Degree Works is an online advising tool available to all degree-seeking students. It will help you and your advisor monitor your progress toward degree completion. Degree Works matches your coursework (completed, currently enrolled, or registered for in the future) to your degree requirements in an easy-to-read worksheet that shows how the courses count toward degree requirements.

Accessing Degree Works

• Log into Trailhead and select the ‘Degree Works’ card.
• Click ‘View my degree audit’ and select ‘Degree Works’.

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.

Using Degree Works

It’s recommended that students check Degree Works regularly.

• Before registering for an upcoming semester.
• After you register to ensure that the courses apply to your program requirements.
• After grades are posted for each semester.
• Any time changes are made to your schedule or major.
• A degree audit can be reviewed at any time; however, it is recommended to do so several times each semester.

If you disagree with or believe there’s an error with your degree audit, please contact your advisor, who can review it with you to either explain any misunderstood degree requirements or who can reach out to the registrar’s office if they see anything clearly incorrect.

Troubleshooting

If you experience issues with Degree Works please clear your cache, log out, and log back in, or try a different browser.  If issues persist, please submit an ITS HelpDesk ticket.

Degree Works Audit

A Degree Works audit is a curriculum evaluation separated into different blocks of requirements, such as the general education, major, minor, concentration, and other requirements. Each block within the audit works as a checklist with boxes that are automatically checked when a requirement is met.

What-If Audits

You can use the “What-If” option on the Audits tab to create an audit based on requirements for the program you’re interested in. Be sure to select a Degree, Catalog term and Major along with any corresponding Minors or Concentrations. What-If audits do not guarantee that you will be able to major in the area you select. If you decide you’d like to change your major, contact the academic advisor of the new major for information and instructions.

Since What-If audits are not stored in Degree Works, your advisor can only see your results if the two of you work through a What-If procedure together. You can, however, print a copy to show your advisor.

Courses Not Applied

There may be more than one reason why you see a lot of courses in this section.

• Major Change: courses that were once required may no longer be needed by the new major.
• Too Many Electives: There may be more elective credit that are required for a particular degree (this will be most common with transfer credit).
• ASI not officially declared.

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