How to File a Challenge

Please complete the Challenge Form and submit the form with the attached evidence to Admissions and Records. If you have questions about this process, please see the Office of Admissions and Records for assistance. Once the completed challenge with supporting evidence is submitted to Admissions and Records, Imperial Valley College has ten (10) working days to determine and send you notification of the outcome. If there are any open sections of the course when your challenge is submitted, you may enroll in any open section pending the outcome of your challenge. If the challenge is denied, you will be dropped from the course and fees will be refunded. Listed below are guidelines for documentation to be submitted with the petition, depending on the prerequisite challenge box that has been selected or checked.

• I challenge the prerequisite or corequisite on the basis that it has not been established in accordance with the district policy.
  • The relevant portions of Imperial Valley College district policies surrounding prerequisites and corequisites are available for study here (AP 4260 and BP 4260). To challenge a prerequisite or corequisite on these grounds, you must demonstrate that the limitation on enrollment is in violation of Imperial Valley College district policies.
• I challenge the prerequisite or corequisite on the basis that it is in violation of Title 5.
  • Imperial Valley College policies and procedures for establishing and enforcing requisites and limitations on enrollment have been established in accordance with Title 5. The relevant portions of Title 5 are available for study here (AP 4020 and BP 4020). To challenge a prerequisite or corequisite on these grounds, you must demonstrate that the limitation on enrollment is in violation of Title 5.
• I challenge the prerequisite or corequisite on the basis that it is discriminatory or is applied in a discriminatory manner.
  • Prerequisites and corequisites must be applied in a fair and consistent manner. To challenge a prerequisite or corequisite on these grounds, you must demonstrate that the application of the prerequisite or corequisite is being carried out in an unfair or inconsistent manner.
• I challenge the prerequisite or corequisite on the basis that I possess the knowledge, ability, and skills to succeed in the course without meeting the prerequisite or corequisite.
  • You may have obtained the prerequisite knowledge or ability through life experience, work experience, or other nontraditional methods, or may have taken a prerequisite course but be unable to obtain a transcript or grade report in a timely fashion. Evidence of knowledge or ability might include:
    • graded tests and/or papers showing mastery of requisite skills
    • verbal or written verification by the prerequisite course instructor of successful prerequisite completion. For verbal verification, attach to the challenge the name, phone number, and email of instructor
    • written description of your specific knowledge or abilities which prepare you for the course in which you wish to enroll. Consult the official Course Outline of Record of the requisite course (CurriQunet Search), and examine the objectives of the course and the topics covered. Describe your knowledge and abilities relative to these objectives and topics. Provide evidence demonstrating that the knowledge and abilities are necessary in your particular life or work experience.
• I challenge the prerequisite or corequisite on the basis that I will be subjected to undue delay in attaining my education goal because the prerequisite or corequisite has not been made reasonably available.
  • You may use the reasonably available argument only if the following two items apply:
  • • your official Comprehensive Student Educational Plan is on file in Counseling
    • you will be delayed by one or more semesters in reaching the goal specified in that plan

The Comprehensive Student Educational Plan is a document generated by a student and Counselor at Imperial Valley College that will allow the student and the institution together to identify the educational objectives of the student and to formulate a methodology for reaching the objectives. If you are not allowed to enroll in a course because it has a limitation on enrollment due to intercollegiate competition or public performance, or if enrollment is limited to a cohort of students, you may challenge the limitation on enrollment if you will be subject to a delay of one or more semesters in obtaining the goal or goals of your Comprehensive Student Educational Plan as a result of not being allowed to enroll. You are not being delayed in attaining the goal or goals of your Comprehensive Student Educational Plan if other courses are available which meet the same requirement. In the case of the "delay" or "reasonably available" argument, there is no obligation on the part of Imperial Valley College to honor your preference for a particular course or section.

Click here to file the Petition to Challenge Prerequisite or Corequisite