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Understanding Degree Descriptions

Navigator Suite groups Degree Requirements into two types: Requirements and Conditions. Each requirement is numbered (Requirement 1, 2, 3…) and may be named (for example, Major, Electives, Writing Requirement). The definition of each requirement is enclosed in a box.

Requirements

Requirements define which courses you must take, and if you have a choice, from which groups of courses you can choose.

NOTE: Courses are identified by Codes. Click on a Code to view the Title and Description.

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Conditions

As a student, you must also satisfy certain Conditions in order to complete your degree. These can include Minimum Grade, Minimum Grade Point Average (GPA), Limitation Requirements and Reuse Conditions that apply to the degree. Some conditions are specific to the degree; others are faculty-, department- or institution-wide.

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Reuse Conditions

The Reuse Conditions section allows you to find out whether a course used to satisfy one requirement can also be reused to satisfy another one. The {numbers} refer to the requirement number. Click on a {number} link to jump to that requirement.

Your requirements are grouped into reusability classes, defined by curly { } brackets. A course used to satisfy a requirement can be reused if the other requirement is in a different reusability class.

For example, you might see the following definition in Reuse Conditions:

{1; 2; 3}; {4; 5}

There are two reusability classes in this example:

Reusability Class 1{1; 2; 3}
Reusability Class 2{4; 5}

A course used to satisfy Requirement 1 can also be used to satisfy Requirement 4 or 5 because Requirement 1 is in Reusability Class 1 while Requirements 4 and 5 are in Reusability Class 2 (a different class). But Requirement 1 cannot be used to satisfy either Requirement 2 or 3 because they are part of Reusability Class 1.

SUMMARY: You can reuse courses between reusability classes but you cannot reuse courses within the same reusability class.

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Degree Versions

Your institution may periodically revise the structure of your degree. This means that depending on the year you started, you could have slightly different requirements from fellow students in the same program. In certain circumstances, your institution may allow you to change your Degree Version. To help you evaluate different Degree Versions, Degree Navigator lets you specify which Degree Version you want to access.

Your current Degree Version appears by default and is identified below the main header, next to Version.

NOTE: Degree Version codes usually correspond to the term and year when they came into effect.

To change your Degree Version:

  1. Select a different version from the Version drop-down menu.
  2. Click Arrow Run Report.
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