Processes to Assist Advisors

Academic Period Start and End Dates

  • This report has the start date and end date of each academic period. This report can assist advisors with expected completion date (ECD) changes, as the end date of each academic period is the ECD for that term.

Academic Progress Report Degree Completion Review

  • This report returns students who have applied for program completion and their academic progress status utilizing in-progress registrations.
  • If a student's only missing requirement is meeting the total academic requirement (TAR), the last two columns of the report will be blank.
  • Prompts include academic record, primary undergraduate academic advisor, primary college, primary program of study, expected completion period, and an option to display only students who met all requirements using in progress courses.
  • This report does not analyze any advisory program information, except University Honors.
  • This report replaces the legacy e-report titled “Advisor Early Degree Audit Review for Graduating Seniors.”

Academic Progress Report Degree Completion Review: Upcoming ECD with No Application

  • This report returns students who have not applied for completion and their academic progress status utilizing in-progress registrations.
  • Prompts include academic record, primary undergraduate academic advisor, primary college, primary program of study, expected completion period, and an option to display only students who met all requirements using in progress courses.
  • This report lists what students have met all requirements using in-progress courses but have not applied for program completion. Also, which students have an upcoming expected completion date (ECD) and have unmet requirement(s).

Discrepancies in uAchieve

Every effort has been made to replicate configuration and degree audit adjustments made in uAchieve. If you find discrepancies when reviewing graduates: 

  • Email academicprogress@iastate.edu if you find situations where the APR configuration does not match the expected behavior. For example:
    • A requirement is missing from a student's APR
    • A course which should apply without an override is not doing so
    • Transfer coursework is inadvertently included or excluded
  • If a student needs a final 32 credit waiver:
  • If an override was necessary in uAchieve, and we have missed an override in our migration to Workday Student, please replicate the override in Workday.

Academic Progress Report (APR) Checks

  • Degree Completion Evaluators will begin checking APR's and notifying graduating seniors who have unmet requirements beginning the first week of the term of graduation.
  • Students will be notified of their program completion status by midterm.
  • Degree Completion Evaluators will update each student’s program completion status as changes occur throughout the semester and will notify students.

Early Degree Conferral

Starting Fall 2024, students can utilize the Early Degree Conferral request framework to request that their degree be conferred outside the traditional end-of-the semester conferral date for Fall, Spring, and Summer.

  • After Fall First Half Courses Conclude (i.e., October)
  • After Winter Session Courses Conclude (i.e., January)
  • After Spring First Half Courses Conclude (i.e., March)
  • After Summer First Half Courses Conclude (i.e., July)

Graduation and Commencement

Details and information are available on the graduation website.