Degree and Credit Progress
Prerequisite Completion Calculator
Separate completed, in-progress, and missing prerequisites before a later course or program application.
Enter the prerequisite statuses
A prerequisite checklist in progress
Four of seven prerequisites are complete, two are in progress, and one is missing. Current completion is 57.1%; successful current work would raise the projected rate to 85.7%.
Calculation basis
Assumption: In-progress work contributes only to the projected rate, not to the completed prerequisite rate.
Prerequisites may include conditions beyond courses
Minimum grades, recency, laboratories, portfolios, or placement approval can affect whether an item is satisfied.
Count an item as completed only when the receiving program recognizes it.
The calendar behind the result can place prerequisites inside the broader program audit.
Build a dated readiness checklist
For each prerequisite, record the recognized course or evidence, grade, completion date, expiration rule, and receiving decision. That trail is more useful than a count when registration is blocked.
Add the expected completion and transcript-posting dates for in-progress work. Finishing after the receiving deadline may leave the prerequisite operationally missing.
When permission can substitute for a prerequisite, keep the approval as its own status until the receiving unit posts it.
For a chain of prerequisites, the missing count understates time when one course must precede another. Draw the sequence and identify the longest path through term offerings as well as counting open items.
A prerequisite may be technically complete but unusable because of age, grade, or discipline-specific rules. Mark it complete only after checking every condition attached to recognition.
Application and registration deadlines can precede final grades. Record when evidence becomes available, not merely when instruction ends, because an unposted result may not clear the next step.
For alternatives such as one of two courses or a course plus placement score, translate the rule into satisfied requirement slots rather than counting every listed option. Otherwise the denominator overstates what the student must actually finish.
Projected completion is conditional
Registration or attendance does not guarantee successful completion by the application deadline.
Check whether in-progress prerequisites are permitted when the later course begins.
The completed record may then track required application components.
Questions that affect interpretation
Should a course with a low grade count as completed?
Only if it meets the stated minimum-grade rule.
Can in-progress prerequisites satisfy registration?
That depends on the receiving course or program policy.
What if two prerequisites are alternatives?
Count the applicable option set rather than every alternative as separately required.
Does completion prove readiness?
No. It confirms stated prerequisites, not retained mastery.
Verify every prerequisite status
- List each published prerequisite.
- Verify completion and grade conditions.
- Mark current work separately.
- Identify truly missing items and deadlines.