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Academic Requirements
Report
WHAT is an Academic
Requirements Report?
A personalized report showing your progress in meeting graduation
requirements.
WHEN do you get it?
You or your advisor can view your Academic
Requirements Report any time through SPIRE.
HOW can you modify it?
Ask your advisor to authorize exceptions to your requirements.
WHY does it exist?
To advise students on degree requirements and course choices, and to
expedite graduation clearance.
WHO should pay attention?
You, the student, since it is your graduation which may be
delayed if your requirements are not satisfied.
Does the Academic
Requirements Report Replace Advising?
Absolutely not! The report should reduce the amount of time an advisor
spends counting credits and reviewing routine requirements, time which
is better spent discussing academic and career goals. Advisors are
invaluable in helping a student develop a focus within a major, select
courses best suited for such a focus and plan a future beyond the
classroom. Advisors must also authorize modifications to requirements
for individual students, such as applying transfer course-work to major
requirements, thus informing the student about courses still
outstanding. Your advisor must send a Student Exception Form to the
Registrar's office so that the approved modifications will appear on
your Academic Requirements Report.
Transfer Work
The Academic Requirements Report recognizes
only UMass course numbers. Therefore transfer work must be assigned
UMass equivalent department names and course numbers.
If, however, the admissions office lacks sufficient information to
assign an exact Umass equivalent, it assigns the course a "generic"
course number, such as ITRA or IEXB, along with gen. ed. designations
(URQMT) where appropriate. It is then up to the student and his/her
advisor to determine whether a transfer course will satisfy major
requirements. The advisor must authorize the substitution of a generic
transfer course for a Umass course in the Academic
Requirements Report by sending a Student Exception Form to the
Registrar's Office.
Exchange and Five College Courses
Exchange and Five College courses are not assigned UMass equivalents.
They can only be used to satisfy requirements if an advisor authorizes
an exception for you.
How to Read Your Academic Requirements Report
1. Read the introductory messages. They tell you where to go for help,
clarify policies, and alert you to any new announcements. The legend
also explains abbreviations used in the report.
2. University wide graduation requirements appear first, followed by
requirements of your college and major. Be sure to review your
in-progress courses. If they are not what you are taking, check it out
at the Registrar's Office.
3. Unsatisfied requirements are fully expanded.
4. Check to see that all your courses appear where they belong. If not,
see the appropriate advisor or go to the registrar's office. |
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