In order to ensure that
majors can enroll in required courses, up to 75% of spaces in many 400-level Communication Studies courses are reserved for declared majors through senior
and junior registration. Any additional seats will be released after that time for enrollment by any LSA junior or senior who meets enforced prerequisites
for the course.
All spaces in the Capstone seminars are reserved for declared senior Communication Studies majors.
Majors may only take one
single capstone course (COMM 450-490) to count toward the major requirements.
COMMUNICATION STUDIES WAITLIST POLICY
Permission
and the 2 Class Attendance Rule
Department policy requires students to attend the first two seminars or lectures of the course. For lecture
courses with discussion/lab sections, department policy requires students to attend the first two lectures and first discussion/lab section of the
course. Failure to do so may result in the student being administratively dropped from the course for non-attendance.
Waitlist and Permission Policies
For all classes, the department uses the electronic waitlist system once the class fills. Students seeking to enroll in an already full class can put
their names on a waitlist through the on-line registration system (Wolverine Access). A waitlist number will appear on the student’s schedule indicating the
sequential spot on the electronic waitlist. However, priority on the waitlist is determined, not by sequential order, but by the department policies listed
below. Faculty members will apply appropriate departmental policies to determine which, if any, students are accepted into the class once it is full and
waitlisted. Due to the reservation restrictions of Communication Studies courses for officially declared students, newly declared Communication Studies
students are encouraged to waitlist for any closed Communication Studies courses.
WAITLIST PRIORITIES IN COMM 101 and COMM 102:
- Sophomores,
including those with Junior class standing due to Advanced Placement credit (54 credits or less after exclusion of AP credit)
- Freshmen
- Juniors
- Seniors
WAITLIST PRIORITIES IN 200-, 300- and 400-LEVEL ELECTIVE COURSES
- Senior declared Communication Studies majors
- Junior
declared Communication Studies majors
- Sophomore declared Communication Studies majors
- All other undergraduate students in order of sequence on the
electronic waitlist
WAITLIST PRIORITIES IN COMM 350-399 (ULWR) COURSES:
- Senior declared Communication
Studies majors
- Junior declared Communication Studies majors
- Sophomore declared Communication Studies majors
- All other undergraduate
students in order of sequence on the waitlist
NOTE: All students enrolled in COMM courses designated as Upper-Level Writing Requirement must complete
all writing assignments regardless of whether or not they are seeking ULWR credit
WAITLIST PRIORITIES IN COMM 450-490 CAPSTONE COURSES:
- Declared Communication Studies seniors in order of sequence on the electronic waitlist.
Permission Priorities
Faculty will use the
department’s established priorities to grant permissions. Students who are registered in one section of a class, but wish to switch sections, will NOT be
given priority over any student on the official waitlist in Wolverine Access.
Permission Procedures
Permissions are approved only by faculty
after the term begins. Permissions are issued within 24 business hours of department staff receiving them from the instructor. Students offered permission
will receive an e-mail with registration information from Wolverine Access. Permissions will be valid for 3 days and will expire at midnight on the third day
(which includes weekends). Failure to use the permission within the 3 day time frame will result in being administratively dropped from the waitlist. After
receiving permission, students must add the class via Wolverine Access to become officially enrolled. Also, students will not be able to register for the
course (add the course) until permissions are issued and they have dropped from the waitlist. In all cases, it is the student’s responsibility to insure that
he or she is properly enrolled in, or dropped from, a course.
New Major Status
Newly declared majors should present the approved, signed
Declaration Form to instructors in waitlisted courses to confirm official declaration status. Faculty rely on the signed Declaration Forms to
validate a student’s official Communication Studies major status so that appropriate waitlist priority is granted.