Program Planning and Counseling Guidelines

The Student's Responsibility
Advising

The Student's Responsibility

Students are responsible for planning their programs and meeting all graduation requirements. Students should be thoroughly familiar with all sections in this bulletin regarding admission, degree requirements, major requirements, course requirements, academic regulations, and academic standing. Students are also responsible for policy information and meeting all deadlines as published in the Enrollment and Student Academic Information bulletin and for keeping their local and permanent addresses up to date with the office of the Registrar. Students are expected to check their official university e-mail accounts on a frequent and consistent basis to stay current with university-related communications. Faculty advisors, academic counselors, and the recorder can assist students in planning their programs and explain requirements and policies. Students also have access on the Web to the computerized degree-audit system, the Degree Progress Report, through the OneStart portal at onestart.iu.edu.

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Advising

The School of Journalism assigns a faculty advisor to each journalism major. Students are encouraged to meet with their faculty advisor as necessary to discuss academic and career planning. In addition, professional staff are available every day for advising.

Bloomington
For advising appointments, call (812) 855-9248. Students may also contact Lauren Kinzer, director of advising services and analysis, Ernie Pyle Hall 200C, (812) 855-1714; or Jean Person, recorder, Ernie Pyle Hall 200B, (812) 855-1698.

Indianapolis
Contact Deborah Perkins, assistant to the dean, Communications Technology Complex 557, phone (317) 278-5328, e-mail dperkins@iupui.edu.

Journalism majors are encouraged to meet with their faculty advisor prior to each registration. For this purpose, the school administers an advising process each semester. During this advising period, journalism majors may preregister in journalism courses for the following semester.

Advising for registration in fall courses usually occurs in March and for registration in spring courses in October. In these advising conferences students should, as a minimum objective, make certain that they understand the requirements for successful completion of the area requirements and that they have made an appropriate plan for the coming semester.

Sequencing Journalism Courses
By the end of the sophomore year, journalism majors should have completed J 110, J 155, J 200, J 201 and J 210 (J 155 and J 200 are prerequisites to J 201). JOUR-J 300 is a prerequisite to J 410, and J 410 is to be taken the senior year. JOUR-J 201 and J 210 are prerequisites for most 300-level skills courses.

Within this sequence, sophomore journalism majors admitted to the school have priority for the 200-level core courses. Junior and senior journalism majors admitted to the school may have two journalism courses, core or elective, per semester, provided all prerequisites are met. After these courses have been allocated, journalism majors admitted to the school may have additional journalism courses, provided prerequisites are met, and space is still available.

Access to Journalism Courses
Students formally admitted to the School of Journalism, the Certificate in Journalism, and other programs or majors recognized by and requiring application to the School have first priority for access to authorized journalism courses during preregistration.

Any remaining spaces in authorized journalism courses are made available, after preregistration, to other students who have met prerequisites, if any. Students who intend to apply to the B.A.J., the Certificate in Journalism, or other programs or majors recognized by and requiring application to the School are limited to 12 credit hours of journalism courses prior to admission if space is available.

Students with Learning Disabilities
Students with learning disabilities, hearing impairments, speech impairments, or other disabilities that may affect their ability to fulfill a requirement of the school should contact Disability Services for Students, Franklin Hall 096 at Bloomington, (812) 855-3508, prior to registering. Requirements will normally not be waived for students with disabilities; however, some modifications can be made within specific courses.

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