Sociology (BS)
Departmental Admission Requirements
Admission to the BS in Sociology requires:
- Completion of SOC 301 with a grade of C or better.
- Minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0.
- Minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 in sociology courses, if any have been taken.
The Change Major Request form can be found under the Academic Progress tile on ULink.
General Education Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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General Education Requirements * | 31 | |
The following courses are required by the program and can satisfy the respective General Education Requirement: | ||
Social Problems - D1, SB | ||
or SOC 206 | Social Justice-SBD1 - D1, SB | |
or SOC 210 | Race in the United States - D1, SB |
*All degrees require the completion of the University-wide General Education Program (link provided above). Some General Education requirements may be met in the requirements for the major or supporting coursework, in which case additional electives may be required to complete the minimum hours for the degree.
College/School Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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Arts & Sciences Requirements | ||
GEN 100 | Student Success Center First Year Experience | 1 |
or GEN 101 | Arts & Sciences First Year Experience | |
Foreign Language 1 | 6-8 | |
Electives in Humanities or Natural Sciences at 300-level or above 2 | 6 | |
WR—two approved courses at the 300 level or above 3 | ||
Minimum Total Hours | 13-15 |
Program/Major Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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Department of Sociology | ||
SOC 201 | Introduction to Sociology - SB | 3 |
SOC 202 | Social Problems - D1, SB 4 | 3 |
or SOC 206 | Social Justice-SBD1 - D1, SB | |
or SOC 210 | Race in the United States - D1, SB | |
SOC 301 | Introduction to Social Statistics 5 | 3 |
SOC 303 | Introduction to Research Methods - WR 5 | 3 |
SOC 320 | Social Theory - WR | 3 |
SOC 323 | Diversity and Inequality | 3 |
Minimum Total Hours | 18 |
Code | Title | Hours |
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Track Requirements (see Track Requirements tab) | 60 |
At least 50 of the total minimum hours required must be at the 300 level or above.
Completion of this degree requires completion of SOC 303 and SOC 320 with a grade of C or better.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Culminating Undergraduate Experience (For students admitted Summer 2014 or later) | ||
Requirement fulfilled by completing one of the following: | ||
Independent Study - CUE, WR | ||
Community Engagement - CUE | ||
Sociology of Aging - CUE | ||
Sociology of Death & Dying - CUE, WR | ||
Sociology of Leisure - CUE, WR | ||
Sociology of Health and Illness - CUE, WR | ||
The Health Care System - CUE, WR | ||
Special Topics in Sociology - CUE, WR | ||
Social Inequality & Stratification - CUE, WR | ||
Race and Ethnicity - CUE, WR | ||
Political Sociology - CUE | ||
Sociology of Education - CUE, WR | ||
Senior Honors Thesis - CUE, WR |
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Completion of the second semester of a single foreign language; hours will vary depending on the language taken.
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In addition to courses counted toward General Education.
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May be incorporated into other degree requirements.
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May be used to satisfy a General Education requirement.
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Students may be allowed to substitute a statistics course for SOC 301 (specifically, ANTH 376, BIOL 350, CJ 326, HSS 377, or PSYC 301) and/or a methods course for SOC 303 (specifically, BSW 426 or CJ 325). Any other substitutions must be approved by the department undergraduate program mentor. If a student opts to substitute one or both of these courses with a course from the approved list above, they must take a 300+ level sociology elective in lieu of the required sociology course(s) and must also earn a C or better in the statistics and/or methods course from the other department for it to count it toward sociology degree requirements.
No-track, Sociology BS
Academic Plan Code(s): SOC_BS
Code | Title | Hours |
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Environment, Health, and Population Studies | ||
Select one of the following courses: | 3 | |
Urban Sociology | ||
Environmental Sociology | ||
Sociology of Families | ||
Japanese Families | ||
Mental Health and Illness | ||
Medical Sociology | ||
Sociology of Women's Health | ||
Special Topics in Sociology (if topic applicable) | ||
Faces of Global Poverty - WR | ||
Social Inequalities, Behavioral, and Structural Studies | ||
Select two of the following courses: | 6 | |
Sociology of Human Sexuality | ||
Sociology of Gender | ||
Sociology of Deviant Behavior | ||
Criminology | ||
Special Topics in Sociology (if topic applicable) | ||
Money, Economics and Society - WR | ||
Animals and Society | ||
Four 400-level Sociology electives | 12 | |
One 200+ level Sociology elective | 3 | |
SOC 400 | Independent Study - CUE, WR | 3 |
or SOC 405 | Community Engagement - CUE | |
or SOC 499 | Senior Honors Thesis - CUE, WR | |
Social Science Supporting Courses | ||
Select one of the following courses: | 3 | |
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology - D2, SB | ||
Introduction to Asian Studies - D2, SB | ||
Introduction to Japanese Society - D2, SB | ||
Introduction to Latin American Studies - D2, SB | ||
Introduction to U.S. Latino Studies - D1, SB | ||
Introduction to Pan-African Studies - D1, SB | ||
Women In American Culture - AH, D1 | ||
Seeing Gender: Introduction to Gender in Visual Studies - AH, D1 | ||
Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies | ||
Electives in Social Sciences other than Sociology, of which 6 hours must be at 300 level or above | 21 | |
Minimum Electives 1 | 9 | |
Minimum Total Hours | 60 |
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Students may also count courses used to satisfy Cardinal Core requirements to meet the supporting course requirements. This may require additional electives to complete the minimum hours required for the degree.
BS in Sociology with a Track in Health, Medicine, and Well-Being
Academic Plan Code: SOC_BS_HMW
Code | Title | Hours |
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Select one of the following courses: | 3 | |
Urban Sociology | ||
Environmental Sociology | ||
Japanese Families | ||
Sociology of Human Sexuality | ||
Sociology of Gender | ||
Sociology of Families | ||
Sociology of Deviant Behavior | ||
Select two of the following courses: | 6 | |
Mental Health and Illness | ||
Medical Sociology | ||
Sociology of Women's Health | ||
Special Topics in Sociology (if topic applicable) | ||
Select four of the following courses: | 12 | |
Sociology of Aging - CUE | ||
Sociology of Death & Dying - CUE, WR | ||
Reproductive Justice | ||
Sociology of Leisure - CUE, WR | ||
Sociology of Health and Illness - CUE, WR | ||
The Health Care System - CUE, WR | ||
Sociology of Disabilities | ||
Special Topics in Sociology - CUE, WR (if topic applicable) | ||
Social Inequality & Stratification - CUE, WR | ||
One 200+ Sociology elective | 3 | |
SOC 400 | Independent Study - CUE, WR | 3 |
or SOC 405 | Community Engagement - CUE | |
or SOC 499 | Senior Honors Thesis - CUE, WR | |
Social Science Supporting Courses | ||
Select one of the following courses: | 3 | |
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology - D2, SB | ||
Introduction to Asian Studies - D2, SB | ||
Introduction to Japanese Society - D2, SB | ||
Introduction to Latin American Studies - D2, SB | ||
Introduction to U.S. Latino Studies - D1, SB | ||
Introduction to Pan-African Studies - D1, SB | ||
Seeing Gender: Introduction to Gender in Visual Studies - AH, D1 | ||
Women In American Culture - AH, D1 | ||
Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies | ||
Electives in Social Sciences other than Sociology, of which 18 hours must come from the course list indicated below; 6 hours must be at the 300+ level, and 3 hours must be an ethics course 1 | 21 | |
Minimum Electives 2 | 9 | |
Minimum Total Hours | 60 |
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Eighteen hours must be taken from the courses listed in the table below.
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Students may also count courses used to satisfy Cardinal Core requirements to meet the supporting course requirements. This may require additional electives to complete the minimum hours required for the degree.
Code | Title | Hours |
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ANTH 207 | Principles of Biological Anthropology - B | 4 |
ANTH 303 | Human Origins | 3 |
ANTH 307 | Darwin | 3 |
ANTH 308 | Primates | 3 |
ANTH 309 | Sex, Gender and Culture | 3 |
ANTH 327 | The Human Skeleton | 3 |
ANTH 328 | Environmental Archaeology | 3 |
ANTH 351 | Medical Anthropology | 3 |
ANTH 353 | Evolutionary Anthropology | 3 |
ANTH 354 | Anthropology of Infectious Disease | 3 |
ANTH 355 | Black Death: The Pandemic that Changed Human History | 3 |
ANTH 356 | Dental Anthropology | 3 |
ANTH 363 | Special Topics in Biological Anthropology (if topic applicable) | 1-3 |
ANTH 384 | Anthropology of Death | 3 |
ANTH 410 | Skeletal Forensics | 3 |
ANTH 535 | Nutritional Anthropology | 3 |
ANTH 540 | Health and Civilization | 3 |
COMM 430 | Health Communication - CUE, WR | 3 |
COMM 355 | Health and the Media - WR | 3 |
COMM 436 | Health Communication Campaign Planning - CUE, WR | 3 |
CJ 352 | Sex Crimes | 3 |
CJ 415 | Drugs and Crime | 3 |
ECON 355 | Health Economics | 3 |
GEOG 362 | Disease, Ecology and Environmental Management in Africa - WR | 3 |
HSS 184 | Healthy Lifestyles I | 3 |
HSS 200 | Introduction to Health Education | 3 |
HSS 263 | Introduction to Exercise Physiology | 3 |
HSS 293 | Social and Psychological Dimensions of Physical Activity - SB | 3 |
HSS 310 | Healthy Lifestyles II | 3 |
HSS 318 | Diverse Populations in Physical Activity and Health | 3 |
HSS 384 | Teaching Health Education | 3 |
HSS 392 | Principles of Sport and Exercise Psychology | 3 |
HSS 455 | Current Trends and Issues in Health Education - CUE | 3 |
PHEH 301 | Public Health and Our Environment | 3 |
PHEH 325 | Public Health Nutrition | 3 |
PHEH 330 | Childhood Nutrition from a Public Health Perspective | 3 |
PHEH 331 | Food Composition and Public Health | 3 |
PHEH 332 | Nurtition Assessment Tools | 3 |
PHEP 300 | Epidemics, Pandemics and Syndemics | 3 |
PHEP 301 | Global Public Health - D2, SBH | 3 |
PHEP 305 | Introduction to Social Epidemiology | 3 |
PHEP 310 | Environmental Epidemiology | 1 |
PHEP 311 | Environment and Cancer Epidemiology | 3 |
PHEP 320 | Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and the Epidemiology of Global Health | 3 |
PHEP 325 | Introduction to Maternal and Child Health | 3 |
PHEP 341 | Epidemiological Concepts and Methods for Public Health | 3 |
PHEP 501 | Introduction to Epidemiology | 3 |
PHPB 300 | Social and Behavioral Foundations of Public Health | 3 |
PHPB 301 | Health Equity - D1, SB | 3 |
PHPB 310 | Power, Oppression & Liberation in Social Systems | 3 |
PHPB 311 | Policy and Systems of Power | 3 |
PHPB 312 | Social Justice Practice in Public Health | 3 |
PHPB 313 | Strategies for Social Action | 3 |
PHPB 321 | Social Justice and Youth Activism | 3 |
PHPB 322 | Climate Change, Social Justice, and Healthy Equity | 3 |
PHPH 101 | Introduction to Public Health - SB | 3 |
PHPH 250 | Special Topics in Public Health Sciences (if topic applicable) | 1-3 |
PHPH 401 | Public Health and Health Policy | 3 |
PHPH 420 | Practice of Public Health | 3 |
PHPH 431 | Contemporary Issues in Public Health I | 3 |
PSYC 305 | Brain and Behavior | 3 |
PSYC 306 | Life Span Developmental Psychology | 3 |
PSYC 320 | Exercise Psychology | 3 |
PSYC 325 | Health Psychology | 3 |
PSYC 342 | Drugs and Behavior | 3 |
WGST 302 | LGBTQ and Applied Healthcare | 3 |
WGST 312 | Sociology of Women's Health | 3 |
WGST 364 | Women's Health Issues - D1, SB | 3 |
WGST 391 | Topics in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Social Sciences (if topic applicable) | 3 |
WGST 393 | Topics in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Humanities - WR (if topic applicable) | 3 |
WGST 415 | Sociology of Disabilities | 3 |
WGST 417 | Reproductive Justice | 3 |
WGST 418 | Domestic Violence | 3 |
WGST 491 | Topics in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Social Sciences (if topic applicable) | 3 |
WGST 493 | Topics in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Humanities - WR (if topic applicable) | 3 |
WGST 509 | Women and Medicine | 3 |
No-Track Sociology BS
Year 1 | ||
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Fall | Hours | |
GEN 100 or GEN 101 | Student Success Center First Year Experience or Arts & Sciences First Year Experience | 1 |
ENGL 101 | Introduction to College Writing - WC | 3 |
SOC 201 | Introduction to Sociology - SB | 3 |
General Education: Cardinal Core Quantitative Reasoning - QR | 3 | |
Foreign Language 1 | 3-4 | |
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology - D2, SB | ||
Introduction to Asian Studies - D2, SB | ||
Introduction to Japanese Society - D2, SB | ||
Introduction to Latin American Studies - D2, SB | ||
Introduction to U.S. Latino Studies - D1, SB | ||
Introduction to Pan-African Studies - D1, SB | ||
Women In American Culture - AH, D1 | ||
Seeing Gender: Introduction to Gender in Visual Studies - AH, D1 | ||
Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies | ||
Hours | 16-17 | |
Spring | ||
ENGL 102 | Intermediate College Writing - WC | 3 |
Foreign Language 2 | 3-4 | |
General Education: Cardinal Core Arts & Humanities - AH | 3 | |
General Education: Cardinal Core Natural Sciences - S | 3 | |
General Education: Cardinal Core Natural Sciences Lab - L | 1 | |
SOC 202 | Social Problems - D1, SB | 3 |
Hours | 16-17 | |
Year 2 | ||
Fall | ||
SOC 301 | Introduction to Social Statistics | 3 |
General Education: Cardinal Core Arts & Humanities Global Diversity - AHD2 | 3 | |
General Education: Cardinal Core Oral Communication - OC | 3 | |
General Education: Cardinal Core Natural Sciences - S | 3 | |
Sociology elective (200 level or above) | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Spring | ||
SOC 303 | Introduction to Research Methods - WR | 3 |
SOC 323 | Diversity and Inequality | 3 |
General Education: Cardinal Core Social & Behavioral Sciences Historical Perspective - SBH | 3 | |
Social Science elective | 3 | |
Humanities or Natural Science elective (300 level or above) | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Year 3 | ||
Fall | ||
SOC 320 | Social Theory - WR | 3 |
Humanities or Natural Science elective (300 level or above) | 3 | |
Environment, Health and Population Studies elective (300 level) (SOC 350 must have an applicable topic) | 3 | |
Urban Sociology or Environmental Sociology or Sociology of Families or Japanese Families or Mental Health and Illness or Medical Sociology or Sociology of Women's Health or Special Topics in Sociology or Faces of Global Poverty - WR | ||
Social Inequalities, Behavioral, and Structural Studies elective (300 level) (SOC 350 must have an applicable topic) | 3 | |
Sociology of Human Sexuality or Sociology of Gender or Sociology of Deviant Behavior or Criminology or Special Topics in Sociology or Money, Economics and Society - WR or Animals and Society | ||
Social Science elective | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Spring | ||
Sociology elective from Social Inequalities, Behavioral, and Structural Studies (SOC 350 must have an applicable topic) | 3 | |
Sociology of Human Sexuality or Sociology of Gender or Sociology of Deviant Behavior or Criminology or Special Topics in Sociology or Money, Economics and Society - WR or Animals and Society | ||
Sociology elective (400 level) | 3 | |
Social Science elective | 3 | |
Social Science elective (300 level or above) | 3 | |
Social Science elective | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Year 4 | ||
Fall | ||
Sociology elective (400 level) | 3 | |
Sociology elective (400 level) | 3 | |
Social Science elective | 3 | |
Social Science elective (300 level or above) | 3 | |
General elective | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Spring | ||
SOC 400 | Independent Study - CUE, WR | 3 |
Sociology elective (400 level) | 3 | |
Social Science elective (300 level) | 3 | |
General elective | 3 | |
General elective | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Minimum Total Hours | 122-124 |
Track in Health, Medicine, and Well-Being
Year 1 | ||
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Fall | Hours | |
GEN 100 or GEN 101 | Student Success Center First Year Experience or Arts & Sciences First Year Experience | 1 |
ENGL 101 | Introduction to College Writing - WC | 3 |
SOC 201 | Introduction to Sociology - SB | 3 |
General Education: Cardinal Core Quantitative Reasoning-QR | 3 | |
Foreign Language 1 | 3-4 | |
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology - D2, SB or Introduction to Asian Studies - D2, SB or Introduction to Japanese Society - D2, SB or Introduction to Latin American Studies - D2, SB or Introduction to U.S. Latino Studies - D1, SB or Introduction to Pan-African Studies - D1, SB or Women In American Culture - AH, D1 or Seeing Gender: Introduction to Gender in Visual Studies - AH, D1 or Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies | ||
Hours | 16-17 | |
Spring | ||
ENGL 102 | Intermediate College Writing - WC | 3 |
Foreign Language 2 | 3-4 | |
General Education: Cardinal Core Arts & Humanities-AH | 3 | |
General Education: Cardinal Core Natural Sciences-S | 3 | |
General Education: Cardinal Core Natural Sciences Lab-SL | 1 | |
SOC 202 | Social Problems - D1, SB | 3 |
Hours | 16-17 | |
Year 2 | ||
Fall | ||
SOC 301 | Introduction to Social Statistics | 3 |
General Education: Cardinal Core Arts & Humanities Global Diversity-AHD2 | 3 | |
General Education: Cardinal Core Oral Communication-OC | 3 | |
General Education: Cardinal Core Natural Sciences-S | 3 | |
Sociology elective (200 level or above) | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Spring | ||
SOC 303 | Introduction to Research Methods - WR | 3 |
SOC 323 | Diversity and Inequality | 3 |
General Education: Cardinal Core Social and Behavioral Sciences Historical Perspective-SBH | 3 | |
Social Science elective | 3 | |
Humanities or Natural Science elective (300 level or above) | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Year 3 | ||
Fall | ||
SOC 320 | Social Theory - WR | 3 |
Humanities or Natural Sciences elective (300 level or above) | 3 | |
One of the following Sociology electives: | 3 | |
Urban Sociology or Environmental Sociology or Sociology of Human Sexuality or Sociology of Gender or Japanese Families or Sociology of Families or Sociology of Deviant Behavior | ||
One of the following track electives (SOC 350 must have an applicable topic): 2 | 3 | |
Mental Health and Illness or Medical Sociology or Sociology of Women's Health or Special Topics in Sociology | ||
Social science elective | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Spring | ||
One of the following track electives (SOC 350 must have an applicable topic): | 3 | |
Mental Health and Illness or Medical Sociology or Sociology of Women's Health or Special Topics in Sociology | ||
One of the following 400 level Sociology courses (SOC 450 must have an applicable topic): | 3 | |
Sociology of Aging - CUE | ||
General elective | 3 | |
Social Science elective 1 | 3 | |
Social science elective 1 | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Year 4 | ||
Fall | ||
SOC 400 | Independent Study - CUE, WR | 3 |
One of the following 400 level Sociology electives (SOC 450 must have an applicable topic): | 3 | |
Sociology of Aging - CUE | ||
Social science elective 1 | 3 | |
Ethics course related to health, medicine and well-being 2 | 3 | |
General elective | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Spring | ||
Two of the following 400 level Sociology electives (SOC 450 must have an applicable topic): | 6 | |
Sociology of Aging - CUE | ||
Social science elective (300 level or above) 1 | 3 | |
General elective | 3 | |
General elective | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Minimum Total Hours | 122-124 |
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Social science electives must be selected from the following: ANTH 207, ANTH 303, ANTH 307, ANTH 308, ANTH 309, ANTH 327, ANTH 328, ANTH 351, ANTH 353, ANTH 354, ANTH 355, ANTH 356, ANTH 363 (if topic applicable), ANTH 384, ANTH 410, ANTH 535, ANTH 540, COMM 355, COMM 430, COMM 436, CJ 352, CJ 415, ECON 355, GEOG 362, HSS 184, HSS 200, HSS 263, HSS 293, HSS 310, HSS 318, HSS 384, HSS 392, HSS 455, PSYC 305, PSYC 306, PSYC 320, PSYC 325, PSYC 342, PHEH 301, PHEH 325, PHEH 330, PHEH 331, PHEH 332, PHEP 300, PHEP 301, PHEP 305, PHEP 310, PHEP 311, PHEP 320, PHEP 325, PHEP 341, PHEP 501, PHPB 300, PHPB 301, PHPB 310, PHPB 311, PHPB 312, PHPB 313, PHPB 321, PHPB 322, PHPH 101, PHPH 250, PHPH 401, PHPH 420, PHPH 431, WGST 302, WGST 312, WGST 364, WGST 391 (if topic applicable), WGST 393 (if topic applicable), WGST 415, WGST 417, WGST 418, WGST 491 (if topic applicable), WGST 493 (if topic applicable), or WGST 509.
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PHIL 323 is an example of an appropriate ethics course. Other possible courses that may be used to satisfy this requirement should be discussed with the student's advisor.
The Flight Plan outlined above is intended to demonstrate one possible path to completing the degree within four years. Course selection and placement within the program may vary depending on course offerings and schedule, elective preferences, and other factors (study abroad, internship availability, etc.). Please consult your advisor for additional information about building a flight plan that works for you.
Degree Audit Report
Degree Audit reports illustrate how your completed courses fulfill the requirements of your academic plan, and which requirements are still outstanding. Degree audits also take transfer credits and test credits into account. "What-if" reports allow you to compare the courses you have completed in your current academic plan to the courses required in another academic plan. Should you have questions about either report, please consult with your academic advisor.
Flight Planner
The Flight Planner tool is available for you to create a personalized Flight Plan to graduation. Advisors have access to review your Flight Planner and can help you adjust it to ensure you remain on track to graduate in a timely manner.
To create these reports:
- Log into your ULink account.
- Click on the Academic Progress tile.
- Select the appropriate report.
- To run a Degree Audit report, click on "View my Degree Audit."
- To create a What-if report, click on "What-if Advisement Report."
- To run a Flight Planner report, click on "Use My Flight Planner."
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