Prerequisites, Corequisites, Recommended Preparation

Many courses require you to have completed prerequisites or enroll in a corequisite when registering for a class.

Students may challenge a course prerequisite, corequisite, or limitation on enrollment. See Challenge Petition

Note: Students must clear prerequisites before being allowed to enroll a course. Students on a waitlist will be unable to register unless prerequisites have been cleared prior to enrolling in the course.

Prerequisite

Prerequisite is a condition of enrollment that a student is required to meet in order to demonstrate current readiness for enrollment in a course or educational program.
Students are expected to have satisfied the prerequisite requirements as stated in the catalog/class schedule for all courses. Prior to registering for the class. If the course was completed at another college, students are required to bring in transcripts to clear the prerequisite.

All prerequisite classes must have been completed with a satisfactory grade. “Satisfactory grade means that, for the course in question the student’s academic record has been annotated with a symbol A, B, C or P”

Corequisite

Recommended Preparation

Challenge Petition

Students may challenge a course prerequisite, corequisite, or limitation on enrollment on the grounds that the student has the knowledge or skills to successfully complete the course; that the prerequisite course has not been made reasonably available and will cause undue delay in completion of the student’s education-al goal as detailed in the student educational plan; that the course has not been establishing in accordance with the district’s process for establishing prerequisites and corequisities; or that the prerequisite is unlawfully discriminatory or is being applied in and unlawfully discriminatory manner.

Prerequisite/Co requisite Challenge Process- page 1 (PDF)
Prerequisite/Co requisite Challenge Form- page 2 (PDF)

Ways to Clear a Prerequisite

Depending on your academic history, prerequisite can be met by different criteria other than successfully completing a course at Glendale College

You may clear a prerequisite or corequisite by providing any of the following.

Completing the placement process at Glendale College for English, ESL, Mathematics or Chemistry. The English and Mathematics guided placement survey (GPS's) are administered every day.
Proof of completed/or currently enrollment in course at another U.S. College or University
AP test score of 3 or higher

Prerequisite Form and Process

Download Prerequisite Clearance Request (pdf)
Fill out the form completely and attach the required documentation stated on the form.
Email, Fax, Mail the completed form and the required documentation to counseling@glendale.edu
Once we have received the form, it will be processed in the order received. Please allow at least 7 business days for it to be processed.