Make an appointment with your advisor by signing up on your advisor's sign-up sheet posted near your advisor's office door.
PLEASE DO NOT CALL to make an appointment; the program assistant, student assistants and other faculty who may answer the phone will not schedule appointments on behalf of your advisor.
If you haven't already done so, keep your Degree Audit Report (DAR), 4-year plans and other pertinent registration materials in one folder to use throughout your college career.
PLAN AHEAD with your JOURNALISM PRODUCTION COURSES. Majors must take two of the following production courses:
121 Radio News Production
122 TV News Photography
123 Editing for Print Media
124 Editing for Online Media
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 News, or NewsCenterU. You may choose to work in the same media for both Practicums, or you may choose to gain experience in two different ones. For example, you could take one Practicum at WRFW News and another at the Student Voice. Or, you could take both Practicums at WRFW News.
Whichever news media you choose for your Practicums, you will need to have taken the corresponding production course(s) in advance:
Practicum at Student Voice: prerequisite is JOUR 123 Editing for Print Media
Practicum at
WRFW News: prerequisite is JOUR 121 Radio News Production
Practicum at NewsCenterU: prerequisite is JOUR 122 TV News Photography
JOUR 124 Editing for Online Media prepares students to report for a news Web site. A practicum for this converged style of reporting will be established next year.
Supporting Courses for Journalism
Get two copies of your DAR on eSIS - one for you and one for your advisor. IMPORTANT: You will have to reschedule your appointment if you don't bring your DAR.
Highlight all the categories with MINUS SIGNS
Get a copy of the Journalism 4-Year Academic Plan
Create a tentative plan for the next two, three or more semesters
Check the catalog online for any course prerequisites
Create a class schedule for next semester by checking the online class schedule and taking special note of the number of remaining seats
Select alternative courses for those courses with fewer than 10 remaining seats
Write down questions for your advisor
Both copies of your DAR
Your plan of action for at least the next two or more semesters (list of courses with prerequisites)
Your class schedule plan for next semester (courses, days and times)
Your questions/complaints/concerns
Check the online class schedule often, especially the day before you register to make sure the classes you want are still open
Check back with your advisor if you incur any problems registering
