Degree credit completion planner
Calculate degree credits remaining and compare term loads within your confirmed course availability. Keep earned and in-progress credits distinct.
How it works
A worked example
A degree requiring 120 credits with 75 earned and 15 in progress leaves 30 projected credits if those in-progress credits pass and count. Two planned terms of 15 credits reach the credit total. Excluding the unfinished 15 leaves 45 credits, so the same two-term plan is 15 credits short.
Assumptions to check
Use one credit-unit system. Enter only credits accepted toward this degree, counting each once. In-progress credit is a conditional projection, not earned credit. Enter each term’s available credit capacity after checking prerequisites, required sequence, availability, permitted load and your own capacity. This version validates those entered limits but does not model individual prerequisite chains. Major requirements, residency, minimum grades, GPA and award approval remain separate.
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Does reaching the credit total mean I can graduate?
No. You may still need required courses, upper-level or residency credits, a minimum GPA, a project, an application or other conditions. Check an official degree audit.
Does the planner know which courses run next term?
No. You enter the credit capacity that can actually count after confirming offerings and prerequisites. It rejects a planned load above that limit.
Can I mix semester credits and ECTS?
No. Use a single confirmed credit system throughout. The planner does not convert between semester, quarter, ECTS or other credit units.
Planning estimates, not official academic results. Your course and institution set the rules.
How many college credits do I still need?
Subtract earned credits that apply to this degree from its required total. Transfer credit waiting for approval and courses that do not satisfy any degree credit requirement should not be treated as earned accepted credits. Separate in-progress work so its outcome stays visible.
When could the planned credits be completed?
Enter chronological term labels and realistic credit loads. The first term that reaches the projected remaining total is a credit-completion scenario. An empty or unavailable term can have a zero load. If the entered terms are insufficient, the result shows the credits still unplaced instead of inventing a graduation date.
A prerequisite can matter more than a free credit slot
Thirty remaining credits do not necessarily fit two fifteen-credit terms if a required course is offered only once a year or depends on an unfinished prerequisite. Reflect those constraints in each term’s confirmed capacity, then review the course sequence with your adviser.
Guides for this calculation
Check your institution’s rules
These sources explain example methods and policy differences. No university preset is applied.
ASU: degree audit includes requirements beyond the credit total ↗