A successful four-year academic experience takes planning.
An Academic Plan Draft is a helpful tool to plan ahead for future semesters and to 'try on' different majors or minors to determine what can be accomplished in an undergraduate career. It is recommended that you share your academic plan draft with your advisor for review and feedback and as an aid to help you prepare for registration each semester.
Directions
- Choose the major(s) you would like to pursue.
- Access your Academic Plan Draft that has been shared with you from the CAS Advising Center. You will find it in your Google Drive 'Shared with me' folder.
- If you can't find your draft, please email us at inadvise@lehigh.edu and we will send you a link!
- Visit the online catalog for your academic year to review the requirements in the 'Undergraduate' tab.
- This is the year you started at Lehigh (ie: if you started in Fall 2023 your catalog year is 2023-2024).
- Choose the 'Previous Editions' link in the bottom left corner of the catalog home page for earlier catalog editions.
- Run a 'what if' degree audit for your intended major to review how the courses you have already completed map onto the requirements.
- Using the online class search tool to review historically when courses are offered, sketch out the sequence in which you will complete requirements on the academic plan draft worksheet.
If you have questions or would like your academic plan draft reviewed it is recommended that you reach out to the department of your major directly, but you are also welcome to contact the CAS Academic Advising Center at inadvise@lehigh.edu.
Other Information, FYI
- Don't forget that you need to satisfy both the college requirements and those of your degree program!
- If the major you would like to pursue has had a change in requirements in a more recent catalog since you started at Lehigh you may choose to opt into the new catalog requirements. To do that please work with the major department and Registrar's Office. The department will need to know so they can provide you the best academic guidance, and the Registrar's Office will update your catalog year officially.