WEE KIM WEE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION REGISTRATION OF COURSES Semester 1 2013-2014 (First Year Students)

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REGISTRATION OF COURSES First year students need to fulfill the academic requirements of 4 Core Courses, 3 GER-CORE courses and 4 Unrestricted Electives (UE) in the Academic Year 2013-2014. 1.1 Year 1 Core and GER-CORE Courses (compulsory) All Year 1 students are required to take CS2005 (Speech and Argumentation) which is a CORE course. In Semester 1 and II, half the Year 1 cohort will be assigned to this course and the other half will be assigned to the GER-CORE CS0204 (Basic Media Writing). All Year 1 students have to take CS0201 as a GER-CORE unless they have been granted exemptions (for students from the poly route). As these core courses are automatically allocated to you by the system, students need NOT register for them via the registration system, STARS. However, if any of these core courses are not allocated to you, please alert the course advisor immediately. Please email ask_WKWSCI@ntu.edu.sg for matters pertaining to course registration. 1.2 List of COREs and GER-COREs taken by Year 1 students: 1.2 CS0201 Foundations of Communication Studies/(GER-CORE)/SEM I CS2002 Information Literacy and Interpretation(CORE)/SEM II CS0203 Media in Singapore (GER-CORE)/SEM II CS0204 Basic Media Writing (GER-CORE)/SEM I & SEM II CS2005 Speech and Argumentation (CORE)/SEM I & SEM II CS2006 Visual Literacy and Communication (CORE)/SEM II CS2008 Fundamentals of Research (CORE)/SEM II

GER-PEs and/or UEs The School recommends a normal load of around 15-16 AUs per semester. As only three courses (6 AUs) have been allocated, students need to register for themselves additional GER-PEs and/or UEs via STARs during Registration period. Students may take CS courses at the lower level as UEs if they so wish. Please click on this link to check on the types of GER-PE courses available in Semester I, 2013. https://wish.wis.ntu.edu.sg/webexe/owa/aus_subj_cont2.main

Notes on GERs: For WKWSCI Students, GER comprises GER-CORE, GER-PE and GER-UE. (i) GER-PE is divided into 4 sub-areas of studies in key fields of knowledge comprising Art, Humanities & Social Sciences [GER-PE(AHSS)], Science, Technology & Society [GER-PE(STS)], Business & Management [GER-PE(BM)]and Liberal Studies [GER-PE(LS)]. The courses are offered to students from all programmes. WKWSCI students are required to take 3 AUs from GER-PE (AHSS), 3 AUs from GERPE (STS), 3 AUs from GER-PE (BM), 3 AUs from GER-PE(LS) and the remaining 3 AUs from any one of the four categories. (ii) GER-UE refers to any other courses offered at the School and University level but do not count as Core or GER-PE for your concentration. Practicum courses offered by WKWSCI are NOT open to first year students during the first semester. However, poly students and other students with relevant media experiences may get special approval by the school to take such courses.

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REGISTRATION AND ADD/DROP PERIODS Should students wish to make any changes after the registration dates, they can only do so during the Add/Drop period. The Add/Drop period for Semester I, 2013 is from Mon, 12 Aug 2013- Sun, 25 Aug 2013 (10.00 am 10.00 pm) Students are NOT allowed to change the core courses that they have been allocated.

For poly graduates who wish to be exempted from certain core courses, they need to apply for exemption at the start of semester.
Year 1 and 2 students are NOT allowed to register for Year 3 and 4 courses beginning with the code CS4XXX or COM 4XX. Students can register for additional CS subjects at the lower level and/or GER-PEs and UEs provided that they have not exceeded the maximum of 20 AUs and there are vacancies for these courses they want to register. Students are advised to refer to the write-up on Curriculum Structure and Registration Instructions AY2013-2014 for detailed instructions, available from the School website at:

http://www.wkwsci.ntu.edu.sg/CurrentStudents/Undergraduate/Pages/CourseRegistration.aspx

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Advisors It is the responsibility of the students to follow the registration procedure and to complete the required AUs from year to year. If students have any queries pertaining to the academic programme, they may write to ask_WKWSCI@ntu.edu.sg. The UG programme administrators will revert to you within 2-3 days (non peak time) and 3-4 days (peak time). 2

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Registration for Minors Students may wish to take:

Various minor programmes offered by other Schools in the University.

Students are responsible to check for time-table and exam time-table clashes and are advised NOT to drop any CS courses in favour of taking minor electives as you may encounter problems registering for CS courses in later semesters. For more information on minors: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/collegesandprogrammes/Pages/MinorProgramme.aspx

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CS Courses for Semester 1 2013-2014 The following CS courses at the lower level (Year 1 and 2) are offered in Semester 1 20132014: CORE: CS0201 CS0204 CS2005 CS2007 CS0900

Foundations of Communication Studies (GER-CORE Yr 1) Basic Media Writing (GER-CORE Yr 1) Speech and Argumentation (CORE Yr 1) Communication History and Theories (CORE Yr 2) Communication Strategies for Sustainability and Social Change (GER-CORE Yr 2)

PEs: CS2021 CS2023 CS2025 CS2028 CS2029 CS2031 CS2032 CS2044 CS2045 CS2055 CS2058 FL8001

News Reporting and Writing Publication Design Image and Sound Production Production Management for TV and Cinema Broadcast Journalism: Concepts & Applications Creative Strategies Graphic Communication Basic Photojournalism Online Journalism Organizational Communication Integrated Marketing Communication Introduction to Film Studies

UE (Practicum courses are not opened to Yr1 students in Sem 1 unless student has demonstrated prior media experience. Prior approval need to be sought): CS2061/CS2161 CS2064/CS2164 CS2065/CS2165 CS2166 CS2068 Newspaper Practicum (Pre-requisite CS0204) (3/4AUs) Television Practicum (3/4AUs) Radio Practicum (3/4AUs) Film Festival Practicum (4AUs) (approval required. Not opened for registration) Newsletter Practicum (3AUs)

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NOTE: Any changes to the registration schedule will be notified via the Schools website and if necessary, through students NTU email account.