PATHWAY STRUCTURES {SACADP-27}

This option is used to define 'Pathway' structures and 'Pathway Subject' types and their criteria with regard to the number of subjects and minimum and maximum credits. This criteria will then be linked to existing qualifications and subjects and will guide the student in subject selection during registration.

The following business rules must be defined before an attempt is made to create a pathway:

Creation of a pathway for a specific calendar year is controlled by system cycle 'Z', which can be set in {SMNT-2} Tab: Academic Structure and Exams
Each of the tabs of this option follows on each other which indicates that you have to start with the 1st tab to create data in the 2nd tab and so forth.

A Pathway in Tab 1 and Pathway Subject Type in Tab 2, may not be deleted if it is referenced in a Pathway Subject Requirement on Tab 3.

Tab 1: Pathways

Pathways describe the structure within which credits can be accumulated during a Study Period.

Field	Type & Length	Description
Year	YYYY	The 'Academic Year' for which this pathway is valid
Pathway	A4	This code identifies the particular 'Pathway'. The codes are not used in STATS reports and may be selected purely to satisfy internal needs.
Description	A30	This is the description of the pathway code and this description will be displayed in the system whenever the pathway code is entered.
Sequence	N3	This is the 'Sequence' in which the pathway code will be displayed in the registration programs ie. {SREGAR-11}, and applicable web registration pages.
Active	A1	This indicator may take the values (Y)es or (N)o. The pathway will only be displayed on Tab 3 when the value of the pathway is (Y)es. It is important that a record remains on the structure if it should become inactive.

Example:

Tab 2: Pathway Subject Type

This is used to create 'Pathway Subject Types' and the number of credits required during the registration process.

Field	Type & Length	Description
Year	YYYY	The 'Academic Year' for which this pathway subject type is valid
Pathway Subject Type	A4	This code identifies the particular 'Pathway Subject Type'. The codes are not used in STATS reports and may be selected purely to satisfy internal needs. This code is linked to the Subject information on {SACADP-14 } and will be used to identify the type of subject within a pathway.
Description	A30	This is the 'Description' of the pathway subject type code and this description will be displayed in the system whenever the pathway subject type code is entered.
Min Credit	N6.3	This is the minimum credits that all the subjects can add up to during the registration process. The 'internal credit' of the subject as defined on {SACADP-14} will be used as the credit value for the pathway subject type.
Max Credit	N6.3	This is the maximum credits that all the subjects can add up to during the registration process. The Internal Credit of the subject as defined on {SACADP-14} will be used as the credit value for the pathway subject type.
Active	A1	This indicator may take the values (Y)es or (N)o. The pathway subject type will only be displayed on Tab 3 when the value of the pathway subject type is (Y)es. It is important that a record remains on the structure if it should become inactive.

Example:

Tab 3: Pathway Subject Requirements

Pathway Subject Requirements provides a flexible structure within which subject types can be structured to fit within a pathway. This is done by linking a pathway to the allowed combination of pathway subjec types and indicating the number of subjects allowed within this combination.

Field	Type & Length	Description
Year	YYYY	The 'Academic Year' for which this pathway subject type is valid.
Pathway	A4	This code identifies the 'Pathway' to which the pathway subject type will be linked. These pathway codes are created on Tab 1 and may be used only when it is “active”.
Pathway Description	A30	This is the 'Description' of the pathway as defined in Tab 1 of this option. This value cannot be changed here and is only displayed as entered on Tab 1.
Pathway Subject Type	A4	This code identifies the 'Pathway Subject Type' which will be linked to the pathway. This 'Pathway Subject Types' are created on Tab 2 and may be used only when it is "active"
Number of Subject	N2	This indicates the 'Number of Subjects' of this subject type that can be registered for on {SREGAR-11} and applicable web registration pages, when this pathway was selected during the registration of a qualification.
Sequence	N3	This is the sequence in which the subjects and pathway subject code combination will be displayed in the registration programs ie. {SREGAR-11} and applicable web registration pages.
Min Credit	N6.3	This is the 'Minimum Credits' of the pathway subject type as defined on Tab 2. This field is only displayed and an update thereoff is not allowed on this tab.
Max Credit	N6.3	This is the 'Maximum Credits' of the pathway subject type as defined on Tab 2. This field is only displayed and an update thereoff is not allowed on this tab.

Example:

Processing Rules
	No special processing rules.

History of Changes

Date	System Version	By Whom	Job	Description
16-Oct-2015	v03.5.0.0	Rene Genis	t214199/209075	New manual format.
03-Oct-2019	v04.1.0.0	Magda van der Westhuizen	T239153	Proofread.