WEE KIM WEE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION
REGISTRATION OF COURSES
SEMESTER 1, 2015-16
(THIRD YEAR STUDENTS)
- Academic Requirements
All third year students are subjected to PI (third year CORE course) in semester 2. This course is worth 16 AUs. In addition, it’s highly recommended that third year students take 2 PEs (one of it is a CORE PE) and 2 GER-PEs and 1 UE.
Students who have declared their track specialization will have their CORE-PEs pre-registered for them. Students who have declared inter-disciplinary track will not have a CORE-PE pre-registered for them as these students can take any PEs from any track.
The following are Prescribed Electives offered under the different tracks:
Journalism
CS4011- News Copy Editing
CS4015- News Reporting in Chinese (Multimedia News and Feature Writing in Chinese- new title- awaiting approval)
CS4018- Specialised Journalism: Business & Economics
CS4017- Specialised Journalism: Public Affairs
CS4023- Advanced Photojournalism
CS4043- Specialised Journalism: Science & Health
CS4025- Digital Media & Creative Practices
CS4090- GOFAR
Broadcast and Cinema Studies
CS4024- Writing for Cinema and TV
CS4025- Digital media & Creative Practices
CS4027- Narrative Film & TV: Concepts and Applications
CS4053- Popular Cinema
CS4090- GOFAR
Advertising
CS4029- Advertising, Creativity & Copywriting
CS4025- Digital Media & Creative Practices
CS4031- Media Planning & Strategies
CS4032- Communications Campaigns
CS4034- Brand Management
CS4262- Social media and Digital Campaign
CS4095- ISCM
Public Relations
CS4028- PR Writing
CS4033- Corporate Communication Management
CS4031- Media Planning & Strategies
CS4032- Communications Campaigns
CS4262- Social Media & Digital Campaign
CS4095- ISCM
Communication Research and Policy
CS4036- Statistics & Data Analysis
CS4037- Audience Research Methods
CS4060- Persuasion and Social Influence
CS4072- Special Topics in Computer Mediated Communication (Digital media and human relationships- new title ; subject to approval)
CS4058- Intercultural Communication
Information Analytics (new track)- subject to approval
CS4100- Information Behaviour
Students are allowed to register for one Practicum, regardless of the Track they are in:
CS4081/CS4181: News Practicum
CS4083/CS4183: TV Practicum
CS4185: Film Festival Practicum
CS4087: News letter Practicum (new title: subject to approval: Online Magazine Practicum)
Registration and Add/Drop Periods
The Registration schedule for Yr 3:
CORE/PE/GER-PE: Monday, 22 June 2015 (1.30- 4.30 pm)
UE: 30 June (1.30 -4.30 pm)
The Registration Study Year is your study year in S1 AY2015-16 and which is determined by the following:
Add/Drop period: Tuesday, 11 August – Sunday, 23 August
The normal load for Semester 1 is 15-16 AUs. Students can choose to take unrestricted electives provided that they have not exceeded the maximum of 19 -20 AUs. Registration of additional subjects (beyond 20 AUs) can be done during the Add/Drop period, subject to vacancies available, and with the School’s approval.
Please complete the course overloading form downloadable from the following site:
All completed forms are to be submitted to level 4, Student Services Centre.
Advisors
It is the responsibility of the students to follow the registration procedure and to complete the required AUs from year to year. Students are encouraged to write to for course related enquiries. Please make your enquiries come in early so that you give the Advisors sufficient time to answer the questions.
Any changes to the registration schedule will be notified via the School’s website and if necessary, through students’ NTU email account.