Degree Planner - Advisor View

Degree Planner - Advisor View

Student Plans allow students and advisors to map out a student's courses for current and upcoming semesters. This empowers students to create a personalized pathway to complete their degree. It includes all completed, currently enrolled, and future planned courses by term.

 

Overview

Click here to see how to:

  • Find the Plans tab on the Student Profile
  • Viewing the plan in the Plan tab
  • Utilize the Calendar, Collapsed, and Expanded Views
  • Open the "Side-by-Side" (Edit in Planner) view

Editing in Planner

The recommended way to edit a student's degree plan is to choose Edit in planner.

Photo of the student profile with Plan tab selected. Blue Edit in Planner button is highlighted by a red box.

This allows you to use the degree audit and the degree planner on the same page to create a plan.

Picture of the side-by-side planning tool with the semester-by-semester plan on the left and the degree audit (progress) on the right.

 

Adding Courses & Requirements

You can add and remove specific courses and/or requirements to a student's plan. Two ways to do this in Edit in Planner are described below.

You can use Progress to add courses or requirements.

You can use Remaining to add courses or requirements.

If you'd rather add individual classes, rather than dragging and dropping them from Remaining or Progress, click on the semester you want to plan and you can use the buttons provided.

 

Removing Courses

Click on the X in the top right corner of any class or requirement you have placed in the plan, and it will be removed from that semester. This class will be returned to the Remaining status.

A screenshot of the Spring 2026 semester of a planner with ACE 1, ACE 2, LIFE 120, and LIFE 120L in the plan. The X in the top right corner of LIFE 120 is highlighted with a red box and help text appears above the X that says "remove course from plan."

 

Moving Courses

You can drag and drop classes from one semester to another.

 

Adding Activities

You can add non-course activities to a student's plan. Adding activities can help students plan extracurricular activities beneficial to their degree, graduate school preparation, career development, or other commitments.

A picture of the menu you can select from to add an item to a student's plan. The buttons listed are: Specific Course, Requirement, Search Courses, Activity. The activity button is highlighted by a red box.

 

Adding Additional Years

You can add additional years to the students' plan at the bottom of the plan.

A picture of the last year of a student's plan, below which are the words "+ add new year," surrounded by a red box.

 


How Plans work with Audits

As you add classes to the student's plan, requirements will change from "remaining" to "in plan" in the Progress tab. As you continue to plan, additional classes will have the yellow planned box next to them.

You will have to refresh your browser to see requirements change from "remaining" to "in plan" in the Progress tab in Edit in Planner.

The Planned audit will also indicate which semester the particular class or requirement has been planned:

A photo of three Business Core classes in the student's degree audit which are planned for future semesters. The semesters they are planned for are writing on the right side of the page and highlighted with a red box. They say "planned for fall '26" or "planned for spring '26."

How to Create Multiple Plans

While students can have only one Primary Plan, students and advisors can create up to 3 plans. Additional plans allow a student to visualize alternative future activities or academic pathways (adding a minor, studying abroad, etc.).

Steps on how to create multiple plans can be found by clicking here.

If the student has created multiple plans, you can view these in the Plans tab of a student's profile by selecting the appropriate plan in a dropdown box.

A picture of the Plans tab in a student's profile. There is a dropdown box on the left side that is labeled "student plans." This student has a Primary Plan and a Study Abroad Plan, which can be chosen.

Exporting Plans

Student Plans can be exported into a PDF format. Steps on how to export Plans can be found by clicking here.