Welcome to U-Achieve Degree Audit overview and user guide.
U.Achieve is Columbus State's new Degree Audit system that replaced DARS also known as the Degree Audit
Reporting System.
It contains all the same great functionality, with a new look and feel to it with lots of
great tools for students to use.
A few of the topics we will hit in the following video includes:
• What a degree audit does, how to run and read your degree audit
What-If features like changing your major, course planning
and other cool features for you to use.
A degree audit system is used to compare your academic coursework against a program's requirements
to answer the following questions: • What do I need to take to graduate?
• Have I met graduation requirements?
• What happens if I change my major?
Degree audits are used frequently by advisors to help better see the bigger picture of where
student is at on their academic journey.
However, they can also be a great tool for students to use to stay informed on what academic
requirements they have left to complete and many other great tools.
Let's explore!
The first step is to access CougarWeb.
The URL is https://cougarweb.cscc.edu, or you can navigate from the Columbus State home
page (www.cscc.edu).
• Click on CougarWeb for Students • Click "Log-In"
Now, enter your Columbus State User ID and password and then click 'submit'
Click the accept and continue button in the left hand corner
and then select 'My Degree Audit-New Look' on the bottom left hand side of the page
You will then be presented with the u.achieve Degree Audit login page that opens in a new
window. Although directed from Cougar Web, u.achieve
Degree audit is a separate login.
Enter the same User ID and password.
If you have trouble logging in, please contact the Help Desk at 614-287-5050.
Now click 'Log-In" or "Enter" You are now logged in to u.achieve and
you can view the audits main features.
The audit request page consists of two main parts: Declared Program (Active Programs of Study) Selected a Different Program (a 'What-If"
function we will discuss later) The current program of study this student
has declared and degree program name is listed as ACCT.AAS; the title of your degree plan
is to the right of that (Accounting), and the Catalog Year is to the right of that (autumn
2016 in this example).
Advanced settings at the bottom of the page allows you to include planned and/or
In-progress courses and to select different report formats (HTML, PDF).
To run the declared program, click run declared program at the bottom left of the
page • After a few seconds, you will see the
degree audit has loaded that you requested-you may have to click refresh for the audit to
show up. You can also view any perviously run audits. Keep in mind that your audit is a snapshot
of what is going on at that specific time, if you make changes to your schedule those
changes will not be reflected in the current audit.
Click 'View Audit" to open the degree audit
Then click 'Open All Sections" to see your entire degree audit for your selected
plan of study. Notice your default major is at the top
of the screen. If you wish to print, there is a print
feature in the top right hand corner as well. If there are any important messages, those
will be listed in an italicized font at the top of your audit, in addition to who your
advisors for your major are. Placement information will be listed at
the very bottom of the audit, any courses you might be currently scheduled for this
semester or in a future semester will be listed at the top
The degree audit system will assume you will finish those courses successfully, and
use those in the report. The next section may include your GPA
requirement and your total credit hours earned. Below that includes all the different
sections you need to fulfill in order to earn your degree. It will give you either a green check-mark, meaning green means you have completed that
section, or it will have a red X, indicating that you have not fulfilled that requirement
In the section located underneath the red X, it will tell you what course or a group
of courses you can choose from that you have left to take to fulfill that specific requirement.
Any non-applied electives that are not being used towards your major will be listed
at the bottom, which can be any developmental courses you completed, or classes you took
before you switched to your current major.
Notice, above the non-applied electives section is the residency requirement you must fulfill
for your degree to be earned at Columbus State.
It will also give you a list of courses you have not completed successfully or you withdrew
from or perhaps you audited or repeated a class
At the very bottom will be a legend that will tell you what each of these different
codes mean, so if you don't know what a code means you can find the information listed
there.
For example, green check mark means complete, purple calendar means a planned course, blue
box means in progress, and red x means unfulfilled. To recap in general, this audit will tell
you your placement information at the top, classes you have scheduled, GPA you may have
to complete or residency hours, or total hours earned, and also what classes you need to
take to finish the degree • Now let's take a look at what to do
if you want to run a degree audit for a different major that you currently have listed as your
own plan of study.
Now let's look at the what-if feature for a degree audit report.
In this example, let's say the students pulls up a degree audit report, and it says
that they are an Accounting major, but they now realize they are leaning towards
switching their major at Columbus State, and they would like to do accounting when they transfer
to a 4-year university instead of at Columbus State.
So the student is curious if they were to switch their degree plan to Associate
of Arts, what the audit would look like and what the requirements are for that degree.
Once you have logged into the u.achieve degree audit system, you would click on the select
a different program button located in the bottom left hand corner.
You then have the option of selecting the desired degree (or certificate), the program,
and the catalog year. Since Associate of Arts is a degree seeking
major, you would select a degree from the drop down menu, then you would select Associate
of Arts for the program from the drop down menu
For catalog year, choose the current year you are starting that degree program, and
then click run different program. Your major has not been officially changed
with the college, however you are now ready to view what it would look like if you did
change to an Associate of Arts degree. Once you have clicked run different program,
it will load your audit into a new screen and be ready to view.
This audit will look just like the previous one you ran, however it will say Associate
of Arts at the top of the screen for your major.
Also just like before, there is a printer friendly option, you can close all sections,
or you can open all sections. There will be general information at the
top, such as the audit being viewed is using "what-if" logic.
And again, underneath that it will list all of the same information as the previous
audit, but specific now for the Associate of Arts major.
The arts and sciences advisor contact information is listed at the top, with any
currently scheduled courses underneath that, and all the requirements for that degree then
listed below. As before, a green check mark means that
requirement is finished, but a red X means that section still needs to be completed
You may have choices like in the previous audit to choose from a set of courses you
wish to take, for example the Math requirements has different Math options you can choose
from to fulfill that section. If you were to click on one of the Math
courses, it will open up a new window and take you to the online course catalog that
lists the description of that course. Now that you have seen how to run a 'what-if'
audit, we are going to give you a demonstration of how to add planned courses to see how that
will change what you have left to take to finish your degree.
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