What It Is
A degree audit report is a tool that tracks degree requirements. We recommend reviewing an up-to-date degree audit every semester to help yourself stay on track toward graduation.
A degree audit:
Identifies your academic/degree requirements & applies college-defined course rules.
Lists your transfer credits & cutbacks for repeated and equivalent courses.
Provides hypothetical, "what-if" degree information to show how your coursework would apply to a different program.
Running a Degree Audit
To run a degree audit for your declared program:
- Follow this link to Buff Portal's class registration guide card (you may be prompted to log in).
- Expand the "Plan" section, then select "View Degree Audit."
- In the degree audit system, click to expand the "Run Declared Programs" section.
- Click the link next to "Advanced Settings," then adjust the audit options as desired.
Note: HTML audits are automatically deleted after seven days. To review this audit again in the future, we recommend changing the "Format" drop-down from "Regular (HTML)" to "PDF."
- When ready, click the "Run Declared Programs" button.
- Once the system has finished loading your audit, it will open automatically.
- If you requested a PDF audit, click the "Download PDF Audit" link to save it.
To run a degree audit for a different program:
- Follow this link to Buff Portal's class registration guide card (you may be prompted to log in).
- Expand the "Plan" section, then select "View Degree Audit."
- In the degree audit system, click to expand the "Select a Different Program" section.
- Select the college, degree, program and catalog year for your prospective program. Once you enter the last
- Click the link next to "Advanced Settings," then adjust the audit options as desired.
Note: HTML audits are automatically deleted after seven days. To review this audit again in the future, we recommend changing the "Format" drop-down from "Regular (HTML)" to "PDF."
- When ready, click the "Run Different Program" button.
- Once the system has finished loading your audit, it will open automatically.
- If you requested a PDF audit, click the "Download PDF Audit" link to save it.
Reading a Degree Audit
The text at the top of the audit includes the date and time of your request, your student ID number and name, and your degree program and catalog year.
Requirements are specific areas of coursework that are required for a degree program. Three different indicators appear on these sections for requirements that are complete, in progress or unfulfilled.
Clicking on a requirement expands the view to display its sub-requirements. These are more specific requirements that are also needed for the degree program.
Completed Sub-requirements
Completed sub-requirements show a summary of the class used to fulfilled them, including the term taken, course number, credits earned, grade received, course title and where/how it was taken (if not at CU Boulder).
Incomplete Sub-requirements
Most incomplete sub-requirements show a "select from" list of all CU Boulder courses that meet the sub-requirement. Click on a linked course number to view the catalog description. You can use this list during enrollment to choose courses that meet the requirement(s).
Indicators
The degree audit processes courses against different policies as defined by the college or university. An indicator will appear next to the grade on the course to alert you that an action against the course has happened. The legend provides a brief explanation of these indicators.
Symbol | Meaning |
---|---|
*** | Registered |
>M | Metro course, not in GPA |
>N | Repeated, no credit |
>R | Repeated |
>S | Hours split |
>V | Composite Grade |
>X | Course Repetition, not in GPA |
>Z | Graduate non-degree course |
>G | Grade replacement requested on course |
>E | Grade replacement, not in GPA |
T* | Transfer Grade |
Q* | CU to CU Composite Grade |
S* | Study Abroad Grade |
Questions?
If you have questions about your degree audit report that are not covered here, contact your academic advisor or the advising office in your college, school or program.
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