Academic Advisement Report

Academic Advisement Report

The declaration of a major is made through the department offering the major. The choice of a major should be made as early as possible in the student's university career in order to complete the program and fulfill requirements for graduation. When the major is declared, the student is assigned an advisor in the major department and a Declaration of Curriculum with this information is filed by the student with the Office of the Registrar.

When students have declared a major, they are eligible for an Academic Advisement Report. This is prepared by the Office of the Registrar and made available to the students with Student Center. 

UNI Plan of Study (POS)

The Plan of Study (POS) serves as a planning and advising support system for students and advisors. The Plan of Study was created to help undergraduate students better plan their overall educational experience and to help students graduate as efficiently as possible. The POS is an electronic planning tool to help students think ahead through their entire program and should help students make strategic decisions about the courses they take and when they take them.

This Plan of Study system brings the Academic Advisement Report, the official advising document, to the Web providing access to undergraduate students and advisors. Major and minor worksheets for both teaching and non-teaching are also published online.

A Brief Explanation of the Most Common Abbreviations and Symbols:

20101 The first four digits show the year and the fifth digit the term. The academic year begins with the summer term; therefore, 20101 is Summer 2010, and 20102 is Fall, and 20103 is Spring 2010.
TRN A course transferred to UNI.
WAV A course that has been waived and is no longer required.
SUB A course which is substituted by another course.
X Exempt or credit by exam.
P Passed.
(C-) The bracket indicates a grade which does not satisfy the course requirement.
% Indicates regressive or duplicate credit.
# A course which repeats another course. (Note. During the semester you repeat a course you have previously taken, your hours needed may be inflated. This situation will adjust itself once you successfully complete the repeated course).
= Restricted credit.

We have endeavored to show the results of any special student requests you may have approved. These actions will most likely be shown by the WAV and SUB transactions previously listed or in special comments.

Titles and Explanations of the Sections of the Degree Audit and Advisement Report:

Graduation Summary Your advisement report begins with your graduation summary. This section tells you by categories the house you need to complete and the hours you have earned.
University Competency Summary The university competency summary identifies your status towards meeting these graduation requirements. If the status code is "needs," then you still need to satisfy this requirement.
Liberal Arts Core Each category will show as being satisfied or not satisfied. Courses, hours, and grades will be listed with each requirement they satisfy. Therefore, the same course may appear more than once on your degree audit.
Major Your major summary is listed next. Grades with a bracket ( ) do not satisfy the course requirement. Please pay close attention to your sub-group and elective requirements. You will find courses separated by an "and," an "or," or a semi-colon. Groups of courses will usually be preceded by a statement explaining your selection options for that group.
Minor Next will occur your minor (if you have one). The comments made above regarding your major are equally applicable with your minor.
Professional Education If you are seeking teaching licensure, the next section will be the professional education requirements.
Professional Methods The professional methods section is a list of courses used to calculate the professional methods grade point average to determine eligibility for student teaching. These courses are already listed as required courses for the major, and, therefore, do not consist of any additional graduation requirements.
University Electives The last section of this report is the courses you have completed that are considered to be university electives. These are courses that do not meet specific categorical requirements.

We hope you will find your Degree Audit and Advisement Report to be a valuable tool for charting your progress towards your degree. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about your report, please feel free to contact your Record Analyst via e-mail or phone.