Planning a Degree is quite often a student’s first experience of University. After deciding what they’d like to be when they graduate they need to wade through a Student Guide, pick the right Majors and Minors to suit their career choice, then select subjects from… Read More »Complexities of Planning a Degree
Prospective students can also build their Degree Plans in DegreeReady, before they apply to the University. This helps students understand what subjects are available within each Degree Program and what the total cost would be. The system can be made available on the internet to… Read More »Prospective Students
Many fee-paying students need to see how much their Degree will cost before selecting subjects to enrol in. For the core and mandatory subjects they have little choice, but when it comes to electives some subjects can cost substantially more than others but carry the… Read More »Total cost of Degree
One of the most time consuming tasks facing Program Administrators is Degree Progression Auditing. They need to know who is on track to graduate this semester, who is falling behind and who needs some assistance. Currently this is done for students who are close to… Read More »Degree Progression Auditing
Creating, and maintaining a student’s Degree Plan requires a lot of time – both student time and Academic Advisor time. The time consuming element is usually around the complexity of complying with a myriad of Program Rules that are a superset of Major Level Rules,… Read More »Academic Advisor time spent creating Degree Plans
Overseas students whose first language is not English often struggle when they start University in a new country, especially when it comes to creating their Degree Plan. Although they can speak English they struggle with some of the academic terms like pre-requisite etc. This leads… Read More »Overseas students degree planning
What is the true cost of creating Degree Plans? According to recent research: – A typical student will have more than one call or meeting with an Academic Advisor (average of 1.11 calls per student)– 70% of students need help– Over 60% of calls are… Read More »Cost of creating Degree Plans
Off-campus Degree Planning is now the norm as a result of more students studying remotely due to Covid-19. However, the creation and maintenance of Degree Plans has become more difficult as students don’t have ready access to face-to-face time on campus with Advisors. Because of… Read More »Off-Campus Degree Planning for students