The What-If feature in Degree Works allows students and advisors to explore how completed, in-progress, and planned coursework would apply to a different major, minor, concentration, or academic program. Users can also add future courses to determine how they may satisfy degree requirements, helping them make informed decisions before making official program changes.

 

  1. Navigate to MyMSU  
  2. Click on "Log in to MyMSU (NetID)" and login to the secure area using your NetID and password 
  3. Click on “Advisor Tools” 
  4. Click on “Degree Works for Advisors”                                                                      advisor tool tabs
  5. To use the what-if feature, click on What-If tab under the student header. What If Advisor
  6. In-progress and Preregistered classes are selected and will be applied to the analysis. If you do not want to include them, you can deselect the check boxes for these options  
  7. Use the drop-downs to select the appropriate information for the program and areas of study the student is considering.                                                                   What if analysis
  8. If needed, select Additional areas of study to add another major, minor, etc. additional major area
  9. OPTIONAL: Add future classes to see how individual courses might alter the student’s progress in the new major                                                                                          additional degree add
  10. Select process                                                                                                                 what if process

The What-If Analysis block will collapse once the analysis is processed.  

  1. Select the down arrow to expand the What-If Analysis block. 
  2. Select Reset at the bottom of the block. 
  3. Use the drop-downsto select the appropriate information for the program the student is considering.  
  4. Select Process.

The Future Classes section in the What-If Analysis has replaced the Look Ahead tool. You can create a What-If Analysis to see if a course will meet a student’s current program requirements.  

  1. Select What-If.                                                                                                                What If Advisor
  1. Select the use current curriculum check box.  add future courses
  1. Enter the Subject and Number for the class. Select Add. Add in future class
  1. Add as many courses as you wish to view on the audit. Select Process. future classes process
  1. The Student Audit will appear. Scroll through the audit to see where the courses appear and if they meet thestudents’program requirements. plan for future