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What do you need to complete your program/s?

Rather than trying to figure out your program requirements on your own, there's a tool you can use to help determine exactly what's required and what remains: a degree audit.

The Degree Audit Reporting System (DARS), available through , gives you a personalized and current snapshot of your program(s)'s requirements. It lists your complete and/or incomplete requirements and the courses needed to fulfill each requirement. 聽You can also use it to check that courses you are considering taking will meet your requirements using聽the planned courses feature and see how your requirements might change if you switch to a different program.

Resource material for your reference:

Run a Degree Audit for current/Declared Programs

  1. Login to  and, under Web for Students, click on Degree Audit Reporting System (DARS).
  2. Your current program(s) will be displayed on the Request a Degree Audit page.
  3. If you wish to run a Degree Audit on your current program(s), click the Run Declared Programs button at the bottom. 
    Please Note: If you wish to include Planned Course(s), please click the Advanced Settings link to display a checkbox to tick to includes these courses before clicking the Run Declared Programs button at the bottom.
  4. When the degree audit has been submitted, you will see a message that audit is being run.
  5. When a Declared Program Audit is completed: Double check the date and time to ensure you're opening the audit you just ran then click either the Program or View Audit link to open the degree audit report.
  6. Take time to read through your entire degree audit.  Yes, it's a lot of text but all of the requirements should be included.

(You can also find step-by-step instructions and videos in .)

* To change your program within the same degree or to add a certificate, Declare your Major/Minor/Certificate under Student Records in Dal Online.  To change degrees, Start or Complete an Application under Admissions in Dal Online.  For more information see Declaring/Changing Your Major.

Run a Degree Audit for a Different Program (aka what-if or hypothetical degree audit)

What if Degree Audits 鈥� A new 鈥淪elect a Different Program鈥� section allows you to run WHATIF degree audits to see your remaining program(s)'s requirements towards a different program. This is a great new feature that allows you explore program(s)'s requirements for other program(s) and your progress towards it!

To begin a What-if degree audit

1. Login to Dal Online and, under Web for Students, click on Degree Audit Reporting System (DARS).

2. Click the Select a Different Program link to open this section. Next, choose the criteria you wish to search the program requirements for. Tip: for a BA degree with a Science Major, select Science for the Faculty/College.  If you cannot find the program you鈥檙e looking for, it might not be setup yet in the system; please email degreeaudit@dal.ca to inquire.
For Academic Calendar Year, typically select the year the same degree was started, unless it鈥檚 beneficial to switch to requirements listed in a more recent Academic Calendar. For a different degree, select an upcoming year.

3. When all dropdown menu items have been chosen, you will be returned to a summary allowing you to add Minors, if applicable for the program. Finally, click the Run Different Programs button at the bottom

Please Note: If you wish to include Planned Cou