Communications explains changes during meeting
Natalie Serovy
Issue date: 2/21/06 Section: News
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Loyola communications professors met with students last Wednesday evening to discuss changes within the new Communications Department requirements, which take effect for the next class registration.
The new communications track is a simplified form of the old one. Every class in the new program has the heading "CM," as opposed to having subheadings such as "CJ," or "CD," and the amount of prerequisites for specialization classes has been reduced so that students have more options for selecting courses.
Although drastic changes have been made within the department, students following the old program can easily convert to the new one if they choose, and credits will carry over without any problems, according to Dr. Elliot King, chair of the Communications Department.
"I think the new program is going to be so helpful to communication majors. Before it was difficult to get into classes because of space and prerequisites, but now the new program has taken away many pre-requisites. . . Dr. King explained everything clearly and answered everyone's questions," said sophomore, Josh Ferri.
The new advising sheet consists of only two sections; one for introductory courses and the other for specializations. Students are required to choose four introduction courses, and public speaking has been added as an acceptable intro course.
Communications students must choose eight intermediate classes from a wide array of journalism, public relations, advertising, and digital media courses. Only three in the same area are needed to specialize, according to King. Students are encouraged to select classes that compliment one another since skills in journalism, public relations, advertising, and digital media are often used together in the field.
Students can no longer specialize in Writing under the communication's department. The Writing Department is now separate, but students can still select any 300 level writing classes as a part of their intermediate course selection.
"We are trying to streamline and simplify the program for both students and faculty," said King.
Student questions or concerns about the program should be directed to any communications professors, whose offices are located on the second floor of Humanities.
King recommends that students get in touch with communications advisors prior to the Monday and Tuesday before registration to get course selection sheets signed, and that he or Dr. Neil Alperstein will be available to sign them if necessary.
The new communications track is a simplified form of the old one. Every class in the new program has the heading "CM," as opposed to having subheadings such as "CJ," or "CD," and the amount of prerequisites for specialization classes has been reduced so that students have more options for selecting courses.
Although drastic changes have been made within the department, students following the old program can easily convert to the new one if they choose, and credits will carry over without any problems, according to Dr. Elliot King, chair of the Communications Department.
"I think the new program is going to be so helpful to communication majors. Before it was difficult to get into classes because of space and prerequisites, but now the new program has taken away many pre-requisites. . . Dr. King explained everything clearly and answered everyone's questions," said sophomore, Josh Ferri.
The new advising sheet consists of only two sections; one for introductory courses and the other for specializations. Students are required to choose four introduction courses, and public speaking has been added as an acceptable intro course.
Communications students must choose eight intermediate classes from a wide array of journalism, public relations, advertising, and digital media courses. Only three in the same area are needed to specialize, according to King. Students are encouraged to select classes that compliment one another since skills in journalism, public relations, advertising, and digital media are often used together in the field.
Students can no longer specialize in Writing under the communication's department. The Writing Department is now separate, but students can still select any 300 level writing classes as a part of their intermediate course selection.
"We are trying to streamline and simplify the program for both students and faculty," said King.
Student questions or concerns about the program should be directed to any communications professors, whose offices are located on the second floor of Humanities.
King recommends that students get in touch with communications advisors prior to the Monday and Tuesday before registration to get course selection sheets signed, and that he or Dr. Neil Alperstein will be available to sign them if necessary.