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MS/MBA students (excluding MS Accountancy) should use DegreeWorks to monitor their degree progress.
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MS Accountancy students should refer to their individual program of study (POS) instead of DegreeWorks due to high customization of possible course waivers.
What is DegreeWorks?
- Designed to help students track their own degree progress, prepare for registration, and plan for graduation.
- Matches the degree requirements stated in the Baruch Bulletin (by academic year based on entry or re-entry to Baruch).
General Degree Audit Structure
The DegreeWorks audit is divided into several sections (blocks), which collectively form the degree audit.
- Degree Requirements – a summary of the degree criteria and total credits needed for graduation.
- Preliminary Course(s) – list of preliminary courses.
- Program Requirements – lists the specific courses required to complete the program.
- Concentration Requirements (if applicable) – lists the specific courses required to complete the concentration.
- Elective Courses Allowed/Elective Courses Not Allowed
- Insufficient/Non-Contributing Grades and Pending Permit Courses
- In-Progress Courses
- Notes
Helpful Tips
- By default, the degree audit is set at Student View. However, you can toggle to the Registration Checklist to only show those requirements that are unmet.
- CREDITS APPLIED = credits completed + registered in-progress courses.
- TOTAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS = minimum number of credits to earn degree + required preliminary courses.
- Preliminary courses do not count towards the minimum number of credits needed to earn the degree.
- DEPT 9000:9999 = any 9000-level course in DEPT department (e.g. MKT)
Pre-Graduation Completion
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Degree Progress Bar
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What this means…
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~90% [± 2%]
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- After enrolling in your final semester courses, while in pre-graduation completion, the highest your degree progress requirements section will reach is about 90%.
- Note that this number differs based on program since the percentage is based on the number of requirements completed in the degree audit.
- All other sections on your degree audit should show complete or in-progress except for Applied for Graduation.
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Anything less than 90%
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- You likely have requirements missing (missing requirements, credits, GPA < 3.0, etc.)
- Review your degree audit carefully to ensure that all other requirements have been satisfied [see Common Issues accordion below].
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90+%
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- After you have applied for graduation in your final semester, the degree audit will gradually increase to 100% as you move through the graduation process (graduation audit is processed, requirements met with final courses in progress, grades in final semester are posted) and your degree is conferred.
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What If Function
- What If is used for advisory purposes and not considered official.
- Use the What If function for future course planning:
- Select “Use current curriculum”.
- Add the subject and number (e.g. FIN 9778) of the course(s) and Process New.
- DegreeWorks will show how the future courses planned will count in your current degree requirements.
- Change of Degree Objective or Change Concentrations:
- Consult with the advising team.
- Use the following criteria to see how your completed and enrolled courses will count in a different degree program or concentration / track:
- Program Catalog Year (e.g. 2023-2024 Graduate for Fall 2023) and Degree (MS/MBA)
- Major* (required) and Concentration (if needed), using same catalog year as program
- OPTIONAL: Select “Use current curriculum” to see how the future planned courses will count in a program or concentration change.
- EXAMPLE:
- Note that program advisors cannot advise you on programs you have not been admitted into.
Common Issues
- MBA students who entered prior to Fall 2023 and have returned after a leave of absence will need to contact the advising team to rectify their DegreeWorks to reflect their original admit term.
- Course was added [or dropped], but does not appear [still appears] on degree audit.
- Check when the audit was last updated.
- DegreeWorks usually takes 24-48 hours to update after a CUNYfirst registration action is processed.
- CONC requirements are required but were not found.
- For MS students, a concentration/track/sub-plan is required for your program, but it is either not declared or incorrect.
- For MBA students, a concentration is not required as students are following the General or Accountancy curriculum only. When all electives are completed the concentration will show as fulfilled.
- Course appears in either “Electives” or “Elective Courses Not Allowed”
- Courses that appear in “Elective Courses Not Allowed” do not satisfy a degree requirement for your program but still counts towards your GPA.
- Courses that appear in “Elective Courses Not Allowed” affect financial aid.
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- If the course should serve as a possible course substitution, please follow up with the advising team.
- If the substitution requires faculty approval, please forward the approval from the faculty advisor to the advising team.
- A final grade must be posted before a course substitution can be applied.
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- If the course is a business elective, check if you have exceeded the number of credits (e.g. max 6 credits of business electives, internship credits, transfer credits, etc.).
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- For MBA students to fulfill elective requirements, students are allowed to take ONE graduate 3-credit course outside of Zicklin at either the Weissman School or the Marxe School. Students should email the advising team to request the substitution.
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