What is Degree Works?
Degree Works is a web-based degree audit tool which is designed to allow students and their advisors to track their degree progress including preparing for registration and graduation.
As a student, Degree Works will allow you to easily monitor your requirements as you complete them, and stay on track in relation to your program of study.
Degree Works is NOT a replacement for advising. You should work with your advisor and utilize Degree Works together to move efficiently toward completing your program’s requirements.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding Degree Works, please reach out to your advisor.
About DegreeWorks
A Degree Works audit (also called a degree audit) is a review of past, current, and “planned” (in-progress) coursework that provides information on complete and incomplete requirements necessary to complete a degree/ major/ concentration.
Degree Works is accessed through MyEKU. Any device on which you can log into MyEKU will also allow you to use Degree Works including mobile phones and tablets.
From the EKU homepage, click OneLogin. Then, under the OneLogin card, click on Degree Works.
Yes. Like other processed you use through MyEKU, Degree Works is accessed through your secure log in. Remember that your advisor, faculty, and selected staff will be able to view the information contained in Degree Works.
Currently, DegreeWorks is available to all EKU students. Advisors, faculty, and selected staff will also have access for the purpose of supporting your progress through your academic career.
The information in Degree Works is refreshed each night. Any changes make today (e.g., grade changes or classes added/ dropped) will be seen in Degree Works tomorrow. Your advisor has the ability to refresh and process a new audit to pull in your latest student data to view any changes that might have happened the same day.
No. Degree Works is a snapshot of courses both in-progress and in academic history. Registration, add/ drop, requests to audit courses, etc., are handled through already-established procedures.
Yes. Degree Works is laid out in block format displaying degree, major, minor, and concentration requirements information. Look for empty red circles to identify requirements that you still need to complete.
Yes, with the help of your advisor. See the Plans section for more information.
Yes. Once grades have been processed at the end of the semester, they are viewable in Degree Works (one day after they are viewable in MyEKU). Courses in-progress are listed with an “RG” grade.
No. Degree Works is an unofficial audit of your coursework, as well as an outline of requirements still needed to complete your program of study.
Yes. Click the kebab menu in the top right corner. Then, click Class History.
You should contact your advisor and review your audit with them to ensure accuracy.
You cannot update course information in Degree Works. If you need to change you major/ minor/ concentration (Undergraduates only) you need to go to Major Change Form.
Using the Audit
Your audit will display the courses you’ve taken or are in progress. The audit will show you any degree, major, minor, or concentration requirements that are being met by the courses you’ve taken or that may be met upon satisfactory completion of courses in progress.
Degree Works uses the information that is current for your transcript. You will be able to view any courses that have been completed/ registered for/ transferred by the date your audit was last refreshed. (Data is refreshed nightly.) Keep in mind that any transfer work or grade changes that have not been formally submitted and accepted will not appear on your audit.
Your advisor’s contact information can be found by clicking the envelope button in the top right corner of the Worksheets page. You can email your advisor by clicking on their email address.
Your audit will outline the courses still needed to meet degree, major, minor, and/or concentration requirements within each specific block. You may also utilize the Registration Checklist. You may then use this information to discuss your plan with your academic advisor.
It can take several days to process a change of major.
You can access your second degree audit by using the Degree drop down menu at the top of the screen.
Courses from which you have withdrawn will appear in the Insufficient block on your audit.
You should contact your advisor to have any issue resolved regarding waivers, substitutions, or exceptions for major, minor, or concentration requirements.
You can print your audit by selecting the “Print” button at the top right corner of the Worksheets page.
Using the Planner
Plans is a tool used to arrange course requirements into future semester blocks. You along with your advisor can use Plans forecast your academic career.
No. Nothing entered into Plans will affect your main audit.
“Hours Applied” is the number of hours being applied to the audit including the additional free electives and in-progress classes.
Please look for “CERTIFIED” under gen. ed. If fully Gen. Ed. Certified no more gen. eds. are required.
Yes. You must click on the Save Plan button and you should have it locked by your advisor.
Yes. Your advisor can see your plan and participate with you in the planning process. There is a Notes section within the planner, as well, for you and your advisor to keep additional information.
No. Your plans are for planning purposes only. You will register on MyEKU during your assigned registration time slot.
No. Your planner is for planning purposes only. Final course schedules are available to students online shortly before registration. If you discover that a course you had planned is not being offered, we recommend that you find a substitute course to take and move the original course, if still needed, to a future term.
Yes. There is a print button at the top of the planner. It is recommended to print the Note Mode version of the plan. Also, be sure to check “View” and then print. This will only print what is in your plan.
Only your advisor can delete a plan. The advisor should open your plan and select the Delete Plan button located on the bottom right hand side.
Your advisor may add notes to your planner to document academic advising on student records. These notes will be deleted if the plan is deleted. Be sure to copy and paste your advisor notes to your new plan and save. Otherwise they will be lost. Advisors please note: Plan Notes are subject to FERPA. For more information visit here.
Using the What-If
The What If function allows you to simulate a change to your major, minor, or concentration. Your new What If audit will show you what coursework is required for this major, minor, or concentration, what courses you have taken that satisfy requirements, and what courses are still left for you to take.
No. The What If function is for information purposes only. You will see the header What If Audit displayed at the top of the audit whenever an audit is run on a What If scenario. It does NOT affect your true program information.
Since What If scenarios are not stored on Degree Works, your advisor can only see your results if the two of you work through a What If procedure together.
Yes. Degree Works will allow you to select more than one major at a time, or to select multiple major(s), minor(s) and concentration(s).
No. What If plans are not saved on Degree Works. You would need to run a new What If scenario next time you log in to see it again.
Speak with your advisor. If you need to change your major/minor/concentration (Undergraduates only) you need to submit a Change of Major form.
Calculators
The Term Calculator will show you your estimated cumulative GPA after you fill in hypothetical grade information. By putting in your current earned credits and GPA and placing your in-progress courses in the table (this all will default in for you) along with the grade you anticipate receiving for each course; you will see a revised cumulative GPA based on the estimates you provided.
No. This is an estimate only.
You enter the GPA you will like to have at graduation. The Graduation Calculator will show what GPA you will need to average over your remaining semesters to obtain your desired GPA at graduation.
The advice calculator will show you how many credits must be earned at a certain GPA to achieve your desired GPA.
Printing
You can print your audit by clicking on the “Print” button (envelope icon) at the top right corner of the page.
Yes. There is a print button at the top of a given plan (envelope icon). Note that you can only print one plan at a time.