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What is a Degree Works
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Degree Works is a web-based tool that enables students and/or advisors to easily track the student’s academic progress in a degree audit. The degree audit is a review of past, current and planned coursework that provides information on completed and outstanding
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requirements necessary to complete a degree/major/minor/area of emphasis. The audit is divided into block requirements such as Degree, University Requirements, Core Requirements, and Major Requirements. Each block works like a checklist that has boxes that are automatically checked when a requirement is met.
How to Access Degree Works/Troubleshooting Access Issues
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You must log into MySlice first to access Degree Works. Follow the access instructions in Answers Accessing Degree Works - Answers (syr.edu). If you receive an error message, clear your cache of your browser and restart your computer. |
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| Beginning in January 2017, undergraduate students as well as students in the College of Law will be able to access Degree Works. Students will be able to view their audit for two years after their last enrollment at Syracuse University. Graduate students will have access at a later date. Degree seeking enrolled students at Syracuse University have access to Degree Works. Depending on when a student started their program, determines if a degree audit is available for them to track their progress. The following breakdown outlines the availability of programs in Degree Works:
Students will retain access to their audit in Degree Works for two years after they depart SU, regardless of degree completion. |
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| If you have graduated and received your diploma prior to the implementation of Degree Works (see question above), your requirements in your audit may show as in-progress or incomplete even though they were resolved when you graduated. For example, if you had approved petitions these may not be reflected on your audit because petitions were not entered for prior graduates. |
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Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge is recommended. Internet Explorer is not recommended as it is no longer supported by Degree Works. You will have functionality issues with the tool if you use IE. Please make sure you are using the most up-to-date browser version as older versions can cause access issues. |
Class Information
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| The information in Degree Works is refreshed each night. Any changes made today (e.g., grade changes or classes added/dropped) will be seen in Degree Works tomorrow. |
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| Yes. Once AP scores, or transcripts from previous institutions, are received and credit is granted, they are posted to the student record and will appear on the audit. |
Understanding your Degree Audit in Degree Works
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Your audit will outline courses needed to meet degree, major, minor, and/or area of emphasis requirements within each specific block. You may then use this information to discuss your plan with your academic advisor. |
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Please ask your advisor for assistance. The first step is to clarify what information you believe is wrong. These are the most common problems and courses of action: • My major is wrong on my audit. If you have not officially changed your major, contact your current advisor for instructions. If you have already officially changed your major, the Degree Works audit will only display your active degree audit. If your change is effective for a future term, the change may not reflect until that term. • The requirements for my major are wrong. Look at the catalog term that appears on the major requirements block of the audit. According to our records this is the catalog (bulletin) that you are using to complete your major requirements. If you believe you should be using older or newer requirements, contact your advisor. • My transfer courses don't appear in the right place. If you are concerned about a transfer course that should be applying in the audit, contact your advisor. • Classes are not applying in the “right” place. Degree Works uses a ‘best fit’ approach for meeting requirements so classes may apply to different sections as you take more courses. If you have further questions, please contact your advisor. • My advisor or department chair gave me permission to substitute a course, but it's not showing on my audit. Talk with your advisor. Advisors and students can request to the designees of your home college, an exception to the standard requirements. Once exceptions are entered, the change will appear on the audit. • My minor is missing from my audit. If you have not officially declared your minor, contact your current advisor for instructions. If you have already officially declared your minor, your department may still be updating your records. Please contact your department for a status of the change. • My major requires me to complete an area of emphasis, but it didn’t appear on the audit. What’s wrong? If you have not officially declared your area of emphasis, contact your current advisor for instructions. If you have already officially declared your area of emphasis, your department may still be updating your records. Please contact your department for a status of the change. If none of these problems describe your situation, or if you need additional help identifying what’s wrong, contact your advisor. If the advisor believes a technical error exists on the audit, they will contact your home college and the Office of the Registrar. |
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| Please contact your academic advisor with any questions. |
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| Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge is recommended. Internet Explorer is not recommended as it is no longer supported by Degree Works. |
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| Unlike MySlice, your Degree Works session will not time out. Therefore, it is very important to close your Degree Works browser window when finished. |