California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 6 - California Community Colleges › Chapter 6 - Curriculum and Instruction › Subchapter 1 - Programs, Courses and Classes › Article 1 - Program, Course and Class Classification and Standards › Section 55003 - Policies for Prerequisites, Corequisites and Advisories on Recommended Preparation

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The governing board of a community
					 college district may establish prerequisites, corequisites, and advisories on
					 recommended preparation, but must do so in accordance with the provisions of
					 this article and subchapter 6, article 1. Nothing in this subchapter shall be
					 construed to require a district to establish prerequisites, corequisites, or
					 advisories on recommended preparation; provided however, that a prerequisite or
					 corequisite shall be required if the course is to be offered for associate
					 degree credit and the curriculum committee finds that the prerequisite or
					 corequisite is necessary pursuant to sections
					 55002(a)(2)(D) or
					 55002(a)(2)(E).
					 Unless otherwise specified in this section, the level of scrutiny required to
					 establish prerequisites, corequisites, and advisories on recommended
					 preparation shall be based on content review as defined in subdivision (c) of
					 section 55000 or content review with
					 statistical validation as defined in subdivision (f) of this section.
					 Determinations about prerequisites and corequisites shall be made on a
					 course-by-course or program-by-program basis.
(b) A district governing board choosing to
					 establish prerequisites, corequisites, or advisories on recommended preparation
					 shall, in accordance with the provisions of sections
					 53200-53204, adopt policies for the
					 following:
(1) the process for establishing
					 prerequisites, corequisites, and advisories on recommended preparation. Such
					 policies shall provide that in order to establish a prerequisite or
					 corequisite, the prerequisite or corequisite must be determined to be necessary
					 and appropriate for achieving the purpose for which it is being
					 established.
(2) procedures to
					 assure that courses for which prerequisites or corequisites are established
					 will be taught in accordance with the course outline of record, particularly
					 those aspects of the course outline that are the basis for justifying the
					 establishment of the prerequisite or corequisite.
(3) the process to ensure that each section
					 of the prerequisite or corequsite is to be taught by a qualified instructor and
					 in accordance with a set of objectives and with other specifications defined in
					 the course outline of record, as required in section
					 55002 for all courses.
(4) the process, including levels of
					 scrutiny, for reviewing prerequisites and corequisites to assure that they
					 remain necessary and appropriate. These processes shall provide that at least
					 once each six years all prerequisites and corequisites established by the
					 district shall be reviewed, except that prerequisites and corequisites for
					 vocational courses or programs shall be reviewed every two years. These
					 processes shall also provide for the periodic review of advisories on
					 recommended preparation.
(5) the
					 bases and process for an individual student to challenge the application of a
					 prerequisite or corequisite.