequisite and register for the course. For example, if you only want a student to register for a course in their last semester, specify the number of credits in the last semester.
   Tests	Use any of combination of these options to specify or change the requirements. To add a rule, select the New Rule button. To specify the number of tests listed in the rule that are required to satisfy the requirement, change the number in the box after the number of the rule. (For example, you can specify that 1 of the 3 tests listed are required to meet the requirement. The default is 1.)  To add a test to a rule, select the check box next to the rule, select a test in the Tests list, and select the button. (You can also specify the minimum value, such as minimum score, date or text.)  To delete a rule, select the Delete button. To delete a test from a rule, select the X next to the test.
   Documents	Use any of combination of these options to specify or change the requirements. To add a rule, select the New Rule button. To specify the number of documents listed in the rule that are required to satisfy the requirement, change the number in the box after the number of the rule. (For example, you can specify that 1 of the 3 documents listed are required to meet the requirement. The default is 1.)  To add a document to a rule, select the check box next to the rule, select a document in the Documents list, and select the button. To delete a rule, select the Delete button. To delete a document from a rule, select the X next to the document.

7. Select Save to save the changes.