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Degree Works is a web-based tool to help students, advisors, faculty, and designated staff monitor student progress toward degree completion. Degree Works organizes coursework in an easy-to-read degree audit summarizing program requirements and progress to completion.
Degree Works will launch on BraveWeb in July 2024, replacing uAchieve. Degree Works will provide the same degree requirement and progress information, with enhanced functionality and clarity. Access to the the old uAchieve degree audit system will be removed at the end of August 2024. Feel free to process and download a copy of the old degree audit for your records.
Degree Works can be accessed through BraveWeb
- Log into BraveWeb
- Select Banner Self-Service
- Student Services
- Degree Audit
Degree Works is designed to enhance the academic advisement process and is not intended to replace personal academic advisement. Consult your advisor with any questions related to your degree audit or your degree program, plan, and progression. The resources below are also available to help guide you through the new Degree Works degree audit and related tools.
Resources
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Understanding Degree Works
UNDERSTANDING DEGREE WORKS
Degree Works is a web-based tool to help students, faculty, and certain designated staff plan and monitor student progress toward degree completion. Degree Works organizes coursework in an easy-to-read degree audit summarizing program requirements and progress to completion. When students access Degree Works via BraveWeb, they are immediately presented with their audit. Within Degree Works, students can access their degree audit, planner, and helpful links.
DEGREE AUDIT
The degree audit provides a comprehensive checklist of requirements for the student’s degree, major, minor, concentration, etc. at UNCP.
Student Information
Student information will display at the top of the degree audit in the Student Card. This information, along with course information, is refreshed from Banner automatically overnight. Changes made to student records today (e.g., registration, declaration, grade processing), will display tomorrow. If a change has been made to a student’s information in Banner and the student or advisor would like to see this change in Degree Works on the same day, advisors can use the Refresh Data button to manually refresh the information prior to the overnight refresh.
To view the current information from Banner after a manual refresh, you must click on Process to refresh the audit.
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Click the Refresh Student Data
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Note: “Data refreshed” displays the last date this button was pressed. Hover over “Data refreshed” to see “Data last changed,” which is the last date a change occurred in Banner and was imported to Degree Works. If these dates do not match, no new changes were processed in Banner.
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Click “Process” to view the updated information.
Format: Student View and Registration Checklist
There are two different formats to view the degree audit in Degree Works: Student View and Registration Checklist. By default, the Student View will display when accessing the audit. The Student View provides a comprehensive checklist of the student’s degree requirements. The Registration Checklist format provides a simplified view of the classes still needed to fulfill the student’s outstanding requirements.
To change to the Registration Checklist format, choose Registration Checklist from the dropdown menu then click Process.
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Select the desired format from the dropdown list.
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Next, click Process to see the selected audit format.
Save as PDF (Printing a student’s degree audit)
Each student’s audit is designed to be viewed online. However, there is still an option to print. To print, click the Print button in the top right to generate a PDF version of the audit. From here you can either save or print. Printing to paper is not recommended: Go Paperless.
Note: When accessing and sharing student information, you must follow the regulations set forth by the Family Education Right and Privacy Act (FERPA). For more information on FERPA, visit the UNCP FERPA website and policy.
In-Progress Classes & Processing a New Audit
When included, Degree Works makes use of all classes the student is currently registered for to fulfill outstanding requirements on the student’s audit. To remove in-progress and/or preregistered classes from the student’s audit, uncheck the boxes from the header section of the audit and click Process.
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Uncheck boxes to exclude in-progress and/or preregistered classes from the student’s audit.
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Click Process to refresh the audit reflecting the checked or unchecked selections.
Class History
The Class History feature shows a student’s semester-by-semester academic history including classes taken at UNCP and transfer coursework.
Legend
The Legend is located at the bottom of the audit. At the bottom of the audit you will find the legend. This helps users to identify the completion status of each requirement within the audit.
Complete - A checkmark will appear beside completed requirements. The course(s) or credit(s) fulfilling the requirement will appear in the row accompanied by the grade and term the course(s) and credit(s) were completed.
Not Complete – Outstanding requirements to be fulfilled for degree completion. Degree Works will provide information about what course(s) can be used to fulfill the requirement.
In-progress – This icon will appear when a course the student is currently registered for will complete the outstanding requirement as long as the student achieves a satisfactory grade. The course(s) satisfying the requirement will appear in the row accompanied by the term and an ‘IP’ in the grade field, indicating the course is In-Progress.
Nearly complete – see advisor – Appears when a student is near completion, however, there may be an unmet component, such as all major requirements complete, but minimum major credits have not been met.
Prerequisite – The clipboard icon will appear next to a course when a prerequisite exists. Course information, including the associate prerequisite course(s), will display when you click on the course.
Any course number – Known as a “wildcard” in Degree Works, the @ symbol stands in place of other characters. For example, if the student needs to complete 12 upper division credits in ACC for their major, you may see “12 Credits in ACC 3@ or 4@”. The double @ symbol appears when both the subject and course number is part of a range. For example, you would see “90 Credits in @ 1@ or 2@ or 3@ or 4@” if the student could take any 100, 200, 300, or 400 level course from any subject to satisfy this elective requirement.
Repeated Class – A repeated course is indicated with “(R)” in the Repeated column on the degree audit. The lowest grade of the repeated course will appear in the Insufficient Coursework block. Courses with an approved grade replacement will also appear in the Insufficient Coursework block.
Blocks
Degree Works generates an evaluation which displays classes taken, classes in-progress or registered for, transfer classes, and classes still required to fulfill degree requirements. This evaluation is displayed in a logical hierarchy of sections referred to as “blocks.” Each block lists the various components and requirements to complete the student’s degree, major, minor, or concentration.
Blocks can be individually or all together collapsed and expanded to allow you to focus on specific data, reducing the amount of scrolling needed when reviewing the audit. The Collapse All arrow is found just below the Process button. Each individual block also has its own collapse/expand arrow. The way you leave the audit - expanded or collapsed - will be the way the audit is displayed to the next person to view that student’s audit.
Block titles are in the top left corner of the block header. The block status is displayed at the end of the title. Each block presents the classes and/or credits required, applied, and in progress for the associated degree requirement. The degree audit contains several blocks, which will vary based on program requirements and declared components (e.g., second major, minor, etc.).
The Catalog Year is viewable in the Degree block and the Major block. The cumulative GPA is listed in the Degree Audit Progress section under the Student Card and the major GPA is listed in the Major block.
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Block title. The block pictured above is the “Major in Biology, B.S.” block.
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Block information including Catalog Year, Credits Required and Applied, and GPA for the classes completing the block requirements. Transfer class grades do not contribute to the student’s GPA.
Catalog Year
A student's catalog year is set upon admission or readmission for their degree and major.
Note: Students may use the What-If feature within Degree Works to view how completed classes would contribute towards the completion of a different major, minor, or concentration should they decide to make a change.
There are several options to explore from the What-If analysis. Once the new program information is selected, press Process to view the results.
Writing Intensive Program Block
At UNCP, undergraduate students must complete nine semester credit hours of Writing Enriched and Writing in the Discipline courses (one course must be a Writing in the Discipline course). A WE or WD attribute is attached to specific section CRNs (e.g., 12345 for ART 2080 offered in Fall) and not generalized courses (e.g., ART 2080 generally). This is because one instructor may offer a version of a course with curriculum and assignments designed to fulfill the writing enhanced requirement and another may not.
Because there is variability, Degree Works will only show the Writing requirement as “Complete” or “In-progress” when students register for a course with the WE or WD attribute attached.
Indigenous Cultures & Communities Requirement Block
UNCP undergraduate students must also fulfill the Indigenous Cultures & Communities (ICC) requirement. When registering, these courses are identified with an ICC attribute. ICC designations are specific to the individual course section and instructor. Degree Works will only fulfill this block with courses identified with an ICC attribute.
Electives Block
Classes that count towards the total credits required for the student’s degree but do not fulfill any specific program requirements are listed under the University Electives (applied credits) block.
Conversely, classes applicable to the total credits required for the degree but not needed because the category has been fulfilled are listed under University Electives (excess credits) block.
In-progress Block
Classes in which students are currently enrolled in and preregistered for will be listed in the In-progress block. These courses will also display at the specific requirement they will satisfy.
Insufficient Block
Courses appearing in the Insufficient block are not used towards fulfilling degree requirements. Courses in which a student has withdrawn or received an unsatisfactory grade will be present in the Insufficient block. Courses with sufficient grades in the Insufficient Block are repeated courses marked with repeat indicators.
Course Links
Degree Works provides information on which course(s) the student can take to complete remaining requirements for their program. To view information on these classes from the UNCP catalog, simply click on the course link from within the student’s audit to view course description, prerequisites, attributes, and section availability in current and future terms. Registration must occur through BraveWeb.
Exceptions
Students who apply to UNCP with a previously conferred bachelor’s or approved associate’s degree are eligible for a general education waiver. This will appear in the degree audit.
Additionally, approved exceptions, substitutions, or other waivers will appear next to the degree requirement.
Disclaimer
You are encouraged to use the degree audit report as a guide, along with the academic catalog, when planning your progress toward degree completion. Contact your advisor for assistance with interpreting the degree audit and establishing a plan to fulfill the requirements. Students are individually responsible for all course registrations, following all applicable academic regulations, and completing the requirements for graduation. Federal Financial Aid may be used for degree-applicable courses only. In addition to satisfying the degree requirements above, an application for graduation/degree conferral is required by the deadline published or at the completion of 75 undergraduate credits.
PLANNER
With the Planner feature, undergraduate students and advisors can partner to create a plan to fulfill remaining program requirements semester by semester. This tool is for planning purposes only. Students must complete their registration through BraveWeb.
To create a plan, access Planner, then:
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Select New Plan
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Press Select Template or Blank Plan
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Opting for a Blank Plan will require the user to enter all courses for all terms
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Enter start term from drop down menu
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Select program from options presented – organized by program name and estimated years remaining
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The recommended 2- or 4-year plan will populate.
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Students and advisors will work together to rearrange terms and courses based on transfer credits, additional major, minor, desired time to completion, etc.
Once the plan is created, it can be applied to an audit by selecting Planner Audit or a different program by selecting Planner What-If.
To retain the plan, select Save as copy. All saved plans are visible in the Plan List. Select Delete plan to remove it from the list.
The Planner will alert students and advisors when a deviation from the plan occurs.
Course registration must be completed by the student in Brave Web. The Plans tool is for planning purposes only.
LINKS
Links provides access to helpful tools relevant to the degree audit. UNCP provides many additional tools and resources outside of Degree Works. Continue to consult your advisor regarding your degree plan and progress and to review other tools and resources provided by the university.
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Videos
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What is a degree audit?
The degree audit in Degree Works is a curriculum evaluation separated into different blocks of requirements, such as the general education, major, minor, concentration, and other requirements for a specified degree program and catalog year. Each block within the audit works as a checklist with boxes that are automatically checked when a requirement is met, based on your completed, currently enrolled, or future registration.
Degree Works allows you to:
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View declared program of study and track your progress to degree completion.
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Determine what requirements you have completed and remaining to complete your degree.
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View individual course grades, cumulative grade point average (GPA), and major GPA.
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View transfer credits, waivers, and exceptions applied.
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Confirm your academic standing.
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Estimate how many semesters it will take you to graduate.
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Learn the prerequisites and corequisites for courses by clicking on the course numbers.
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See how your coursework could be applied to a different major, minor, etc. using the What-If option.
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Establish a schedule plan for timely degree completion.
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When should I review my degree audit?
We recommend that you review your degree audit regularly, at least four times each semester:
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In preparation for your advising appointment to discuss your registration for an upcoming semester.
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After registration to ensure the courses you selected apply to your requirements as intended.
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After your grades are posted each semester.
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Any time you make a change to your schedule.
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What type of degree audits am I able to see?
There are two different formats to view the degree audit in Degree Works: Student View and Registration Checklist. By default, the Student View will display when accessing the audit. The Student View provides a comprehensive checklist of the student’s degree requirements. The Registration Checklist format provides a simplified view of the classes still needed to fulfill the student’s outstanding requirements.
Additionally, a What-If audit is available. This can be used to view how your completed credits would fit into a new major, minor, concentration, etc.
The What-If feature within Degree Works can be used to view how completed classes would contribute towards the completion of a different major, minor, or concentration should you decide to make a change. This view is for planning purposes only. Contact your advisor to discuss any desired change in detail and for support with the Change of Major form.
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Can I register for classes or change my program in Degree Works?
Registration will still be completed by the student in Brave Web, after meeting with your advisor. Degree Works does provide you the opportunity to plan your future schedule using “Planner.”
Contact your advisor to discuss any desired program changes in detail and for support with the Change of Major form.
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How current is my information in Degree Works?
The information in Degree Works is refreshed nightly. Changes made to your record today will reflect tomorrow, this includes grade changes, registration changes, major changes, substitutions, waivers, etc.
If a change has been made to a student’s information in Banner and the student or advisor would like to see this change in Degree Works on the same day, advisors can use the Refresh Data button to manually refresh the information prior to the overnight refresh.
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Does Degree Works include my AP credit and transfer work?
Once transfer credits are received, reviewed, and articulated, they are posted to your record and appear on your degree audit. This process is the same for AP, IB and other transfer work. Transfer credits/grades are not calculated in the UNCP GPA.
To see details of your transfer evaluation, click on the Course History link in the ellipsis menu in the top right of the degree audit.
Undergraduate students: A transfer evaluation may take several days to reflect on your degree audit after your official transcript is received at UNCP. Connect with your advisor to ensure your official transcript has been received and/or contact your prior school to ensure your transcript request has been fulfilled and issued to UNCP. Graduate students: contact The Graduate School for assistance.
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Where can I find my Grade-Point Average (GPA)?
Your grades and GPA will update after end of term processing is complete each semester. Information is refreshed in Degree Works automatically overnight.
You can find your GPA in several places on your degree audit. Your Cumulative GPA is in the Degree Audit Progress section toward the top of your audit. Separately, you will see your major GPA in the major block.
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How do I access the GPA Calculators?
Degree Works provides several GPA calculators. Select GPA Calculator from the ellipsis menu in the top right corner of the degree audit. This link will open a new window with three different GPA calculators described below.
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Graduation Calculator: The Graduation Calculator will show you what average is needed in your remaining credits to graduate with a desired GPA.
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Term Calculator: The Term Calculator will help you to calculate an estimated future GPA based on your estimated grades for the current or upcoming term(s).
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Advice Calculator: The Advice Calculator will show you the grades needed to achieve a desired GPA.
Note: If this is your first semester at UNCP, you will not get accurate information using these calculators as you will not have a current GPA until your final grades post.
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Can I see a list of all the classes I have taken?
Each of the blocks within the degree audit will display where completed courses fulfill specific requirements. You can see a list of completed courses, including transfer coursework, in Course History.
Courses from which you have withdrawn will appear in the “Insufficient” block at the bottom of the degree audit with a W grade.
You will see any in-progress or preregistered courses within the degree audit and at the end in the In Progress and Preregistered block.
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How is my degree audit different from my transcript?
The Degree Works audit is an unofficial advising and planning tool that provides academic information related to your degree requirements and progress. It is not your official academic transcript nor is it your official confirmation of degree completion.
Your transcript is your official university academic record and provides a chronological list of courses completed and other academic information. You may request as official transcript at https://www.uncp.edu/resources/registrar/transcript-ordering-portal.
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What does the @ symbol mean in my degree audit?
This is a wild card in Degree Works. If the @ symbol appears before course numbers (e.g., @ 3000:4999), you can take any subject area with that level (e.g., a 3000- to 4000-level course from any subject area). If the @ symbol appears after a subject prefix (e.g., PSY @) it means that you can take any course with the subject prefix (e.g., any course in Psychology). Or if the @ symbol appears after a subject prefix and number (e.g., PSY 3@) you can take course with that prefix and level.
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Is it okay for Degree Works to place a course in two separate places?
Yes, there are several places where a course can satisfy multiple requirements. For example, a course with WE attribute may also apply to your major. Or a course with an ICC attribute may apply to the Indigenous Cultures and Communities and General Education Requirements blocks.
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What if my academic advisor petitions to waive or substitute a course? How does that course appear on my degree audit?
Approved exceptions will appear on the degree audit in gold font “Exception by: Registrar” and the date processed. You will need to Process a new audit to see the update. If still not visible, contact your advisor to determine the status of the request.
Exceptions and substitutions previously applied in uAchieve are being manually applied to all applicable degree audits in Degree Works. If you see a course that was previously applied but is not currently, please contact your advisor to submit a request to the Registrar’s Office.
The Registrar's Office is manually updating all previously applied exceptions, substitutions, and waivers in to Degree Works. We thank you for your patience as we work through each individual record.
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I think my audit is incorrect. What should I do?
Contact your advisor to review the concern. They will help to address your questions or submit a correction request.
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A course is in the “Insufficient” section even though it has a passing grade. Why is that?
Courses listed in the Insufficient block are not applicable to the degree program. Courses with a grade of F, W, WX will be listed in this block. A course that did not meet the minimum course grade requirement will be listed here. For example, students must earn a “C” grade or better in ENG 1050 and 1060. If you earn a “C-” grade in ENG 1050, that will populate in Insufficient. Additionally, if you repeat a course, the lower grade will be listed in the Insufficient block.
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Are there requirements for graduation that Degree Works does not check?
The degree audit addresses the credit and curriculum requirements for degree completion. Consult with your advisor to confirm you have met all program-specific requirements and recommended items for your major and intended profession.
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Can a degree audit be printed?
The degree audit is designed to be viewed online. However, there is still an option to print. To print, click the Print button in the top right to generate a PDF version of the audit. From here you can either save or print. Printing to paper is not recommended: Go Paperless.
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How do I apply for graduation?
In addition to satisfying the degree requirements presented in the degree audit, an application for graduation/degree conferral is required by the deadline published in the academic catalog or at the completion of 75 undergraduate credits.
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I am returning to UNCP and I am not found in the current degree audit system. What do I do?
Undergraduate students in a catalog year before 2018 will not have a degree audit in Degree Works. You should contact Admissions to readmit to the newest catalog version.