The Office of the University Registrar is working to roll out Stellic, a new degree planning tool, to replace DukeHub’s degree audit module.
Stellic, which can be found under the “Academics” tab in DukeHub, allows students to view their current schedule, plan future courses and track their major and graduation requirements. Though the software offers some similar services to DukeHub — including a student’s schedule, adviser information and cumulative GPA — Stellic will not replace DukeHub, wrote Frank Blalark, associate vice provost and university registrar, in an email to The Chronicle.
The new degree management system was introduced by the OUR to support students across all Duke schools and to offer “a modern application that aids in transparency, accuracy and end-user engagement,” Blalark wrote.
The program’s distinctive features are located under the “Track Progress” and “Plan your Path” tabs, where students can directly view their graduation and major progress and view their schedules for the upcoming and previous semesters, as well as add classes to their four-year plan, respectively.
Some main features of DukeHub not on Stellic are the ability for students to enroll in courses as well as access their student records and academic tasks. Additionally, while DukeHub provides registration and syllabus descriptions that students can refer to for each course, Stellic uniquely shows what specific requirements the course would fulfill in the student’s plan.
According to Blalark, “the degree audit module within DukeHub, … Academic Advisement (AA), … has been around for more than 20 years. As student information system (SIS) platforms plan for future cloud implementations, modules like AA are no longer enhanced and many institutions seek to implement external-SIS solutions” — prompting the University’s shift to Stellic.
The system most recently became available to students in the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences ahead of spring 2025 course registration. In an Oct. 22 email newsletter, the Academic Advising Center provided sophomores interested in declaring their major with a link to the Sophomores page, updated with a Stellic Help Guide.
However, Stellic was made available to undergraduates in the Pratt School of Engineering in the spring 2024 semester, while students in Duke’s graduate and professional schools have had access since the 2020-21 academic year.
The change has particularly been beneficial to Duke’s graduate and professional schools’ students since the programs previously had no “degree management support.” The system on DukeHub only supported Trinity and Pratt undergraduates, while Stellic now provides support for students across the University’s schools, according to Blalark.
In Duke’s graduate and professional schools, students are expected to meet hybrid, non-curricular requirements. With DukeHub unable to track these milestones, the job of inputting student data and degree progress previously fell to individual students and their advisors.
Blalark noted that the OUR is currently reviewing AA and Stellic in its “final step of testing” for graduating students this fall.
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