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Deadlines and Forms

Deadlines

All graduate students are to submit their Degree Planning Sheet (DPS) as well as applicable English Department program required forms, the Academic Plan Committee (APC) Membership, and the Academic Plan (AP) in the required semester below according to the following English Department graduate program deadlines (do not count summer semesters):

  • 2nd semester of coursework from MA program graduate students
  • 4th semester of coursework from MFA program graduate students
  • 5th semester of coursework from PhD program graduate students

Fall 2025
Sept 15 – Degree Planning Sheet (DPS) and applicable English Department program required forms
October 1 – Academic Plan Committee (APC) and Academic Plan (AP) in Workday (two separate processes)

Spring 2026
Feb 1 – Degree Planning Sheet (DPS) and applicable English Department program required forms
March 1 – Academic Plan Committee (APC) and Academic Plan (AP) in Workday (two separate processes)

This includes current student requests for new appointments, reassignments, and extensions.

(If you currently have a graduate assistantship with the English Department and have remaining semesters of eligibility after the spring semester at the end of the current academic year, you do not have to reapply.)

Deadline—January 15, 2026

Downloadable PDF document of application requirements in links to online submissions

PhD Portfolio Submissions

All portfolios are due by 11:59pm (midnight) on the announced deadlines below.

Fall 2025Spring 2026
ALT (4th sem)1st submission / January 20, 2026 (Tues due to Mon Holiday) by 11:59pm (midnight)
2nd submission / April 6, 2026 (Mon) by 11:59pm (midnight; if required)
RPC (3rd sem; 4th sem if admitted with bachelor’s degree)November 1, 2025 by 11:59pm (midnight)March 1, 2026 by 11:59pm (midnight)

PhD Annual Reviews

All ALT and RPC doctoral students must complete Annual Reviews each year using the Annual Review document below by the following deadlines according to the procedures downloadable below.

Spring 2026
ALT April 1, 2026
RPCApril 1, 2026

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ALT Examinations Committee 2025-26

(Chair)

RPC Examinations Committee 2025-26

Maggie LaWare (Chair)
Abram Anders
Charles Kostelnick

Graduate Program Tools and Academic Forms

The Progress to Degree Checklists are designed to help students navigate their progress to degree by providing a chronological framework that, semester by semester, lists significant milestones, forms, and ideas to consider as students fulfill Program of Study (POS) requirements and begin their professionalization.

The Degree Planning Sheet (DPS) is a form developed by the Graduate Studies Office of the English Department intended to help students plan how they will meet their major’s academic requirements. It also serves as a useful tool to help students complete the online Academic Plan Committee and Academic Plan processes in Workday. Students will work on this form in consultation with their program advisor/major professor. Once it is complete, and by the designated deadline above for your program, you must submit this electronically to the Graduate Program Office (englgrad@iastate.edu) prior to submitting your graduate Academic Plan Committee (APC) and Academic Plan (AP) in Workday.

If changes were made to academic requirements for your major after your entry in the program, you can choose to follow the requirements in place when you began the program or you can choose to follow the new requirements. That is why there may be more than one version of your major’s DPS below.

For the concurrent graduate and undergraduate programs below, use the current graduate major DPS above and follow instructions found in that program’s section of the English Department Graduate Program Handbook.

  • Concurrent RCPC MA Degree with BS in Technical Communication (effective Spring 2023)
  • Concurrent TESL/Applied Linguistics MA Degree with BA in Linguistics (effective Fall 2024)

The graduate forms below may be required by your degree program or under other circumstances (transferring credits, POS waivers, etc.). They may be submitted prior to submitting your DPS, or submitted no later than with your DPS (when applicable) no later than the above deadlines. Please follow instructions found in your program’s section of the English Department Graduate Program Handbook.

  • Graduate Academic Plan Committee Membership (complete in Workday)
  • Graduate Academic Plan (complete in Workday)
  • Plan of Study External Transfer Courses (download form Workday after entering all ISU coursework and submitting the Academic Plan for approval; this will appear as a new task in you My Tasks inbox) Policy
  • Expired Course Petition (download from Workday after submitting Academic Plan for approval; this will appear as a part of the task above for transfer credits in your My My Tasks inbox) Policy