PATH Icons & Glossary of Terms

PATH Icon Legend

Icon / Symbol	Description	Definition
	Blue cart	A blue cart icon indicates the course is in one of your carts - the primary cart, the alternatives cart, or a cart of your own creation
	Hourglass	An hourglass symbol indicates you are on the waitlist for the course. Hover over the icon with your cursor or view the course details panel to see your waitlist position
	Black check mark	A black check mark indicates you are fully registered in the course
	Green check mark	A green check mark indicates you have taken the course previously. Most courses are not repeatable, but some courses are repeatable
	Pencil	A pencil indicates you are editing the registration options for the course
	Black or yellow triangle	A black or yellow triangle with an exclamation indicates a warning. Potential issues include adding a closed course, a time conflict detected, a pre-requisite or co-requisite error, or missing instructor approval
	Red dash	A red dash indicates you are attempting to remove the course

Glossary of Terms

Alternatives Cart - Used by undergraduate degree-seeking students to save alternative course options during the cart-building phase of registration for fall and spring terms

Course/Section Attribute – An attribute describes a course in some way. The most common use identifies courses that satisfy a COLL curriculum requirement in DegreeWorks. Examples: ALV for Arts Letters Values or MATH for math proficiency

CRN (Course Reference Number) – Each section in the course schedule has a unique number to identify it. The CRN is listed in PATH at the top of the course details panel for a specific section

Drop – Removing a course from your schedule before the add/drop deadline. If you wish to drop a course in PATH, select the course from your primary cart, then select the Drop button at the bottom of the course details panel. Strict add/drop deadlines apply each term

Grade Mode – How a course is graded. The most common grade modes are standard grade (Letter grade from A to F) and pass/fail (either a P for pass or an F for fail is assigned)

Hold – An administrative "hold" on your student record that can prevent registration, receipt of transcripts, etc. The most common holds are for overdue student accounts, parking fines, library fines, health services fees, etc. You can also have a hold for academic issues with the Dean of Students Office and for not declaring a major (once you have more than 54 earned hours). If your hold prevents registration, you must contact the office that placed the hold and take care of the issue before you can register

Level – Indicates the level of the student and the level of coursework. At W&M we have the following levels: Undergraduate (UG), Law (LW), Graduate Business (GB), Graduate Education (GE), Graduate Arts and Sciences (GA), Graduate Marine Science (GM)

myW&M – At myW&M, students can click icons for email, PATH, Blackboard, and Banner

Part of Term - A set of dates within the larger semester. Most courses in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Graduate Marine Science/VIMS will be in Part of Term 1, Law courses will be in Part of Term L, Graduate Business courses will be in Part of Term M, and Graduate Education courses will be in Part of Term E. Most (but not all) online programs offered through Graduate Business, Graduate Education, and Law will have courses in Part of Term A and B

PATH Class Search and Registration - W&M's course search and registration tool

Primary Cart - The main cart used for registration by all students. Courses in your primary cart with a black check mark are courses that you are fully registered for. This cart is also used by undergraduate degree-seeking students during the cart-building phase of registration to build their preferred schedule and set their registration priorities

Registration Restrictions - Used by departments to ensure the appropriate students can register for a course. Examples of registration restrictions are prerequisites, social class, and student level (undergraduate, graduate education, etc)

Submit Schedule / Submit Registration – Buttons used to confirm schedule changes you are attempting through PATH

Variable Credit Course – A course that can be taken for a range of credit hours. Typically, the student can choose whether they take the course for 1-4 credit hours. In PATH, you can choose the credit hours for variable credit courses in the Registration Options panel that displays when adding the course. If you have already added the course, you can select the Edit Registration Options button on the course details panel to make a change to the credit hours

Withdraw - Removing a course from your schedule after the add/drop deadline. Withdrawing from a course results in a grade of "W" on your official transcript