{"id":52187,"date":"2023-05-31T16:17:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T21:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/?page_id=52187"},"modified":"2025-12-02T10:55:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:55:38","slug":"your-auggie-degree","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/understanding-augsburg-policies\/your-auggie-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking Degree Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Augsburg students need to complete all Core Curriculum (also known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/registrar\/gened\/\">general education requirements<\/a>), in addition to at least one major, and reach at least 128 credits to graduate. Though not required, students can add second majors and\/or minors to their degree.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#audit\">Degree Audit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#planner\">Planner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#faq\">Graduation Requirements FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"audit\">Degree Audit<\/h2>\n<p>The degree audit is an interactive tool used to track your progress throughout your degree. Though the degree audit does not replace any advising that students receive from their Academic Advisor or Faculty Mentor, students are able to use this tool to understand their graduation requirements and prepare for future semesters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/15_MxX202OanFyukJbitS2OJ82phwNr84\/view?usp=drive_link\">How to find and understand my degree audit<\/a> \u2013 8 minute video<\/p>\n<h2>Planner<\/h2>\n<p>The planner allows you to create a long-term academic plan straight from your degree audit. You should work with your Academic Advisor or Faculty Mentor to develop the plan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1I9Vibg5JcU\">How to create a long-term plan<\/a> &#8211; 7 minute video<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"faq\">Graduation Requirements FAQ<\/h2>\n<p><strong>How many credits do I need to graduate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>128 credits \u2013 this includes your Core Curriculum, majors\/minors, and possibly elective credits.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where do I find out what requirements I have left to complete?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can find your official Degree Audit on the \u201cDegree Progress\u201d section in Records, Registration &amp; Finances. You can also visit the Registrar\u2019s website for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/degree-audit\/\">more information about accessing and utilizing the degree audit.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>When do I need to choose a major?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You must have a major declared by the time you have 64 credits completed. However, we recommend you declare before that in order to graduate in four years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do I declare a major?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re still exploring majors, you can contact the Strommen Center to learn about <a href=\"https:\/\/careers.augsburg.edu\/channels\/choosing-a-major\/\">Major &amp; Career Exploration<\/a> and visit the Registrar\u2019s website to view a full list of Augsburg\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/majors\/\">majors<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/minors\/\">minors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are ready to declare, you can visit Inside Augsburg \u2192 select \u201cRecords, Registration, &amp; Finances\u201d \u2192 under \u201cStudents Info\/Contact\u201d click \u201cupdate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Augsburg students need to complete all Core Curriculum (also known as general education requirements), in addition to at least one &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":546,"featured_media":0,"parent":52878,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52187","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/546"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52187"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52933,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52187\/revisions\/52933"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}