QRG: Reading the uAchieve® Degree Audit
This Quick Reference Guide (QRG) offers a visual guide on how to interpret and understand a uAchieve degree audit. Included are visual cues, icon legends, and descriptions of various audit features.
NOTE: Your screens may look different depending on the functionality your institution has implemented, custom branding, and/or your permissions.
Audit Overview
Three sections help students quickly identify where they stand.
Information about the Student
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The top of the screen identifies the student, their declared program, and may also include:
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Results at a Glance
Next are color-coded charts for an “at a glance” view of earned, in-progress, and planned hours.
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Colored areas identify: ![]()
Bars are interactive: clicking a category bar drills down to more detail.
To return to earlier audit screens, click the breadcrumb links. |
Audit Detail
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The bottom of the screen provides greater detail and text instructions for program requirements.
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Reading the Audit
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Audits are made up of a list of components with two levels of detail:
Indicators for requirements and sub-groupsinclude:
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Sub-group Details
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Sub-groups typically add details including:
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Taken CoursesTaken courses typically appear with:
Once a course is taken, it disappears from the Select From list.
Once a requirement is complete, sub-groups, instructions, and Select From lines disappear; only courses and earned information are reported.
In Progress CoursesIN-P and IP stand for “in progress” and indicate a course is currently being taken. Credit or Courses Taken will display a zero until the courses are completed and a final grade is assigned. Here, RG (for registered) is the grade assigned until the course is completed with a real grade (your institution may handle these courses differently). |
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You might also see the following symbols in a course list: ![]() |
Other Course Information
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Most audits also include an “excess courses” section to collect courses that don’t apply anywhere else in the program. |
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The Course History tab displays taken courses, term-by-term with GPA plotted by hours in chart and list form.
To return to the main audit display, use the Audit Results tab. |
Waivers & Exceptions
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If there are waivers, you may see notes like this where ACR201 was used in place of one of the acceptable Geography courses.
Some institutions may not add notes, however. You might instead see such information under the Applied Exceptions tab at the top of the audit. |
Running a New Audit
To run a fresh audit or a “what-if” audit to see how taken courses might apply to a different program—use the Request Audit button.
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