Two courses from Educational Technology have been added to the "Discovery of the Media" section of your major requirements. EDTEC 540 and EDTEC 541 are now options for you. Both classes will be small and are being offered in the evenings, making them great options as you register for the fall semester.

The School of JMS wants to help you graduate on time and so guarantees a seat for you in the required, sequential classes in your major, as long as you successfully meet the prerequisites. If you meet all of the prerequisites, which usually means completion of previous courses with a grade of C or better, you will be guaranteed a place in these required major classes:

• Advertising students: JMS 310W, JMS 461, JMS 560, JMS 565
• Journalism students: JMS 310W, JMS 420, JMS 315 or 430 or 445 (choice of one), JMS 470, JMS 550
• Media Studies students: JMS 412, JMS 450, JMS 492
• Public Relations students: JMS 310W, JMS 481, JMS 581, JMS 585
  

Even though the online registration system might allow you to register for some classes without meeting the prerequisites, the JMS Advising Center advises you NOT to do so. On the first day of class, the instructor will check for prerequisites, and if she or he determines that you have not satisfactorily completed the prerequisites, you will be dropped from the class. You can save time and headaches by paying attention to the footnotes in the course schedule and the course descriptions in the catalog before you register. Also a reminder: Students cannot take a class and its prerequisite classes concurrently (in the same semester).

For journalism students with catalog year 2006 and earlier, JMS 315, Editing for Print Media, is a required course. JMS 315 will not be offered this fall, however. If you wish to take a different class in the fall, you may select from the following list:

• JMS 425, 430, 440, 441, 445, 490C, 529, 550

Students who wish to take JMS 315 may register for the class when it is offered in spring 2009.