10/16/06

TO:  JRN Students
FROM: Richard Campbell   <[log in to unmask]>
RE:  Registration info

Here are general tips and information on upcoming registration:

ADMISSION TEST is this Sat., Oct, 21 at 11 in BAC 
346.  Need to have COMPLETED COM 143 and JRN 101 
before taking test.  Please make sure you have 
also filled out admit-to-major form (available in 
BAC 260) and attached a current DARS.

JRN Classes --  NOTE: Pre-majors who have are 
completing JRN 101 and/or COM 143 should next 
take JRN 201 and their IMS courses.  It’s OK to 
sign up for these before formal admission to the major.

JRN/IMS 303: Online Journalism.  Instructor: 
Bettina Fabos.  Counts as part of “three of 
following” writing courses in JRN major. Email for help to force add.

JRN 316 – need IMS 101P (desktop publishing) as prereq.

COM 211 – for those JRN students interested in 
broadcasting and documentaries, COM 211 will now 
count as a replacement for two IMS 101 classes.

JRN 421 (capstones) – the topics for two JRN 
capstones this spring are Compass magazine and 
international journalism (see “comments” section 
on online schedule).   There is also an AMS 401 
capstone taught by JRN faculty member Jim Tobin 
on literary journalism that counts.

IMS and COM classes
The JRN program does not control these 
classes.  For the IMS 101 one-credit sprint 
classes, Glenn Platt--director of IMS--opens new 
slots for the class during each registration 
period so while the classes may look closed, they 
usually have some spots for 1st and 2nd year 
students.  For COM courses that you can’t get 
into because of restrictions, please see Kim 
Hensley in Mass COMM office, Williams Hall, to 
get on waitlist for those courses (let her know 
you are a JRN major or pre-major).

Waitlists
There is now a JRN waitlist force-add form 
available in BAC 260.  For all JRN 101 classes, 
we open 10 spaces (out of 24) until 2nd year 
students register, then we open 6 more 
spaces.  There are also sections of JRN 101 being 
taught at the Hamilton and Middletown campuses in the spring.

Advising
If you don’t know who your JRN advisor is, please 
email me. And my office hours are MW 10-112 and TR 11-12 and by appt.

Internships
See John Lowery, 367 BAC, or email at [log in to unmask]