My Planner for Graduate Students
Overview
What is My Planner (Stellic)?
My Planner, powered by Stellic, is an academic planning tool that can be used to track progress towards degree completion. This platform also allows students to plan their path to degree completion based on their individual program requirements.
How do I access it?
Current students can access My Planner through https://my.uchicago.edu. Students should log in using their CNetID and password and look for a link called “My Planner.”
Using My Planner to Review and Plan Coursework
My Planner allows students to see completed, in-progress, and planned course registrations in a dynamic requirements tracker.
Courses shown with green check marks (example) are completed courses being used to fulfill a degree requirement. In-progress or upcoming registrations will appear in orange (example) until a grade is assigned.
Students can use the “Planning” tab in My Planner to plan out degree requirements for their remaining time in the program.
Some Master’s programs offer specializations or concentrations in their programs. Students can add a specialization or concentration using these instructions from Stellic.
Important note: Adding or removing a specialization or concentration in My Planner is not an official update to your academic record. To declare or undeclare a specialization or concentration, you must contact your Student Affairs Administrator.
Students should use My Planner only as a supplement to degree planning they complete with their program. The Student Affairs Administrator can always provide the most up-to-date information about program requirements.
Below are some commonly used features in My Planner:
Using My Planner to Track Progress
My Planner offers an organized snapshot of how your courses fit into your degree requirements so far and allows students to review their progress at a glance. This view can be accessed by clicking on “Track Progress” or “See Progress” (example).
Students can see either an “Official” or “Planned” view.
The “Official” view will display a degree audit based on a student’s current degree program. For graduate students, the “Planned” view will usually match the “Official” view but may also include planned future coursework.
This guide from Stellic provides more details on interpreting a degree audit and viewing progress.
Using My Planner to Track Milestones
Student degree audits may also include degree milestones (e.g. research rotations, thesis committee meeting, completing candidacy exam(s)). Students who have questions about their milestones should reach out to their program as appropriate (Director of Graduate Education, MS Advisor, Program Administrator, etc.).
Note: milestones are primarily used in PhD programs.
Registration
Graduate student registration does not occur in My Planner. Students will need to use the registration processes outlined here and follow guidance from their programs to register for courses each quarter.