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A prerequisite can be a course(s) or restriction(s) required before enrollment in a more advanced course.  A corequisite is a course that the student must take in the same term as another course. A pre/corequisite is a course that the student must have either completed before registering for a more advanced course or will be taking in the same term as the other course.

The Ohio Department of Higher Education requires a minimum prerequisite of “graduate standing” for all master’s degree level courses (50000 and 60000 levels) and “doctoral standing” for all doctorate level courses (70000 and 80000 levels). �鶹ӰԺ State requires the statement of “none” in the course description for all undergraduate courses (00000 to 40000 levels) with no prerequisite.

Types of Prerequisites

• Specific course(s) or a range of courses or credit hours 
• Minimum grade required for a course
• Test scores
• Student Academic level
• College, department, campus or program
• Overall GPA of the student
• Special approval

Prerequisites That Are Functional in Banner

• Specific course(s) or a range of courses or credit hours that can be identified as a prerequisite, corequisite or pre/corequisite
  • Example: 
    • ENG 21011
    • 6 credits of FIN courses
    • one PSYC course
    • three lower-division courses
• Test score that is standard
  • Example:
    • ACT
    • ALEKS
    • unique to a group of students (e.g., audition, portfolio review, advanced study)
• Student level
  • Example:
    • senior standing
    • graduate standing
• College, department, campus or program
  • Example: 
    • major
    • concentration
    • minor
    • School of Music
• Overall GPA of the student; warning! this restriction does not work well in some instances;  contact Curriculum Services to discuss
• Special approval (aka permission), which prohibits all students from registering unless they seek a permit override from the course’s academic department/faculty
• Prerequisite groupings
  • Courses, test scores, student level, college, department, campus, program connected by “AND”
    • Example: MUS 10001 and audition passage (using a test score applied to student) and major or minor in music and junior standing
  • Courses levels (undergraduate, graduate) connected by “OR”
    • Example: SPED 23000 or  SPED 63200

Prerequisites That Are Not Functional in Banner

• Knowledge that is not tied to a course or test score
  • Examples: proficiency in French, experience in computer programming
• High school coursework
• GPA from a high school or any other college or university
• Courses that are not specified
  • Examples: 6 credit hours of education courses, one law course, first-year core requirements, successful completion of an introductory course
• Prerequisite groupings
  • Courses/test scores, student level, college, department, campus, program connected by “OR”
    • Examples: ECON 22003 or Economics major,  MUS 1111 or sophomore standing, 34 ALEKS math score or Mathematics major, senior standing or major in Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship
  • Special approval connected with any other prerequisite by “OR”
    • Example: Graduate standing or special approval (any course prerequisite can be overridden with departmental/faculty approval; therefore, this prerequisite is not needed)
  • GPA connected with any other prerequisite by “OR”
    • Example: 2.5 overall GPA or NURS 20000
  • Different set of prerequisites for different set of students
    • Example: ENTR 27056 for Entrepreneurship majors or FDM 35280 for Fashion majors (however, ENTR 27056 or FDM 35280 is accepted)

Notes on Prerequisite Checking for Registration

• Banner is programmed to include the student’s in-progress term when checking prerequisites for a course registration. If the student no longer meets the course’s prerequisite after a successful registration, Banner does not deregister the student from the course. It is the responsibility of academic units to deregister students who do not meet prerequisites after registration.
  • Example: a student taking Accounting I in the fall semester registers for Accounting II in November for the spring semester. Accounting I is a prerequisite for Accounting II. Later, the student withdraws from Accounting I (or fails or receives a below-acceptable grade). Banner does not deregister the student automatically from Accounting II.
• All undergraduate course prerequisites will have a default minimum D grade.
• All graduate course prerequisites will have a default minimum C grade unless requested otherwise by faculty through the course approval process.