Plan Your Degree

The Degree Road Maps help you anticipate the courses and sequence of General Education (GE) and major requirements for earning your Bachelor’s degree.

Maps are available for freshmen (four-year plans), transfer students (two-year plans), and students who have completed an Associate Degree for Transfer (AA-T and AS-T) from a California community college.

More than a list, your Road Map helps you to:

• Complete your degree within two or four years.
• Take classes in prerequisite order.
• Identify courses that can satisfy both GE and major requirements at the same time.

You can be confident knowing that your degree requirements for the catalog year in which you selected your major will not change.

Find the map for your plan and major on the CSUN University Catalog Degree Road Maps landing page. No login is required.

The Degree Progress Report (DPR)/Planner helps you to:

• Identify the GE and major requirements you still need to complete, and
• Estimate the time it will take to complete your degree.

With DPR/Planner, you’ll check your progress and make a semester-by-semester plan to meet remaining degree requirements.

DPR/Planner, which changes over time to reflect your progress, delivers two tools in one:

1. In the DPR AUDIT, you’ll find:
    
   • Any courses you’ve transferred to CSUN and where they place into degree requirement sections.
      
   • The degree and major requirements you’ve already completed and those you still need to meet in order to graduate.
      
   • A printer-friendly “export to PDF” option.
      
2. In the DPR PLANNER *, you can drag and drop courses into a personal, semester-by-semester plan for meeting your remaining degree requirements. With the interactive features of DPR Planner, you can:
    
   • Experiment with different "what if" scenarios and majors.
      
   • Export your plan from DPR to Registration Planner in one click.
      

*At this time, DPR Planner is available to undergraduate students only, but the DPR Audit is available to graduate students as well. Second bachelor's degree students should contact their advisor.

Use DPR/Planner to prepare for meetings with your undergraduate or graduate advisor.

DPR/Planner Login

Log in to the CSUN Portal from the CSUN home page with your CSUN user ID and password. From the top Academics menu, select Advising & Degree Planning.

DPR/Planner Resources

Videos

• DPR Audit: A snapshot of your progress
• DPR Planner: Drag and drop courses to make your plan

How-To Guides

Step-by-step instructions with screen shots:

• DPR/Planner How-To Guide for Undergraduate Students
• DPR Tutorial for Graduate Students
   

Refer to the Degree Planning FAQs on this page to find answers and contacts for DPR/Planner assistance.

The Registration Planner helps you to arrange the classes you want into a workable schedule.

Once you’ve chosen your classes for the coming term, use Registration Planner to create your preferred schedule. With the Registration Planner features, you can:

• Generate all possible schedules in seconds.
   
• Add breaks for work or other obligations.
   
• Import the classes you’ve planned in DPR/Planner.
   
• Filter and search classes by learning mode (in person, fully online or hybrid), by instructor, etc.
   
• Compare up to four schedules side-by-side.
   
• Lock in a class section and arrange other classes around it.
   
• Validate your schedule for common errors, such as a missing course requisite, exceeding maximum unit load and time conflicts.
   
• Save and send a favorite schedule to your shopping cart, ready to enroll.*
   

*Registration Planner does NOT enroll you in classes. You must finish by adding the classes in your shopping cart when your enrollment appointment arrives.

Registration Planner is easily accessible in the CSUN mobile app!

Registration Planner Login

Log in to the CSUN Portal from the CSUN home page with your CSUN user ID and password. From the top Academics menu, select Advising & Degree Planning.

Direct link: Registration Planner (login required)

Registration Planner Resources

How-To Guides

Step-by-step instructions with screen shots:

• Registration Planner Basics
   
• Registration Planner Advanced Features

FAQs

Registration Planner FAQs

Your academic advisor is your ally in planning and completing your degree. If you’re a new student, your advisor will help you use the Degree Planning Tools and explain the placement of courses in your Degree Progress Report (DPR). Whether you’re a new or continuing student, always talk with your advisor before finalizing any decisions related to your major.

Find Your Undergraduate or Graduate Advisor

Before you sign up for a class at another school, make sure the course is transferrable! Read more about transferring GE and major courses to CSUN at Transfer Course Information.

The answer depends on the courses you’re asking about — GE or your major — and also your degree objective.

Undergraduate students:

• For the placement of courses in your major, contact your academic advisor.
• For the placement of General Education courses, complete a DPR Review Request.

Graduate students:

Contact Graduate Evaluations.

If you are having technical problems running a DPR report, please complete a DPR Review Request.

When you apply for graduation, you will receive a special DPR audit clearly labeled "Graduation Evaluation." It will list any remaining requirements for degree completion.

For assistance, refer to Graduation FAQs or contact Undergraduate Degree Services.

No, the DPR audit is NOT a transcript. It is not intended to report your achievement to outside parties. It cannot be released to a third party without your written consent.

The DPR/Planner tool does not show academic standing (i.e., good, on notice, disqualified) and might not reflect your most recent GPA. Refer to the next FAQ.

Although your DPR shows your Grade Point Average (GPA), it might not reflect your most recent GPA. To view your current GPA, log in to the CSUN Portal, select Academics in the top menu, then Advising & Degree Planning, and lastly View Unofficial Transcripts.

To request a change of major or minor for a bachelor’s degree, please refer to:

• Change Major/Minor Online, How-To Guide
• Majors and Minors (Policies), University Catalog

To change a graduate program degree objective, please refer to Change of Objective, University Catalog.

If you are eligible to enroll in classes, you can use Registration Planner several weeks before and after your enrollment appointment. The link is always available in the CSUN Portal, so you can view which semesters are open.

Helpful: Registration Planner FAQs

Unsure of your degree and career goals? CSUN is here to help!  

A few of CSUN's resources are listed below.

Resources

CSUN Majors and Programs Search

CSUN University Catalog: Explore majors, minors and graduate programs.

CSUN Career Center assistance and tools for:

• Self-exploration
• Choosing or changing majors
• Making career decisions
• Counseling and advisement
• Parents and guardians

Freshmen with the temporary Exploratory major:

• Both EOP and non-EOP freshmen with the Exploratory major receive advising, support and enrollment assistance from the Matador Advising Hub.
   
• “Explore, discover and decide!” Check out the sections on “Common Concerns” and “Resources” on the Matador Advising Hub website.

Best wishes for exploring and finding your career path!