Degree Audits

1) What is a degree audit?

A degree audit is a report that compares your degree requirements with your transcript. It tells you what you still need to do before you can graduate.

2) How can I get a degree audit?

Go to http://www.facts.org

On the left side of the screen is a menu. You should select College Advising Tools.

A sub menu will appear and you should select Institutional Degree / Program Audit.

The following screen will then appear.

There are three fields in the middle of this page

You should select your school (Florida Atlantic University) from the first field's pull down menu.

You should enter your student ID in the second field.

You should enter your PIN number in the third field.

Your default PIN number may be in the following format 00DDYY.

Where the first two digits are zeros.

The next two digits are the day of the month when you were born.

The last two digits are the year when you are born.

For example if you were born on October 31st in 1988 then your default pin number would be 003188. (To prevent unauthorized access you might want to change your PIN number.)

After filling in the three fields you should click on the Continue button. You will then be able to see your audit.

3) How do I read my degree audit?

The audit is divided into numbered sections, where each section represents a degree requirement.

The sections are separated by dashed lines.

For example the first section says that 120 credits are required for a degree. (More for Computer Engineering.)

At the upper left corner of the section it will say OK if that requirement is met or NO if the requirement is not yet met.

It also might say IP (in progress) if the requirement is currently met but could become a NO later. (For example your GPA might be currently good but your grades could drop and your GPA could slip below an acceptable level. )

If the degree requirement has numbered subsections then each numbered subsection has either a plus sign or a minus sign in front of it.

The plus sign indicates that the subsection requirement is met and a minus sign indicates that it is not met.

When all the sections say OK then you should graduate.

Remember that you should see an advisor during the last three or four weeks of the semester before you plan to graduate so you can complete the graduation checklist and an application for graduation.

4) Can there be problems with degree audits?

Yes. Degree audits are not official documents. They are tools that can be used to help you and your advisor plan which courses you need to take to graduate. There can be problems with degree audits. If you find an inaccuracy in your audit you should contact your advisor who will work with the system administrators to try to correct the problem.

Also not all degree requirements may be included in a degree audit. For example there is a requirement that 23 credits of your upper division work must be completed in our department, but this requirement is not included in the audit. There is also a requirement that one of the Computer Science electives cover a programming language other than C or C++. This is also not included in the audit. (This is not a requirement for Computer Engineering majors.)

The bottom line is that the only official documents are your transcript and the requirements listed in the University catalog. The advisor and tools like audits can help you to learn about your graduation requirements but the responsibility to know about and meet the graduation requirements rests entirely on yourself.