If your mark in a class doesn't meet the pre-req (C- in phys 101), and you're still waitlisted for the next level (phy 2xx),do you get removed off the waitlist after you're position 0?
Many SFU courses have prerequisites (courses you must complete before enrolling) or a minimum number of credit hours (e.g. 30 credit hours). Some courses are restricted to specific groups of students, such as those who have already declared their major or minor in a particular discipline.
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If you try to enrol in a course but do not have the necessary prerequisites, the enrolment system will block your request. As an adult, however, you may feel that your work or life experience has prepared you for a course. Sometimes students are permitted to enrol in courses without meeting the formal prerequisites. If you are interested in an SFU NOW course or any other SFU course, but you lack the prerequisites, please contact us.
While the SFU NOW office cannot decide who is eligible to enrol in courses, we can liaise with or direct you to the departmental faculty and staff who make these decisions. SFU departments want to ensure that students enrol in courses appropriate for their interests and backgrounds.
Another option available to you, is a course challenge. Course challenge is a method by which a student may obtain credit for course material learned elsewhere (i.e. outside Simon Fraser University). A maximum of 60 units may be obtained by the combined mechanism of course challenge and transfer credit.
On the side note, why would you waitlist for a course you know you're not ready for? If you don't pass phys 101 then you won't get into a 200 level course. You will be rejected after you are in the front of the waitlist.
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Prerequisites
Many SFU courses have prerequisites (courses you must complete before enrolling) or a minimum number of credit hours (e.g. 30 credit hours). Some courses are restricted to specific groups of students, such as those who have already declared their major or minor in a particular discipline.
If you try to enrol in a course but do not have the necessary prerequisites, the enrolment system will block your request. As an adult, however, you may feel that your work or life experience has prepared you for a course. Sometimes students are permitted to enrol in courses without meeting the formal prerequisites. If you are interested in an SFU NOW course or any other SFU course, but you lack the prerequisites, please contact us.
While the SFU NOW office cannot decide who is eligible to enrol in courses, we can liaise with or direct you to the departmental faculty and staff who make these decisions. SFU departments want to ensure that students enrol in courses appropriate for their interests and backgrounds.
Another option available to you, is a course challenge. Course challenge is a method by which a student may obtain credit for course material learned elsewhere (i.e. outside Simon Fraser University). A maximum of 60 units may be obtained by the combined mechanism of course challenge and transfer credit.