Step #1 Submit Program of Study and Committee Form (POSC)

What is a POSC form? All Ph.D. and master’s graduate students will need to submit a POSC. This is an online form completed in AccessPlus.
The HCI Graduate Program prefers you submit the POSC form by the end of the second month of the second academic semester.
The POSC form must be approved by the Graduate College no later than the term before graduation. Please email the HCI Program Coordinator for graduation deadline dates of your graduating semester.

How to Complete the POSC online:

The HCI Program Coordinator can access your POSC if you run into issues/questions. Please reach out to Tiffany (tlkayser@iastate.edu) if you need assistance.

You will complete, submit, and revise your POSC through AccessPlus. You will need to log in to AccessPlus and find and click on the student tab in the upper right-hand corner on your AccessPlus homepage. Once you’re on the homepage, find the Graduate Student Status tab on the left menu, and click on it. On the Graduate Student Status page, you’ll see two columns. Go to the middle section of the right column and find the button labeled MY POSC Form, and click on it. Once you have your POSC form open on AccessPlus, it’s time to begin filling it out.
Please note: Your degree sought cannot be changed in the POSC form. You are not able to change your department in the POSC form. If the information on your student record is not correct, contact the HCI Program Coordinator to complete the necessary paperwork to have it changed.
Under Modify Degree Program > Options > Choose Coursework Only
Choose the expected term and year of graduation. Note: this can be changed by updating this information and re-routing your POSC.
Under Committee, Add > Stephen Gilbert from the dropdown for your Major Professor. You will not have any other committee members.
If you don’t have any transfer courses, skip this step
- Under "Transfer Courses," you will enter up to 6 credits.
- All transfer courses must be taken at the graduate level and as a graduate student at another university. You must have earned a grade of “B” or better. “P” or “S” grades are NOT ACCEPTABLE for transfer credits.
- Attach a copy of your official transcript if the course has already been taken.
Courses taken (or to be taken) as a degree seeking graduate student.
- Graded courses must have a grade of “C” or better to be included in the POSC.
- If a course is already listed on your transcript, first click the plus (+) sign. Then type the first letter of the department name and select the department from the dropdown menu. Next, choose the course number by typing the first number of the course and selecting from the dropdown. You can then enter the number of credits, the term, and the year of the course. The name of the course and the grade will automatically populate.
- If a course is repeated, list the course each time it is repeated.
- 10 courses should be listed in this section, for a total of 30 credits
Save, Validate Form, and then Route for approval. The student will receive an email that the POSC has been routed; if you don't receive this email, then an error has occurred on the POSC. You can contact the HCI Program Coordinator, Tiffany Kayser (tlkayser@iastate.edu), for assistance.
Once the POSC has been approved, it can be updated through mid-semester of your graduating term.

STEP #2 - Submit Application for Graduation

Apply for graduation through Access Plus.
Typically, this is due within three weeks of the start of the semester of graduation.

STEP #3 - Coursework Only Final Check

Typically, this is due within three weeks of the start of the semester of graduation.
Complete the online form. Must be fully approved by the deadline.