A Snapshot
A Summary
What's changing?
- The process to self-declare majors and minors will look different
- Workday Student will introduce new terms for the steps in the pathway declaration process. E.g., to declare a primary major, a student or advisor would process the request via “Change Program of Study”
- Workday Student introduces the ability to configure more complex program entry requirements
- There will be a new centralized process called Continuing Graduate Student Onboarding that will allow us to ask graduate students if they are planning to come back
What’s staying the same?
- Students will still be able self-declare non-competitive majors/minors in the system
- Advisors will retain their manual controls in Workday
Launch 1 or 2?
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Launch 02 (February 2024)
Impacted User Groups
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- Enrolment Services
- Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
- College of Graduate Studies
- Academic Advising Staff (Faculties and Schools)
Key Terms
- Onboarding: The initial reach-out to continuing graduate students before the start of the next academic term to guide them to the resources they need and confirm their attendance
- Add/Change/Remove Program of Study: The processes to declare, change, and drop pathways such as majors, minors, and specializations on a student's academic record
- Matriculation: The process of moving students from Applicant to Student stage. Matriculation happens when an applicant accepts their offer of admission and pays their acceptance deposit (when applicable)
Watch the Video
Approx 4 min