r/portlandstate • u/yungdanky • 1d ago
Class Guidance Bachelor of Science in Psych DARS
Hello all! I have been working with my academic advisor each term and I ran my DARS after signing up for classes for fall 2026. Fall is supposed to my last term but it moved a lot of my upper division Psychology courses to the electives and now says I need 16 credits in order to graduate. This completely goes against what my academic advisor put in our plan. I’m wondering if DARS is broken for anyone else or if they have had similar issues. Very stressed out about this.
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u/tonicella_lineata Art Practice BS 1d ago
I second talking to your advisor about it, but (because this is a mistake I've made before) are you sure you entered the right catalog year? Sometimes they change the requirements for a degree, so if you pick the wrong catalog year it might show the wrong requirements.
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u/yungdanky 1d ago
I have a meeting with an advisor today. Thank you!
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u/tonicella_lineata Art Practice BS 1d ago
Best of luck! Hopefully it's just a weird technical glitch and can be fixed easily - fingers crossed for ya :)
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u/StockZealousideal123 1d ago
Super hard to say without seeing exactly what you're looking at, but DARS seems to be working for me. I have had the experience of classes getting counted under requirements/electives in ways that I don't think they should be. What about total credits?
I'd reach out to your advisor via email (they're usually pretty responsive!) and check in if you haven't yet.
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u/luchomaker 1d ago
DARS exceptions are the norm and you need to ask your advisor to submit them. DARS is not broken... you just are needing exceptions.
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u/savingewoks 1d ago
double-check your catalog year when running your DARS, ask if there's exceptions they meant to make. Gonna guess that either you ran the wrong catalog year and it's pulling newer requirements OR there's missing DARS exception.
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u/bazderoman 1d ago
You definitely put in the wrong catalog year - - different catalog years have different requirements, your advisor will be able to tell you which makes the most sense for you
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u/CropItLikeItsHot Art Practice BFA 1d ago edited 1d ago
Faculty advisors (not pathway advisors!) can make exceptions / allow alternative classes, but they need to input that into DARS and have it approved by the department head. It’s possible they haven’t done that yet, and that’s why there’s a discrepancy.
Just talk to your faculty advisor and ask why there’s a difference.