degree Planning
Plan your path to graduation with tools that help you map future semesters, explore options and track your progress
Plan Your Path to Graduation
Your degree plan isn’t just a list of classes — it’s a roadmap. Use the tools on this page to plan future semesters, review your requirements, try out different academic paths and make sure you’re moving steadily toward graduation.
Smart Plan: Your Course Planning Tool
Smart Plan helps you map your path to graduation in one place. It works with myPurduePlan to give you an up‑to‑date account of your courses, transfer credit and expected graduation timeline. Plan semester-by-semester and see how changes may affect your progress. Degree plans in Smart Plan are tentative until reviewed and approved by your academic advisor.
myPurduePlan: Your Degree Progress Tool
myPurduePlan is a web-based tool that helps you track your academic progress toward finishing your degree. It combines Purdue’s degree requirements with the courses you’ve already completed into easy-to-read worksheets. These worksheets show which courses count toward your degree and which requirements you still need to complete.
How are they different?
Smart Plan
Smart Plan helps you map future semesters. You can plan courses by semester, adjust selectives and electives, explore how changes affect time to degree, and run What‑If plans to explore minors, certificates or major changes. It’s best for planning and discussing course sequencing with your advisor.
Change of Degree Requirements (CODO)
If you’re considering changing your major, you’ll need to submit a Change of Degree Objective (CODO) request. Start by meeting with your current academic advisor — they’ll help you review your options and begin the form submission. Once your CODO is processed, you’ll get an email explaining how to authorize the change.
To move into a new major, you also need to meet that major’s CODO criteria. These requirements are tied to your catalog term, which is usually the semester you started at Purdue. You can find your catalog term at the top of your myPurduePlan, just under the degree progress bar.