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Reading the degree audit

The following are intended for illustration purposes only. Individual degree audits will differ.

Program=college

1. Date first admitted to Program and made active

2. Date made active in major

3. Still active and date of new major

Each major and minor is listed with requirements for that plan

Sub-Plan=concentration (within a major/plan)

To see if the student has a sub-plan, hit END on keyboard. It will be at the bottom of the sheet. It will not be listed on the top under Active in Program (see example above). Sub-plans (concentrations) will be listed under plans.

Catalog year to which student’s requirements are applicable are listed.

Requirements

Requirement group #: number used by the Registrar’s office to identify components in the audit system.

Requirements Not Satisfied: indicates that the requirements for that component are not yet completed. When requirement is not satisfied, heading will be in bold and Requirements Not Satisfied will be listed .

When requirements are satisfied, the message Requirement Not Satisfied will be removed. The heading will no longer be in bold.

Requirement Designation: How the course counts in the University requirements

Required vs actual: seen throughout the audit in different requirements (see Units Needed on page 5 for examples)

Credit information:

Types of Credit: Coursework displays in the degree progress report with units, grade and a code. The terms Units and credits are interchangeable.

EN-enrolled. This course was taken at UD

TR-transfer. The course was transferred in from another college (credit granted but no grade). Transfer information found at beginning of unofficial transcript (see reading an unofficial transcript or ADVIS instructions) and within academic progress report w/ TR designation

TE—Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), Tech Prep and A level Cambridge credit credit. Credits granted but grade reflects CR (credit) not letter grade and not computed in gpa.

OT- Indicates whether a course exemption has been granted for the requirement. Exceptions may be granted for ENGL110, A&S MATH requirement, A&S language requirement and UD credit by exam.

In Progress

If no grade appears next to the course, the course is In Progress. This reflects that you are currently enrolled (EN). When the semester ends and grades are posted, the grade will appear on the audit.

(IP)—If a requirement on your degree progress report is being met by a course In Progress, that Requirement will show an (IP) next to it.

Units needed

Number of credits remaining to be completed in that category.

Courses Not Used by Audit (listed at end of audit)

Free electives

Temporary grades (until changed in system)

Grades of F and Z

Directives and exceptions:

Directive: used where a course may satisfy more than one requirement.

Requirement Waiver: used to completely waive a requirement group, requirement or requirement line.

Requirement Change: used to reflect change in the minimum and maximum number of units or courses associated a requirement group, requirement or requirement line.

General Terms

Quality Points: The quality points for each course are obtained by multiplying the quality point value for each grade by the credits for that course: e.g., a grade of A in a three credit course would earn 12 quality points (4 quality points x 3 credits).

Units=credits

Substitution-Course Directive :
A student may request permission to substitute one course for another with no reduction in the total number of credits required for the degree.

Residency: To receive a University of Delaware degree, admitted students must complete 90 of the first 100 credits or 30 of the last 36 credits, full- or part-time, at the University of Delaware.

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