Prerequisite Enforcement

Beginning Summer 2008, the Department will be enforcing prerequisite checking during registration. The purpose of prerequisite checking is to ensure that enrollment in heavily impacted courses (including CHEM 130, 215, 300, 320, 333, 335, 340, 343, and 349) is limited to students who are ready to take them.

Most students will fall under one of the three scenarios outlined below.
1. If your course equivalences are already documented on www.assist.org and listed on your DARS report, you do not need to take any action.
2. If you have already completed a Course Equivalency Form and had these signed by an advisor, you need to provide this information to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry ASAP.
3. If you have not completed a Course Equivalency Form for general chemistry, calculus, and/or physics courses taken at some other institution, you need to do have these evaluated and signed by an appropriate advisor and provide this information to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry ASAP.

A copy of the Course Equivalency Form (pink sheet) can also be obtained from our Department Office in Thornton Hall room 806 or from the following link . Fill this out and have it signed by an advisor from the appropriate department (i.e., the Math Department for calculus courses, Physics Department for physics courses, and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for chemistry courses). Bring the signed form to Thornton Hall room 730 so that this information can be entered into our database. Failure to do so may result in you being blocked from registering for chemistry courses at the time of registration, which may impede your progress towards graduation. If you have questions about this process, please contact the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at (415) 338-1288.