MyDegree
MyDegree is an easy and convenient visual tool to help you course plan and to ensure your degree requirements are being met. It is a self-progression tool that you can use to enhance academic planning discussions.
MyDegree allows you to:
- Track the courses you’ve taken against your program requirements to see what parts of your program you’ve completed.
- Determine how courses you plan on taking will be used towards completing your degree requirements.
- Explore how your completed and future coursework could be applied towards another program at the university.
Key times to make use of the tool are:
- Before you meet with an academic advisor and register in courses for the next semester.
- After you have registered to ensure courses are applied to your degree progression.
- After grades are posted.
- After making any changes to your schedule or major.
- Before applying for graduation.
Remember, you are still responsible for meeting the academic requirements in the academic calendar and following them. 100% completion on the degree progress bars does not necessarily guarantee completion of all requirements.
Using MyDegree
As MyDegree is not a registration tool, you must follow the usual course registration process. Course registration changes can take up to 24 hours to be reflected. If you do not see an up-to-date record after this time, contact Enrolment Services.
MyDegree is only supported in Google Chrome and Firefox browsers.
Check out the video below for a tutorial on how to use the tool:
MyDegree is available to undergraduate students following academic regulations starting with the 2016/17 calendar. (Note: The tool will be available to graduate students in a later phase). At this time, 2015/16 and earlier academic calendars are not available in MyDegree; therefore, program requirements from those years will not be recognized by the platform. Students admitted prior to the 2016/17 academic year can use the tool to perform a "what-if" scenario against newer academic calendar year requirements (see main platform features).
Main Platform Features
Degree Audits let you know what point you are at in your degree progression and will show your completed courses, courses in progress and courses that you plan to take.
MyDegree automatically loads your coursework and compares it against your program requirements.
To use the degree audit function:
- Go to mydegree.wlu.ca.
- Log in using your Laurier credentials.
- Scroll through the page to see what program requirements you've already met and which are outstanding.
- To save a copy of your audit, select the printer icon near the top right of the page.
When planning for course registration and to view the outstanding requirement for your degree:
- Open the Format menu and select Registration Checklist.
- Select View.
Notes:
- The % completion bar is a guideline only. You must verify individual requirements. The bar will not read 100% until after your degree is conferred.
- If you are seeing your grades in MyDegree but not in LORIS, ensure you are looking at the Unofficial Record of Coursework section in LORIS.
- Fallthrough: Courses which count as credits earned, and towards a student GPA, but are not being used towards one of the specific requirements within a program.
To see how future courses will apply to your current program:
- Go to mydegree.wlu.ca.
- Log in using your Laurier credentials.
- Select What-If.
- Select/check the box beside Use current curriculum.
For each course you plan to take:
- In the Subject box, enter the subject.
- In the Number box, enter the course number.
- Select Add. You can enter as many courses as you want.
If you make a mistake or wish to remove a course:
- Click on the X beside the course code that you want to remove.
When you have finished entering courses, select Process to reload your audit with the additional courses.
In the newly loaded audit, the new courses will display with the word PLANNED to the right of the course(s). This option does not mean you have registered for the courses; rather, this option shows you what your audit could look like once you have registered for those courses.
To return to your degree audit, select Academic.
The What-If feature allows you to see how your course work can be applied to other programs at Laurier.
To use the what if function:
- Go to mydegree.wlu.ca.
- Log in using your Laurier credentials.
- Select What-If from the left-hand side.
- Select the specific program you are interested in comparing to your coursework. You must always select a campus, program and at least one major to perform a what-if search.
To select more than one major, concentration or minor:
- Click on Additional areas of study.
- Open the Major, Concentration or Minor/Option list(s) and select an option.
- Select Add.
To also compare future course selections, under the Future Classes section:
- In the Subject box, enter the subject.
- In the Number box, enter the course number.
- Select Add.
Once you make your selections for a program to compare against and have added any potential future course(s):
- Select the Process button.
- Your what-if audit will load for you and planned courses will have the word PLANNED to the right of them.
- Once you are finished looking at a what-if audit, return to your degree audit by clicking on Academic.
The SEP allows you to view long-term scenarios for your degree completion and confirm whether and courses you've included in your plan will fulfill your degree requirements to ensure you are on track to graduate.
Map Out Course Choices
Using the SEP, you can map out course choices for the next four years.
By mapping out your courses, the university can see what courses are in students' plans and have a better idea what courses would be most beneficial to offer. However, this does not guarantee those courses will be offered.
Meet with Your Academic Advisor
You are encouraged to meet with your academic advisors for assistance as needed. MyDegree is not a replacement tool for academic advisors but rather a tool that advisors can use to enhance discussions about your progress and answer any questions you may have.
For your convenience, academic advisors can have your SEP locked to provide you with a clear understanding of your degree requirements.
To have your SEP unlocked, meet with an advisor to present and discuss your new academic plan.