Introduction

The Academic Progress Report (APR) is a degree progress tool available to Rausser College of Natural Resources undergraduates under the CalCentral “My Academics” tab in the "Degree Requirements" card.

The APR is designed to track progress toward completing degree requirements, including: University, Campus, Rausser College, Major, and Minor Requirements, if applicable. Please read this webpage for important information and then review your APR accordingly.  Please note that college course transfer credit for incoming first-year and transfer students may not post until November of that term, and American History and American Institutions may take a little longer. 

The APR is configured for students admitted to UC Berkeley Fall 2016 or later.  If you were admitted prior to Fall 2016, please contact your advisor for a degree audit and a possible change to your requirement term in CalCentral so that your APR reflects the correct degree requirements.

What is the APR?

The APR tracks progress toward completion of degree requirements. These requirements include:

University of California Requirements

  • Entry Level Writing
  • American History
  • American Institutions
  • Overall GPA

UC Berkeley Campus Requirement

  • American Cultures
  • Minimum Total Units
  • 1/3 Passed Grade Limit
  • Senior Residence

Rausser College of Natural Resources Requirements & Major Requirements: 

  • Reading and Composition
  • College Unit Requirements
  • All Major Requirements

Minor Requirements

  • All Minor Requirements

How to use the APR

Rausser College advisors have worked to make sure the APR tool includes the most up to date degree requirements for their individual majors so that students can more reliably use the APR as a tool for monitoring their own progress; the tool allows advisor and student to monitor degree requirements together to more effectively partner on successful progress through the major. Even with this work, the APR may not be 100% accurate for all students, depending on transfer credit, curriculum exceptions, new course approvals, and other possible deviations from the standard major requirements. We encourage you to run your APR early and often and report any errors to your advisor. Keep in mind that if you are in a major that requires that you declare a specialization or concentration and you are not yet declared in that concentration, your APR will not reflect the degree requirements until you choose that concentration. In that case, or in the case of a Rausser College undeclared student, you can use the “What-If Academic Progress Report” tool in the “Degree Requirements” section of CalCentral My Academics to check your completed requirements against the major and/or concentration you are planning to pursue.

How to access the APR:

  1. Log into CalCentral.
  2. Navigate to the "My Academics" tab, go to "Degree Requirements" at the bottom of the middle column and click on the link under the “Academic Progress Report” heading.
  3. Note that the APR is organized in a hierarchical format – course requirements are categorized according to University and Campus Requirements, College Requirements, each student’s respective Major Requirements, and Additional Coursework.
  4. The Academic Objective and Academic Summary windows present information about major(s), graduation terms, cumulative GPA and others.
  5. You can choose from the options to Collapse All or Expand All tabs based on your preference. Click on View Report as PDF to save a version of the current report.
  6. Be sure to understand the course status icons as they indicate whether a course has been completed or is in progress. If the In Progress course is not completed with an acceptable grade, the requirement status will change back to Not Satisfied. Please note that for requirements that must be completed with a letter grade, a course completed with a Passed grade is not acceptable. Be sure to confirm whether or not a letter grade is required before changing a grading option for an In Progress course.
  7. Requirements may also be satisfied with transfer credit. Please note that these courses may appear as their UC Berkeley equivalent. For example, if a course was completed at Berkeley City College and it is equivalent to a UC Berkeley course, the UC Berkeley course will appear on the APR. The format of the posted grade, however, which begins with a T (e.g. TA), will identify that the requirement was completed with a transfer course. If there is no direct equivalent for a transfer course to a UC Berkeley course, it will appear as a pseudo course (e.g. HISTORY TRLD) in the APR. For more information please refer to the Transfer Credit Report.

How to report errors in the APR

You may find that the APR is missing information, miscalculating units, or inaccurately reflecting completion of requirements. Please use the below methods to report errors.  Please note that traditionally transfer credit for incoming fall start students will not be completely posted until November

For University and/or Campus Requirements

Open a case with Cal Student Central to report errors with any of the following:

  • Entry Level Writing
  • American History
  • American Institutions
  • Overall GPA
  • American Cultures
  • Minimum Total Units
  • 1/3 Passed Grade Limit
  • Senior Residence

For College and/or Major Requirements

Please reach out to your major advisor(s) via email to bring the error to our attention.

  • Reading and Composition
  • College Unit Requirements
  • Major Requirements
  • Minor Requirements

Difficulty accessing the APR in CalCentral?

For technical assistance with CalCentral, please contact Cal Student Central.

Questions about degree and/or minor requirements?

First, review your academic record on CalCentral and information provided on our website about your Rausser College major and/or minor requirements.

If you have further questions about degree and/or minor requirements, please contact your Rausser Undergraduate Advisor.