DegreeMAP

DegreeMAP is GW’s online advising tool for use by students and their advisors to track progress toward degree completion. DegreeMAP is being implemented with the students’ interests in mind, to provide more information about degree requirements earlier in their academic careers, and to give students a tool to monitor and track progress toward their degree.

DegreeMAP will be comprehensive, collaborative, and transformative:

• Comprehensive in that all undergraduate degree programs will be included, and all degree requirements within a program will be represented.
• Collaborative in that it will allow for different types of conversations to take place between a student and his or her advisor as they work together to create the course plan to achieve the student’s goal.
• Transformative in that having more information will change the way students approach meetings with their advisors, the way the students approach registration periods, and the way advisors approach their interactions with their students.

Benefits of Using DegreeMAP

• Make better use of your time with your advisor
• Reduce confusion about degree requirements
• Keep better track of your progress toward degree
• Make better course registration choices
• See advising notes and exceptions
• Use the term GPA calculators to project your cumulative GPA
• Use the “What If…” functionality with your advisor to explore the requirements for various degree programs to help select the best program for your interests

DegreeMAP Planner Tool

The planner is a great resource for you to plan out your remaining degree requirements. You can use it to plan out the next semester or even the next four years. To use the planner for course selection for registration appointments, see the following instructions:

• Finding courses
  
  • Look at the Schedule of Classes for the Fall 2012 semester: http://my.gwu.edu/mod/pws/
  • Pick 5 or 6 courses and 3 or 4 backup courses that you want to take for the Fall 2012 semester
• Login to DegreeMAP
  • Login to the GWeb Infosystem: https://banweb.gwu.edu/PRODCartridge/twbkwbis.P_WWWLogin
  • Click on the Records and Registration link
  • Click on the DegreeMAP link
  • Click the "Launch DegreeMAP" button
• Using the Planner tool
  • Once looking through the worksheet, click on the Planner tab
  • In the Planner tool, you should see a split screen with your worksheet on the left-hand side and the Planner on the right-hand side
  • Name the plan in the "Description" box, i.e. John's Plan
  • Choose the Academic Year "2012-2013"
  • In the first planning grid, select the term "Fall 2012"
    • NOTE* - If you are planning on taking Summer 2012 courses at GW, please list those courses in the planning grid before your Fall 2012 classes
  • In the planning grid, enter the name of the course in the left-hand side column, i.e. HIST 1011
  • In the planning grid, enter the number of credit hours for the course in the right-hand side column, i.e. 3
  • Continue to list your first choice courses and backup courses along with the number of credit hours for each course
  • Click the "Save Plan" button at the bottom of the planner
• Meeting with your advisor
  • During your registration appointment, your advisor will review your selected courses and give suggestions on the upcoming Fall 2012 semester

For log-in instructions and additional DegreeMAP information, students can click on the following link to view the DegreeMAP Student Reference Manual:

http://www.gwu.edu/~regweb/web-content/degreemap/DegreeMAP-Student-Reference-Manual.pdf