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Conditional Requirement – Insert Minor/Certificate

This tab is used to insert a requirement, such as a minor, certificate, or concentration, into the DARS report for the student’s major. Use this only when the student’s major requires declaration of a minor, certificate, etc. This process should not be confused with official minor or certificate declaration. The DARS Team or your college will let you know if any of your majors require insertion of a certificate, minor, concentration, or other block credit.

Conditional Requirement

AR – Steps:

  1. Enter the Term Type: Semester
  2. Select the Exception Code dropdown: AR – Add requirement to plan
  3. Add the Marker Name: Always begins with $ (e.g., $COMSR, $SPEC, $REC)
    1. * Caution: Marker names are different depending on program and DARS setup. Please consult your college or the DARS team before adding a Marker Name.
  4. Add the Requirement Name: This may be the plan code for a minor, certificate, or approved block of requirements. (e.g., OR4251, CTSOME, CTSALE)
    1. * Caution: Requirement names vary. The above is only an example. Consult your college or the DARS team if you have questions.

Requirement Term:

  • The requirement term defaults to the student’s declared University Catalog year (found in the header of the DARS). The Requirement year should only be entered if the student plans to follow certificate or minor requirements from a different catalog year.
  1. Don’t forget to Save and rerun the audit in the FAC to check your work!
PS – DARS Exceptions > Conditional Requirement: AR Instructions

The AR – Add requirement to plan code is used to insert a declared requirement, such as a minor, certificate, or concentration, into the DARS report for the student’s major. Use this only when the student’s major requires declaration of a minor, certificate, etc. For some programs, the AR code is used to add a block of requirements/courses to a student’s major

In the example below, the student is using their declared Social Media Certificate to fulfill the “Related Area” requirement in their Communication Studies Major. 

The Conditional Requirement – AR exception is appropriate since the student is pursuing the certificate/minor declaration option. If the student were using proscribed coursework to fulfill the requirement, a Requirement Modification – AC exception would be appropriate.

Before Example

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After Example

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