u.select was developed by redLantern to provide prospective students and their advisors with direct access to information about course equivalencies, programs, courses and degree audits in a Web environment.

u.select is an information access tool and serves as a gateway to participating institutions’ automated degree audit and transfer articulation systems. Users have the option of viewing course-by-course equivalencies, viewing requirements of a degree, entering and storing course work, as well as requesting an evaluation of transfer work against a program. The institutions from which they may request this information must be participating institutions in u.select.

Programs

A display of the programs offered at each institution and their requirements. These planning guides can be automatically generated from the same requirements used by u.select to evaluate the student's courses.

Course Equivalencies

A visual display of the transfer articulation rules/tables that depict how a course(s) will be transferred from one selected institution to another.

My Courses

u.select provides a semi-permanent storage area for students/members to enter their course work; either already taken or planned for the future. This information will then be used to produce the desired planning guides from any participating u.select institution.

Create Planning Guides

Enables the student/member to enter the criteria necessary, such as which institution is my destination, which program, and which institution do I want a cross reference back to, to create personalised planning guides. The student's coursework will then be automatically sent to the appropriate institution to be evaluated

View Planning Guides

Shows the student/member the list of planning guides that have been run and enables their viewing/printing. The planning guides typically report how the transfer courses are articulated and how they apply towards the chosen degree. Optionally, the report can also show what courses can still be taken at their current - or other cross-referenced institution - which will transfer to and satisfy requirements within this selected program.

Any Internet user can log into u.select as a guest and view public information such as course offerings and program requirements in a specific degree. Students and advisors can access information about the transferability and applicability of specific course work completed at sending institutions to a particular degree program at a prospective receiving institution.

A user can also create an account, which allows him/her many more possibilities. Creating an account in u.select is free of charge. Once an account is established, the user enters course history (either by typing in courses, choosing courses from a course bank, or electronically importing a transcript) and then requests a planning guide showing progress toward a specific degree at a potential receiving institution. The history is saved in u.select, which the user can return to in the future to obtain new information.

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