MEMO: M.S. Electives & Skills for M.A. Students
Dear M.A. Students,
As you know, you have the option to attempt to take one of your two spring electives at the Journalism School (list below; full course descriptions at
http://deanstudents.blogsome.com/2007/11/19/memo-spring-2008-curriculum/ )
Please note that classes marked with “space available” are classes that are not yet at maximum enrollment. Entrance to the rest will require that a currently registered M.S. student drop the class.
You are also eligible for the spring skills courses.
To request these classes please use the Add/Drop process described beneath the elective list.
Advanced Computer Assisted Reporting – Tom Torok [space available]
Advanced Photojournalism - Sara Barrett
Broadcast News Management - David McCormick and Lloyd Siegel [space available]
Feature Writing A - Alexandra Peers [space available]
Feature Writing B – Hugh Eakin [space available]
Graphics in the Newsroom - Hannah Fairfield Wallander [space available]
The International Newsroom – Ann Cooper
Magazine Editing – Elizabeth Pochoda [space available]
Narrative Writing A - Kevin Coyne
Narrative Writing B – Jacob Levenson
New Media Elective – Jennifer Brown & Jennifer Johnson
News Editing – Nancy Sharkey
Opinion Writing – Gwenda Blair [space available]
Politics and the Press in America - Evan Cornog [space available]
Radio Documentary – Alex Blumberg
Sports Journalism – Sandy Padwe
Tough Choices: Decision-Making in Journalism – Michael Shapiro
Covering Ideas – Alexander Stille
To request Journalism electives or skills courses, you must complete an Add/Drop form at http://fs8.formsite.com/cjdos/AddDrop/
The form will be active as of 7 a.m. on Tuesday, January 8.
Please note that this is only a REQUEST and we cannot guarantee your request will be accommodated.
On each Add/Drop request form you may request to add one class AND drop one class.
M.A. students may complete just the “add” portion to request a skills or 3-point elective class.
The Add/Drop request form will be available here as of 7 a.m. on Tuesday, January 8. Additional information on the Add/Drop request process is listed below. Please read it carefully before submitting a request form.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ADD/DROP REQUESTS:
The Add/Drop period Tuesday, January 8, at 7 a.m. to Friday, February 1, at 7 a.m.
Add/Drop forms are processed on a first come, first served basis.
If your form is submitted correctly you will receive a request confirmation e-mail within 24 hours. Please remember to include the @columbia.edu after your UNI.
You will NOT receive an e-mail from our office saying that your request was granted or not granted.
To learn if your request was granted, you must keep checking your class schedule on the web using https://ssol.columbia.edu/. All requests remain on file during the Add/Drop period.
You do not need to submit multiple forms for the same Add/Drop request. If I am able to grant requests I do it as soon as possible but sometimes it takes days for a space to open in a class. Sometimes the space never opens up. In most cases, if you want to add a class I have to wait to see whether someone else wants to drop it.
Please remember that you are submitting an Add/Drop REQUEST. There is no guarantee that I will be able to approve your request. Until you see a change reflected on your class schedule on STUDENT SERVICES ONLINE (https://ssol.columbia.edu/), your request has not been approved.
If you have more than one preference, you may for a given course, in the notes section of the Add/Drop form, indicate so. Simply complete the add portion of the form with your first preference and in the notes section give me the same info about your second, third, etc., choices. You must include the call and course numbers if you indicate other preferences in the notes section.
Also, please be certain that you are not requesting a class that conflicts with any of your other classes.
The only way I will be able to approve most requests is by knowing which courses will be dropped by students. SAMPLE FORM BELOW (information is fictional)
Sample Form
Program/Contact Information (information below is fictional)
Your Name: SUSIE J-SCHOOLER
PID: C000000000
E-mail: sjs2009@columbia.edu
Phone: 917-123-4560
Program: FT Master of Arts
Please enter the details of the course you would like to add: (information for completing this section is at the Directory of Classes - see instructions at the top of the Add/Drop form)
Class Number: J6987; Section Number: 20; Call Number: 81350
Title: Journalism and the Grinch
