What is Degree Works?
Degree Works is a comprehensive academic roadmap to help students navigate through a wide range of courses, requirements, and academic policies. Maintained by the Office of the Registrar, the Degree Works degree audit provides clear and visual representation of academic progress, displaying completed courses, in-progress coursework, and outstanding requirements.
Degree Works allows students to easily explore different academic scenarios using the “What-If” tool. The platform is user-friendly allowing students to make informed decisions about course selection and take charge of their academic journey.
Using Degree Works
Degree Works displays all graduation requirements and fulfils requirements based on an algorithm intended to use the quickest path to degree completion. If a student is pursuing multiple degrees, each degree has a separate audit, and any minors or associated requirements are displayed.
Degree requirements in the audit include:
Coursework
GPA
Credit totals
Grade Requirements
Important Notes About Degree Works
While Degree Works may seem like having an advisor on-hand 24/7, it is not a replacement for actual conversations with academic and major advisors. Departments reserve the right to modify requirements or grant exceptions. When all remaining requirements are in progress, the audit’s degree progress should reach 98%. After all grades have posted and all requirements are complete, the audit’s degree progress should reach 100%.
Disclaimer
Students are encouraged to use Degree Works as a guide when planning progress toward completion of degree requirements. Contact an academic advisor for assistance in interpreting the audit or regarding official degree/certificate completion status. The Degree Works audit is not an academic transcript, and it is not official notification of completion of degree or certificate requirements. Please contact the Registrar's Office to obtain a copy of your official academic transcript.
Degree Works at a Glance
The Audit
The audit is comprised of the header and various blocks that make up the student’s degree requirements.
The Header
At the very top of the audit is the header. Here relevant student data appears. Included is a degree progress bar. The bar is a visual representation of how many requirements the student has met/will meet with their in-progress courses.
The Blocks
For each degree a student pursues, they will see the following blocks: Degree, Newcomb-Tulane Core Curriculum, School Requirements, Major(s), and Minor (if applicable).
The Degree Block drives the audit. It will only be complete if a student has completed all the requirements for the degree, including core, school, and major requirements. Credit, residency, and any cross block requirements (for example, the Freeman GPA are found in this block.
The Newcomb-Tulane Core Curriculum Block covers the core.
Incomplete requirements will show advice that lists courses that fulfill those requirements (courses with a “@” is a wildcard). Clicking on any course still needed will open a window with its current course information.
The School Requirements Block breaks out school specific requirements from the Newcomb-Tulane Core.
The Major Block covers the major’s requirements. Please note, Degree Works cannot enforce the overlap restriction between multiple majors.
At the bottom of the audit, courses that do not apply to specific requirements are collected. Courses counting towards the student’s degree that do not apply to a specific requirement appear in “Other Courses Applying to Degree.” Courses that are insufficient, illegally repeated, or incomplete will appear in “Withdrawn, Failed, & Repeated Courses.” Excluded courses (for example, if a student exceeds 9 credits of non-NTC classes or CDMA in the business school) will fall to “Courses Not Applying to Degree.”
Questions, Answers, Comments, Concerns, or Errors?
Submit a ticket via the Registrar Support Form to reach the Degree Audit team in the Registrar’s Office.