First Year Students

WEE KIM WEE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION
REGISTRATION OF COURSES
Semester 1 2010-2011
(First Year Students)
1. REGISTRATION OF COURSES
First year students need to fulfill the academic requirements of 6 Core Courses, 2 General
Education Requirement Prescribed Electives (GER-PE) and 4 Unrestricted Electives (UE) in
the Academic Year.
1.1 Year 1 Core Courses (compulsory)
COM201 and COM203 will be allocated to ALL Year 1 students.
In addition, the University has randomly assigned to all first year students either
COM204 Basic Media Writing or COM205 Speech and Argumentation for
Semester 1 2009-2010.
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.
1.2 GER-PEs and/or UEs
The School recommends a normal load of around 20 AUs per semester.
As only three courses (12 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.
Notes on GERs:
For WKWSCI Students, GER comprises core courses, prescribed electives (GER-PE) and
unrestricted electives (GER-UE).
(i) GER-PE is divided into 3 sub-areas of studies in key fields of knowledge
comprising Art, Humanities & Social Sciences [GER-PE(AHSS)], Science, Technology &
Society [GER-PE(STS)] and Business & Management [GER-PE(BM)]. The courses are
offered to students from all programmes.
WKWSCI students are required to take 3 AUs (usually one course) from GER-PE (AHSS),
9 AUs (usually three courses) from GER-PE (STS) and 3 AUs (usually one course) from
GER-PE (BM).
(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.

2. 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 will be advised later (refer to
details at the following website:
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 COM4XX.
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 24 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 AY2009-2010 for detailed instructions, available from the School website at:
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/undergrad/html/student_registration.html
3. 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 seek assistance
from Ms Saira Kuttan (Tel: 6790-6108 or email ksaira@ntu.edu.sg).
4. 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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5. CS Courses for Semester 1 2009-2010
The following CS courses at the lower level (Year 1 and 2) are offered in Semester 1 2010-
2011:
CORE:
COM201
COM203
COM204
COM205
PEs:
COM221
COM223
COM225
COM226
COM228
COM229
COM230
COM231
COM232
COM251
COM252
COM253
COM255
COM257
COM258
UEs:
COM261
COM264
COM265
COM266
COM268
Information Literacy and Interpretation
Media Professions and Practices
Basic Media Writing
Speech and Presentation
News Reporting and Writing
Publication Design
Image and Sound Production
Media Presentation & Performance
Production Management for TV and Cinema
Broadcast Journalism: Concepts & Applications
Audio in Media
Creative Strategies
Graphic Communication
Comparative Press Systems
Cultural Studies
Cinema Studies
Organizational Communication
Media Effects
Integrated Marketing Communication
Newspaper Practicum (Pre-requisite COM204 or CS107) (2AUs)
Television Practicum (Co- requisite COM229) (2AUs)
Radio Practicum (2AUs)
Film Festival Practicum (2AUs)
Newsletter Practicum (2AUs)
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NOTE: Any changes to the registration schedule will be notified via the School’s website
and if necessary, through students’ NTU email account.
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