Student Resources

When you first enroll at Radford University, you typically register for classes through Quest.

Registration over the next few semesters will take place through the Highlander Success Center. Once you reach 45 hours you will need to have a faculty member from the School of Communication assigned as your academic advisor. Before you meet with your advisor, you will need to check your academic progress by logging into OneCampus. It is generally a good idea to bring a copy of this “audit” of your progress to all your advising appointments.

Each semester you will need to meet with your adviser to plan your semester's courses and receive your registration "PIN" number. You should also discuss a plan for graduation, even if it is a year or two away, and your thoughts about launching your communication career.

Each major or minor concentration in the School of Communication has its own sequence of required courses, based on the "catalog year" in which you began the program. You may elect to use the course catalog for the year you came to Radford, or you may elect a more recent year. There are four areas to consider when you plan a course schedule:

1. Major & Concentration (36 - 42 credit hours)
2. REAL: Reasoning. Expression. Analysis. Learning.
3. Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts requirements (6-12 credit hours). For communication students, a B.A. requires 12 hours of foreign language (or less for advanced students) while the B.S. requires six to eight hours of science or social science courses.
4. Electives, minor, second major

Total credit hours: 120

Seniors must submit a graduation application a full semester before graduation: mid-September for May graduation, early February for December graduation.

Exact dates are listed in the registrar's calendar.  Begin the process by scheduling a meeting with your School of Communication faculty adviser to check your records.

When you visit with your adviser, bring the paperwork described below. (With all of the reports available online today, some advisers may not insist on having printed copies. However, having printed copies and filled-out forms will make your advising session go faster.)

• First, download the reports and forms.
• Use information from the reports to fill out the forms.
• Then bring the whole package to your adviser for review and his or her signature.

Obtaining the Reports
The reports can be downloaded from the OneCampus portal.

• DegreeWorks Audit
• Transcript (You DO NOT need an “official copy” of your transcript from the registrar;  just print the one available on the portal)
• Transfer course info (if you transferred courses to Radford University)

Obtaining the Forms

• Request a graduation application from the College of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences Advising Center
• Your major concentration's Academic Progress checksheet for your catalog year (usually the year you started at Radford University)
• Your General Education or "Core" checksheet for your catalog year (usually the year you started at Radford University)
• ONLY needed if you will still have courses to complete after April: Declaration of Intent to Participate in Commencement Ceremony [DOC]. For instance, you need this form if you have a summer internship to complete, or if you withdraw from a course during your senior year and plan to make up the credit during Maymester or a summer session.

If your situation changes after filing the papers, for instance, if you withdraw from a course and need to file a Declaration of Intent to Participate form, contact your adviser or the School of Communication office.