13. Course Prerequisites

Policy Number: 13
Date Developed: 04/95
Date Revised/Reviewed: 02/01

Doctor of Chiropractic Program:

The college has identified a system of prerequisites that are referenced in the college catalog.

Prerequisite indicates a condition of enrollment that a student is required to meet in order to demonstrate current readiness for enrollment in a course subsequent in the 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. Students will not be permitted to enroll in such courses without the appropriate prerequisite.

Palmer College recognizes that if the prerequisites are established unnecessarily or inappropriately they constitute unjustifiable obstacles to student access and success. Nonetheless, Palmer College recognizes that it is important to have prerequisites in place where they are a vital factor in maintaining academic standards. Therefore, Palmer College strives to avoid establishing prerequisites where they are not needed and adopts this policy which calls for caution and careful scrutiny in establishing the prerequisite system.

NOTE: Transfer students will be managed by Student Academic Affairs.

Appeals to this policy may be made in writing to the Director of Student Academic Affairs no later than the fifth class day of an academic term.