Deadlines and Forms
All graduate students are to submit their Degree Planning Sheet (DPS) and any other required POS related forms, at the same time as submitting the Graduate Committee Membership and Academic Plan (two separate requests in Workday) according to the following English Department graduate program deadlines:
October 1, 2024—Fall 2024
February 24, 2025—Spring 2025
- 2nd semester of coursework for MA program graduate students
- 4th semester of coursework for MFA program graduate students
- 5th semester of coursework for PhD program graduate students
(do not count summer semesters)
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, 2025
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 2024 | Spring 2025 | |
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| ALT (4th sem) | 1st submission / January 21, 2025 (Tues due to Mon Holiday) by 11:59pm (midnight) 2nd submission / April 7, 2025 (Mon) by 11:59pm (midnight; if required) |
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| RPC (3rd sem; 4th sem if admitted with bachelor’s degree) | November 1, 2024 (Fri) by 11:59pm (midnight) | March 4, 2025 (Fri) 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 2025 | |
|---|---|
| ALT | April 1, 2025 |
| RPC | April 1, 2025 |
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ALT Examinations Committee 2024-25
Gulbahar Beckett (bbeckett@iastate.edu) (Chair)
Gary Ockey (gockey@iastate.edu)
Evgeny Chukharev (evgeny@iastate.edu)
RPC Examinations Committee 2024-25
Maggie LaWare (mlaware@iastate.edu) (Chair)
Abram Anders (adanders@iastate.edu)
Charles Kostelnick (chkostel@iastate.edu)