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
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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.html
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