Degree Works
Student User Guide
REGISTRAR’S OFFICE
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
Table of Contents
Introduction ........................................................................................................................3
What is Degree Works? ...........................................................................................3
Access to Degree Works ....................................................................................................3
Single Sign-On .........................................................................................................3
Navigation in Degree Works .............................................................................................4
Navigation Toolbar ..................................................................................................4
Audit Toolbar ...........................................................................................................4
Worksheets ...............................................................................................................5
Worksheets .........................................................................................................................6
Format Types ...........................................................................................................6
Symbols........................................................................................................6
Student View ................................................................................................6
Registration Checklist ..................................................................................7
Blocks ......................................................................................................................7
Course Look Up within the Audit ............................................................................8
Legend......................................................................................................................8
What-If Audit ...........................................................................................................9
Look Ahead ............................................................................................................10
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Introduction
What is Degree Works?
Degree Works is an online advising tool to help monitor your progress toward degree
completion. Degree Works matches Clemson University’s degree requirements to the
coursework you have completed or have in progress in an easy-to-read worksheet that shows
how those courses count toward degree requirements. Degree Works also shows what courses
you still need to take.
Disclaimer: You are encouraged to use this degree audit report as a guide when planning your
registration and long-term progress toward degree completion. It is not a substitute for academic
advising. Be sure to contact your academic advisor for guidance. This audit is not your official
academic transcript or a certification of degree completion.
Access to Degree Works
Single Sign-On
Degree Works is available to all Clemson undergraduate students.
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Go to iroar.clemson.edu.
Click on Current students, faculty and staff.
Log in with your Clemson username and password.
Choose the Registration tab.
Click on iROAR.
Click on Student.
Select Student Records.
Select Degree Works.
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Navigation
Navigation Toolbar
The navigation toolbar is located on the top of the screen under the Clemson University logo.
Back to iROAR Portal
FAQ
Help
Print
Log Out
Functionalities
Returns to the iROAR Portal
Retrieves the Frequently Asked Questions page
Links to the Office of the Registrar’s home page for more
information
Prints audits in a plain text format
Logs out and closes the Degree Works window
Audit Toolbar
The audit toolbar is located under the Navigation toolbar. Here, you will find your academic
information, which populates automatically when you log in.
Student ID
Name
Degree
Major
Academic Class
Last Audit
Functionalities
Shows your Clemson University ID Number
Shows your name
Your current degree will be displayed here. The drop down menu can
be used to switch between primary and secondary degrees if you are
pursuing more than one degree.
Your major will be displayed here.
Shows your academic class: freshmen, sophomore, junior, or senior
Shows the last date an audit was updated for you in Degree Works
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Worksheets
The Worksheets are located under the toolbars mentioned above.
Student View
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Registration Checklist
View
Save as PDF
Class History
What-If
Look Ahead
Worksheets
Provides information about your coursework and degree progress. All
degree requirements are organized in blocks such as Degree, Major,
Concentration, and General Education, Depending on your program
and activities, you may have other blocks as well.
Shows only the coursework you have left to complete.
Click on the View button every time you switch to a different audit
format.
Allows you to save your audit as it appears in the screen. This is
usually the preferred view for printing.
Provides a list, organized by term, of all the courses you have taken
with grades and credits. Transfer credits are also listed.
Allows you to process speculative degree audits using your current
class history and analyze how a change of major would affect your
progress towards graduation.
Provides a way to see how planned courses would apply toward your
degree.
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Worksheets
Format Types
Each audit consists of a series of blocks from general to more specific requirements (e.g., degree,
major, minor).
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Green checkmarks: requirement is satisfied
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Blue waves: requirement is in progress
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Red check boxes: requirement has not been satisfied
@: wildcard (For example: ENGL 3@@ means any 3000-level English course)
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Colon between course numbers indicates a range:
level course in Genetics)
*: prerequisite exists for the course
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(any 3000- or 4000-
Student View
The student view is the default worksheet format. It contains specific information, grouped into
blocks, about course requirements for your degree. It shows which requirements you have
completed and what courses you have yet to take.
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Registration Checklist
The Registration Checklist shows what coursework you have remaining.
Blocks
Each section on the worksheet is called a block. The types and number of blocks can vary from
student to student depending on the program.
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degree
student attribute
core curriculum
general education
major
minor
concentration
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Optional blocks:
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excess electives: courses that do not fulfill other program requirements
insufficient: typically courses that were not passed or courses that were dropped
in progress: your current in-progress and registered courses
These blocks will show only if you have courses that fall into these categories. They are in
different colors and provide less information on the courses than the blocks above.
Course Look Up within the Audit
A course look-up option is available from the audit. Courses that are still needed are highlighted
in yellow and the subject code and course number are in purple.
Clicking on the course will open more detailed information about it in a separate window
showing description, prerequisites and corequisites, and sections offered for the upcoming term.
Legend
The legend is located on the bottom of each worksheet and contains the unique symbols essential
for interpreting the audit. In addition to the symbols, Degree Works uses different colors to
reflect complete/incomplete/in-progress requirements.
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What-If Audit
The What-If option allows you to:
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process a speculative degree audit using your current class history and analyze how a
change of major would affect your progress towards graduation.
temporarily compensate for data not yet entered in iROAR (for example, a minor or
concentration that has not been declared) and offers an opportunity to view how the new
minor/concentration will affect their progress towards graduation.
Once on the What-If tab, select a combination of:
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Degree
Curriculum Year
Major
Concentration/Emphasis (Please note that Degree Works allows you to process any
program, major, and concentration combination regardless whether they are allowed by
Clemson University policies. Refer to the Undergraduate Announcements for valid
major/minor and major/concentration combinations.)
Minor
These populate the Chosen Areas of Study box and can be removed as needed.
The Choose Your Future Classes option allows you to see how planned courses would apply
toward your prospective degree program. Enter the subject codes and course numbers in the
appropriate fields and click on the Add Course button.
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On the what-if audit, you can view which requirements are complete or incomplete in the student
view format. These are not stored in the database but they can be saved as a PDF and printed if
necessary. If you navigate away from this page, the what-if audit cannot be accessed again unless
you repeat the process explained above.
Look Ahead
The Look Ahead function allows you to see how certain courses would apply toward your
program requirements.
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Enter a Subject and a Course number in the appropriate fields.
Click on the Add Course button. The course will appear in the box next to those fields.
Repeat these steps with as many courses as you wish.
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Click the Process New button to see the audit open with the prospective courses.
Scroll down to see where each course fits. Look Ahead courses are in blue and
highlighted as “planned.” If the course(s) do not satisfy any requirements, you will see
them under Excess Electives.
NOTE: The Look Ahead audit is not stored. Make sure you save and/or printed before
navigating away from the page.
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