Student Interface
- Students with an approved degree plan will access ARCS by logging into Howdy. ARCS access is granted within 24 hours after the Graduate and Professional School has approved the degree plan.
- From the ARCS dashboard, students can click on milestones to create "requests."
- Students can then monitor request approval status.
- Students will have the option to submit the following in ARCS:
Faculty Interface
- Faculty and staff are notified of pending requests via email with a link taking them directly to their ARCS Request Dashboard.
- Any requests waiting on approval will be listed as “Pending My Review.”
- Faculty and staff can
- Review the approval status of pending requests
- Select milestones to review non-course requirement statuses
- View comments submitted
- Review documentation uploaded to the system
- Generate reports of all submitted requests to identify students with missing approvals
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Filter and sort the dashboard by adding, removing, and/or reordering columns.
Trouble accessing ARCS?
For faculty having trouble accessing Howdy, please review the Howdy Issues Guide.
For faculty still unable to access Howdy, the following trainings in TrainTraq may be required:
For committee members not employed at TAMU that are having difficulty accessing ARCS, please contact GradCom@tamu.edu.
Benefits of ARCS for the Graduate and Professional Community
ARCS streamlines degree tracking with less manual work, greater accuracy, and clear transparency.- Reduces Manual EffortRemoves manual steps and redundancies for students, faculty, and staff.
- Improves User ExperienceRole-based access, electronic requests, and request history tracking.
- Improves WorkflowsAutomated eligibility checks let approvers focus on request details.
- Reduces ErrorsImmediate submission feedback with clear guidance for resolving issues.
- Enhances TrackingReal-time visibility into request status for all users.