Assigning Attributes to Courses Specific to a Group

You can apply attributes to courses that are specific to a particular group. For example, the minimum passing grade point for Music Appreciation taken by General Studies majors is 1. However, when Music Appreciation is taken as part of a Music major, then the minimum passing grade point is 3. You can change the minimum grade point value for the Music major group without affecting the General Studies group or the Course Master.

To define course attributes within a group:

From the Registration >Degree Audit >Degree Audit Setup >Groups tab, double-click the appropriate group. A Groups Detail form appears.
In the Groups Detail form, double-click the course for which you are defining attributes.
The Properties of Course As Member of Group display. Enter the Minimum Grade Point required.
Select any/all of the following attributes:

Course Required - If a course is marked "Required" then it must be completed for the group to get marked completed. Even if either the credits required or the minimum GPA is satisfied, the group will still get marked "Remaining" if a required course is not complete. Therefore it is possible to get a Group Status of "Remaining 0.00 Credits". This status means the credits are satisfied but the student is missing at least one required course. The Required flag is ignored on Groups with a group formula because it conflicts with the evaluation of the formula. To include a required course in the Group formula, use the "AND" condition in the formula.
Credits Apply To Group - If selected, the course credits and GPA points will apply to group totals. If not selected, the course credits and GPA points will NOT apply to group totals.
Transfer Apply To Group - If selected, the student may take a transfer course to satisfy the course in the audit. If not selected, transfer courses will NOT be applied to the course in the audit.
Equivalents Apply To Group - If selected, the student may take an equivalent course to satisfy the course in the audit. If not selected, equivalent courses will NOT be applied to the course in the audit.
Require Prerequisites - As long as the student has taken the prerequisites at some time in their transcript history, the course will match up and will be applied to the audit course. If not selected, then prerequisites will NOT be required.
Summarize - If selected, certain courses that are taken more than once, like Band or Choir, will have their credits summarized as a total. So if a student is required to have 6 credits of Choir the student will have to take Choir twice if it is a 3 credit course and summarize will show Choir with 6 credits completed.

Note: All attributes except Summarize default to "Yes" for each course.

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