Establishment / Student Requirement

The Director, Learning Capabilities Integration Center of DAU establishes prerequisite coursework within the DAU curriculum as appropriate.  Course prerequisites are listed in Chapter 2 of the DAU catalog along with the course description and other course unique information. 

Per the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology directive entitled, “Setting Defense Acquisition University Course Prerequisites” of  June 17th, 1999 DAU is authorized to enforce course prerequisites for its courses.  Accordingly, unless specifically waived by the student’s Director, Acquisition Career Manager during the registration process, students are required to meet all prerequisite coursework prior to commencing a course.

Students may satisfy prerequisite coursework by completing the designated DAU course; completing a course(s), program or certification that has been approved as equivalent to the designated DAU prerequisite course; or by fulfilling the prerequisite course through an assessment, by the student’s component, of the student’s previous education and training experiences against the prerequisite course learning outcomes.

Walk-in students

Walk-in students (those students not on the class roster) will be required to provide documentation citing successful completion of prerequisite DAU course(s).  Walk-in students who do not provide documentation will not be admitted to the course. 

The training and experience of industry students are evaluated on a case by case basis to ensure that the student has the potential to complete the course and to contribute industry perspective and experience.