Reference: Course Section Statuses

Administrator Guide

Section Status	Description
Preliminary	When you first create a course section.
Open	When you publish a course section, making it available for student registration.
Waitlist	When a published course section reaches its capacity and the waitlist opens.
Hold	When the published course section is in the process of cancellation. This status indicates that the course section is awaiting approval in the Student Course Section Cancel Event business process.
Closed	When a published course section reaches: Section capacity and there's no waitlist. Waitlist capacity.
Canceled	When the Student Course Section Cancel Event business process completes.
Canceled: Preliminary	When a preliminary course section is canceled and not published.