[Advising] Degree Works \\ Course Information

Good afternoon all, There is a new feature in Degree Works. If you click on a still needed course, it will bring up information about the course such as the description, pre-requisites, attributes and also the course schedule. [cid:image001.png@01D1DC4B.ABABB570][cid:image002.jpg@01D1DC4B.ABABB570] [cid:image003.jpg@01D1DC4B.ABABB570] You will notice that it also includes information for Spring 2017. We spoke to the Registrar's Office and the University Scheduling Committee about releasing the schedule earlier. They were okay with the Spring 2017 schedule being on Degree Works in this way at this point in time. In September, we will discuss being able to continue to have the future schedule in Degree Works when the department chairs have their next meeting. There was concern about students feeling that having this schedule out will promise courses, when we all know they can change. When you meet with your students and check out the Spring 2017 schedule, especially for any course that only has one section open, please be sure and stress to them that the schedule is subject to change. The University Scheduling Committee said the Spring schedule should be 90%-95% set. We will also talk with OIT about seeing if it is possible to add some sort of verbiage about this to the course information. In the future, should you continue to see any future terms in the course information on Degree Works, please remember that the further out we are from the future term, the more likely the schedule is subject to change. This feature works in the worksheet and also in the plans tab. When you are in the plan, you can click on any underlined course in the Audit View, Notes View or Calendar View to get the course information. [You can click on hyperlinked courses in the Planner to open course information (this is Notes View)][cid:image010.png@01D1DC4D.53FC9630][cid:image007.jpg@01D1DC4B.ABABB570] Also, if you see in the course description above, there are the question marks instead of quotation marks around C- or better. The Registrar's Office is working on getting that to look right. If you have any questions about this, please email DegreeWorks@utsa.edu<mailto:DegreeWorks@utsa.edu>. Amanda Garcia Program Coordinator Undergraduate Studies Support and Technology Services University of Texas at San Antonio 210-458-6519 (phone)