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Degree Auditing

The Foundation for
On-Time Completion

Transform course, program, and academic data into detailed audits that focus on meeting degree requirements, not deciphering them. An accurate, actionable audit is the pre-requisite for any personalized, successful academic plan.

Discover the Facts

See a shared a view of progress that details each student's real-time academic progress, leaving nothing to guesswork.

Build Templated Plans

Structure academic pathways for programs with required — or highly standardized — course progression.

Keep Students Informed

Show real-time degree progress, front and center, on each student's personalized workspace.

Smart Planning

Smart Planning and Registration

Your GPS for Academic Planning

Create hyper-personalized academic plans that auto-adjust for any change — a new declaration, life event, time off, you name it. When the planner does the planning, students and advisors can dedicate themselves to executing it.

Smart Planning and Registration

Foster Meaningful Dialogue

Free advisors to focus on what technology can't — advice-driven academic, career, and life conversations.

Simplify Registration

Let students register directly from their plans (according to your registration policies), reducing potential errors that can delay completion.

Create Plan Transparency

Illuminate how each plan update impacts course sequencing, financial cost, and anticipated completion date.

Credit Recognition

Recognise Credit, Faster

Empower transfer administrators to recognise credit 50% faster so no transfer student is left guessing about their academic standing.

AI-Driven Processes

Transform manual equivalency into near-instant decisions and use custom approval workflows that adhere to institutional policies.

Quick Equivalency Setups

Stored articulation agreements ensure consistent treatment for how credits will or will not transfer.

Transparent Student Experience

Enter transfer sources and target program, then review see which coursework transfers and which needs further evaluation.

Transfer Credit, Simplified

Recognize transfer credit more efficiently than ever — to inform students how their existing credits apply, before they apply.

Next-Gen 'What' If Analysis

Go beyond highlighting requirements — automatically create a full course plan, complete with views of cost and timeline.

Advising Rules Engine

Incorporate advisor-defined rules into plans — like blocking Chemistry 210 and 220 in the same term, for historical workload and stress reasons.

Tailored Communications

Prompt Microsoft Copilot to help personalize messages with information you've already gathered from your student relationships.

How does degree auditing keep students on track for on-time completion?

Degree auditing gives students and advisors a real-time view of progress, so they can see what is still needed. Templated plans reduce guesswork and help keep students on track to complete on time.

How does smart planning and registration reduce registration mistakes?

Smart planning and registration link enrolment to the student’s plan. With real-time progress and a shared view of requirements, students are more likely to choose the right modules in the right order.

How does smart planning and registration support students when they change course or pace?

Smart planning and registration use what-if analysis and personalised plans that adapt as circumstances change. Students can see course sequencing, costs and expected completion dates before they make a move.

How does credit recognition help students use the credit they have already earned?

Credit recognition helps institutions assess previous study against programme requirements. It shows what counts towards a qualification, so students can progress sooner and avoid repeating learning.

“Degree Works has allowed us to become more efficient, to better serve that student, to make sure that we’re giving them very clear direction.”

Adam Breerwood

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President

“Degree audit and planning tools help us streamline registrar operations. When students and parents feel things run flawlessly, it elevates the experience—and that’s what sets us apart.”

Mike Mathews

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Vice President for Global Learning and Innovation

“Giving students and advisors the ability to quickly audit for the pathways is invaluable.”

Christine Holbrook

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Registrar

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“I’d like to take a very slow and expensive route to completion,” said no student, ever. Yet just 41% of 4-year students and 30% of 2-year students complete on time. This stops now.