Degree Audit Compliance Analyzer
Analyze student transcripts against degree requirements and generate compliance audit reports.
What You Can Do
You can upload student transcripts and institutional degree requirements, and Claude will cross-reference completed courses against all degree requirements, identify gaps or deficiencies, flag course substitution issues, and generate detailed audit reports documenting compliance status. The skill produces documentation suitable for registrar files, student advising, accreditation reviews, and graduation verification workflows.
Features
Systematically cross-references completed courses against degree requirement maps to identify fulfilled and outstanding obligations
Flags missing courses, incomplete prerequisites, unmet credit hours, and GPA threshold failures with specific remediation guidance
Evaluates whether substitute courses meet the intent and learning outcomes of original requirements
Tracks completion status across dual degrees, minors, concentrations, and interdisciplinary requirements
Matches transfer coursework against institutional equivalency tables and identifies remaining requirements after credit absorption
Produces compliance-ready documentation with student name, ID, requirement category, status, and signed-off verification fields
Identifies conflicting or overlapping requirements, prerequisite violations, and sequencing issues
Structures output with institutional identifiers, requirement codes, and audit trail metadata for external review
Example Output
Example 1: Undergraduate Degree Audit
- Student: Sarah Chen (ID: 2021-045892)
- Major: Biology (B.S.)
- Status: READY FOR GRADUATION with 1 minor notation
- Core Requirements: ✓ Complete (72 credits)
- Lab Sciences: ✓ Complete (3 courses, 12 credits)
- Mathematics: ✓ Complete (through Calculus II)
- General Education: ⚠ Missing 1 course (Global Perspectives elective) — Alternative: HIST 301 (Global History) substitution approved per petition dated 3/15/2024
- Audit Notes: Transfer credits from State College applied to Science electives; prerequisite chain verified. Recommend graduation conferral.
Example 2: Transfer Credit Integration
- Student: Marcus Rodriguez (ID: 2022-078341)
- Major: Business Administration (B.B.A.)
- Transfer Credits: 45 credits accepted from Community College XYZ
- Remaining Requirements: 15 credits needed
- Accounting Capstone: Required (not fulfilled)
- Electives (9 credits in upper-level business): 3 courses selected, 6 credits fulfilled
- Missing: 1 Accounting course equivalent; recommend ACCT 440 (Advanced Auditing) or ACCT 460 (Tax Planning)
- Graduation Timeline: Fall 2024 (with completion of 6 credits this summer)
Example 3: Deficiency Report
- Student: Jordan Liu (ID: 2020-056123)
- Major: Engineering (B.S.)
- Current Status: ⚠ GRADUATION HOLD — 2 DEFICIENCIES
- Physics II prerequisite not met for Thermodynamics (required course)
- Advanced Math (Linear Algebra or Differential Equations): Incomplete
- Recommended Action: Complete Physics II (Spring 2025); substitute Linear Algebra elective (available now)
- Revised graduation date: May 2025
What's Included
- degree-audit-compliance-analyzer/SKILL.md: Complete skill instructions with workflow parameters
- Degree Requirement Mapping Template: Format for documenting institutional requirements by major, minor, and concentration
- Student Transcript Intake Checklist: Data fields and quality checks before running audit analysis
- Audit Report Template: Registrar-ready format with compliance statement, requirement-by-requirement status, flagged items, and sign-off section
- Course Substitution Evaluation Framework: Decision criteria for validating equivalent coursework and course waiver petitions
Who It's For
- Registrars and associate registrars — Automating batch degree audits for graduating cohorts and accreditation preparation
- Academic advisors — Generating requirement maps and deficiency reports for student success meetings and graduation planning
- Compliance and accreditation officers — Producing audit documentation and requirement verification files for external reviews
- Transfer credit specialists — Evaluating and integrating transfer coursework into remaining degree requirement pathways
- Student affairs professionals — Supporting graduation verification, holds resolution, and degree conferral workflows
Best For
- End-of-term graduating cohort audits — Processing 50–500+ students before graduation ceremony
- Transfer credit applications — Mapping community college or university transfer coursework to institutional requirements
- Degree petition review — Validating course substitutions, waivers, and prerequisite exceptions against requirement intent
- Accreditation compliance audits — Generating audit trails and documentation for regional and programmatic accreditors
- Multi-degree pathway analysis — Tracking dual-degree, minor, concentration, and combined degree completion status
- Graduation hold investigation — Identifying specific missing requirements or deficiencies blocking degree conferral
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