Beginning in fall 2025, all graduate students will have access to an online Academic Audit. On your Academic Audit, you will find the curricular requirements for the academic credentials you are pursuing (degrees or certificates). Your audit will include:
- All of the courses you have completed.
- If you started after fall 2022 and have not completed a Degree Schedule, you will see how your courses satisfy your program’s requirements.
- If you started after fall 2022 and have already submitted a Degree Schedule, you will see a list of courses completed on your Academic Audit.
- If you started before fall 2022, you will see a list of courses completed, and will need to complete a Degree Schedule.
- A list of any additional program requirements.
- A link to your graduation application (required for every credential you earn).
- A list of Graduate School requirements (examples include qualifying exams and thesis status).
You can find links to your Academic Audit and all University systems on Experience.
Find resources below to introduce you to your audit. Please contact the Graduate Schoolif you can’t find an answer to your question.
Introducing the Academic Audit
All graduate students will be able to see their online Academic Audit. Students who start in fall 2025 or later will be expected to follow the course requirements listed on their audit to complete their credentials. Students who started prior to fall 2025, may complete a Degree Schedule or use their online audit. The Academic Audit will describe the appropriate path for each student.
You can find a link to your Academic Audit on Experience. Look for the “My Graduate Degree” card. You will use your Michigan Tech credentials to log in. You must be on campus or connected to a VPN.
The Degree Progress Checklist is an app designed by Michigan Tech. It includes:
- Your expected graduation term, and a link to update it
- A list of non-curricular requirements, such as RCR training and the Proprietary Rights Agreement form
- A detailed listing of items submitted to complete a dissertation, thesis, or report
- Your complete examination committee
The Academic Audit will list the curricular requirements for your degree, but will not include the above items.
Refer to both to ensure you are on track to complete your degree and that your information is correct.
Your Academic audit is defined by your catalog year, master’s option and prior degrees earned (for PhD students). Each student’s audit will show their unique requirements.
If you think there is an error in your audit, please contact the Graduate School.
The Degree Schedule contains the coursework requirements for your degree. There are, however, more requirements such as the Graduation Application, or dissertation requirements. Please see your Academic Audit for additional requirements to earn your credentials.
Navigating the Academic Audit
The Academic Audit is organized as a series of blocks.
- The Student Information block lists your name, M number, and information about your credentials. If you are pursuing multiple credentials, the drop down menu in this block will allow you to select your credential.
- The Degree Progress block shows your progress toward your credential and gives you options to hide or display your in progress or registered courses.
- The Degree block lists the overall requirements for the degree or credential. This block may reference other blocks that need to be completed in order to earn your credential.
- The Program block lists the specific requirements for your graduate program. If you are pursuing more than one program, such as multiple Graduate Certificates, you will see a separate Program block for each certificate.
- The Graduate School Requirements block will list additional requirements from the Graduate School for students completing a dissertation, thesis, or report.
You may find additional blocks that list courses that do not apply to the blocks above. More details on those blocks can be found in other FAQs.
Directly underneath the degree you are pursuing (Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, etc.), you will see your Catalog Year listed. Your catalog year is based on the semester you were admitted into the graduate program. You are required to complete the requirements at the time of your admission. Programs review and update requirements each academic year.
The option on file for your degree is listed in the box at the top of your audit. A correct option is required in order to properly display your audit. Master’s degrees may be completed with one of the following options:
- Coursework - CRS on the audit
- Thesis - THE on the audit
- Report - RPT on the audit
More information about the degree requirements for these options can be found on our website or your Academic Audit.
The Master of Engineering degree has different options:
- Practicum - PRC on the audit
- Practicum waived - CRS on the audit
The option is assigned when you are admitted to the Graduate School. Contact the Graduate School for guidance on updating your option if it has changed.
Even in your first semester, you may see items marked as complete with a green check in your audit. In some cases, these are informational. For example, every audit for a master’s or doctoral degree will include a reminder to review your record and add any graduate certificates you are pursuing.
Some programs have requirements that have zero credits. These requirements are things that are allowed or encouraged, but are not required. An example might be completing a co-op experience.
Please consult with your Graduate Program Director or Assistant for any questions about requirements for your degree or certificate.
Exceptions are deviations from your program requirements as prescribed in your catalog year, for example, a course substitution. Exceptions are also how your graduate program adds coursework approved by an advisor. If you see a message indicating that your program will need to enter courses as exceptions, please consult with your Graduate Program Director or Assistant for the appropriate process to add those courses to your audit.
If you completed a Degree Schedule, all of your courses will be listed outside of the Graduate Program block, generally in a block called Free Electives or Courses Not Used. They will remain there as a record of completed coursework and no further action is required.
If you have not completed a Degree Schedule, your graduate program will add eligible courses into your audit by exception. Please consult with your Graduate Program Director or Assistant to determine if these courses are eligible to add those courses to your audit.
Courses in this block do not meet your program’s requirements, or they need to be added by exception to the program requirements. They are generally eligible to be used toward a graduate credential.
Please consult with your Graduate Program Director or Assistant to determine if these courses are eligible for your program.
These courses are not eligible for any graduate credential. See your Degree Requirements for more information. An example would be a course with a low grade (CD, D, F) or audited courses.
These courses do not meet Graduate School requirements, and cannot be applied to your program requirements. See your Degree Requirements for more information. An example would be exceeding the allowed number of BC/C grades or 3000-level courses. Each course will have a descriptive reason listed.
How to update the Academic Audit
If you have previously completed a Degree Schedule and need to update it, please work with your graduate program to submit a new Degree Schedule. The Graduate School will review your Academic Audit and determine how best to display your requirements on your Academic Audit.
If your program has a requirement for you to complete coursework that has been approved
by your advisor, you will see one of the following messages on your audit:
Your graduate program will enter these courses as exceptions.
This rule will show as complete until your graduate program enters these courses as
exceptions.
Consult with your advisor to determine the appropriate courses for your program. Your advisor will communicate those requirements to your Graduate Program Director. After the courses are entered as requirements, they will appear on your audit as requirements.
Only credentials listed on your Academic Audit are eligible to be awarded. Please review your audit carefully. If a certificate is missing, currently enrolled graduate students may complete the Add a Graduate Certificate form. If a master’s along the way isn’t listed, currently enrolled PhD students may complete the Request to Add a Master’s Degree form.
For any other questions, please contact the Graduate School.
Your graduate program will need to complete a Transfer Credits form. Please refer to the Transfer Credits page for more information.
Your graduate program will need to inform the Graduate School which courses can be used. Please refer to the Accelerated Master’s page for more information.
Currently enrolled graduate students may complete the Add a Graduate Certificate form. Non-enrolled students must apply for admission. For more information, see our Graduate Certificates page for more information.
Currently enrolled PhD students may complete the Request to Add a Master’s Degree form. The master’s degree must be in the same academic unit as the PhD degree. See the form for additional information.
Most graduate programs will allow a previous master’s degree to reduce the number of credits required to 30 credits. A few programs require that the master’s degree is in a cognate field. In order to qualify for the credit reduction, the Graduate School must have official proof of your master’s degree on file. Please contact the Graduate School for assistance in how to update your records.
All of the credits earned at Michigan Tech will appear on your master’s and PhD degree. The Graduate School will adjust your PhD audit to incorporate the credits earned for your master’s degree into your PhD audit. Please contact the Graduate School with any questions.