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I've found that you can often skip prerequisites if you just don't tell anybody you didn't take the required classes. If I had done things properly, I wouldn't

I've found that you can often skip prerequisites if you just don't tell anybody you didn't take the required classes. If I had done things properly, I wouldn't have been able to take most of the classes I really enjoyed.

elai 17y ago
Maybe way back when they didn't really use computer systems to track classes. Now if you don't have the prereqs in the computer system, the computer wont let your register, therefore the teacher wont have you on your class list and you wont be able to get a grade on your transcript.
- sketerpot 17y ago
  I just graduated from college a few months ago. The prerequisite system is so full of special cases, and so riddled with verbiage like "or equivalent classes, or permission of the instructor", that they didn't even bother to track prereqs by computer. (Also, I spent a semester in another country, and the records didn't transfer. Essentially, that semester was a black box in which I could plausibly be assumed to have taken any class. Maybe that helped.) I'm surprised that other schools track prereqs by computer. That sounds like it would be very rigid and high-maintenance.
yardie 17y ago
I've found that you can skip prereqs if you speak to the instructor and give them a good reason. Some of mine were the prereqs were full so I was going to take it next semester while doing this one. Taking an equivalent under a different college. Or just generally knowing your stuff (ie. conning your way in). Enrollment is automated so the computer won't let you override the system, but the dean certainly can.
ax0n 17y ago
I skipped some pre-reqs by taking the final exam in an exam proctor's office, but this can only be done with the blessing of the course facilitator or the department head. For me, it worked best for computer classes (I quizzed out of Intro to DOS [ya rly] to take Intro to Telecommunication a.k.a. play with modems and the campus BBS Fun Time) and not-so-great for science and sociology classes. The math department had an assessment test that would try to accurately put you where you were most likely supposed to be. Regardless, Ripping through a bachelor's degree in 3 years just isn't feasible in many schools. You'll almost always run into schedule conflicts due to some classes only being offered at certain times or every other semester.

elai 17y ago

Maybe way back when they didn't really use computer systems to track classes. Now if you don't have the prereqs in the computer system, the computer wont let your register, therefore the teacher wont have you on your class list and you wont be able to get a grade on your transcript.

sketerpot 17y ago
I just graduated from college a few months ago. The prerequisite system is so full of special cases, and so riddled with verbiage like "or equivalent classes, or permission of the instructor", that they didn't even bother to track prereqs by computer. (Also, I spent a semester in another country, and the records didn't transfer. Essentially, that semester was a black box in which I could plausibly be assumed to have taken any class. Maybe that helped.) I'm surprised that other schools track prereqs by computer. That sounds like it would be very rigid and high-maintenance.

yardie 17y ago

I've found that you can skip prereqs if you speak to the instructor and give them a good reason. Some of mine were the prereqs were full so I was going to take it next semester while doing this one. Taking an equivalent under a different college. Or just generally knowing your stuff (ie. conning your way in). Enrollment is automated so the computer won't let you override the system, but the dean certainly can.

ax0n 17y ago

I skipped some pre-reqs by taking the final exam in an exam proctor's office, but this can only be done with the blessing of the course facilitator or the department head. For me, it worked best for computer classes (I quizzed out of Intro to DOS [ya rly] to take Intro to Telecommunication a.k.a. play with modems and the campus BBS Fun Time) and not-so-great for science and sociology classes. The math department had an assessment test that would try to accurately put you where you were most likely supposed to be. Regardless, Ripping through a bachelor's degree in 3 years just isn't feasible in many schools. You'll almost always run into schedule conflicts due to some classes only being offered at certain times or every other semester.