Registrar:  Declaring Candidacy [click here]

• Sign into MyUCLA and run a new DARS Report via the Degree Audit System
• View the report and be sure to select the option “OPEN ALL SECTIONS”
• Confirm that a Technical Breadth Area has been declared. If this needs to be declared or updated, please login to UCLA MyEngineering and declare/or update your Technical Breadth Area and tracks. Please note, this will take at least 24 hours to update to the DARS Report.

  FOR BE, ChE, CEE, and MSE majors, you must also declare Option/Pathway/Track*.  *Options/pathways are only for ECE Majors in pre-Fall 14 catalogs only.

  FOR CS MAJORS, starting in the Fall 2024 catalog year, you must also declare your Science and Technology (Sci-Tech) option. Please note, this will take at least 24 hours to update to the DARS Report. Your sci-tech option should be declared no later than two quarters prior to your Degree Expected Term.

   

• Review every section of the report to confirm information is accurate, including General Education coursework is fulfilling the correct Foundations and Category located towards the bottom of the report.
• Please review if any courses are falling under the “Available Courses” section, that may contribute toward unfulfilled degree requirements. If there are courses falling here that should be meeting a requirement, then a HSSEAS petition for consideration is required.
• If a student has submitted a petition and the status is pending for course substitution, the student is responsible for enrolling in a backup course until the petition is approved. Please note that enrollment deadlines will be enforced.
• BEFORE moving on to STEP 3 below, confirm if there is anything on the DARS report that looks incorrect (e.g. credit missing that you thought you satisfied). Please refer any questions or concerns regarding the Degree Audit Process to: Message Center – Degree Auditor or schedule an appointment with an Academic Counselor.
• Lastly, if all areas of the DARS Report appear accurate, save the report as a PDF to your computer as you will need to attach it to the Statement of Degree Candidacy Questionnaire.

Instructions to save DARS pdf:

1) log onto DARS
2) under the pie chart toggle OPEN ALL SECTIONS

3) toward the top right toggle PRINTER friendly
4) then right click on your mouse and you should get an option print to pdf

•   Statement of Degree Candidacy Form Deadlines:

   

  Winter 2025 Degree Candidates: September 23, 2024 – October 18, 2024

  Spring 2025 Degree Candidates: January 2, 2025 – January 24, 2025

  Summer & Fall 2025 Degree Candidates: March 26, 2025 – April 18, 2025

  Complete the Statement of Degree Candidacy (SDC) form. Be sure to attach the DARS Report. 

• ATTENTION ALL FALL Degree Candidates: All Fall Degree Candidates who are interested in “walking” in the Spring Commencement Ceremony must complete the Special Request portion of the Statement of Degree Candidacy (SDC) form. More information will be posted on the Commencement Home Page. Fall degree candidates who are not interested in participating in the Spring Commencement Ceremony are still required to complete the Statement of Degree Candidacy (SDC) form online during Week 1- Week 3 of the Spring quarter.

If the Degree Audit Process was followed within the designated time period as instructed above, as a courtesy the OASA Degree Audit Team will send degree candidates an Official Degree Audit via a MyUCLA Notice with a link to MyEngineering that will have the student’s personalized audit.

This will confirm any remaining requirements needed to complete degree requirements in the last term. Please note, it is the ultimate responsibility of the student to confirm degree requirements. The Degree Audit Team will do their best to send the Official Degree Audit before the start of the student’s final term. If you followed the outlined Degree Audit Process above and did not receive an Official Degree Audit by the beginning of the final quarter be sure to send a message to the degree auditors via Message Center. From time to time, the degree auditors will send emails regarding time sensitive information. When a student receives an Official Degree Audit it is important to confirm the following:

• Confirm the courses listed are accurate
• Keep for your records
• Utilize as a checklist for coursework to enroll in your last term 
• Immediately email the Degree Audit Team, if there are any discrepancies to your degree audit as you will be held responsible for them.

Once students are enrolled in the final quarter’s courses, and before the start of the final term, all students are required to run another DARS report via the Degree Audit System on MyUCLA to review all sections are now satisfied. The top of the DARS report should read ‘All Degree Requirements met and In-Progress”. If students have any questions or concerns please immediately contact the Degree Audit Team via the Message Center or schedule an appointment with an Academic Counselor.

• For Double Majors or Minors – If students intend to graduate with a double (second major) or minor, students should have previously filed and been approved a Request to Double Major/or Minor before following the degree audit process.
• For the three minors housed in HSSEAS (Bioinformatics, Data Science Engineering & Environmental Engineering) you must be admitted to these programs before your final term.
• Once you have completed your degree, you may not add a double major or minor.

Students will gain access to complete the Senior Exit survey in April if the Statement of Degree Candidacy was completed. The survey is a REQUIREMENT for Commencement participation. SEE Commencement Home Page for more information. NOTE: Access to the survey is initiated by following the Degree Audit Process so please be mindful of the steps.

All Degree Candidates are advised to review their DARS report and transcripts immediately upon posting of final term grades for accuracy. Students must immediately notify a Degree Auditor of any failed, non-passing, incomplete, or “DR” grades in the final term OR of any other changes to the academic record. Students’ degrees will be awarded upon successful completion of final coursework. Upon degree conferral, the undergraduate record is closed. Students may not graduate in one term and then retroactively add majors, minors, or specializations or complete course work or add/drop courses, and so forth.