{"id":820,"date":"2018-07-04T09:59:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T13:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/?page_id=820"},"modified":"2026-05-12T09:23:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:23:28","slug":"understandingprereq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/current-students\/undergrad-academic-support\/understandingprereq\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Prerequisites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Understanding Prerequisites\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>The Faculty of Engineering and Design strictly upholds prerequisites as noted in the <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">most recently<\/em> published <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/courses\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/courses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Undergraduate Calendar course descriptions<\/a>. Some engineering courses have course-specific prerequisite(s) and\/or year standing requirements to register; engineering course prerequisites also may include a minimum grade in prerequisite course(s) and others require only a passing grade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>If you encounter registration warnings or errors indicating prerequisite(s) not met you will need to verify the prerequisite(s) as stated in the calendar vs your record of courses completed. <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"effective-fall-2026-term-year-status-in-engineering-is-no-longer-used-in-engineering-course-prerequisites-click-here-for-more-information\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Effective Fall 2026 term, &#8216;Year Status in Engineering&#8217; is no longer used in engineering course prerequisites, click <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/current-students\/undergrad-academic-support\/faq-removal-of-year-status-in-engineering\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/current-students\/undergrad-academic-support\/faq-removal-of-year-status-in-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a> for more information.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"year-standing\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Year Standing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Year standing<\/strong><\/em> is a ranking used by the University and is based on the total number of credits completed that are counting towards degree requirements. As defined the the <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/regulations\/academicregulationsoftheuniversity\/regulations-for-degree-students\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/regulations\/academicregulationsoftheuniversity\/regulations-for-degree-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University Calendar &#8211; section 3.1.7<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">First Year Standing<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Fewer than 4.0 credits completed successfully and counting towards the degree.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Second Year Standing<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">4.0 through 8.5 credits completed successfully and counting towards the degree.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Third Year Standing<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">9.0 through 13.5 credits completed successfully and counting towards the degree.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Fourth Year Standing<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">14.0 or more credits completed successfully and counting towards the degree.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Faculty of Engineering and Design strictly upholds prerequisites as noted in the most recently published Undergraduate Calendar course descriptions. Some engineering courses have course-specific prerequisite(s) and\/or year standing requirements to register; engineering course prerequisites also may include a minimum grade in prerequisite course(s) and others require only a passing grade. 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