planning for your new degree audit system: how to avoid the common pitfalls
DESCRIPTION
Planning for Your New Degree Audit System: How to Avoid the Common Pitfalls. Kurt Morton The University of Alabama DegreeWorks Technical Specialist. The Beginning. Defining your scope Identifying your programs of study Using the catalog/bulletin Departmental Information - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Planning for Your New Degree Audit System: How to Avoid the Common Pitfalls](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070419/56815d16550346895dcb1758/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Planning for Your New Degree Audit System:
How to Avoid the Common Pitfalls
Kurt MortonThe University of Alabama
DegreeWorks Technical Specialist
![Page 2: Planning for Your New Degree Audit System: How to Avoid the Common Pitfalls](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070419/56815d16550346895dcb1758/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
The Beginning• Defining your scope• Identifying your programs of study• Using the catalog/bulletin• Departmental Information• Combining the information• Testing
![Page 3: Planning for Your New Degree Audit System: How to Avoid the Common Pitfalls](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070419/56815d16550346895dcb1758/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Defining Your Scope• What catalogs?• What programs?• What levels?
![Page 4: Planning for Your New Degree Audit System: How to Avoid the Common Pitfalls](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070419/56815d16550346895dcb1758/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Identifying Your Programs of Study
• What majors/degrees do you actually offer?
• Unofficial “concentrations”?• Hidden majors?
![Page 5: Planning for Your New Degree Audit System: How to Avoid the Common Pitfalls](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070419/56815d16550346895dcb1758/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Use the Catalog/Bulletin• Official Repository of Curriculum
Information• Varying levels of reality!• Good starting point
![Page 6: Planning for Your New Degree Audit System: How to Avoid the Common Pitfalls](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070419/56815d16550346895dcb1758/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Departmental Information• Websites• Meetings• Students
– Current– Graduated
![Page 7: Planning for Your New Degree Audit System: How to Avoid the Common Pitfalls](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070419/56815d16550346895dcb1758/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
What Questions to Ask?• GPA requirements • Sharing with General
Education/Core• Ambiguous requirements• Do you always allow it?• Anything else you’d like to tell
me?
![Page 8: Planning for Your New Degree Audit System: How to Avoid the Common Pitfalls](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070419/56815d16550346895dcb1758/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Combining the Information
• Find the differences• Iron out with the department• Balancing goals
![Page 9: Planning for Your New Degree Audit System: How to Avoid the Common Pitfalls](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070419/56815d16550346895dcb1758/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Testing• Test• Test• Test