Academic Progress Report

There are three overall functions used throughout the report:

1. The APR defaults to collapse areas it reads as Satisfied and expand sections it reads as Not Satisfied so that you can easily spot outstanding requirements (i.e. requirements you have yet to complete like a minimum amount of units or courses, or for which you have not yet enrolled in an approved course). Use the "Collapse All" or "Expand All" buttons at the very top of the report,
   
   or the arrows on the left-hand side of the section headings that point right or down to see less or more information.
2. The APR uses coursework that is complete (indicated by a green circle with a check mark ), as well as in-progress and future enrollment (indicated by a yellow diamond and including ‘Incomplete’ grades), to confirm the requirement is 'Satisfied.' Be sure to note if the APR is using an in-progress or future enrollment course -- especially in sections that are initially collapsed when you first open your report. If the Incomplete, in-progress, or future enrollment is not successfully completed with the minimum grade required, the course will be withdrawn from the APR, and the status of the requirement will change from ‘Satisfied’ to ‘Not Satisfied.’
3. The APR can be unaware of the grading option for your in-progress and future enrollment courses. The APR presumes that the grading option you selected in your Class Enrollment is acceptable when using the course to indicate that a requirement is ‘Satisfied.’ If you elected to take a course as Passed/Not Passed for a requirement that must be completed with a Letter Grade, once the P grade is posted, the APR will withdraw the course and change the status to ‘Not Satisfied.’

Before considering the Passed/Not Passed grade option, be sure to confirm whether a Letter Grade is needed to satisfy the requirement.

Primary Requirement Area

Your degree consists of at least three primary areas indicated in headings with upper case letters within the APR:

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND BERKELEY CAMPUS REQUIREMENTS
COLLEGE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
MAJOR BA or BS (for declared students)

The example below shows the Primary Requirement Area headings for a College of Letters and Science student majoring in English.

Your APR may have additional primary area headings if you are pursuing a minor or a double major.

Individual Requirement Sections

As you expand each Primary Requirement Area heading, you will see multiple sections, noted in lower case letters, detailing all of the specific requirements assigned for the area. For example the following sections appear under the ‘UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND BERKELEY CAMPUS REQUIREMENTS’ primary area:

University of California: Entry Level Writing (ELWR)
University of California: American History (AH)
University of California: American Institutions (AI)
Berkeley Campus: American Cultures (AC)
University of California: GPA
Berkeley Campus: Minimum Total Units
Berkeley Campus: ⅓ Passed Grade Limit
Berkeley Campus: Senior Residence

Similarly, your college and major areas will break out into multiple sections, detailing every requirement assigned by the college and major (or minor) department.

Tip #1

Each section begins by indicating in bold whether the requirement is Satisfied or Not Satisfied. If a requirement is marked as Satisfied, take a look to see if the APR uses an in-progress or future enrollment course as indicated by a yellow diamond in the example below. Be sure you are enrolled in this course for a Letter Grade if that is a requirement. If the course has an Incomplete grade (I), check in with your instructor to find out what you need to do to complete the course.

Tip #2

If the requirement is indicated as Not Satisfied, read on for more detail on how to complete the requirement and note whether or not you need a certain number of courses (e.g. ‘Courses: 1 required, 0 taken, 1 needed,’ or ‘Course: 5 required, 3 taken, 2 needed’) or a certain amount of units (‘Units: 17 required, 3 taken, 14 needed’).

Trick #3

If you are having difficulty locating your Primary Requirement Areas when you first open the APR, go to the top of the APR and click on  Collapse All.’ This will immediately display all of the Primary Area sections, and then you can go through each area one-by-one, clicking the arrows pointing right (that appear to the left of each heading title) to reveal all requirement details.

Trick #4

Many requirement sections include tables that display a limited number of courses at a time. You can easily view all course options by clicking the ‘View All’ link in the banner at the top to reveal the full table.

The APR is a report used by multiple levels of the University responsible for assigning the requirements needed to earn your Bachelor’s degree. Consequently, the first step is to take a look at the Primary Requirement Area heading that contains the specific requirement of concern to identify the responsible unit. Once you have confirmed the Primary Area, use the chart below to determine where to submit your report:

For the APR to display major requirements, you need to be officially declared in a major. If you are ready to declare, see the major adviser for your major of interest to request declaration or learn more about the declaration process. If you are not ready to declare, but you are curious about what requirements you have completed for your major(s) of interest, you can request a ‘What If’ APR from the link on your Degree Progress card. This will allow you to simulate an APR as if you were declared in your major of interest.

It could be that the campus never received the official documentation confirming your completion of IGETC. Contact your college advising office (or if you are an L&S student, use the L&S APR correction form) to report this issue.

First, check your Exam Results report to see if we have received the score report. If you are a new student, and you do not see an exam score by the end of July, it could be that there was an error in the report that prevented us from matching the score to your student record. Alternatively, you may have sent a report that reflects your highest overall score, but does not include your highest score for an individual subject that could be used to satisfy the requirement. If you took the exam more than once, consider requesting a score report be sent for an additional exam date in which, for example, you earned a higher score on the SAT Math test to satisfy the L&S Quantitative Reasoning requirement.

For either scenario, open a CSC case to let us know of your concern, and we will search for your score report and/or provide instructions on how to send an additional report for another exam date.

If you took a course at a CA Community College that is articulated to a Berkeley course as published in ASSIST, the APR will ‘see’ the transfer course as the Berkeley equivalent and display as such in the APR. You will know that the course is actually the transfer equivalent as a ‘T’ appears before the grade in the course option table.

You may be able to use the course, but it will need to be reviewed by the unit assigning the requirement to make sure it meets the necessary criteria. Take a look at the Primary Requirement Area for the requirement of interest, and use the table below to determine who you need to contact to have the course reviewed:

If you already went through a review process, and know the course is approved, your adviser may need to enter the course into the APR by exception.

You may have earned excess PE or Special Studies units (courses numbered 97, 98, 99, 197, 198, 199). You may apply up to 4 units of PE toward the 120 unit overall minimum, and 16 total Special Studies courses toward the 120 overall total-unit minimum. If you have exceeded these limits, the APR will block that credit from applying to the required minimum. It is likely you will need to complete more units to qualify for graduation -- to be sure, please consult your college adviser.

You may use CLASSICS R44 to satisfy either Part A or B of Reading & Composition and one of the following breadth: Arts and Literature, Historical Studies, or Social & Behavioral Sciences. If the APR is not using this class for all eligible requirements, contact your college advising office to update your APR. College of Letters and Science students, please use the L&S APR correction form to report this issue.

The APR can have issues with Senior Residence if you are posting transfer work late in your Berkeley career, or the APR may be miscounting units for other reasons. Contact your college advising office to review and assess if any corrections need to be made to better track your progress with this requirement.