Thursday, May 1, 2025

My degree audit says "in progress," not "pending completion" and/or things are missing from my major audit -- should I panic?????

As graduation approaches, prospective May grads may have questions about the online degree audit. Many degree audits are complete, correct, and fully updated and should therefore show everything you need to graduate as either "complete" or "pending completion of unfinished activity."  

However, even if your degree audit does not appear to be complete or pending, you are very possibly fine.  There are some majors that are so flexible that they don't use the online audit, and others where things could theoretically be updated but at this stage, the registrar has turned their focus from updating the online audit, to instead prioritize confirming with departments that students are cleared to graduate.  



What does this mean for you and how should you avoid panicking?





You are completely fine and totally on track for May 2025 graduation if:

1.  Your General Education Audit shows everything complete, waived, or pending completion, and you pass any in-progress classes in this category with a D or better.
 
2.  Your major audit shows everything complete, waived, or pending completion online, or your department has confirmed that all of your major requirements are completed or in progress, and you pass any in-progress major classes with a C- or better.
 
3.  You pass whatever senior requirement your major has according to your department's standard.
 
4.  You complete at least 122 credits (121 for transfer students) by the end of this semester.  (See previous blog post for best way to double-check this)




Concerned there may be an actual problem?  
If you see something missing in the General Education Audit, or any missing study abroad or external credit, please contact the registrar and class dean ASAP to address this.

If you have questions or concerns about your major audit, please contact your major adviser or department chair.