DARS Info

  What is DARwin?

• DARSWeb for
  Advisors
• DARSWeb for
  Students
• Inside the Degree
  Audit Report
• What’s New with
  DARwin?
• DARwin Documents

  What is CAS?

• Access CAS
• Who Should Use
  CAS?
• Helpful CAS
  Documents
• Illinois CAS
  Institution
  Abbreviations
• What’s New with
  CAS?

  Glossary of Terms

The Course Applicability System (CAS) is an electronic advising system intended primarily for potential transfer students. Using the World Wide Web, CAS provides consistent and up-to-date information about degree requirements to students, advisors, faculty, and administrators. CAS allows a user to view Course Equivalency Guides, Academic Programs, Course Descriptions, Transfer Course Evaluations, and Planning Guides. One of the most valuable tools for a potential UIC student is a Cross-Reference Planning Guide. A Cross-Reference Planning Guide shows specific courses offered at the institution the student is currently attending and how they may apply towards requirements of a specific degree program at UIC.

Why Use CAS?

• Provides storage of information in one centralized, easy to access, location for students, advisors, and interested public.
• Provides more efficient, more accessible, and virtually paper-free process to help transfer students move from school to school and earn degrees in a timely manner.
• Allows access 24 hours a day through any computer with internet connectivity.
• Disseminates information easily and effectively.
• Increases visibility and accessibility for degree and course information.
• Changes to degree programs are immediately available to all users.
• Shows immediate transfer course evaluations.
• Facilitates the transfer process by allowing students to compare degree requirements across institutions.
• Frees advisors to focus on issues beyond course selection.
• Provides a utility to search for specific degree programs offered at any CAS institution. The utility allows searching by state, category or partial degree program title.

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