Office of the Registrar
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5256 USA
(269) 387-4300
10 Ways Degree Works Can Help During Registration
- Students can use the "Look Ahead" feature to see how the courses they plan to take will be used.
- Students considering changing majors can use the "What If" feature to determine which courses will be needed in the new major.
- Degree Works displays real-time enrollment information so students can see how many seats are available in a class.
- Courses that require a prerequisite will have an asterisk listed next to them in Degree Works. Students can click on the course to see the prerequisite(s).
- Students can click on a class link to see a description of the course and when it meets.
- Students can see if they have any holds that would prevent them from registering.
- Degree Works displays the number of credit hours students have earned to help them determine their priority registration date/time.
- Students can log in to Degree Works the day after they register to see how the courses will be used to satisfy specific degree requirements.
- Degree Works identifies completed requirements or courses in progress to help students avoid registering for classes they don't need.
- Degree Works helps to foster the vision of WMU sustainability by providing an online environment that supports real-time delivery of degree completion.