Stellic - Student Guide - Exploring Majors & Other Programs

Please note that current undergraduate students must submit the Change of Major/Minor/Certificate form officially add or change their major/minor/program. Current graduate students thinking of changing their program should speak with their program director or Graduate & Extended Learning.

Exploring Majors & Careers

The Academic Advising Center hosts a website of resources intended to help students identify and examine majors & careers that fit their interests and personality. These resources help students examine all career options, not just UWL programs, and is the best place to start when you are unsure what your major should be.

Explore Programs from UWL's Academics page

UWL's Academics website allows you to search all UWL academic programs, both graduate and undergraduate. They are searchable by keyword, by college, by interest, or by degree type. You can also sort by department, alphabetically, or by changing the list visually into a grid or tiles.

Select the Grid sort option to display a short introduction to each program when you hover over the tile. Enter a keyword in the refine results to narrow down your options. Select graduate programs from the degree type to only see graduate programs.

Select the program you are interested in to navigate to the specific program's website and learn more about what careers are tied to that program. 

Students interested in graduate education may also use the graduate learning website to explore their options.

Exploring Programs in UWL's Catalog

UWL's official catalog has a complete list of UWL's undergraduate and graduate programs. The links on these pages take you to the specific catalog page for the program. The catalog lists the official academic admission and program requirements.

• The Majors, minors, and other programs has both undergraduate and graduate programs listed alphabetically and indicates what degree, if any, can be earned through that program.
• The Undergraduate programs by type allows you to review just the type of program you are searching for: majors, accelerated graduate programs, dual degree programs, minors, certificates, microcredentials, and pre-professional tracks. A brief explanation of each program type is included. The majors are separated out by college. Select the college link to see the majors for that college or school.
• The Graduate degree and program requirements catalog page has a complete list of graduate programs.

Explore Programs in Stellic

Students can try out individual programs in Stellic through the Programs page. This provides a quick look at how your current taken and registered courses might work in this program. More explanation is below, but keep in mind that this view of the requirements is not official.

Once you have found a program you are interested in, the best place to see a complete and accurate summary of how your current courses match up with all the program and degree requirements is in your Stellic planner. More information on creating a what if plan in Stellic's planner is in this KB article.

1. Login to Stellic and select Programs on the left-hand menu under "Explore." You will see a page with tiles for every program available at UWL.
   
2. Type in the Keyword field to search by name. You can also use the filters Offered By, Type, or Level to narrow results even further. 
   1. To find certificates or the college options, select Course of Study under "Type".
   2. All major emphases or concentrations will be under the Major or 2nd Major type.
   3. Pre-professional tracks are the Preparation type.
3. Select the title of any program to see the program audit. This will add the program's requirements to the bottom of your current audit in a temporary view.
    
4. Scroll down to review how your courses work in the program requirements. Keep in mind the limitations noted below.
   
5. Select Programs on the left-hand menu to be returned to your search to see the requirements of another program

Notable limitations:

• Requirements tested out in through the Programs page are added onto your current audit. Therefore, the courses will be applied using the requirements of all current programs, not just this temporary one. If you are trying out a new first major, this could cause conflicts with the college core requirements, if any, and your currently declared programs, especially your major. Some of the courses will likely not be applied in the same order as they would be if the major was added officially.
• Different general education requirements cannot be tried out through this page as a student. Only your advisor can try them out for you.
• Students who try out a program this way and who want to be sure about the requirements should next try it out by creating a what if plan in Stellic's planner following this KB article. Use the "a different program" reason when creating a what if plan so you can select a new first major.

Other notes: 

If a student is seriously considering declaring the program, selecting Add Program in the blue box at the top when trying it on will add it to your profile as a Not Declared, planned program. 

However:

• Students must fill out the Change of Major/Minor/Certificate form found on the Records & Registration website to officially add the program. Once it has been officially added, students should review their requirements again to look for any changes.
• The limitations noted above still apply when a program is added as a planned program and not through a what if plan.