Students are encouraged to meet with a counselor to assist with education planning, career counseling, and transfer planning. Counselors can answer questions regarding transfer credit, preparation for transfer and assist with education planning. The degree progress is intended to be a tool used in combination with your academic counselor.  

The degree progress report is based on the declared major plan. Students can verify their declared major by clicking the My Declared Major option under Academics. This will display your declared major plan and your declared catalog year. If you are following a major that requires a transfer certification your declared transfer plan will show next to your major.   

If your major plan is incorrect please submit a major plan change request form. If you need to request a prior catalog year please submit the ****.

Major changes can be submitted by clicking the Major Plan Change Request link under Academics. 

The degree progress report contains information on degree/certificate requirements.  

• Requirements such as GPA, unit requirements, residency 

• General education requirements (if applicable) 

• District requirements (if applicable) 

• Major requirements  

The report will show requirements based on the declared major plan. Example:  

• A declared major plan of Associate of Science (AS or AA) will show requirements for units, GPA, residency, general education and major work.  

• A declared major plan of Certificate of Achievement (CA) will only show major work, no general education courses.  

• A declared major plan for an Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) will show major work and transfer certification requirements. 
   

It is important students have the correct major declared for the degree progress report to properly display requirements.  

General education requirements can vary depending on your declared program. If you have any questions regarding what general education plan to follow please speak with your Counselor for any clarification.  

Log in to MyPalomar to view the degree progress report. Under Academics, click on degree progress. 

Students can expand the sections of the report or click PDF to see the comprehensive report. Clicking view PDF will open the report in a new window and provide a comprehensive list including course history.  

How to read the report 

For students to complete their program all requirements must be SATISFIED. If an area is red, NOT SATISFIED, the area is not fulfilled. Students can click NOT SATISFIED to see what course(s) are deficient. Courses/areas that are IN-PROGRESS will appear in the report.  

Major  

The major is the list of required courses to complete the major-specific classes for the degree. Major courses will show on the report as either satisfied or not satisfied. Expand the NOT SATISFIED section to select available courses. If needed update the term to reflect the term you wish to enroll. 

 

The course history will appear at the bottom of the PDF report. Posted test credit will also appear in this area.

The what-if report can assist students that are considering changing to a different major plan. Under academics click what-if. Click on the Create Report button to create a new report.  

Under program scenario, click the plan option to select a different major. Select the major and the GE option. Click submit report.  

The What-If report will appear. Students can either view the PDF or click through the different sections of the report to see how completed classes fulfill the What-If requirements.