Processing Order of Requirement Groups

The academic structure (as reflected by the academic career, academic program, academic plan, and academic subplan), the reporting sequence, and the requirement group number define the processing order of every requirement group. When the reporting sequence number is 1 for all groups, the audit processes career-level requirement groups, then program requirement groups, then plan requirement groups, and then subplan requirement groups. For requirement groups that are set up at the same academic structure level and with the same reporting sequence number, the system evaluates them in requirement group number order.

In the scenario just described, the requirement groups are processed in this order:

Career Level

Requirement Group #1000, Reporting Sequence #1

Requirement Group #1100, Reporting Sequence #1

Requirement Group #1111, Reporting Sequence #1

Program Level

Requirement Group #2001, Reporting Sequence #1

Requirement Group #2010, Reporting Sequence #1

Requirement Group #2050, Reporting Sequence #1

Plan Level

Requirement Group #1200, Reporting Sequence #1

Requirement Group #2005, Reporting Sequence #1

Requirement Group #3000, Reporting Sequence #1

Requirement Group #4700, Reporting Sequence #1

Subplan Level

Requirement Group #700, Reporting Sequence #1

If you have not specified that you want to evaluate subplans before plans or plans before programs, and the reporting sequence number is greater than 1, then the reporting sequence number applies across career-level and program-level requirement groups. For example, a career-level requirement group with a reporting sequence number of 3 is processed and reported after a program-level requirement group with a reporting sequence number of 2. This interaction of sequence numbers affects only career-level and program-level requirement groups. Program-level requirement groups do not interact with plan-level requirement groups, and plan-level requirement groups do not interact with subplan-level requirement groups. If the requirement groups previously listed all had different reporting sequence numbers, then the groups would be processed and reported in this order:

Career Level, Requirement Group #1111, Reporting Sequence #1

Program Level, Requirement Group #2001, Reporting Sequence #1

Career Level, Requirement Group #1100, Reporting Sequence #2

Program Level, Requirement Group #2010, Reporting Sequence #5

Program Level, Requirement Group #2050, Reporting Sequence #5

Career Level, Requirement Group #1000, Reporting Sequence #900

Plan Level

Requirement Group #4700, Reporting Sequence #1

Requirement Group #3000, Reporting Sequence #900

Requirement Group #2005, Reporting Sequence #901

Requirement Group #1200, Reporting Sequence #999

Subplan Level

Requirement Group #700, Reporting Sequence #1