Eligibility requirements for applicants to the communication major
and the journalism and media studies major include the completion of
the following core courses with a combined average of C+ in the two
courses, and a grade of C or better in each course.
04:189:101 Introduction to Communication and Information Systems and Processes
04:189:102 Introduction to Media Systems and Processes
Applicants to the information technology and informatics major must
complete one of the courses listed above, plus 04: 189:103 Information
Technology and Informatics, with a combined average of C+ in the two
courses, and a grade of C or better in each course.
There
is also a writing course requirement which may be satisfied by a grade
of C or better in 01:355:101, Expository Writing, or an equivalent
college level writing course at Rutgers or another college, or by an
advanced placement score of 4 or better in English.
Application Process
Students applying for spring-term admission must submit applications by
October 1 of the pervious term. Students applying for fall-term
admission must submit applications by February 14 of the previous term.
The information technology and informatics program only accepts
applications during the February application cycle for admission in the
fall term. These deadlines allow applications to be processed and
admission decisions made in time for students to preregister for the
following term. All communication and journalism applications submitted
after the deadlines will be held until the following term.
Applicants must have completed the prerequisite courses required for
their choice of major, and have grades available for review by the
admissions committees before applying.
After completing
189:101, students planning to major in communication may take
04:192:200, 201, and 300 before being admitted to the major. Students
planning to major in journalism and media studies may take 04:567:324,
334, 335, 350, and 379 before being admitted to the major. Completion
of any of these courses does not guarantee admission to either major.
Students planning to major in information technology and informatics
may not take any information technology and informatics courses beyond
04:189:103 until they have been accepted into the major.
Students may apply to two SCILS majors during the spring application
cycle, but can only be admitted to one major. Students are not
permitted to double major in two SCILS majors.
There are no
minors offered in any of SCILS undergraduate programs. Instructions and
application forms for all programs are available on the SCILS web site
at www.scils.rutgers.edu.
