DegreeWorks is a great tool for academic advising. The program combines the course catalog, the program sheet, the course schedule, and the student's academic transcript. For this reason, all information needed for academic program planning is all in one central location.
The Registrar's Office has developed tutorials for students and advisors in a PowerPoint format. For more information regarding DegreeWorks, please follow this link.
Advisor Access to Degree Works
Student Access to Degree Works
This section should be used to document student appointments and significant communications with students. Advisors should include actions taken, forms submitted, unusual events, special permissions, overrides, etc. Anyone with access to the student's DegreeWorks account; including the student, may view all notes.
To enter a note, follow these steps:
DegreeWorks will automatically populate your name and the date the note was entered into the students record.
The Worksheet tab offers two different views of the students record:
In addition, the Worksheet tab contains a What If Analysis function. This feature allows the student to explore alternate programs of study and to determine how their previous credits would work toward the new program.
For more information regarding the views and the What If Analysis function, please refer to the Worksheet Features tab on the drop down menu under DegreeWorks in this guide.
This section allows students to explore other majors offered at Dalton State College. Once the student enters the new major and clicks on process new, the student's worksheet will temporarilty reflect the courses required and satisfied for the new major.
Note: If the student had courses forced into areas by the Registrar's Office or through Course Substitutions, these courses may not appear in the same places on the What-If Analysis.
The 'Plans' tab allows for students and advisors to make course plans for future semesters.
Threre are currently three gpa calculators listed on this page:
Graduation Calculator
Term Calculator
Advice Calculator