Many graduate processes for students and faculty have changed as we moved to Workday.
The categories below will help you find how-to articles for performing functions in Workday
that you previously used AccessPlus or the Graduate College website to complete.
Training materials are receiving continuous updates, and new content is regularly updated.
If you do not find what you're looking for, please contact gcol_workday@iastate.edu.

Graduate Program of Study Changes (Faculty and Staff) 

Changing Majors Cheat Sheet (Everyone)

Academics Dashboard Navigation (Everyone) 

Academic Profile Navigation (Everyone) 

Registration Overview for Students (Everyone) 

Find and Maintain Student Documents (Everyone)

Saved Schedules (Everyone)  Learn how to create and view a saved schedule in Workday and register for the courses.

Assign an Advisor to a Graduate Academic Record (Faculty and Staff)

Registration Appointment (Everyone) Learn how to view your registration appointment in Workday.

Graduate Application Information (Everyone) 

Changing Majors Cheat Sheet (Everyone)

Onboarding Requirements as a New Student (Everyone)  Tasks to complete before attending class.

Graduate College Application Process (Faculty and Staff) Training Materials (VPN or on-campus internet connection required.)

Staff Workday Admissions Portal (Staff)  How to request access and view tasks.

Matriculation (Faculty and Staff) The process of creating student academic records from student applicant records.

Delayed Application Fee (Staff)  Selected programs.

Program of Study Changes (Faculty and Staff) 

Changing Majors Cheat Sheet (Everyone)

Changing a Program of Study for a Student (Faculty and Staff) - Process coming November 2024

Assign an Advisor to a Graduate Academic Record (Faculty and Staff)

Review and approve membership in an Academic Plan Committee (Faculty)

Find Members of a Student's Academic Plan Committee (Faculty and Staff)

View Your Academic Program Support Network (Students)

Submit Your Academic Plan Committee Membership (Students)

View Your Pending Academic Plan Committee or Academic Plan (Students)

Academic Plan and Committee Reports (Faculty and Staff) - Faculty and staff can find where Academic Plan Committees and Academic Plans are in the approval process via these reports. Additionally, there is a report used to view the document submitted by students who complete an Internal Transfer of Courses form.

Committee Substitutions for Oral Exams (Students) -  NEW how-to coming soon!

Graduate Academic Progress Report and Academic Plan (Everyone)

View Academic Plan (Student)

Internal Transfer of Courses Request (Students) This request is necessary for students who have been in more than one program at Iowa State and want to move courses from one record to another (reassign) or use courses toward more than one degree (internal articulation). This form is relevant for students concurrently pursuing an undergraduate/vet med degree with a graduate degree or students in multiple graduate programs.

Petition to Use Expired Credits Toward a Graduate Degree (Students)

Review and Act on an Academic Plans. (Faculty and Staff)

Completing your Academic Plan (Students) POSC Replacement

Assign an Advisor to a Graduate Academic Record (Faculty and Staff)

Add External Transfer Credits to Your Graduate Academic Plan (Students)

View Your Pending Academic Plan Committee or Academic Plan (Students)

Academic Plan and Committee Reports (Faculty and Staff) - Faculty and staff can find where Academic Plan Committees and Academic Plans are in the approval process via these reports. Additionally, there is a report used to view the document submitted by students who complete an Internal Transfer of Courses form.

Requesting a Graduate Oral Exam (Students)

Learn How To Submit Results of an Oral Exam (Faculty)

Committee Substitutions for Oral Exams - NEW KBA Coming Soon!

Apply for Graduate Advisory Program Completion (Faculty and Staff)

Apply for Program Completion (Everyone)

Coursework Only Final Check (Students) - DRAFT link until KBA is published

Graduate Student Approval Form (Students) - DRAFT link until KBA is published

Request Graduation Certification Letter (Student) - Coming Soon!

Graduate Academic Awards (Faculty and Staff) 

Learn how to submit Graduate College Academic Award nominations for the Teaching Excellence Award, Research Excellence Award, Karas Award, or Zaffarano Award as graduate support staff.

Student Award Items  ( Faculty and Staff) 

Request Framework - New Student Award Item & Departmental Award External to OneApp

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