Doctoral Program of Study Step by Step Guide on submitting your Interactive Program of Study online

Log in to Click the iPOS tab in the ‘My Programs and Degree Progress’ box on the right. Click the Graduate Interactive Plan of Study (POS) link.

Select Public Administration (PHD)

Note that there are 6 elements to your POS. POS, Prev Degree, ASU Courses, Transfer Courses, Advisor, and Summary. You will be prompted through each of these sections as you make your way through the online Program of Study.

If you were required to take any prerequisite courses, you will be asked for justification. It is important to be clear about when and where you completed the indicated prerequisite courses in order for your iPOS to be approved. Ex: “I completed PAF 502 at ASU in fall 2007 and received a A for the course.” Select Save and Continue.

Select Yes from the drop down menu in order to apply the blanket 30 credits from your Masters degree. The institution will already be listed. Select Save and Continue

Select the Transcript button in order to see a listing of all courses you have taken at ASU while admitted to the doctoral program.

You will see all ASU courses with a grade or currently scheduled listed. Check all the boxes for the courses you want on your POS. Be certain not to select any courses that do not count toward your Program of Study, such as prerequisite courses. Click Save and Continue.

The courses you have selected to add to your POS are displayed. If you have made any mistakes, you may select courses and delete them from your POS. Click the ‘Future’ button to add courses you will take in coming semesters.

Here you will select courses, one by one, that you plan to take in future semesters. You can select specific courses by entering the prefix (Ex: PAF) in the subject area and adding a specific number (Ex: 792) or you may search by a numeric range (Ex: ) Click the Search button.

The screen shot on the left displays your choices if you searched a range of course numbers ( ). The shot on the right displays the results of a search for a single, specific course (PAF 792).

Once you have chosen a course to add, you must indicate what semester and year the course will be taken in as well as for how many credits (only on variable credit courses, such as PAF 792.) Click Save and Continue.

You will then see the course added to your ‘ASU Courses Added to POS’ list. You will also see how many credits are currently listed on your POS. Click the ‘Future’ button again to repeat the process of course selection until your POS includes 66 credit hours of courses (remember that 30 credits come directly from your Masters degree).

Once your POS has the required 66 credits listed (42 credit hours of coursework, 12 hours of PAF 792 and 12 hours of PAF 799) you will continue on to a few other questions before you submit your POS. Generally, students will NOT add courses from other institutions. Select No from the dropdown menu. Click Save and Continue.

This is where you indicate your program of study committee. Search for your program of study committee members by entering the last and first name of each person, one at a time. Click Add Committee.

Here you assign a role to the committee member. If Janet Denhardt were your chair, you would select Chair as her role. To continue adding other committee members, click Add Committee.

Your final screen is the Summary screen. This example is not complete, but your POS should indicate 66 credit hours for the Total Credit Hours. When the POS is ready to be submitted, there will be a button on the bottom right to Submit the POS. Click that to send your POS for approval at the department level. Be sure to check you’re My ASU page periodically to see if any revisions to your POS are required.