Undergraduate Advising
When you come for an advising appointment in English, we spend some time looking at your academic transcript or progress towards degree report. It’s a good idea to check this online record from time to time yourself. If there are problems, such as grades or transfer credits or exemptions from requirements, you can bring these to our attention. It may just be helpful to know where you are in your degree, especially if you don’t like unwelcome surprises when you sit down with your major advisor.
- To access your academic record, log into my.pitt.edu.
- Click on Student Services >
- On the left sidebar, click Self Service >
- Select Student Center >
- Under Academic History, click on Degree Progress >
- Choose the Academic Institution (University of Pittsburgh) and the Report Type (Academic Advisement Transcript), and click GO.
The transcript arranges information about your academic progress in this order:
- Academic Program History: your programs of study and dates you officially declared them;
- Undergraduate Record by Term: lists all of your courses by term, including the number of credits you enrolled in, the number of credits earned, the grade given, and the Quality Points resulting from that grade. (Note that repeated courses in which you originally earned a passing grade may throw off your total number of credits.) Your cumulative GPA is indicated after each term, as well as your academic standing (Good Standing, Academic Probation, etc.);
- Academic Advisement Report: Graduation Requirements for the School of Arts and Sciences: this first section of the advisement report lists all of the A&S (General Education) requirements and the courses you have completed that fulfill them. As long as one or more courses is still needed in a given category (e.g., the 3-course natural sciences category), the advice will read in red print “Requirement Not Satisfied.” Note that one course may appear twice in your Gen Ed list; only one such course fulfilling two requirements simultaneously is permitted. http://www.as.pitt.edu/undergraduate/
requirements/gened.html
- A&S Course Summary: at the bottom of the section on required courses is a summary of all your courses taken, arranged alphabetically by department abbreviation. This is especially useful in seeing at a glance which departments you’ve taken multiple courses in—for example, when you want to determine how to define your 12-credit “Related Area” (if you are a single-major student). At the end of this list is a summary of any non-A&S courses you’ve taken; it’s a good idea to keep track of these because only 18 credits outside A&S (and 4 PEDC credits) can be used toward your 120 total for graduation.
- Major Plan(s) of Study: the final section(s) represent your major, sorted by requirements of the major and then summarized. Any anomalies, program changes, or special arrangements should be discussed with your advisor.