Forms

Progress to Degree Checklists

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.

• Master’s Programs in English, RCPC, TESL/AL
• MFA Program in Creative Writing & Environment
• PhD Program in Applied Linguistics and Technology
• PhD Program in Rhetoric and Professional Communication

Degree Planning Sheets (DPS)

The DPS helps students plan and document how they will meet program of study requirements, and they will work on this form in consultation with their program adviser/major professor. This departmental form also serves as a useful tool to help students complete the online Graduate College Program of Study and Committee Form (POSC) in their AccessPlus account. If changes were made to program requirements after your entry in the program, you can choose to follow the POS requirements in place when you began the program or you can choose to follow the new POS requirements.

• Applied Linguistics and Technology PhD (effective Fall 2019)
• Applied Linguistics and Technology PhD (prior to Fall 2019)
• Creative Writing & Environment MFA
• English MA (effective Fall 2020)
• Rhetoric, Composition, and Professional Communication MA (effective temp Fall 2021)
• Rhetoric and Professional Communication PhD (effective temp Fall 2021)
• Rhetoric and Professional Communication PhD (prior to Spring 2021)
• TESL/Applied Linguistics MA

Program of Study and Committee (POSC) Related Forms

• POSC Form (online in AccessPlus)
• POSC Instructions for Students (updated Fall 2020)
• POSC Approval Instructions for Faculty (updated Fall 2020)
• Language Requirement Form
• Expired Course Petition
• POS Waiver/Substitution Petition
• Prerequisite Equivalency Petition
• Transfer Credit Petition
• Engl 590: Special Topics (Independent Study) Request Form

Program Specific Forms and Documents

• MFA Guidelines for Completion of Engl 560
• MFA Environmental Field Experience (Engl 560) Proposal Form
• MFA Environmental Courses Outside English Petition
• List of Suggested Environmental Courses Outside English
• MFA Thesis FAQs
• MFA Thesis Embargo Form
• PhD ALT Annual Review
• PhD RPC Annual Review
• PhD Portfolio Assessment Student ID Memo

Professional Travel Support Forms

• Professional Advancement Grant (PAG) Application
• Professional Travel Funding Application, English Dept
• Travel Reimbursement for Non-ISU Employees form

PhD Preliminary Written Examination Forms

• ALT Preliminary Written Examination (template for Major Professor)
• RPC Reading List Approval Memo
• RPC Prelim Comprehensive Written Examination (template for Major Professor)

PhD Preliminary Oral Examination Forms

• Preliminary Oral Examination Request (now online initiated by the student via a link from the Graduate College Forms website)
• Committee Member Substitution for Preliminary Oral Examination
• Conditions Met Memo for Preliminary Oral Examination
• Report of Preliminary Oral Examination (Major Professor receives email with link to online Graduate College form for their specific student)

Graduation & Final Oral Examination Forms

• Application for Graduation System (online via AccessPlus under Graduate Student Status menu)
• Graduation Deadlines Chart for 2022-23
• Graduation Checklist
• Final Oral Examination Request (online initiated by the student via a link from the Graduate College Forms website)
• Committee Member Substitution for Final Oral Examination
• Conditions Met Memo for Final Oral Examination
• Grade Report Form (to change grades, resolve Incompletes, etc.; now online in your AccessPlus account under Faculty/Adviser tab)
• Report of Final Oral Examination (Major Professor receives email with link to online Graduate College form for their specific student)
• Graduation Exit Information and Survey Form for Department of English
• Graduate Student Approval Form (now online initiated by the major professor via a link provided after examination results are reported, or by the student via a link from the Graduate College Forms website)

Certificate Forms

• Online Certificate Program of Study (POS)
• Certificate Completion Form
• Request to Pursue a Certificate in Addition to a Graduate Degree

Misc Forms

• Schedule Change Form (Add/Drop Form) is now online in student and faculty AccessPlus accounts on the Student Tab or Faculty/Adviser tab and under Registrar Forms. This is initiated by the student (attach required acknowledgement/approval from instructor) and routed for adviser/major professor approval before being submitted digitally to the Registrar’s Office to process.
• Graduate College student request form
• Co-Major in English Dept Graduate Programs Request
• Graduate Minor Request (English Dept Graduate Programs)