Departments use prerequisites to sequence courses for the major, not necessarily to assure that a student has a required body of knowledge prior to taking the course in question. Many departments routinely waive prerequisites to accommodate students who wish to take a course to acquire a certain skill set. We will evaluate these students on an individual basis. Originally, this course was taught by faculty representing two different departments, now merged. We will resolve this by talking with students and assessing them individually.
Students begin at very different places.
This is very much a student-driven kind of course. If not, we don't want them. The suggestion is made that we revisit these issues should the College adopt a one-stop registration process. It is a topic course. If that is the case, then the HU designation is tied to the course number, not the content.