Admission to JMU does not guarantee admission to the School of Communication Studies. All students interested in majoring or minoring in the program must apply for a limited number of spaces. For the 2011-2012 academic year only, the following is the procedure/policy for applying to the School of Communication Studies:
- Students wanting to major in SCOM must change their majors to “SCOM Declared” (or add it as a second major.) (This does not apply to students seeking to minor in SCOM.)
- Students seeking to major or minor in SCOM must complete both SCOM 240 and SCOM 245
- Student must submit an application for the major or minor.
- The School of Communication Studies reviews applications for admission to the major or minor each semester.
- Students will be notified of the department’s admission decision by March 1 for fall admission, and by October 1 for spring admission. (Students transferring to JMU with Associate’s Degrees should contact the school’s director for the notification deadlines related to them.)
- Students with a combined GPA of 3.0 or higher in SCOM 240 and SCOM 245 will be automatically admitted to the major or minor.
- Students who have a combined GPA in those two courses of between 2.7 and 2.99 will be ranked according to that combined GPA; those students will be admitted on a space-available basis in rank order based on those GPAs.
- Students with a combined GPA less than 2.7 in SCOM 240 and 245 will not be considered for admission.
- A student may not apply for the major and minor more than twice, and those applications must be in consecutive semesters.
Successful completion of a major in the School of Communication Studies requires, at the very least, a minimum of four semesters after a student is fully admitted to the School. Depending upon the student’s particular circumstances and degree progress, more than four semesters may be required for completing the major.
Successful completion of any minor in the School of Communication Studies requires, at the very least, a minimum of two semesters after a student is fully admitted to the School. Depending upon the student’s particular circumstances and degree progress, more than two semesters may be required for completing the minor.
Once admitted to the School of Communication Studies, a student cannot retroactively apply more than nine hours of SCOM courses, including SCOM 240 and SCOM 245, to her/his major.
Click here to download the major application form.
Click here to download the minor application form.
Important Information for Students Applying in Summer 2011
If you are applying for admission to the major or minor in Summer 2011, your admission procedures and requirements are different. Please click here to those admission requirements. |
