WEE KIM WEE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION
REGISTRATION OF COURSES
Semester 1 2015_2016
(First Year Students)
1. REGISTRATION OF COURSES
For AY 2015_16, first year students need to fulfil the academic requirements of 3 CORE
courses (9 AUs), 4 GER-CORE courses (10 AUs), 3 Unrestricted Electives (9AUs) and 1 GER-PE
(3 AUs).
1.1
Year 1 CORE and GER-CORE Courses (compulsory)
 All Year 1 students are required to take CS2005 (Speech and Argumentation) which is a
CORE course offered only in Semester 1. The entire Year 1 cohort will be pre-registered
for this CORE course prior to the start of the semester. The two other CORE courses
CS2006 (Visual Literacy & Communication) and CS2008 (Fundamentals of Research) are
offered in Semester 2.
 In addition to the CORE courses, all Year 1 students have to take compulsory GER-CORE
courses which are CS0201 (Foundations of Communication Studies) offered in Semester
1 only. CS0204 (Basic Media Writing) offered to Communication Studies students in
Semester 1 only and CS0209 (Media Law and Ethics) offered in Semester 2 only. All
three GER-CORE courses will be pre-registered for students.
 In addition to these 3 AU courses, all students will need to take a 1 AU online course
(offered in semester 2) from the following categories:
Ethics and Moral Reasoning
Environmental Sustainability
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
1.2
GER-PEs and/or UEs
 The School recommends a normal load of around 15-16 AUs per semester.
 As only three courses (9 AUs) have been allocated, students need to register for
themselves additional GER-Pes and/or UEs via STARs during the add/drop period.
 Students can take CS courses at the lower level as UEs if they so wish. However, please
check that these courses do not have pre-requisities.
 Please click on this link to check on the type of GER-PE courses available in Semester 1,
2015.
https://wish.wis.ntu.edu.sg/webexe/owa/aus_subj_cont2.main
Notes on GERs:
For WKWSCI students, GER comprises GER-CORE, GER-PE and GER-UE.
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GER-PE is divided into 3 sub-areas of studies in key fields of knowledge comprising
Liberal Arts (GER-PE (LA)), Science, Technology & Society (GER-PE (STS)), Business &
Management (GER-PE (BM)). The courses are offered to students from all
programme.
WKWSCI students are required to take 3 AUs from GER-PE (LA), 3 AUs from GER-PE
(STS), 3 AUs from GER-PE (BM) and the remaining 6 AUs from any of the three
categories.
GER-UE refers to any other courses offered at the School and University level but do
not count as CORE or PE.
Practicum courses offered by WKWSCI are NOT open to first year students during the
first semester.
2.
REGISTRATION AND ADD/DROP PERIODS
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Students who wish to make changes or register for GER-PE or GER-UE courses can
do so during the ADD/DROP period. The ADD/DROP period for Semester 1, 2015 is
from Tuesday, 11 Aug – Sunday, 23 August 2015.
Students are NOT allowed to change the core courses that they have been allocated.
Poly graduates can only be exempted up to 12 AUs and exemptions will only be
given to GER-PE or GER-UE type courses.
Year 1 and 2 students are NOT allowed to register for Year 3 and 4 courses beginning
with the code CS4XXX.
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 19 AUs and there are
vacancies for these courses they want to register.
Please refer to the School website on the curriculum structure
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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 you have any queries, please write to ask_WKWSCI@ntu.edu.sg . Please allow 3-4
days for reply during peak time.
4.
Registration for Minors
Students may wish to take various Minor programmes offered by other Schools. For
more information on Minors:
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.
5.
CS courses for semester I, 2015-16
The following CS courses at the lower level (Year 1 and 2) are offered in Semester 1
2015_16:
CORE
CS0201: Foundations of Communication Studies
CS0204 : Basic Media Writing
Cs2005 : Speech and Argumentation
CS2007- Communication Histories and Theories (pre-req: Cs0201)
CS2021- News Reporting and Writing (pre-req: CS0204)
CS2023- Print & Digital Publication (pre-req: CS0204)
CS2025- Image & Sound Production (pre-req: Cs2006)
CS2029- Broadcast Journalism (Pre-req; CS2025)
CS2031- Creative Strategies
CS2032- Graphic Communication (Pre-req: Cs2006)
CS2044 – Photojournalism (pre-req: Cs2021)
CS2026 – Media Presentation and Performance
CS2030- Audio in Media
CS2055 – Organizational Communication
CS2058 – Integrated Marketing Communication
CS2400- Foundation of Information Analytics (new pending approval)
CS2401 – Information Analytics, Tools, Techniques & Technologies (new pending
approval)
CS2404 – Representing and Organizing Information (new pending approval)
FL8001- Introduction to Film Studies