Synthetic example. Every institution, program, record, finding, evidence reference, registrar confirmation and count on this page is invented to show the shape of the report. It is not a result from any university.

Degree Audit Correctness Report

What your team receives

The report compares what your degree audit system says against what your own catalog requires, one rule at a time, for a deidentified sample of student records. This page walks through a made-up review for Example University (synthetic) so you can see the evidence reviewed, the methodology, the findings with their evidence, what matched, the limits, and what usually happens next. The 12 records here are a condensed synthetic illustration; the sample size of a real review is agreed with your office and is not implied by this page.

Sample reviewed

12 synthetic records, condensed for illustration

Management, B.S. (synthetic) · Finance, B.A. (synthetic)

Compared against

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027 (synthetic)

Output of the institution's degree audit system

Findings in this example

2 high · 2 medium · 1 low

2 confirmed by the registrar · 3 for review · 4 areas matched

Evidence reviewed

Audit outputs: 12 deidentified audit outputs, one per synthetic record, each with requirement blocks, statuses, applied courses and exceptions as the audit system declared them.
Catalog: The synthetic 2026-2027 catalog edition: program requirement tables, course credits and prerequisites, transfer and substitution policy pages.
Exceptions on file: Four synthetic substitution and waiver records, each naming the requirement it applies to.
Registrar confirmations: Two synthetic registrar-confirmed outcomes, requested for the two high-severity disagreements. Findings without one stay marked for review.
Nothing else: No names, ids, e-mail addresses, grades or registration data. The sample is handled as protected data throughout and deleted on the agreed date.

Methodology

1The university supplies a deidentified sample of student records and the audit output for each one. Each record carries an opaque sample reference; nuvuro receives no names, ids, e-mail addresses or grades.
2Each requirement block in the audit output is compared, rule by rule, against the requirements printed in the catalog edition the record was admitted under. The audit output is read as declared; it is never recomputed.
3Every disagreement is traced to two places: the audit output line it appears on, and the catalog page it comes from. It is classified as a parsing gap (the audit could not read a rule), a missing rule (the audit has no rule where the catalog has one), or a discrepancy (both have a rule and they differ).
4Each finding is given a severity by its effect on a student: high when it could change whether a student is cleared to graduate, medium when it changes remaining credits, low when it is presentation only.
5A disagreement stays a disagreement for review until the registrar confirms which outcome is intended. Only a registrar-confirmed outcome turns it into a confirmed discrepancy. The report never concludes on its own that the audit system is wrong.
6Agreements are listed too, with the evidence checked, so the university can see what was reviewed and found consistent, not only what was flagged.
7Nothing is written to the audit system. The report is a document; acting on it stays with the registrar and advising offices.

Sample findings

Each disagreement carries a severity, a category that says who acts on it, the audit output line and the catalog page it traces to, and its status: confirmed by the registrar, or still for review.

Synthetic sample findings with severity, category, status, requirement, evidence and records affected
Id	Severity	Category	Status	Finding
F-01	High	Missing rule	Confirmed by registrar	Management major: capstone prerequisite chain Audit said: Strategy Capstone counts toward the major once it is completed, with no check that Operations Management and Human Resource Management came first. Catalog says: The capstone may be taken only after both Operations Management and Human Resource Management are complete. Audit evidence: Audit output, block 'Management major', requirement row 3, records S-04 and S-09 (synthetic) Catalog trace: Catalog 2026-2027, page 214, Management major, note 3 (synthetic reference) Registrar-confirmed outcome (synthetic): The registrar confirmed the sequencing rule is intended and that the audit encoding omits it (synthetic confirmation). Recommended: Add the prerequisite rule to the major block. Two records in the sample were shown as cleared for the capstone without the prerequisites. 2 of 12 synthetic records
F-02	High	Discrepancy	Confirmed by registrar	Business core: statistics credit count Audit said: Business core requires 12 credits and lists Business Statistics at 4 credits. Catalog says: Business Statistics is a 3-credit course in this edition; the core totals 12 credits with four 3-credit courses. Audit evidence: Audit output, block 'Business core', applied-course row for Business Statistics, 5 records (synthetic) Catalog trace: Catalog 2026-2027, page 209, Business core table (synthetic reference) Registrar-confirmed outcome (synthetic): The registrar confirmed the course is 3 credits in this edition and that the audit's 4-credit value is a stale encoding (synthetic confirmation). Recommended: Update the course credit value in the audit encoding to match the catalog edition. 5 of 12 synthetic records
F-03	Medium	Parsing gap	For review	Natural science with lab Audit said: The lab requirement is shown as satisfied by the lecture alone in three records where the lab component was taken in a later term. Catalog says: The lecture and its lab must both be complete for the science-with-lab requirement to count. Audit evidence: Audit output, block 'Core: natural science', status line, records S-02, S-07, S-11 (synthetic) Catalog trace: Catalog 2026-2027, page 61, Core curriculum, science with laboratory (synthetic reference) No registrar confirmation yet. This is a disagreement for review, not a conclusion about the audit system. Recommended: Ask the registrar how the audit pairs lecture and lab components across terms. The encoding may treat them as one course; until confirmed, this stays a disagreement for review. 3 of 12 synthetic records
F-04	Medium	Discrepancy	For review	Finance major: elective list Audit said: An elective course retired in the 2025-2026 edition still appears in the Finance elective list. Catalog says: The 2026-2027 elective list no longer includes that course. Audit evidence: Audit output, block 'Finance electives', candidate-course list, record S-06 (synthetic) Catalog trace: Catalog 2026-2027, page 232, Finance electives (synthetic reference) No registrar confirmation yet. This is a disagreement for review, not a conclusion about the audit system. Recommended: Decide whether students admitted under the current edition may still count the retired course. Either answer is a policy choice; the report does not make it. 1 of 12 synthetic records
F-05	Low	Parsing gap	For review	Transfer equivalency display Audit said: A transfer course appears under its original source code in the requirement block rather than under the evaluated equivalent. Catalog says: Transfer work counts as the evaluated equivalent course. Audit evidence: Audit output, block 'Business core', applied-course row with basis 'transfer', records S-03 and S-10 (synthetic) Catalog trace: Catalog 2026-2027, page 18, Transfer credit policy (synthetic reference) No registrar confirmation yet. This is a disagreement for review, not a conclusion about the audit system. Recommended: Presentation only. Worth noting for advisors who read the audit with students; no policy question is open. 2 of 12 synthetic records

F-01HighConfirmed by registrarMissing rule
Management major: capstone prerequisite chain
Audit said: Strategy Capstone counts toward the major once it is completed, with no check that Operations Management and Human Resource Management came first.
Catalog says: The capstone may be taken only after both Operations Management and Human Resource Management are complete.
Audit evidence:
Audit output, block 'Management major', requirement row 3, records S-04 and S-09 (synthetic)
Catalog trace:
Catalog 2026-2027, page 214, Management major, note 3 (synthetic reference)
Registrar-confirmed outcome (synthetic): The registrar confirmed the sequencing rule is intended and that the audit encoding omits it (synthetic confirmation).
Recommended: Add the prerequisite rule to the major block. Two records in the sample were shown as cleared for the capstone without the prerequisites.
2 of 12 synthetic records
F-02HighConfirmed by registrarDiscrepancy
Business core: statistics credit count
Audit said: Business core requires 12 credits and lists Business Statistics at 4 credits.
Catalog says: Business Statistics is a 3-credit course in this edition; the core totals 12 credits with four 3-credit courses.
Audit evidence:
Audit output, block 'Business core', applied-course row for Business Statistics, 5 records (synthetic)
Catalog trace:
Catalog 2026-2027, page 209, Business core table (synthetic reference)
Registrar-confirmed outcome (synthetic): The registrar confirmed the course is 3 credits in this edition and that the audit's 4-credit value is a stale encoding (synthetic confirmation).
Recommended: Update the course credit value in the audit encoding to match the catalog edition.
5 of 12 synthetic records
F-03MediumFor reviewParsing gap
Natural science with lab
Audit said: The lab requirement is shown as satisfied by the lecture alone in three records where the lab component was taken in a later term.
Catalog says: The lecture and its lab must both be complete for the science-with-lab requirement to count.
Audit evidence:
Audit output, block 'Core: natural science', status line, records S-02, S-07, S-11 (synthetic)
Catalog trace:
Catalog 2026-2027, page 61, Core curriculum, science with laboratory (synthetic reference)
No registrar confirmation yet. This is a disagreement for review, not a conclusion about the audit system.
Recommended: Ask the registrar how the audit pairs lecture and lab components across terms. The encoding may treat them as one course; until confirmed, this stays a disagreement for review.
3 of 12 synthetic records
F-04MediumFor reviewDiscrepancy
Finance major: elective list
Audit said: An elective course retired in the 2025-2026 edition still appears in the Finance elective list.
Catalog says: The 2026-2027 elective list no longer includes that course.
Audit evidence:
Audit output, block 'Finance electives', candidate-course list, record S-06 (synthetic)
Catalog trace:
Catalog 2026-2027, page 232, Finance electives (synthetic reference)
No registrar confirmation yet. This is a disagreement for review, not a conclusion about the audit system.
Recommended: Decide whether students admitted under the current edition may still count the retired course. Either answer is a policy choice; the report does not make it.
1 of 12 synthetic records
F-05LowFor reviewParsing gap
Transfer equivalency display
Audit said: A transfer course appears under its original source code in the requirement block rather than under the evaluated equivalent.
Catalog says: Transfer work counts as the evaluated equivalent course.
Audit evidence:
Audit output, block 'Business core', applied-course row with basis 'transfer', records S-03 and S-10 (synthetic)
Catalog trace:
Catalog 2026-2027, page 18, Transfer credit policy (synthetic reference)
No registrar confirmation yet. This is a disagreement for review, not a conclusion about the audit system.
Recommended: Presentation only. Worth noting for advisors who read the audit with students; no policy question is open.
2 of 12 synthetic records

What matched

Agreements are listed with the evidence checked, so your team can see what was reviewed, not only what was flagged.

Business core: accounting, economics, organizational behavior
Course lists, credit values and completion states matched the catalog in every record.
Audit block 'Business core' rows 1 to 3 against catalog page 209 (synthetic) · 12 of 12 records checked
Finance core
Requirement structure and credit totals matched.
Audit block 'Finance core' against catalog page 230 (synthetic) · 6 of 12 records checked
Substitutions and waivers
Every exception on file was applied to the requirement it named, and the original requirement remained visible.
Four exception records against the blocks they name (synthetic) · 4 of 12 records checked
Catalog edition assignment
Each record was audited under the edition its admit term implies.
Audit header 'catalog term' against the admit term on each record (synthetic) · 12 of 12 records checked

Limitations

The sample is small by design. A finding that affects one record may or may not generalise; the report says how many records showed it and nothing more.
The 12 records on this page are a condensed synthetic illustration. The sample size of a real review is agreed with the university and is not implied by this page.
The comparison covers the requirement blocks the university chose to include. Requirements outside the sample are not reviewed.
The catalog is treated as the printed source of truth for the edition reviewed. Where the university's policy differs from the printed catalog, the finding records the difference and does not decide which is right.
A finding without a registrar-confirmed outcome is a disagreement for review, not a conclusion about the audit system.
Registration rules, holds, prerequisite overrides and advisor judgement are outside the report. It does not say whether a student can register for anything.
This page is an invented example. It shows the shape of a report, not a result from any institution.

Recommended next steps

1Review the two confirmed discrepancies with the office that maintains the audit encoding and schedule the corrections.
2Answer the three open disagreements: each needs a registrar decision, not a technical fix, before anything changes.
3Choose the next sample: a different program, a different catalog edition, or the same program after corrections are applied.
4Agree what a follow-up review should re-check, and whether advisors should receive a short note on the presentation-only items.
5Only if and when the university decides it is useful, discuss whether students should see planning software built on the corrected encoding. That is a separate decision and this report does not depend on it.

Start with your own sample

Scope, timeline and terms are agreed with your office. Deidentified records in, sourced findings out. Records are transferred only through a secure channel your university approves, handled under agreed access, retention and deletion terms, and never written back to your audit system or any other university system.

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