# Academic Advising Report (AAR) ## expand\_more ## What's on this page? - [**What is the AAR?**](#what-is-the-aar) - [**AAR Training Materials and Resources**](#aar-training-materials-and-resources) - [**Introduction to AAR**](#introduction-to-aar) - [**AAR Maintenance**](#aar-maintenance) - [**Exceptions**](#exceptions) - [**Dashboard and Workcenters**](#dashboard-and-workcenters) - [**What If? Report**](#what-if-report) - [**Search by My Requirements**](#search-by-requirements) ## Who is this for? Harvard College Faculty, Staff, and Advisors and select Harvard Griffin GSAS Departments ## What is the AAR? The Academic Advising Report or AAR, is a tool that aggregates all the of [**Harvard College requirements**](https://handbook.college.harvard.edu/) in one place, to facilitate transparency in advising, course selection, and to report on student progress towards degree. Data from the AAR is also used to populate the What If? Report and the Search by My Requirements Tool. **You can use the AAR to:** - **Verify degrees:** In addition to academic advising, the AAR can be used to support degree verification, also known as a degree audit. The AAR will display all Harvard College requirements with a status of **satisfied**, **not satisfied**, or **waived**. - **Facilitate advising conversations:** Students and advisors may view the AAR web version and print/download the AAR pdf to bring to advisory meetings. - **Generate my.Harvard WorkCenter reports:** To view all concentrators' requirements, the HCOL Concentration and the House/Yard WorkCenters offer reports and audits to track all students within the concentration or housing affiliation. Harvard Griffin GSAS departments that have gone live with the AAR can also access WorkCenter reports in my.Harvard. See the [**Resources for AAR Coordinators**](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:f:/r/sites/FASROTrainingandDocumentation/Shared%20Documents/For%20AAR%20Coordinators?csf=1&web=1&e=Q7O985) on the FAS Registrar's Office SharePoint for additional information. - **For Harvard Griffin GSAS departments:** Graduate programs that have gone live with the AAR have access to the AAR Dashboard and WorkCenter reports. Please see the list of live programs below for more information. ### Harvard Griffin GSAS Programs Live in the AAR expand\_more If you do not see your program listed and you would like to have access to the Academic Advising Report, please email [**advisingreport@fas.harvard.edu**](mailto:advisingreport@fas.harvard.edu). - PhD Programs: - African & African American Studies - American Studies - Ancient History - Anthropology - Applied Physics - Applied Mathematics - Biological & Biomedical Sciences - Biostatistics - Biomedical Informatics - Business Economics - Biological Science in Public Health - Celtic Languages and Literatures - Comparative Literature - Computer Science - East Asian Languages and Civilizations - Economics - Education - Engineering Sciences - English - History of Art and Architecture - Inner Asian & Altaic Studies - Immunology - Mathematics - Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations - Neurobiology - Organizational Behavior - Physics - Political Science - Religion - Slavic Languages and Literature - Statistics - Virology - Masters Programs: - Anthropology - Biotechnology: Life Sciences - Computational Science and Engineering - Computer Science - Data Science - English - Inner Asian & Altaic Studies - Physics - Regional Studies: East Asia - Regional Studies: Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia ## AAR Training Materials and Resources ### Introduction to AAR [**Academic Advisement 101: Introduction to AAR**](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:p:/r/sites/FASROTrainingandDocumentation/Shared%20Documents/For%20AAR%20Coordinators/01%20START%20HERE%20-%20HUIT%20Knowledge%20Base%20Articles/AAR%20101%20-%20Introduction%20to%20the%20Academic%20Advising%20Report%20Fall%202024.pptx?d=we36a7689555d4a548e366a95324563f4&csf=1&web=1&e=wa4pPz) [**How To Access the AAR**](https://harvard.service-now.com/ithelp?id=kb_article&sys_id=baf51e5bdbb18f40a914fff31d9619d4) ### AAR Maintenance [**AAR Schedule of Activities AY 2024-2025**](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/sites/FASROTrainingandDocumentation/Shared%20Documents/For%20AAR%20Coordinators/01%20START%20HERE%20-%20HUIT%20Knowledge%20Base%20Articles/2024-25%20Timeline%20of%20AAR%20Activities.docx?d=wb54c3d9571824093a5c4ff47f962bef2&csf=1&web=1&e=bQ7CAO) [**How To Update Student Groups**](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/sites/FASROTrainingandDocumentation/Shared%20Documents/For%20AAR%20Coordinators/Instruction-%20Student%20Groups.docx?d=waeebf11297d74b0ea36b42c0cc308010&csf=1&web=1&e=pOmYDr) ### Exceptions [**How To Create Exception Requests**](https://harvard.service-now.com/ithelp?id=kb_article&sys_id=09400cb7dbd2d898babda8dad39619d5) [**How To Approve Exception Requests**](https://harvard.service-now.com/ithelp?id=kb_article&sys_id=c8ee77abdb92d898babda8dad3961905) ### Dashboards and Workcenters [**How To Use AAR Workcenter Reports and Audits**](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/sites/FASROTrainingandDocumentation/Shared%20Documents/For%20AAR%20Coordinators/Instruction-%20How%20to%20Use%20AAR%20Workcenter%20Reports.docx?d=wce07523d50444f8c9fb9e188a725c38c&csf=1&web=1&e=VNS0m2) [**How To Use AAR Dashboard**](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:p:/r/sites/FASROTrainingandDocumentation/Shared%20Documents/For%20AAR%20Coordinators/How%20To-AAR%20Dashboard.pptx?d=w246013a8e5ed406c87d4353aa93f77c4&csf=1&web=1&e=Eyaqtr) ## What If? Report The What If? Report allows you to visualize how potential coursework will help a student satisfy degree requirements based on a concentration. This tool is particularly helpful for first-year Harvard College students who are exploring concentrations or for students who are thinking about changing their concentration. To [**learn how to use the What If? Report**](https://harvard.service-now.com/ithelp?id=kb_article&sys_id=42b0e23f1ba109104990a8e22a4bcbd4), visit the my.Harvard Knowledge Base. ## Search by My Requirements (SBR) Find courses based on the Harvard College academic requirements that are currently not satisfied. The SBR searches for courses that meet: - Unsatisfied Harvard College requirements - General Education and Divisional Distribution requirements - Requirements for select concentrations as outlined below (more concentrations will be live in the SBR in Fall 2022). To [**learn how to use the SBR**](https://harvard.service-now.com/ithelp?id=kb_article&sys_id=fd1e12051b03855045dca8a8b04bcbfc), visit the my.Harvard Knowledge Base. ### Search by My Requirements: Live Requirements and Concentrations expand\_more As of **Fall 2022**, the Search By My Requirements tool provides course information for the following requirements and Concentrations: - Requirements: - College Requirements - General Education Requirements - Divisional Distribution Requirements - Concentrations: - Art, Film and Visual Studies - Computer Science - Earth and Planetary Sciences - English - Government - History - Integrative Biology - Math - Music - Neurobiology - Neuroscience - Psychology - Theater, Dance & Media - Women, Gender & Sexuality Secondary Fields: - Computer Science - Earth and Planetary Sciences - Education - English - Government - History - Integrative Biology - Mathematical Sciences - Music - Neuroscience - Psychology - Theater, Dance & Media - Women, Gender & Sexuality - Language Citations: - Chinese - Literary Chinese - Japanese - Korean - Vietnamese We will update this list as more concentrations go live with the SBR. ## Need Assistance? ### Support with Academic Advising Reports expand\_more **Email:** [**advisingreport@fas.harvard.edu**](mailto:advisingreport@fas.harvard.edu) - for questions about AAR updates, exceptions, and maintenance **Email:** [**placement-help@fas.harvard.edu**](mailto:placement-help@fas.harvard.edu) - for questions about language placement exams to fulfill the language requirement **Contact:** [**the Gen Ed Office**](https://gened.college.harvard.edu/about/) - for questions about General Education requirements in the AAR ## Resources ![0c3366e5-d8a7-4cce-ad30-96f2d089e84b.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum1531/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/fasro/files/0c3366e5-d8a7-4cce-ad30-96f2d089e84b.png?itok=84i4QcH6) [**FAS Registrar's Office SharePoint for AAR Coordinators**](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:f:/r/sites/FASROTrainingandDocumentation/Shared%20Documents/For%20AAR%20Coordinators?csf=1&web=1&e=k5YvMw) ![a4bd4f65-d9dc-4ef0-aabc-f10aa7fc8eac.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum1531/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/fasro/files/a4bd4f65-d9dc-4ef0-aabc-f10aa7fc8eac.png?itok=_dbDq612) [**Academic Advising 101**](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:p:/r/sites/FASROTrainingandDocumentation/Shared%20Documents/Academic%20Advisement%20Report-%20AAR/AAR%20101%20-%20Introduction%20to%20the%20Academic%20Advising%20Report.pptx?d=w18ca40c2e6cf47c4becd0e489a74a852&csf=1&web=1&e=cpfBXD)