The Degree Works program is designed to show where courses you take fit into your academic program. Along with your advisor, this tool can be a great help in making your path to graduation day an easier one to follow.
Student Degree Works Instructions
- Login to Web4
- Click on the "Student" tab
- Click on "Degree Evaluation"
- Click on "Degree Works" (gray button)
- Go to Web4.
- Click on Enter Secure Area.
- Enter your User ID & Password, then click LOGIN.
- Click on Student.
- Click Student Records.
- Click Degree Evaluation.
- Click Generate New Evaluation (located on bottom of page).
- Select your Program (click in the circle) & click Generate Request.
- You are now at the Degree Evaluation Display Options screen. You may choose to view the following:
- General Requirements: Shows what courses you have taken and the areas they are applied to
- Detail Requirements: Shows what courses you have taken, the areas they are applied to, and the requirements that are still remaining.
- Additional Information: Shows courses that were not used in the program (e.g., 0.0, W, MATH 0100, etc.)
- Go to Web4.
- Click on Enter Secure Area.
- Enter your User ID & Password, then click LOGIN.
- Click on Student.
- Click Student Records.
- Click Degree Evaluation.
- Click What-If Analysis (located on bottom of screen).
- Select the term in which you were admitted to Fitchburg State University, click Continue.
- Select the Program you wish to use (If 2 are listed, such as Biology, this means that there is a BA and a BS option. The top one listed is the BA, the bottom is the BS).
- Select the major (ignore the campus option). Click Add More to add a concentration. If your major has no concentration, such as Computer Science, you can skip this step by clicking Submit.
- Select an Evaluation Term (use the current semester). Click Generate Request.
- You are now at the Degree Evaluation Display Options screen. You may choose to view the following:
- General Requirements: Shows what courses you have taken and the areas they are applied to.
- Detail Requirements: Shows what courses you have taken, the areas they are applied to, and the requirements that are still remaining.
- Additional Information: Shows courses that were not used in the program (e.g., 0.0, W, MATH 0100, etc.)
- Click on "What-If" in the left-hand navigation menu
- If you are considering a new major or minor, select the current year's catalog in the drop-down menu, and choose your desired major or minor. Then click on "Process What-If" at the top of the page.
- If you would like know how specific courses would affect your degree evaluation, enter the course(s) in the "Future Classes" section. Then click on "Process What-If" at the top of the page.
Advisor Degree Works Instructions
- Go to Web4.
- Click on Enter Secure Area.
- Enter your User ID & Password, then click LOGIN.
- Click on Faculty Services.
- Click on Advisor Menu.
- Click Degree Evaluation.
- Select the current term & click Submit Term.
- Enter either the advisee's ID# or search by name, then click Submit (If you wish to see a list of all advisees, click Advisees then click Submit. You can then select a student from the list).
- Click Submit Name.
- Click Generate New Evaluation (located on bottom of page).
- Select advisee's Program & click Generate Request.
- You are now at the Degree Evaluation Display Options screen. You may choose to view the following:
- General Requirements: Shows what courses the advisee has taken and the areas they applied to.
- Detail Requirements: Shows what courses the advisee has taken, the areas they are applied to, and the requirements that are still remaining.
- Additional Information: Shows courses that were not used in the program (e.g. 0.0, W, MATH 0100, etc.)
- Go to Web4.
- Click on Enter Secure Area.
- Enter your User ID & Password, then click LOGIN.
- Click on Faculty Services.
- Click on Advisor Menu.
- Click Degree Evaluation.
- Select the current term & click Submit Term.
- Enter either the advisee's ID# or search by name, then click Submit (If you wish to see a list of all advisees, click Advisees then click Submit. You can then select a student from the list).
- Click Submit Name.
- Click Degree Evaluation.
- Click What-If Analysis (located on bottom of screen).
- Select the term in which the advisee was admitted to Fitchburg State University, then click Continue.
- Select the Program you wish to use (If 2 are listed, such as Biology, this means that there is a BA and a BS option. The top one listed is the BA, the bottom is the BS).
- Select the major (ignore the campus option). Click Add More to add a concentration. If the major has no concentration, such as Computer Science, you can skip this step by clicking Submit.
- Select an Evaluation Term (use the current semester). Click Generate Request.
- You are now at the Degree Evaluation Display Options screen. You may choose to view the following:
- General Requirements: Shows what courses the advisee has taken and the areas they applied to.
- Detail Requirements: Shows what courses the advisee has taken, the areas they are applied to, and the requirements that are still remaining.
- Additional Information: Shows courses that were not used in the program (e.g., 0.0, W, MATH 0100, etc.)
Degree Works Resources
- Introducing Degree Works (video)
- Help Documentation (PDF)
- Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
- Degree Works Overview (video)
- How to Process a 'What If' Degree Evaluation (video)