Prerequisites are one or more courses that must be completed or other knowledge, skills, or standards that must be demonstrated, before a student is permitted to take certain courses.

Prerequisites (if any) for a course are listed in the Catalog.

Some prerequisites have their own prerequisites, forming a string of courses that must all be taken. The catalog course description shows the last course in the prerequisite string of courses. For example, ME 212 Engineering Dynamics has prerequisites of MATH 241 and ME 211. MATH 241 requires MATH 143, which requires MATH 142, which requires MATH 141. ME 211 requires ME 241 and PHYS 131. To enroll in ME 212, students must have successfully completed MATH 241, 143, 142, 141 and ME 211 and PHYS 131.

An instructor may drop a student from a class if the prerequisite requirements, as stated in the catalog course description, have not been satisfied.

A curriculum may not have "hidden" prerequisites, that is, if a course is required for a required major course, then the course needs to be included in the curriculum requirements.

Upper-dvision courses (300- and 400-level) must have a prerequisite.

Academic Senate resolution AS-330-90/CC