***Semester Course Prerequisite

[CrystalHunter]

We are allowing our students into input course requests this spring.  We have begun testing it to make sure all works well.  We have found a course that is giving us trouble.  There is a semester journalism course that states " prerequisites have not been met" when a student requests it.  We are not sure why this happens because there are no prerequisites for the course.  There is no check box for students to select the class.  We are not sure how to move forward with this.

[Reshma]

Hi @CrystalHunter,

A student does not appear to meet the course prerequisite of having a teacher recommendation, despite a teacher having recommended the student for the class in the correct year.  As a result, the student sees the error message in the alerts column when entering course requests.  

If the request was submitted by a teacher, ensure that the teacher is associated with the correct department.

Note: On the live side, you can see the department field by selecting the staff member and clicking the Staff Scheduling Preferences screen. In PowerScheduler, you can see the department field by selecting the staff member, and clicking the Teacher Scheduling Preferences screen.

If the request was submitted by a teacher in the correct department, ensure that the course prerequisite has the correct department specified. You can see the prerequisite department field on the Edit Course Prerequisites screen by following the steps below.

1. On the Start Page, choose School from the main menu. The School Setup page appears.
2. Under General, click Courses. The Courses page appears.
3. Click the name of the desired course from the name column.
4. From the top of the Edit Course District Information page, click Prerequisites. The Edit Course Prerequisites Screen appears. If the department associated with the course is incorrect, you can edit the prerequisite by holding the cursor over the prerequisite and clicking the pencil icon.

[Reshma]

Hi @CrystalHunter,

You would also want to note that,

• Requests submitted by an administrator have no department association; however, an administrator can override a course prerequisite for a student from that student's Request Management > Override Prerequisites page.
• It is recommended that the prerequisite note be filled out for all prerequisites.  The text from the prerequisite note will appear next to the course in the student request screens.

Please find more information on Course Prerequisites