For definitions on some of the terms below or refreshers on constraint basics, please visit our Constraints article!
This article contains constraints that deal with adding some manual criteria into the audit - this may occur when there are non-course related requirements, or when the requirements are too vague to be programmed. The constraints are listed at the top and bottom of the article, with the bottom of the article containing more details about each constraint.
Constraints at a Glance
May only be satisfied manually by an institution [Primary Constraint]
May only be satisfied by a course set manually defined by an institution [Primary Constraint]
Other pre-approved courses may also count [Secondary Constraint]
Constraint Details
May only be satisfied manually by an institution [Primary Constraint]
Note: This constraint can only be used on its own and cannot be paired with another constraint.
Use this constraint if you want more control over a certain requirement, and wish to have it manually satisfied by an admin or advisor. This works great for requirements where a student has to petition for a course to count as a credit, or for experimental courses that are not in the course catalog. This requirement will only be filled once an exception has been added.
May only be satisfied by a course set manually defined by an institution [Primary Constraint]
Similarly to the constraint above, use this constraint if you want more control over a certain requirement, and wish to have it manually satisfied by an admin or advisor. However, this constraint also gives you the option of specifying a default course set. The course set is decided by the advisor and can be different per student. The user must use an exception to edit the constraint to change the course set for a student.
Other pre-approved courses may also count [Secondary Constraint]
Use this constraint to let students know that there may be other classes that count towards this requirement that are not listed. We see this used most when there are classes that could count, but have to be approved by an advisor or administrator for the specific student.
For the individual student, an exception will need to be made on their plan to substitute a course that can count for the requirement once it has been approved, or to manually satisfy the requirement.
