Documentation

UMIS general documentation

/ Outstanding Courses

Outstanding Courses

The Outstanding Courses page is a module within the Student Registration section of the university portal. It displays all courses that a student has not yet completed successfully and still needs to register for or retake before graduation.

This section helps students and administrators track academic deficiencies or pending courses in a student's academic record.

1. Purpose of the Outstanding Courses Page

The module is designed to:

  • Show courses a student still needs to complete

  • Identify carryover courses

  • Help students plan future registrations

  • Ensure students meet graduation requirements

It acts as an academic tracking tool within the student portal.

2. Where It Is Located

Navigation path:

Dashboard → Registration → Outstanding Courses

It is part of the Registration workflow, helping students check pending courses before submitting registration.

3. Information Displayed on the Page

The page displays course details in a table format with multiple columns.

Columns Explanation

Column

Meaning

Year Taken

The academic level or year when the course should have been taken

Course ID

Unique code assigned to the course

Course Title

Official name of the course

Hours

Credit units assigned to the course

Prereq. Passed

Indicates whether the required prerequisite course has been passed

Elective

Shows whether the course is optional or compulsory

4. Example Courses Displayed

Some of the courses listed include:

  • GEDS011 – Chapel Seminar 1A

  • BIOL101 – General Biology I

  • BIOL102 – General Biology II

  • CHEM102 – General Chemistry II

  • GEDS116 – Information and Communication Technology

  • MATH101 – General Mathematics I

  • MATH102 – General Mathematics II

  • PHYS102 – General Physics II

These appear because the system identifies them as not yet completed or not yet passed.

5. How the System Determines Outstanding Courses

The portal compares two datasets:

  1. Programme curriculum requirements

  2. Student's completed course records

If a required course:

  • Was not registered, or

  • Was failed, or

  • Was not completed

the system marks it as an Outstanding Course.

Example logic:

Outstanding Course = Required Course – Completed Course