9:04 p.m.
Good afternoon
Any student who is retaking a chemistry course in which they earned a grade of D or F and
are getting the “prerequisite and test score error” when attempting to register for the
next chemistry course in their sequence must submit the prerequisite override request
form. Per the request of the Chemistry Department, please do not set P1 overrides for
these students. In addition, please tell your student to clearly explain the reason
they’re requesting the override, so the Department knows to approve the request with a P1
and not Q1.
Thank you,
Heather Shattuck
From: Victoria Dougherty <Victoria.Dougherty(a)utsa.edu>
Sent: Friday, November 5, 2021 3:59 PM
To: Heather Shattuck <heather.shattuck(a)utsa.edu>
Cc: Patricia Gonzalez (Cosae) <Patricia.Gonzalez(a)utsa.edu>; Tracy Hunt
<Tracy.Hunt(a)utsa.edu>; Barbara Smith <Barbara.Smith(a)utsa.edu>; LHSC Advising
<LHSC.Advising(a)utsa.edu>; MPS Advising <MPS.Advising(a)utsa.edu>; Timothy Yuen
<Timothy.Yuen(a)utsa.edu>; Audrey Lamb <audrey.lamb(a)utsa.edu>; Susan Thomas
(Chem) <Susan.Thomas(a)utsa.edu>; Health Professions
<Health.Professions(a)utsa.edu>
Subject: Re: Prerequisites
Ask them to submit a prerequisite override pleas.
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 5, 2021, at 2:14 PM, Heather Shattuck
<heather.shattuck@utsa.edu<mailto:heather.shattuck@utsa.edu>> wrote:
Good afternoon Professor Dougherty,
Thank you for the email. If it would help the Department, academic advisors can set the
temporary override (P1) to allow students in this situation to register for spring courses
while the Registrar’s Office is working on fixing this issue. If a student fails a
prerequisite course again this fall, they would be dropped from the spring course for
which it’s a prerequisite sometime in December or early January (depending on when the
Registrar’s Office runs the prereq drop script).
Alternatively, if you would prefer these students to submit prerequisite override request
forms as requested in your email, we will share that information with our advising units
and the entire advising community because there are many majors that require chemistry
courses, and there are students taking chemistry courses as prerequisites for admissions
to health professions regardless of major.
Thank you,
Heather
Heather Shattuck, Ph.D.
Academic Advisor IV
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Life and Health Sciences Advising Unit
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, TX 78249
210-458-4900
heather.shattuck@utsa.edu<mailto:heather.shattuck@utsa.edu>
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From: Victoria Dougherty
<Victoria.Dougherty@utsa.edu<mailto:Victoria.Dougherty@utsa.edu>>
Sent: Friday, November 5, 2021 1:18 PM
To: Heather Shattuck
<heather.shattuck@utsa.edu<mailto:heather.shattuck@utsa.edu>>; Patricia
Gonzalez (Cosae)
<Patricia.Gonzalez@utsa.edu<mailto:Patricia.Gonzalez@utsa.edu>>; Tracy Hunt
<Tracy.Hunt@utsa.edu<mailto:Tracy.Hunt@utsa.edu>>; Barbara Smith
<Barbara.Smith@utsa.edu<mailto:Barbara.Smith@utsa.edu>>
Cc: LHSC Advising <LHSC.Advising@utsa.edu<mailto:LHSC.Advising@utsa.edu>>; MPS
Advising <MPS.Advising@utsa.edu<mailto:MPS.Advising@utsa.edu>>; Timothy Yuen
<Timothy.Yuen@utsa.edu<mailto:Timothy.Yuen@utsa.edu>>; Audrey Lamb
<audrey.lamb@utsa.edu<mailto:audrey.lamb@utsa.edu>>; Susan Thomas (Chem)
<Susan.Thomas@utsa.edu<mailto:Susan.Thomas@utsa.edu>>; Health Professions
<Health.Professions@utsa.edu<mailto:Health.Professions@utsa.edu>>
Subject: Prerequisites
All,
It has come to my attention that students that have failed a class but are currently
retaking it are not being allowed to register for the next course. As such you can only
imagine the chaos that has ensued. If you have a student reach out to you that has this
issue, please have them fill out a prerequisite override form. Ask them to be clear with
their explanation to avoid any confusion on our part. Do not have them call the department
office, or the UGARs.
https://www.utsa.edu/enrollment/facultystaff/registrar/PreReq_Override.ht...
Victoria Dougherty
Assistant Professor of Practice
Undergraduate Advisor of Record
University of Texas at San Antonio
Department of Chemistry
One UTSA cir
San Antonio Texas 78249
Office: 210-458-5473
Fax: 210-458-7428
