Reading a Degree Progress Report

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1 Reading a Degree Progress Report Bachelors Degree in General Studies Learning how to read your DPR will help keep you out of trouble

2 DPR (Degree Progress Report) It is very important that as a student in General Studies you know how to read the degree progress report (DPR) which you can access via OneStart.

3 DPR What you can avoid Knowing how to read a DPR will keep you from making costly mistakes such as: Taking duplicate courses Taking classes that don t fit the area in which you need hours Taking cross listed classes (where only one will count) Exceeding the 21/30 rule (excess hours in a department or professional school)

4 DPR What it can help you do You can keep an accurate count on the hours you need to graduate You can plan your semesters in advance You can see where you need hours and/or competencies You can avoid spending time and money on classes you do not need

5 Starting the Report Before beginning this PowerPoint you should either print a copy of your DPR or have your DPR displayed on your computer in another open window. The PowerPoint will start at the top of the DPR

6 DPR When you open up your DPR, this is the first area that you will see. In this area you will see your name, student identification number and the schools at IU that you have attended If you have not completed the degree you should see this red lettering. Your Name and Student ID will appear here It should list General Studies under Kokomo program

7 In the next section you will see housekeeping information. The main thing that is important here relates to the fact that this is not an official document; it is for advising only. If you feel that there is something in error on the report you need to call the listed number. The DPR includes the classes you are currently taking in this report, but until the class is finished graded requirements are not complete

8 Miscellaneous Information Courses listed here are not counted towards degree progress. Courses in this area are usually developmental English and math classes such as Math M006 and M007 and ENG W 031, ENG R 151 and ENG R 152. Courses that will not count toward degree progress that you failed, dropped or repeated can also show up here.

9 Subject Area Limit If you have hours that exceed the maximum hours allowed in any one department or professional school, they will be listed here. These classes are not used in your hours for the General Studies degree. Note that they can count toward your upper level classes (30 hours required) even if they do not count toward the 120 hours.

10 Degree requirements In this area you will see your General Studies GPA. You will see the classes you have taken or are taking after admission to the degree program. Note the General Studies GPA is only for classes taken since you entered the General Studies program.

11 Continued from previous slide: The next section shows your University GPA. The university GPA is for all classes taken at an IU system school. This is your official overall University GPA. If you are under the Academic Forgiveness Policy you may see the forgiven courses listed here with the new CUMGPA listed. It is very important for you to understand that you must have at least a 2.0 with your IU Undergraduate CUMGPA, and the SCS degree GPA must be at least a 2.0.

12 Upper level hours. You are required to complete at least 30 hours of 300 and 400 level classes for the degree. You can also have up to 6 hours of graduate level classes that count in this area. In the example below, this student has earned 27 hours of upper division work and needs an additional 3 hours to complete this requirement. Note these hours come from the classes that are on your transcript and are not in addition to the 120 hours needed for the degree.

13 Basic competencies. You are required to have course work in the four competencies listed in this section (if you were admitted to the program prior to Fall 2006) or five competencies and a second English course if admitted Fall 2006 or after in the SCS program. The first example student below has classes listed under two of the four competencies. The student has completed 2 competencies. Note that in the Quantitative Reasoning/Mathematics and computer literacy sections the words Requirement Not Satisfied is listed under this competency.

14 Basic competencies continued Notice in this example the student was admitted Fall 2006 or after. There are five competencies required and an extra English course. The student has not completed the second English requirement. Also notice, the audit will list all of the courses you have taken that fulfill that requirement even though you may only have to complete one course.

15 Distribution Requirements This section lists where your classes fit into the three main distribution areas, Science & Math, Arts and Humanities and Social Behavioral Sciences. In the example below, this student has completed the 12 hours required for Arts and Humanities, but the student still needs 18 hours to complete the Science and Math section. Also note that since 30 hours are required on this DPR, the student has made this his/her concentration area.

16 (Distribution Requirements cont.) In the example below, the student has completed the Social Behavioral Sciences area with in progress classes listed. Also note, that for each distribution area you must include courses from a minimum of 2 different departments, e.g., you cannot have all psychology classes, you must mix in another department.

17 Electives This section contains classes that fit into the first 15 hours of electives that need to come from the departments listed in Arts and Humanities, Science and Math, and Social Behavioral Sciences (also known as the College of Arts and Sciences) In this example, the student has completed all 15 hours required. It is important to note that if you received less than a C but more than an F in a class from the College of Arts and Sciences it will not count in the distribution areas; it will count here or in the last area of electives.

18 BGS General Electives In this section you will see classes that cannot fit into any other area of the DPR. Courses from professional schools with very few exceptions can count here only. Also, if your College of Arts and Sciences Electives section is completed and you receive a grade of less than a C in one of courses that fit into your distribution areas, the courses will be listed in this section. In this example, the student has completed 27 hours of electives and needs 24 more hours to complete this section. Also note that classes from professional schools are listed here such as EDUC, HPER, LSTU and BUS.

19 Degree and hours needed to graduate section In this section the important parts are the listing of minimum hours in the IU system and hours needed to complete the degree. In this example the student has not completed any of the 30 IU system hours for BGS. In this example the student can also see that he/she has completed 78 of the 120 hours needed to graduate and needs an additional 42 hours to complete the degree.

20 Excluded courses This section will list courses that do not count in the General Studies Degree. In this example, the 3 math classes and 1 English class do not count because they are considered remedial (the first math that counts in this degree is M118 or M119 or M125). In the next area are courses with a grade of W, F, FX, or Extended X (see IU Kokomo Bulletin).

21 Excluded courses cont. In the next section courses are listed that count towards your GPA, but do not count in the General Studies Degree.