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title: "Generating What-If Advisement Reports (Administrators)"
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If one of your students is thinking of changing their school or college, catalog terms, or possibly adding an additional plan, you can use the What-If Report in the Student Administration System to explore these scenarios and determine the student’s progress towards those simulated degree requirements.
If you need to update catalog terms (i.e., requirement terms) as part of the What-If Scenario, you can use the following Requirement Term Overview for guidance on requirement terms and valid values for each.
Catalog/Requirement Term Overview
| **Catalog/Requirement Term** | **Description** | **Valid Values** |
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| Career Requirement Term | The career requirement term determines the student’s career-level degree requirements, for instance the General Education/Common Curriculum requirements for Undergraduate students. | The career requirement term should typically be greater than or equal to term the student was initially admitted to the career.
> ℹ️ Exceptions may apply for students who deferred admission, have been readmitted to the career, or transferred to UConn as an Undergraduate student in Fall 2025. |
| Program (School/College) Requirement Term | The program requirement term determines the student’s program-level or school/college-level degree requirements. | The program requirement term should typically be greater than or equal to the term that the student was admitted to the school/college.
> ℹ️ Exceptions may apply for students who have returned from a leave of absence. |
| Plan Requirement Term | The plan requirement term determines the student’s plan-level degree requirements, namely the major, minor, or field of study requirements. | Major/Field of Study requirement terms should be greater than or equal to the term the student was admitted to the school/college.
> ℹ️ Exceptions may apply for students who have returned from a leave of absence.
Minor requirement terms should typically be greater than or equal to the career requirement term. |
| Sub-Plan Requirement Term | The subplan requirement term determines the student’s subplan-level or concentration requirements. | The subplan requirement term should *always *match the associated major/field of study requirement term. |
1. Log in to the Student Administration System.
2. Select the **NavBar** icon.
3. Select the** Menu **icon.
4. Select **Academic Advisement**.
5. Select **Student Advisement**.
6. Select **Request Advisement Report**.
> 📝 If you access What-If Advisement Reports often, you might consider adding this page to your Homepage, NavBar, or Favorites for easy access.
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> 📝 Select the **Actions** menu and choose your desired option.
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7. Select the **Add a New Value** button on the Request Advisement Report page.
8. Complete the three required fields.
1. In the **ID** field, enter the student’s **ID**.
2. The **Academic Institution** field should populate with **UCONN**.
3. In the **Report Type** field, enter **ADWIF** (Advisement What-If).
9. Select the **Add **button. The** Report Request** page will display.
10. In the **What-If Information** section, select **Use Career Simulation.**
11. Select the **View/Change the Career Simulation** link that displays once the Use Career Simulation option is selected. The **What-If Scenario** page will display.
12. To automatically populate the What-If Data with the student’s current academic information, select the **Copy Current Program **button *(recommended)*. This option can be helpful if the change that is being explored is a small change to the student’s current record or if it’s helpful to reference the student’s existing information when specifying the details of the What-If Scenario.
Alternatively, you can manually complete all the fields.
13. If you selected **Copy Current Program**, use the** Show next row arrows **in the **Program What-If Data** section to scroll to the relevant Academic Career.
Alternatively, select the **'-' icon** in the Program What-If Data section to **delete any unwanted rows** (e.g., Non Degree Programs). In the following example, the student has two rows for Academic Career = Non Degree Programs. Since Non Degree Programs do not have advisement reports, these could be removed from the What-If Scenario.
14. If necessary, modify the **Career Requirement Term**, which determines career-level University requirements (e.g., Common Curriculum requirements).
> ℹ️ The Common Curriculum was implemented in Summer 2025 in the Undergraduate career. A Career Requirement Term of Summer 2025 and later would apply the Common Curriculum requirements. For Career Requirement Terms prior to Summer 2025, the General Education requirements would apply.
15. If necessary, modify the Requirement Term value in the Program What-If Data section, which determines school/college-level requirements (e.g., CLAS or Business school requirements).
> ℹ️ Due to school/college-related policies, for undergraduate students in CLAS or Business, the Program (School/College) Requirement Term value should match the Career Requirement Term.
17. For undergraduate students, if the student is considering a different school or college, you can change the student's Academic Program (School/College). Select the **magnifying glass **icon to the right of the field to select a different Academic Program (School/College).
In this example, the student is remaining in CLAS.
18. If the student is considering a different Academic Plan, you can change the student's **Academic Plan**. Select the** magnifying glass **icon next to the Academic Plan field to select a different Plan. The Requirement Term in the Plan What-If Data section should typically be greater than or equal to the term the student was admitted to the school/college.
In this example, the Academic Plan has been modified from the student’s current major in Psychological Sciences (PSYCH_BA) to their potential new major in English (ENGLISH1_BA).
Use the **Show next row **arrows in the Plan What-If Data section to make changes to additional plans. You can see that this student is a double major in Human Development and Family Sciences (2HDFS). You would want to update the Requirement Term for the secondary major to match the primary major in this case.
19. To add **Academic Plans **(second major or minor) within the same school/college, use the **'+' icon** in the Plan What-If Data section to add What-If Data for the additional plan(s).
Enter the **Requirement Term **and **Academic Plan **for the new major or minor. Select the** magnifying glass **icon next to the Academic Plan field to search for a particular major or minor. If you are adding a **minor** (plan with a 3 preceding the plan code, e.g., 3BIOLOGY), the Requirement Term should typically be greater than or equal to the career requirement term.
In this example, a Communication Minor has been added to the student’s degree requirements as part of this What-If scenario.
> ℹ️ You do not need to modify the Plan Sequence. It will automatically populate with an increment of 10.
> 📝 **Academic Plan Codes**
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> 📝 Each **Program** **(School/College) **row can have only one **Primary Plan **code (codes beginning with neither 2 or 3), e.g., ALDHLTH_BS.
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> 📝 **Secondary majors** have a **2** preceding the subject code, e.g., **2**ANTHRO.
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> 📝 **Minors** have a **3** preceding the subject code, e.g., **3**BIOLOGY.
20. If including a concentration for one of the student's Plans, enter **Academic Sub-Plan **What-If Data for the plan. Select the **magnifying glass** icon next to the Academic Sub-Plan field to select a Sub-Plan. Be sure the Requirement Term for the Sub-Plan matches the associated major/field of study requirement term.
In this example, we’ve returned to the English major plan row and added a concentration in Creative Writing.
21. If adding an additional degree (e.g., dual degree), select the **'+' icon** in the Program What-If Data section to add a new Program What-If Data row. Complete the necessary fields on the added program row.
> ⚠️ If the scenario involves additional degrees (i.e., multiple Program What-If Data rows for a single career), the Career Requirement Term should be the same on all rows.
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> ⚠️ For example, if the scenario includes two Undergraduate degrees, one in CLAS and one in ENGR, the Career Requirement Term in the Program What-If Data row for CLAS should equal the Career Requirement Term in the Program What-If Data row for the ENGR degree.
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> ⚠️ While the What-If Report allows you to set a different Career Requirement Term per degree, in reality, the student's record only allows one Career Requirement Term per career.
22. Once you have specified the details of your desired What-If Scenario, select the **OK **button. The **Report Request** page will reappear.
23. OPTIONAL: You can add What-If Courses by selecting the **Add a What-If Course** link. A What-If Course is a course that a student may consider taking. By adding a What-If Course, you can see what requirements this course may fulfill if taken by the student.
1. After selecting the Add a What-If Course link, follow the instructions on the **Course Search** page and select a course.
2. On the Request Advisement Report page, enter a **Grade **for the course, if desired. Only adjust the **Units **if the course is a variable credit course. Enter a **Topic ID **for Special Topics courses.
24. Select the **Process Request **button. After a few moments, the **What-If Advisement Report **will display.
25. Select the **View Report as PDF **button to view and print the advisement report.
:warning: Note: If the PDF document does not appear, **disable pop-up blockers** on your browser and try again.
26. At the top of the PDF, you can review all the information that was entered into the What-If Scenario including all Careers, Schools/Colleges, Plans, Sub-Plans, and the associated Requirement Terms for each that determine the requirements included on the report.
27. At the bottom of the page, select the **Return to Report Request** link to return to the Report Request page where you can modify the What-If Scenario or create a new scenario.
> ℹ️ If you have questions, contact Degree Audit in the Storrs Registrar's Office at (860) 486-6214.
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