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Your degree audit can be accessed through the MCLA Portal Page under the “Students” tab.  
 
Your degree audit can be accessed through the MCLA Portal Page under the “Students” tab.  
  
== Reading Your Degree Audit ==
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How can Degree Works keep you stay on track toward graduation?
  
Your Degree Audit presents your important information in a single, easy-to-read (and easy-to-print) format.
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· Degree Works has a number of features designed to minimize the chance of you enrolling in a course that will not fulfill either an academic program requirement or core curriculum – keeping you on track toward graduation. Each academic department has worked carefully to infuse any individualized “double dipping” rules that they may have. This will provide you with a clear understanding of courses within your program that fulfill more than one requirement (major/minor/core curriculum, etc).
  
The top of the Audit, labeled "Student View," shows your high-level information: student ID, class, advisor(s), major(s), minor(s), overall GPA, and any holds on your account.
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· Degree Works also has a number of interactive features including:
  
Next, you'll see 2 Degree Progress '''indicator bars.''' The first indicator bar, "Requirements," shows the overall percentage of graduation requirements you've completed so far. This includes overall credits, but also other factors, such as distribution requirements or certifications. The second indicator bar, labeled "Credits," simply shows the percentage of credits you've earned (out of 120) toward graduation.
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o Live data relating to enrollment and registration information. You will be able to see what courses are being offered in the next semester that fulfill a specific requirement, when the course is offered, and how many seats are still available.
  
The body of the Audit is divided into sections, or '''blocks,''' for each of the different types of graduation requirement. General Degree requirements appear first, followed by Physical Education, Core Curriculum, Major, Minor, and Concentration requirements. The Header Bar of each section contains information '''specific to that section''' - for example, the Major Requirements section shows your GPA within your major, which might be different from your overall GPA.
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o What If: If you are considering a change in major, or adding a new minor, this feature allows you to run a new audit, taking your current academic coursework and placing it into the new program which will allow you to make a fully informed decision.
  
Requirements are '''color-coded''' to indicate which have been met successfully, which are still unmet, and which are in progress. Any unmet requirements provide specific information about what you need to do to meet them.
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o Future Classes: This feature provides you with the ability to project how planned courses for a future semester will be applied to your audit. Will this planned course fulfill a needed requirement?
  
Your Audit might contain two other sections: Fallthrough and Insufficient. '''Fallthrough''' contains courses you've taken which don't meet any graduation requirement, while the '''Insufficient''' section contains courses where you didn't earn any credit - for example, an F, withdrawal, or SKIL course.
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o GPA Calculators: Are you an athlete worried about maintaining eligibility? Perhaps you are striving toward a specific GPA for a scholarship or graduate school application? Degree Works has a series of GPA calculators to help you project your future GPA and can also provide advice on how to reach a specific GPA.
  
The hyperlinks within your Degree Audit provide "live," realtime information about course offerings, including class schedule and number of '''available seats.''' These "live" links make planning during course registration quicker and easier.
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Want to learn more about how to use Degree Works?
  
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· For more information and tutorial videos about how to use Degree Works visit: o http://techhelp.mcla.edu/degreeworks
  
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· For technical questions about Degree Works, please contact MCLA Techhelp at 413-662-5276
  
== The "Look Ahead" Feature ==
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· For questions regarding student records shown in Degree Works, please contact the Registrar’s Office at 413-662-5216 or registrar@mcla.edu
 
 
This feature provides you with the ability to project how planned courses for a future semester will be applied to your audit. Will this planned course fulfill a needed requirement?
 
 
 
[[Image:Dw-look-ahead-sm.png]]
 
 
 
== The "What If" Feature ==
 
 
 
If you are considering a change in major, or adding a new minor, this feature allows you to run a new audit, taking your current academic coursework and placing it into the new program which will allow you to make a fully informed decision.
 
 
 
[[Image:Dw-what-if-sm.png]]
 
 
 
== GPA Calculators ==
 
 
 
Are you an athlete worried about maintaining eligibility? Perhaps you are striving toward a specific GPA for a scholarship or graduate school application? Degree Works has a series of GPA calculators to help you project your future GPA and can also provide advice on how to reach a specific GPA.
 
 
 
[[Image:Dw-adv-calc-sm.png]]
 
 
 
== Video Tutorials ==
 
 
 
Watch these brief tutorial videos to see how each Degree Works tool works:
 
 
 
*<h3>The Degree Audit</h3>
 
 
 
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*<h3>The What If Feature</h3>
 
 
 
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*<h3>The Look Ahead Feature</h3>
 
 
 
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*<h3>GPA Calculators</h3>
 
 
 
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Revision as of 20:35, 5 February 2021

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Degree Works is “degree audit” software that provides you and your advisor with a clear representation of an individualized path toward graduation. Your degree audit will track courses you have taken, your grades in those courses, any waivers that may be applied to your record, notes that may record items discussed with your advisor, your current overall and program GPA, as well as what coursework is still required in your academic program and core curriculum.

Your degree audit can be accessed through the MCLA Portal Page under the “Students” tab.

How can Degree Works keep you stay on track toward graduation?

· Degree Works has a number of features designed to minimize the chance of you enrolling in a course that will not fulfill either an academic program requirement or core curriculum – keeping you on track toward graduation. Each academic department has worked carefully to infuse any individualized “double dipping” rules that they may have. This will provide you with a clear understanding of courses within your program that fulfill more than one requirement (major/minor/core curriculum, etc).

· Degree Works also has a number of interactive features including:

o Live data relating to enrollment and registration information. You will be able to see what courses are being offered in the next semester that fulfill a specific requirement, when the course is offered, and how many seats are still available.

o What If: If you are considering a change in major, or adding a new minor, this feature allows you to run a new audit, taking your current academic coursework and placing it into the new program which will allow you to make a fully informed decision.

o Future Classes: This feature provides you with the ability to project how planned courses for a future semester will be applied to your audit. Will this planned course fulfill a needed requirement?

o GPA Calculators: Are you an athlete worried about maintaining eligibility? Perhaps you are striving toward a specific GPA for a scholarship or graduate school application? Degree Works has a series of GPA calculators to help you project your future GPA and can also provide advice on how to reach a specific GPA.

Want to learn more about how to use Degree Works?

· For more information and tutorial videos about how to use Degree Works visit: o http://techhelp.mcla.edu/degreeworks

· For technical questions about Degree Works, please contact MCLA Techhelp at 413-662-5276

· For questions regarding student records shown in Degree Works, please contact the Registrar’s Office at 413-662-5216 or registrar@mcla.edu