Subject Requisite Types {SACADO-14}

This option is used to define relationships between subjects in terms of Pre-requisites, Co-requisites, Substitutes, Exposure, Module substitute, Warning and Illegal.

Refer to the Processing Rules below for explanation of the rules and use of SODs and validations :

{SMNT-2} System Cycle 'Z' for Academic Structure Maintenance on must be open in order to make changes.
{SMNT-12} System Operation Definitions

SOD "I1/RE" Apply inline Pre-, Co-, Exposure test in the Registration program.
SOD "I2/RE" Must the Pre-Requisite test be (F)atal or a (W)arning in the Registration program.

{SMNT-1} Validations

PC/DY for Pre-Co Requisites
V1/V3 for Co-requisites.
V2/V4 for Restricted requisites.
V5/V6 for Pre-requisite on MODULE level only.
WS/WU is therefore only used for SUBJECT level.
W4 to Override failed Subject in same year.

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Field

Type
&
Length

Description

Academic Year

YYYY

The academic year for which this subject is valid.

Subject Code

The code of the subject that is being checked during enrolment. The subject name is displayed.

Relation Type

The following Types can be used:

Pre-requisite:
The Involved Subject must have been passed before the student may register for the Subject. Multiple Pre-requisites are allowed, in which case the student will be expected to comply with all Pre-requisites.

Co-requisite:
The Involved Subject has to be registered for at the same time as the Subject, or must have been passed already. Multiple Co-requisites are allowed.

Substitute:
The Involved Subject is seen as a replacement for the Subject.

Exposure:
The student must at least have been previously enrolled for the Involved Subject, before registration is allowed for a subject.
This relationship is similar to a Pre-requisite except that there is no need for the student to have passed the subject, as long as he was registered for it.

Module Substitute:
When the calculation program {SSTUD4-23} - "Compute MAIN Curriculum Module Subject Result" is run, the program checks if all the Compulsory Modules are registered or passed and if the Compulsory Module is not found, the check is done on the Module Substitute type.

Warning:
Warning records can be the same as Pre-requisites, but it will override the Pre-requisite check.
Registration for the subject and the involved subject may be done at the same time, as long as it is not for the same block, and the date of the involved subject's block ends before the Subject's block starts. If the block of the subject starts before the end date of the involved subject's block, the registration is not allowed.
This is typically used when institutions register for all blocks at the start of a new academic year.
At the end of the first block, the menu option {SREGC-14} can be used to cancel subjects with failed warnings/pre-requisites.
For {SREGC-14} to identify failed pre-requisites, validation 'W4' has to be changed to N'.
Illegal:
The Involved Subject and the Subject may not be registered for at the same time, i.e. in the same Year.
An Illegal requisite overrules a Warning requisite, so the program always checks for any Illegal requisites first.
If the rule is failed, the following message will be given: "<SUBJECT A> and subject <SUBJECT B> not allowed in the same year."

Relation Group

Relation Groups are only applicable to Pre-requisites and Co-requisites. Refer to Processing rules for further explanation.

Involved Subject

The code of the subject on which the test is done. The subject name is displayed.

Qualification

If a specific combination of exposures, substitutes or pre- and co-requisites is only valid for a specific qualification, the qualification code is entered and the Qualification description is displayed. A record for the' Subject / Qualification' combination must exist in the Curriculum. If this field is left blank, the combination is true for all qualifications.

Typical entries could be:

Type	Subject	Involved Subject
P	English II	English I
C	Physics IB	Physics IA
S	English I	Special English

P	English II	English I	BSc
C	Physics IB	Physics IA	BSc
S	English I	Special English	BSc

Please be aware that the qualification code refers to the qualification that the student is registering for.

Minimum Final Mark

This is the minimum final mark that the student should obtain, in the involved subject, in order to qualify to register for the subject. No validations will be done from {SDREGA-1} for 'Exposure' subjects.

Example:

Processing
Rules

Pre-requisite, Co-requisite and Exposure

Requisite testing can be done in two different ways, Inline or with the Validation report.

iEnabler registration:

Dependent on validations WS - "WEB Pre/Co Requisites" and WU (Web Distance Ed)
the iEnabler check is always done INLINE and is always FATAL.

Backoffice registration:

Dependent on validations PC - "Pre-Co Requisites on Subject Registration"' or DY (Distance Ed), and
SODs I1 - "Apply inline Pre-, Co-, Exposure test in the Registration Program?" and

I2 - "Must the Pre- Co-, Exposure test be (F)atal or a (W)arning in the Registration Program?"

The INLINE check is dependent on SODs I1 and I2:

If I1 = Y and 'I2' = F then:

If the Requisite is not met, the student cannot register and a message is given: "Pre-requisite XXXX must be registered prior to that of YYYY"

If I1 = Y and I2 = W then:

If the Requisite is not met, the student can register and a warning message is given: "Warning: Pre-requisite XXXX must be registered prior to that of YYYY"

If 'I1' set to 'N', then no Inline validations will be done during registration.

refer to "Real Time Validations" in the {SREGAR-1} manual, TAB - Subject Information, for further descriptions of I1 and I2.

The VALIDATION report check is done if PC = Yes.

The validation report will automatically run after the subjects were committed on the registration program, e.g. {SREGAR-1}, TAB - Subject Information.

The program evaluates the student's subject records after it has been saved and all related processing activities finished (such as raising fees); the records are listed on the Subjects TAB and a requisite problem report is printed. The user then needs to remove the incorrect records from the registered Subjects.

In this scenario, the user can override the setting per student BEFORE committing the QUALIFICATION registration, through setting the radio button 'Pre- Co Requisites' = No in the' Validate' block on SREGAR-1 TAB - Qualification Information.

The Validation report and Inline check can be used at the same time. Refer to "Real Time Validations" in the {SREGAR-1} manual, TAB - Subject Information, for more detailed information.

Warning:

On iEnabler
For a warning requisite to be tested on the iEnabler, the validation W4 - ''Implement Warning Requisite to Override Involved-Subject Requirement" must be set to Yes.
Block codes used during once-off registration has to be setup as Enrolment Type (S)emester in {SCODE2-1}

When a warning requisite record and a similiar pre-requisite record exists:

If W4 is set to Yes, the student will be able to register if the block dates are valid.
If W4 is set to No, the student will not be able register if he wants to register for both the subject and the involved subject, because the pre-requisite check will be a fatal.

When only a warning requisite record exists:

If W4 is set to Yes, the student will be able to register if the block dates are valid.
If W4 is set to No, no requisite check will be done and the student will be able to register even if block dates are invalid.

Relation Group:

Involved subjects linked to the same subject code

with the same relation group will be seen as 'AND' group of subjects that had to be passed before the student can register for subject or before the subject will be generated as planned subject.
with different relation groups will be seen as 'OR' group of subjects where only one of the groups of involved subjects had to be passed before the student can register for the subject or before the subject can be generated as planned subject.
All requisites where the relation group is NULL will always apply, this will be in addition to any other requisites where the relation group is not NULL.

Subject	Involved Subject	Group
A	B
A	C	X
A	D	X
A	E	Y
A	F	Y

The above table can be translated as follows:

A student may register for subject A if:

Passed Subject B
AND
(Group X (Passed Subject C AND Passed Subject D))
OR
(Group Y (Passed Subject E AND Passed Subject F))

Pathways:

Pathways registration allows for separate activation and deactivation for requisite types and separate control for Subjects and Modules:

iEnabler registration:

V1 WEB Co-Requisite validation
V2 WEB Restricted requisite validation
V5 WEB Module Pre-requisite validation
V7 WEB Illegal reqisite validation

Distance registration:

V3 WDE Co-Requisite validation
V4 WDE Restricted requisite validation
V6 WDE Module Pre-requisite validation
V8 WDE Illegal reqisite validation

Date	System Version	By Whom	Job	Description
01-Aug-2014	v04.0.0.0	Magda van der Westhuizen	T196719	New manual format.
27-Jan-2016	v04.0.0.0	Magda van der Westhuizen	t210653	Exposure Subjects
10-Jan-2020	v04.1.0.0	Magda van der Westhuizen	t241344	Add new image and rules for the Relation Types and add field Relation Group.