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TOOLS FOR SUCCESS

Important Terminology

PREREQUISITE indicates 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. A prerequisite represents a set of skills or a body of knowledge that a student must possess prior to enrollment and without which the student is highly unlikely to succeed in the course or program. Students will not be permitted to enroll in such courses and programs without the appropriate prerequisite.

COREQUISITE indicates a condition of enrollment consisting of a course that a student is required to simultaneously take in order to enroll in another course. A corequisite represents a set of skills or a body of knowledge that a student must acquire through concurrent enrollment in another course and without which the student is highly unlikely to succeed. Students must concurrently enroll in the corequisite course.

Grade Point Average (GPA)
The grade point average is computed by dividing all other units attempted into all grade points received. The meaning of each grade and its value in grade points is as follows:

A	- Excellent 4 per unit earned
B	- Good 3 per unit earned
C	- Satisfactory 2 per unit earned
D	- Passing, less than satisfactory 1 per unit earned
F	- Failing 0 per unit attempted
CR	- Credit 0 per unit earned
NC	- No Credit 0 per unit attempted
W	- Withdrawal 0 (no units earned)
I	- Incomplete 0 (no units earned)
IP	- In progress 0 (no units earned)
RD	- Report delayed 0 (no units earned)

ADVISORY READING LEVELS indicate desirable reading skills for a course. These are recommended but not mandatory prior to enrollment.

ADVISORY READING LEVELS MEAN

LEVEL 2 Minimum reading level: Qualification for Reading N90 determined by reading placement test.
LEVEL 3 Qualification for Reading N90 on reading placement test.
LEVEL 4 Qualification for Reading 100 on reading placement test.

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