Your Degree Evaluation
Welcome National Louis University Students!
You are invited to access your personalized degree evaluation at any time through the NLU Portal. Our web based degree planning tools are designed to provide students and advisors with the real-time information and enable you to track your progress toward degree completion.
If you started your program at NLU prior to fall 2021 catalog term, you will continue to view your degree evaluation in CAPP.
If you were admitted to your program at NLU in fall 2021 catalog term or later, you will view your degree evaluation in Degree Works, which becomes available starting November 29, 2021.
FAQs
Access your degree evaluation in the NLU Portal: My Services > Students > Degree Evaluation.
You can learn about the NLU degree evaluation in two minutes by watching our short instuctional video below:
The catalog term is the academic term which indicates the catalog requirements and policies you will follow to complete your degree and is based on when you were admitted to your degree program.
For instance, if your catalog term were fall of 2021, you would follow all policies and degree requirements published in the 2021-2022 University Course Catalog.
View the top portion of your degree evaluation to see your catalog term.
Students who wish to change their program of study must complete the Change of Program form in consultation with their Academic Advisor or Success Coach and complete degree requirements in effect at the time of admission to the new program.
Students may have to meet new requirements if a program revision goes into effect as a result of changes to licensure and endorsements at the state level or programmatic and specialized approvals by accrediting bodies or other agencies.
You are encouraged to review your degree evaluation multiple times per academic term:
- After final grades have posted
- In preparation for your quarterly check-in with your Academic Advisor or Coach
- After any course registration or schedule change
Your degree evaluation is a degree auditing and planning tool and is not the same as your transcript.
View your unofficial transcript in the NLU Portal using this path: Student Services > Students > Academic Transcript.
Request official paper or e-transcripts online through the Registrar’s Office.
Course availability can be viewed on-demand by way of the online searchable class schedule in the NLU Portal using this path: Student Services > Students > NLU Public Schedule.
You can also contact your Academic Advisor or Coach. You are also encouraged to refer to any degree planning materials that you received from your Academic Advisor or Coach and verify that course availability has not changed.
Contact your Academic Advisor or Coach with any questions about your degree completion date. Graduation dates vary by student based on how many credits they complete each term, the availability of courses, or withdrawing from or not earning the minimum grade required for a course.
Your degree evaluation is considered confidential and only available to you, your Academic Advisor or Coach, and authorized faculty and staff. Should you want to allow anyone else, such as a guardian or employer, to have access to your academic record, you must provide NLU with a signed Waiver of Right to Access form for each individual that you would like to provide access to your record.
Contact your Academic Advisor or Success Coach to discuss any concerns or questions about your degree evaluation or degree requirements. Your Advisor or Coach will be able to review your evaluation and walk you through any necessary steps to fix your degree evaluation.
Contact your Academic Advisor or Success Coach to discuss any concerns or questions about your degree evaluation or degree requirements. Your Advisor or Coach will be able to review your evaluation and walk you through any necessary steps to update your major/minor/concentration.
Please note that if were away from a university for a year or longer, you are in the returning student status and may not be able to view your degree audit. To check your status while in the NLU Portal, go to the My Services tab and select Student > Student Records > View Holds.
Please contact your academic advisor if you have any questions about your degree evaluation.
