ENGLISH COMPOSITION:  5 credits

You can waive 1 credit ONLY -
    if the student has a 4-credit comp course from Western Washington University.

In -  Select an exception from this list  (at the bottom of the Degree Audit page) - select:
    Waive required credits  (third one down)

Within the exception, enter ...

    Requirement name (PSNAME): ENGLCOMPOSITION
    Credit change desired: -1
    Comment to display on audit: WWU COURSE 

... and click on Submit.

WRITING:  10 credits

You can waive 1 credit for any student.

In -  Select an exception from this list  (at the bottom of the Degree Audit page) - select
    Waive 1 credit of an Area of Knowledge or Writing

Within the exception, after A of K:, select the 4th choice:  Writing (A&S) ...
... and click on Submit.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

DARS usually knows whether a student is a native speaker of another language and will automatically show this requirements as satisfied.  Occasionally that information isn't available to DARS.  If the student satisfies the very specific requirements to qualify, as described in the AIF, ...

In -  Select an exception from this list  (at the bottom of the Degree Audit page) - select:  
    Waive foreign language requirement (the 6th from the top).

Within the exception, enter ...

    Student is a native speaker of: SPANISH  (for example)

... and click on Submit.

AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE:  75 credits

You can waive 1 credit for any student in one or two areas, but the total required in all three remains 75.

In -  Select an exception from this list  (at the bottom of the Degree Audit page) - select:  
    Waive 1 credit of an Area of Knowledge or Writing

Within the exception, after A of K:, select the appropriate one of the first three choices ... 

    VLPA (A&S)
    I&S (A&S)
    NW (A&S)

... and click on Submit.

You can allow a first-year course of the student's second foreign language to count as VLPA (See this topic in the AIF).

In -  Select an exception from this list  (at the bottom of the Degree Audit page) - select:    
   Allow a course to count toward a major requirement (even though it's not a major requirement).

Within the exception, make these entries:

    Requirement name (PSNAME): VLPA1
    
    Course: 0 SPAN__ 103 (for example)

    Comment to display on audit:  SPAN IS 2ND FOREIGN LANG

... and click on Submit.

To allow additional courses from the sequence, create another exception for each.

You can allow a course to apply towards an Area of Knowledge for which it is not normally recognized. 
    (See this topic in the AIF.)

In -  Select an exception from this list  (at the bottom of the Degree Audit page) - select:    
   Allow a course to count toward a major requirement (even though it's not a major requirement).

Within the exception, make these entries:

    Requirement name (PSNAME): 

             APPR-V  - or -
             APPR-I   - or -
             APPR-N

    Course: 0 ANTH__  498 (for example)

... and click on Submit.

DARS occasionally fails to apply a course to the correct area. This most often happens when the student has a number of courses that are eligible for use in more than one area. You can fix it by forcing a course out of an area if it's needed elsewhere. 
    NOTE: If the student has not yet completed all 75 credits, wait--and tell the student to be patient. The courses will most likely be applied correctly in the end.

In -  Select an exception from this list  (at the bottom of the Degree Audit page) - select:    
   Reject a course from counting toward a requirement

Within the exception, make these entries:

    Requirement name (PSNAME): 

             VLPA-REJ   - or -

             I&S-REJ     - or -
             NW-REJ     - or -
             GE-REJ
    
    Course: 0 COM___ 220 (for example)

... and click on Submit.

If a postbac student has completed some but not all credits of AofKs elsewhere, you can waive those credits.  [Note: Admissions does not transfer credit for students in postbac status.]
The "additional AofKs to reach 75" requirement is automatically removed from postbac audits.

In -  Select an exception from this list  (at the bottom of the Degree Audit page) - select:  
    Waive required credits

Within the exception, enter ...

    Requirement name (PSNAME): VLPA   (- or -   I&S   - or -   NW)

    Credit change desired: -#  (the number of credits completed elsewhere)

    Comment to display on audit: # CR COMPLETED ELSEWHERE 

... and click on Submit.  Create another exception for each AofK in which you want to waive credit.

If a postbac student has completed 20 credits of an AofK elsewhere, you can remove the requirement from the audit.  [Note: Admissions does not transfer credit for students in postbac status.]
The "additional AofKs to reach 75" requirement is automatically removed from postbac audits.

In -  Select an exception from this list  (at the bottom of the Degree Audit page) - select:  
    Insert or remove a requirement, using a 1-character code (3rd from the bottom)

Within the exception, enter the code for the area you want to remove...

    First code to attach: V  (or -  I  - or -  N)

If you want to remove a second area, use the next line:

    Second code to attach: I  (or N)
   
... and click on Submit.

If you want to remove a NW also:

In -  Select an exception from this list  (at the bottom of the Degree Audit page) - select:  
    Insert or remove a requirement, using a 1-character code (3rd from the bottom)

Within the exception, enter the code for the area you want to remove...

    First code to attach: N 

... and click on Submit.