Degree Progress Report (DPR) Information

View Degree Progress Report through PDF

The DPR PDF provides additional details about your requirements, courses, and credit types.

The PDF includes two types of icons

1. Degree Audit Icons

   • Satisfied
   • In Progress
   • Not Satisfied

2. Course Icons

• Cal Poly coursework
• Transfer credit
• Test credit
• Other posted academic credit

The Requirement Designation field shows which requirement a course is fulfilling.

A green course icon does not necessarily mean that the course is satisfying a degree requirement. The icon may only identify the course or credit type.

When a course is fulfilling a specific requirement, that requirement should appear in the Requirement Designation field.

For example, a transfer-course icon may identify the course as transfer credit, while the Requirement Designation field shows that the course is fulfilling a specific General Education area.

Fullfilling General Education (GE)

This screenshot below shows that Area 1A and 1B has been completed. The Status field indicates that the course is a Cal Poly Graded Course, as identified by the green check mark.

The next screenshot highlights the Requirement Designation field. In this example, the field is blank, which means the course is not being applied to satisfy a specific degree requirement. The green check mark identifies the course as a Cal Poly Graded Course—it does not indicate that the course is fulfilling a requirement.

When a course is used to satisfy a General Education (GE) or other degree requirement, the applicable requirement will be displayed in the Requirement Designation field.

Course History

The Course History section appears near the bottom of the DPR PDF. It provides a consolidated list of completed and in-progress courses, including information such as:

• Term taken
• Course subject and catalog number
• Grade
• Units
• Other course details

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You can open sections individually or expand multiple sections at once. There are several ways to "open" a section or requirement to reveal additional details. On the right hand side

• Select Expand All to open the detailed requirements within each section
• Select Collapse All to close the expanded sections and return to the standard view.You can click on the carrot next to the heading of each DPR section/requirement, or you can use the "View All" and "Expand All" functions.

In the screenshot above, on the left side you can select which area you want to appear on the right hand side. This example is highlighting General Education (GE) on the right side. If you want to see which specific course fulfilled the requirement, click the "View Courses" button.

Understand Requirement Statuses

Your Degree Progress Report statuses and colors will display your degree requirements as

• Satisfied | Green indicates the requirement has been completed.
• Satisfied - IP | Yellow indicates that the requirement includes coursework that is currently in progress. Courses with temporary grades, such as I or RP, may also appear in this status.
• Not Satisfied | Red indicates that the requirement has not been completed. 

Understanding Course Credits Not Used

The DPR may include one or both of the following sections

Course Credits Not Used -- Counted

This section generally includes degree-applicable coursework that is not currently being used to satisfy a specific requirement in the main section of the DPR. It may include

• Courses that function as free electives
• Excess transfer or AP/IB/CLEP units
• Courses that are not assigned to a major, General Education, concentration, or minor requirement

These units may still count toward the total units required for your degree. If you believe a course in this section should fulfill a specific degree requirement, please contact advising.

Course Credits Not Used -- Not Counted (Free Electives)

This section includes coursework that does not count toward degree requirements or degree-applicable unit totals. Examples may include:

• Excluded repeated units
• Courses with grades that do not earn degree credit (F or WU)
• Non-baccalaureate coursework

If the student declares a minor(s), the “Free Elec­tives” that apply to the minor will show in the minor section of the degree audit; they will not appear in Course Credits Not Used-counted. If neces­sary, you can refer to the View Higher Education Credits Detail link on the Profile or the External Credit tab on the audit to identify excess units from transfer courses.

How often will Evaluators review each student's DPR?

The Evaluations Unit reviews or updates DPR information when processing certain academic record changes, including:

• Transfer-credit evaluations
• Changes of major
• Additional transcripts submitted after initial enrollment
• Approved academic petitions
• Advisor Approved Electives
• Technical Electives
• Concentrations
• Minor electives

Students should not wait for one of these reviews before checking their DPR. Review the report regularly and report possible discrepancies.

Why does the Poly Profile show a total number of units that differs from the DPR?

BE AWARE: The DPR treats Work In Progress (WIP) as if already com­pleted and calculates those units in the totals. This includes work for the current term and also the next quarter, if registration has oc­curred. Poly Profile counts only work completed.

For a double major, both majors dis­play in the Current Academic Objective box, but only one shows up in the re­quirements area. Why?

The audit is able to display require­ments for a primary major. The sec­ondary major cannot display at this time. You can refer to the audit for the primary major, but be aware that the GE pattern shown is only for the primary major (for catalogs prior to 2026-2028).