With the punch of the keyboard, students will be able to find out what classes they need to graduate and complete their major. Universal tracking, which will provide students with a computerized draft of what they should take each semester, will begin in October. In this program, students will receive a report each semester showing the classes necessary to complete their major, and it guarantees them a seat in those courses. With universal tracking, students either can use a computer on campus or at home to log on and explore their tracking report through the Internet.
Students also can view their transcripts and financial aid disbursements.
One difficulty UF Provost Betty Capaldi sees in the program is that students are forced to declare a major. For those students who opt to be undecided, they must decide whether they wish to be categorized as undecided science and engineering, undecided humanities or undecided social sciences. However, students easily can change their major if they wish. Universal tracking offers a program called degree shopping, where students can automatically shuffle their courses to a new major if they want to see the classes they would need to take for another major. But if students are off track, they will not be able to register without seeing an adviser.