Registration Information

Students who have major advising questions should do an interactive degree audit (IDA) and consult with an academic advisor in the School of Journalism. To register for classes online, log on to Registrar's Online Services (ROSE) with your UT EID. For information on how to get a UT EID and password see the UT EID page online. ROSE offers a number of additional services, such as address updating, course listings and grade reporting.

Advising and Advising Bars

Students who have fewer than 60 hours or who are registering for the first time as a journalism major at UT Austin (transfer students from other institutions or other UT departments) will have an advising bar. You cannot access ROSE until the advising bar is cleared. Please meet with your assigned journalism advisor to have the bar removed.

We strongly recommend that you schedule an appointment with a journalism academic advisor before the official academic advising and registration period begins. During that time, advisor demand will be very heavy and there may be long lines for assistance.

Regardless of bars, a student should have at least one individual meeting each semester with the following:

A journalism academic advisor, Theresa Thomas or Wendy Boggs, to make sure you are following the most efficient route to completing your degree requirements. If you have any questions about the journalism degree plan, your advisor will have the answers.

A faculty advisor for career counseling and suggestions for elective courses that can enhance preparation for a career in journalism. Lower-division students should seek advising for general academic requirements from a journalism academic advisor.

Registration

Classes fill quickly, especially in the School of Journalism, so you should log onto ROSE during your earliest access period and register for your journalism classes first. If your first choice of time is full, try all other sections. If all sections of a journalism class are full, add yourself to the electronic waitlist and continue trying to add the course during every available add/drop period. Please be aware that although we utilize the online waitlist system, we will look through the students on the waitlists and take total hours, GPA and individual degree plan needs into consideration before determining who will be added to a class. Therefore, simply being first on a waitlist does not guarantee admission to a class if openings do occur.

The School of Journalism office will notify journalism students via email and/or Blackboard about new or enlarged classes and other schedule changes as soon as the information is available.

Prerequisites

Be certain that you meet all prerequisites before attempting to register for any journalism class. Prerequisites may depend on the official catalog you are following. If you have any question about your catalog, please contact your assigned advisor. The Office of the Registrar uses an online prerequisite check as part of registration. When you attempt to enroll in certain courses, your academic records (including the courses in which you are currently enrolled) will be compared to the course prerequisites. If you don't meet the prerequisites, you will be prevented from enrolling in the course. The journalism office will drop any students without the appropriate prerequisites, approved waivers or substitutions on or before the first class day. If you think you may be eligible for a waiver or a substitution, must complete and submit a Course Substitution/Waiver/Re-evaluation Appeal to your journalism advisor for approval. It is your responsibility to make sure all waivers have been approved.

J315 Prerequisites Reminder

To be allowed to enroll in J 315, you must meet all the following prerequisites before you may register for the class:

• Must be a major in Pre-Journalism, Pre-Public Relations or pubic relations major standing;

• A score of at least 45 on the Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation (GSP) Test and a score of at least 29 on the Word Processing (WP) Test;

• J 310 with a grade of at least C (Pre-PR and PR students may have this requirement waived by notifying one of the undergraduate journalism advisors, but only if they have met the other requirements).

The GSP and WP tests are offered once or more each month of the calendar year by the center for Instructional Assessment and Evaluation (IAE). The test dates are usually posted online between the 23rd and the 25th of each month for the following month, and the tests fill up extremely quickly. You may contact IAE at 471-3032 or on the IAE website in order to register for both tests. We strongly suggest that you utilize the study aides available in the hallway outside the journalism office (CMA 6.144) and/or the online practice materials available through the Texas State website. You must receive passing scores on both tests before you can register for J315.

Attend Class the First Day or Face a Drop

If you are registered for any journalism class and do not attend the first class day, you will be dropped by the journalism office. If there is a waitlist for that class, a person from that list will be added in your place. If you cannot attend the first class day because of an unusual situation, notify the professors in writing before the class meets. Follow up to see whether your absence is excused.

9 Hour Rule

Journalism students are only permitted to enroll in up to nine hours of journalism coursework per semester. If you feel that you have a need or extenuating reason to take more than nine hours of journalism in a semester, you must submit a Course Substitution/Waiver/Re-evaluation Appeal (PDF format)to your academic advisor or risk being dropped from one of your journalism classes.

Instructor Consent

You may need a faculty member's consent to take a class. Make sure they sign this consent form (PDF format).