Your Guide to Degree Navigator

I. Overview
Degree Navigator (DN) is a view-only application used to assist you in assessing your progress in a
particular program of study. You’ll find it includes all course descriptions, course relationships, and
degree programs with the related requirements. You can access Degree Navigator at any time and
from any computer that offers an Internet connection. And as always, you should speak to your
Academic Advisor if you have any questions.

Accessing Degree Navigator

1. Once connected to the Internet, type the following URL to access the MyDeVry portal:
https://my.DeVry.edu.

2. You will enter Degree Navigator from your student portal, clicking on the My Degree
Requirements link, located at the left side of the portal page in My Tools:

3. The screen below will be displayed. You are now logged into Degree Navigator.

NOTE: Degree
Navigator is
updated at the
end of every
semester.

In New York, DeVry University and its Keller Graduate School of Management operate as DeVry College of New York.
In Calgary, Alberta, DeVry University operates as DeVry Institute of Technology.

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II. Degree Navigator Main Page
From the Main Page, you can navigate to view information about your program of study and
academic progress, as well as view your course list and reports.

Degree Navigator Top Toolbar

Degree Navigator Main Page

Hover over [Profile],

then click on [Student You can also click here to view
Program] to view your your program. If you have more
Program(s). than one program, click on the
one you want to view.
Click here to view
your course list with
grades.

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III. Your Program By clicking on the Drop-down
list, you can select a report that
Example of a student’s program (text report):
details your academic progress

Your name and DSI

number will show here

By clicking here
Your effective you can visualize
academic term your program
date requirements.

The total credits

on your program
date

Requirements and
conditions are listed.
See NOTE below.

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 NOTE: Conditions (or non-visual
requirements) are listed below the
visual requirements of your student
program. These are:
™ No credits may be used from
extra-designated courses in any
requirement.
™ Cumulative GPA—You must
achieve a 2.00 GPA to remain in
good standing (3.00 for
graduate students).
™ Term GPA—You must achieve at
least a 2.00 GPA (grad students
3.00 GPA) in term performance.
™ Completion GPA—You must
achieve a 2.00 GPA in any
requirement (3.00 for graduate
students)
™ Minimum grade of D in any
requirement.

Visualized version of program requirements

When you click the [Visualize Degree] link, you can view your program requirements in the
“island” view. Each “island” represents different requirements for your program. Please note that
your non-visual requirements or Conditions do not show on this visual display. Clicking on an island
(but not on the course bubble) will show a description of the requirement in a text box.

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Example of a visualized program
Ocean

Island

Course
Bubble

Clicking on the “ocean” will cause the individual courses to display in a course stack, as shown
below. The small boxes under each course stack shows the number of credits needed to complete
that sub-requirement, and the number of credits attached to the island reflects the total number of
credits needed to complete the entire requirement.

Sub-
requirement
credits needed
Total credits
needed for
this
requirement

Clicking on an individual course bubble will cause a description of that course to display.

The pie chart in the center of the display shows graphically the number of credits required to
complete the program.

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Understanding Your Academic Progress

Text Reports
You can view details of your academic progress either textually or visually. To select a text view,
click on the drop-down arrow on the [Degree Description] field. Various report titles will display
from which you can select one of the reports, which will describe your progress toward completing
your requirements.

Most of the reports show similar information in varying degrees of detail or with a different
emphasis. Two very helpful reports are the “Full Progress Report” and the “Full Report with Course
Status.”

The following is a portion from the “Full Report with Course Status” that shows a cumulative GPA,
the courses used to calculate it, along with the term this student took the courses, and the credits
that were earned.

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Visualized Views of Your Academic Progress
As was stated previously, you can visualize your program by clicking on the [Visualize Degree]
button that appears to the right of the Degree Description Field.

After the visualization displays, click on the [Academic Progress] button.

The course stacks rise and courses that have been taken are now colored according to the legend
in the upper left margin. Those already taken are pink and those currently being taken are green.

You will note that the boxes at the base of each course stack and at each island have now changed
to indicate the credits earned as compared to credits needed (for example “3/3”). The pie chart
also reflects credits earned, compared to credits needed. When all visual requirements are
completed the word “Done” will appear in the pie chart, as the example above shows.

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NOTE: The display above reflects an undergraduate program. If it were a Graduate
program, the island totals would show words instead of numbers. The island totals in that
case would indicate the number of courses completed or needed, not credits.

Courses that have been taken, but are unused for this program of study, are listed in the upper left
of the display. This would include Requisite Skills courses, failed or withdrawn courses, or courses
that do not apply to the current program. (They might apply to other programs in which you are
enrolled.)

IV. Creating “What If…” Situations

Degree Navigator allows you to investigate what your academic progress might look like, if you
changed pertinent details of your program of study.

“What If…” Situations – Change the Version of Your Program

You can examine what your progress might be like if you were under a different version of your
existing program of study. To do this:
1. Select a different version of your program.
2. Click the [Apply] button.
3. Select a Progress Report from the [Degree Description] drop-down list.

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You can also alter and view your progress as if you were in a later version of your same program
when you are in a visual mode by clicking on the version in the upper right corner of the screen.

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“What If…” Situations – Change Your Degree Program
You can also use reports to play out “What If…” scenario in which you change your degree
program. You could perform a Degree Search (described in Section V. below) on a program other
than your own, then run a progress report to show how the courses you have already taken might
fit into that program. The report would compare the courses you have taken against the
requirements of the suggested program, and report what deficiencies would remain if you changed
to that program.

V. Other Features of Degree Navigator

Course List
You can review your courses and grades by clicking on the [Course List] button either from the
top toolbar or by clicking on it on the right side of the screen.

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 Example of a Course List

™ The course list will show all courses attempted, regardless of whether they apply
to your program.
™ Courses will appear in sequence, with the most recent term/session first.
™ “Current” shown in the Grade column indicates that those courses are as yet
ungraded.
™ Courses that are marked “TRNFR” are transfer credits from another institution.

Search Features
Hover your cursor over the [Search] heading on the top tool bar. Drop-down options will appear:

Course Search
Clicking on [Courses] will display the following window:

There are several options you can use when searching

courses:
™ Enter the exact Course Designator (ex. ACCT221,
FI504).
™ Enter a partial Course Designator (ex. ACCT, FI).
™ Enter a word or series of words included in Course
Descriptions.
™ You can designate how many results appear on each
page.

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NOTE: By selecting the check box next to “Match on course description,” your search will return
courses (that include your keyword entry) in the course description. For example, if you listed a
course as your keyword; wherever that course appeared as a pre-requisite would be included in
your results. Your results would include any mention of that course phrase in the course
description.

Example of a Course Search and Department Search

By clicking on the [Dept] link above, all the courses in the Department are displayed. You can
then view the Department in the text view, or you can visualize the Department by clicking on
[Visualize this Department] to the right of the Department field.

Example of a visualized department

NOTE:
™ Courses are arranged
from bottom to top
based on course
relationships and levels.
™ Courses that only display
a number are associated
with the course prefix
that appears on the
bottom of the screen.
™ Clicking on any course
gives a description of
that course, and also
displays relationships to
other courses, identified
by color. The color
legend is shown at the
bottom of the screen.
™ Course effective dates
are shown at the upper
right corner of the
screen.

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Degree Search
Click on [Degrees] from the Search drop-down box to display the following window:

With this search, you may enter Degree codes (such as BTHM or MBUS) or Degree Descriptions
(such as Technical Management, MBA), using upper or lower case text as desired.

Example of a Degree search

Using “BA” as the example search produces the following results (a partial view is shown):

Click on one of the results to display the degree requirements you wish to view (A partial view of
requirements is shown.):

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You can view the text version (as shown above) or you can visualize the degree requirements by
clicking on [Visualize Degree].

Read Notes
Hover your cursor over the [NOTES] heading on the top tool bar, and click on [Read Notes] to
view notes (if any) that have been written to your attention about your requirements, such as
waivers or exceptions.

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