Plan Remaining Degree Credits Across Your Last Terms — Free
A degree audit lists what is left; it rarely divides that by what you can actually take each term. Split the remaining requirement blocks into terms and see which block decides when you can finish.
The proof surface
Course-cost tools price credits per term. This converts the credits you still owe in each requirement block into the terms they need at your planned load, and compares that with the terms you have left.
Why the flat version breaks
Spreading credits evenly across blocks
Blocks with sequenced prerequisites cannot be saved for the last term, whatever the arithmetic says.
Planning at the maximum load you have ever managed once
Terms counted at an unrealistic load produce plans that break when one course is retaken.
Ignoring the published credit cap per term
Registering above the cap usually needs an override that arrives too late for the plan.
How to work the graduation terms ledger
Work from the audit: major core, capstone, electives, language requirement, placement. One row per block, with the credits that block still needs.
Use the load you can genuinely register for — twelve to eighteen a term is a normal full-time band, and work or care commitments may make six realistic. The same planned load applies to every row in this run.
Count the terms before your funding, visa, or programme end date forces completion. Four terms left is a different plan from four terms of freedom.
The ledger reports terms needed per block and holds the longest one. A thirty-credit elective block at twelve credits a term needs three terms; if that fits but the capstone does not, move capstone credits earlier rather than adding a fifth term.
What the graduation terms ledger replaces
| Question | Before | Visible working |
|---|---|---|
| Spreading credits evenly across blocks | Blocks with sequenced prerequisites cannot be saved for the last term, whatever the arithmetic says. | Enter credits planned per term |
| Planning at the maximum load you have ever managed once | Terms counted at an unrealistic load produce plans that break when one course is retaken. | Set the terms you have left |
| Ignoring the published credit cap per term | Registering above the cap usually needs an override that arrives too late for the plan. | Rebalance the tightest block first |
A local arithmetic aid replaces hand calculation, not expert review. No paid AI service is needed.
Run it on the samples, right here
FIRST-LOAD
Input is processed locally and a draft is saved automatically in this browser profile when storage is available. Reset to sample clears that draft; Pro history has its own clear button. A state link encodes your inputs in its URL: share only non-sensitive rows. Browser history, clipboard and anyone receiving the link may retain it. Optional AI use below leaves this device; it is not required.
Term arithmetic on the credits and dates you supply. Not degree-audit, academic-advising, funding, immigration or graduation clearance; confirm requirement blocks, credit limits and end dates with your registrar or academic advisor before you register.
Data note: Everything runs in this browser tab on the graduation terms ledger: your requirement block | credits remaining | credits planned per term stays on this device, nothing is uploaded, and the reading is rebuilt only when you press run.
Go deeper: the companion app files the same reading as a climbing rung ladder
The article demo above runs without limits. The companion app keeps a local history, exports the rows as CSV, prints the graduation terms ledger reading, and holds your drafts on this device — one free run, then $ 4 one-time for the layer that keeps filing.
The graduation terms ledger reading is complete for free. The optional $4 layer adds print, row CSV and the last five local reading summaries; it does not add hidden answers. Checkout is not configured yet; the article demo remains unlimited.
Open the plan remaining degree credits across your last terms companionBoundary
Term arithmetic on the credits and dates you supply. Not degree-audit, academic-advising, funding, immigration or graduation clearance; confirm requirement blocks, credit limits and end dates with your registrar or academic advisor before you register.
What this is built on
- Method: Count the terms before your funding, visa, or programme end date forces completion. Four terms left is a different plan from four terms of freedom.
- All sample records are invented examples. The app does not fetch measurements, policies, files or personal records.
- Google’s official pricing page, fetched 2026-09-29, lists free-tier access including AI Studio. Optional formatting only; limits and availability can change. Free-tier content may be used to improve products. Never paste private records there.
Before: Blocks with sequenced prerequisites cannot be saved for the last term, whatever the arithmetic says. After: the graduation terms ledger shows the working beside each named row so the reader can change the assumption and inspect the consequence.
Optional AI formatting, not calculation
For this graduation terms ledger, use the free AI Studio interface only if available to you, with no paid API key. Manual entry completes the same workflow for free. Supply only fictional or non-sensitive notes. Review its output against the source; never paste unresolved questions into the numeric rows.
Format my non-sensitive notes for a graduation terms ledger. Return plain rows only: requirement block | credits remaining | credits planned per term. Preserve supplied quantities exactly. Do not guess missing values; list questions separately. Do not calculate or add advice. I will check every row before pasting into the local tool.
Accepted schema: requirement block | credits remaining | credits planned per term. No AI response is executed as code.