Courses: Building Requisites

Information on building course requisites, including formatting, course equivalents, testing scores, etc.

How to use this KB:

This KB document is designed to assist in the process of building course requisites. The baseline of any requisite is typically prior course preparation, as noted in Rule #1. Rules #2-6 can expand upon or refine a requisite, if appropriate. The intent can very easily be changed by adding a word or a comma, thus any questions on requisites should be clarified with the faculty in the department(s) owning the subject(s) in which the course is being proposed.

Per the Policy on Course Catalog Elements, the following rules should be followed when building a requisite:

  1. Include all UW-Madison courses that may provide the academic preparation needed to be successful in the course. Include all equivalents and all cross-listings. Courses must be formatted utilizing the appropriate subject short description + catalog number (ex: MATH 221).
    1. If a specific GPA/grade is required in a course, include significant data to support that a student needs that grade to succeed.
  2. Include placement exams. Advanced Placement and other third-party test scores are automatically configured if the course they equate to is used in the requisite.
  3. Include satisfaction of general education, such as Communications Part A, Quantitative Reasoning A, and Quantitative Reasoning B.
  4. Include limitations on courses with significant overlap.
  5. Consider the audience for the course (i.e., class standing- junior standing, graduate/professional, etc.; students declared in a plan or subplan; student groups; etc.).
  6. If requisites are unenforceable in SIS, utilize ‘Consent of Instructor’. 



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Doc ID:
110378
Owned by:
Melissa S. in Academic Planning
Created:
2021-04-19
Updated:
2024-12-02
Sites:
Academic Planning