Online Degree Program | Academic Experience Action Plan

Your blueprint to complete your program

Your Personal Academic Action Plan

Your Academic Action Plan (AAP) serves as your blueprint for your degree completion requirements. You access your AAP through the WGU Student Portal. Below are examples of what the WGU Student Portal and your AAP will look like.

How Your AAP Works

For your program, the essential skills and knowledge that a highly competent graduate needs to possess for career success have been carefully identified and selected.

Your AAP "maps out" the learning resources and assessments you need in your program based upon the skills you already have and those you need to develop. Here’s what your AAP takes into account:

Your Existing Competencies – The skills and knowledge you already possess coming into your program.
Learning Resources – The online courses, study guides, textbooks, and other learning materials you’ll use to complete WGU assessments.
WGU Assessments – Tests and assignments that measure your competence.

Click here to see an image example of a list of competencies covered in an assessment.

Your AAP details all of your program requirements, including:

Details of your term
Assessment type, status, and associated learning resources
Access to pre-assessments (described in more detail in Completing Your Assessments)
Required completion dates (explained below)

All of these will be described in detail by your mentor and established during the first few weeks of your program.

Click here to see an image example of an Academic Action Plan.

Academic Activity Verification (AAV)

Academic Activity Verification (AAV) is the process of verifying that you are enrolled for the term of study. During AAV, you and your mentor will map out which assessments you will complete and the timeframe in which you will do so by established required completion dates (explained below). Terms are six months in length. Your mentor will schedule at least the minimum number of competency units required for full-time enrollment (12 units for undergraduate students; 8 units for graduate students). Your Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP; explained further below) is based on how you "set AAV" each term.

Required Completion Dates (RCDs)

Required Completion Date (RCD) is the date that you and your mentor determine during AAV to be the date by which you intend to successfully complete a particular assessment. It is a target date that cannot be adjusted later. Many students choose to complete assessments before the RCD. The goal of RCDs is to keep you on track for successful completion of your degree program. Your mentor will describe the policy in further detail during your introductory calls.

Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)

Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) is a measure of your progress toward completion of your degree program. It’s based on the number of competency units completed divided by the total number of units for which you’ve enrolled, both during your term and cumulatively over the course of your academic career. Your mentor will inform you of the minimum SAP requirements necessary to maintain "good standing" status during your introductory calls. Students on any form of financial aid must meet minimum SAP requirements to remain eligible for aid.