Advising

Advising and Support

Fall 2013-14
Advising begins March 18

Registration begins April 5th. Open registration through September 10.

You are required to speak with your advisor before registering to discuss your schedule and to receive your PIN (Personal Identification Number) permitting registration. The PIN changes each semester, so you will not be able to use an old one. Your advisor's name is on your DAR.

You must print and bring 2 copies of your DAR (Degree Audit Report) to your advising session.

A) SCHEDULE an advising appointment by signing up on the Advising Schedule posted on or near your advisor's office door-do not call. Don't wait until the last minute—if your advisor is unavailable then, your registration could be delayed. It is to your advantage to register at the earliest allowable date! Your specific date/time is posted on eSIS. More info

B) BRING to the advising appointment TWO items:

your tentative schedule for the upcoming semester; and
TWO copies of your DAR (Degree Audit Report) from eSIS.

C) REGISTER online at the date and time given to you (and also after that time).

Schedule Planning Tips

PLAN AHEAD with your Journalism PRODUCTION courses. Majors must take TWO of the following production courses:

123 Editing for Print Media
124 Editing for Online Media
221 Radio News Production
222 TV News Photography

And take ONE of the NEWS WRITING courses:

202 Print News Writing
203 Broadcast News Writing

These courses prepare you for the two required Practicum courses (JOUR 304) where you will report for the student news media of your choice: Student Voice, WRFW, or River Falls Update. You may choose to work in the same medium for both Practicums, or you may choose to gain experience in two different ones. For example, you could take one Practicum with WRFW and another with the Student Voice or River Falls Update. Or, you could take both Practicums with a single news medium.

Whichever news organization(s) you choose for your Practicums, you will need to have taken the corresponding production and writing course(s) in advance:

Practicum with Student Voice: prerequisite is JOUR 123 Editing for Print Media
Practicum with WRFW: prerequisite is JOUR 221 Radio News Production
Practicum with River Falls Update: prerequisite is JOUR 222 TV News Photography