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DegreeMAP

DegreeMAP is GW's online advising and degree auditing system.  It displays program requirements and applies them to each student's individual academic history.  The requirements in DegreeMAP are the requirements listed in the GW Bulletin for the student's matriculation year.  If a program or course requirement changes, you must change the Bulletin in order for the change to display on DegreeMAP.

DegreeMAP is accessible through GWeb. You must email the DegreeMAP office on dgrmap@gwu.edu to gain access.  Students cannot be cleared to graduate until their program and course requirements are both 100% complete in DegreeMAP.

We encourage you to promote DegreeMAP to your students as an accessible and transparent way to monitor their own progress.

DegreeMAP Petitions

Since program requirements are the foundation of DegreeMAP, any deviation from the program requirements must be entered as a DegreeMAP petition (not to be confused with petitions to the associate dean).  DGS's are responsible for entering all DegreeMAP petitions, which may range from course substitutions to program requirement waivers.

Currently, there is no way to sort through petitions. so when entering petitions please begin with CCAS Degree Program e.g. CCAS MA ECON.  Please be very specific with your petition, some examples are below.

CCAS MA ECON: Substitute ECON 6000 requirement with ECON 6555

CCAS MS STATISTICS: Include STAT 6222 as an elective requirement

CCAS MPA: Consider PPPA 6001 requirement fulfilled by prior coursework (note, waiving a course does not lower the credits required to complete the program unless transfer credit has been awarded)

Petitions may be denied by the Registrar if they are too vague. If you find you are creating many similar petitions (e.g., allowing a particular course as an elective),  please update the Bulletin to include that elective permanently.  Please contact your student services coordinator if you would like to permanently change any DegreeMAP requirements.

See the Registrar's website or view this video for more guidelines on entering DegreeMAP petitions.

Non-Course Requirements

DegreeMAP also tracks many non-course requirements, such as Passing a Comprehensive Exam or Language Proficiency Exam.  You need not enter petitions to complete these requirements. Please complete the google forms below when a student has completed these requirements so we may update DegreeMAP.

DegreeMAP listserv

Once granted access to DegreeMAP, you should sign up to the listserv.  This listserv is only used for important information and is not used frequently.  Please complete the instructions below.

 "subscribe [Name-of-the-list] [Your-First-Name] [Your-Last-Name]"

  • Please note that your message cannot contain any other text, such as your signature file.  Any other text is interpreted as a command, generating server errors.
  • Example: Prof. Joe Smith composes a new message to listserv@hermes.gwu.edu;  deletes his signature block; types: subscribe DEGREEMAP Joe Smith; then sends the message.
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