<div dir="ltr">Dear CoE Faculty and Staff,<div><br></div><div>I am sharing the email that I sent to all engineering students and posted on our homeroom in Blackboard. I understand many of us have been asked by students to 'waive' pre-reqs or otherwise help them to prevent them from being dropped from summer/fall classes for which pre-reqs are required. The email below was sent in an attempt to inform our students how pre-reqs impact enrollment and to be patient. We all need to have the same information so that our answers to these requests are the same and accurate. The email below was developed with the help of some of our department chairs and deans.<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Be well and stay safe,</div><div><br></div><div>Theresa M. Garcia</div><div>Assistant Dean for Student Affairs</div><div>SDSU, College of Engineering</div><div>Temporary Google Phone (619) 717-6685 </div><div>For appointments, <a href="https://calendly.com/assistant_dean_garcia" target="_blank">https://calendly.com/assistant_dean_garcia</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Note:
I am </span><span style="background-color:inherit">working remotely</span><span style="background-color:inherit"> and</span><span style="background-color:inherit"> look forward to assisting you via email/zoom/phone. Stay up to
date by checking your emails for updates from </span><span style="background-color:inherit">SDSU, visiting </span></i><i><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="background-color:inherit"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="outline:transparent solid 1px"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"></span></span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="background-color:inherit"><span style="outline:transparent solid 1px"><a href="https://sa.sdsu.edu/student-health-services/coronavirus" style="color:rgb(166,25,46)" target="_blank">The Coronavirus (COVID-19) site</a><font color="#a6192e">, </font><font color="#000000">and specifically for engineering students, logging into the College of Engineering Homeroom in Blackboard</font></span></span></span></span><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="background-color:inherit"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">.</span></span></span></i><span></span></p></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Theresa Garcia - <a href="mailto:tgarcia@mail.sdsu.edu">tgarcia@mail.sdsu.edu</a></strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:do-not-reply@blackboard.com">do-not-reply@blackboard.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, May 19, 2020 at 4:40 PM<br>Subject: COLLEGE-OF-ENGINEERING-HR (Homeroom): Summer & Fall 'Contingent' Enrollment<br>To: <br></div><br><br> <div> <div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear SDSU Engineering Students,</span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We know this has been a very challenging semester. One that we can put behind us. However, we are still living in the Pandemic and are making plans for all of you that will keep your health and safety a priority AND advance your education. </span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are writing to you today to explain prerequisite requirements and the effects of not meeting these pre-reqs on your summer and/or fall class schedules. If you are not ‘contingently’ enrolled in any upcoming classes, then you can ignore this email. IF YOU ARE </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">‘contingently’ </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">enrolled then please read through this email very carefully. This email will also be saved in the announcement section of the College of Engineering Homeroom on Blackboard.</span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You may have recently received an email from the registrar’s office informing you that you are enrolled in one or more contingent classes, please understand the following which applies to all engineering majors and pre-engineering majors that are contingently enrolled:</span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> <li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you are enrolled in a summer or fall course that requires a prerequisite class or that requires major status and do not meet the pre-req by May 22, when spring grades are finalized, you will be dropped from those courses. Please understand the following:</span></p> </li> <ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> <li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">this will then allow all students who have met the prerequisite to remain enrolled or to enroll</span></p> </li> <li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">students who plan to take a pre-req course in the summer will be allowed to re-register once proof of grade is obtained and provided to the department. For engineering courses this must be done in the department from which the course is offered. For example, if it’s an ME class then contact the ME Dept. If it is a math or science course, then see the Student Success Center in the College of Sciences.</span></p> </li> <ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> <li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Remember, if you are taking a course outside of SDSU this summer, you will still need to officially transfer the grade.</span></p> </li> </ul> </ul> <li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">No waivers will be provided to keep students from being dropped after May 22nd. </span></p> </li> <li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">All Engineering Department Chairs are closely monitoring the enrollment for their classes to ensure that all students who meet prerequisites will have a seat in the courses they need to progress toward graduation.</span></p> </li> </ul> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Due to strict pre-requisite requirements, we must hold all students equally accountable for meeting these pre-reqs. and allow students who have met them to enroll. I do hope this helps ease your concern and that you are patient while this process works. We will do everything in our power to ensure that all students can enroll in the course(s) for which pre-reqs are met in order to progress toward graduation.</span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sincerely,</span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></b></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The College of Engineering Deans and Department Chairs</span></p> </div> </div> </div></div></div>