Who is my Advisor?

As an MSU Denver student, you have access to professional academic advisors and faculty advisors, as well as staff in other offices that can help you navigate college. Whether you’re needing help with general academic advising, deciding on a major, sorting out transfer credit, looking for referrals, choosing classes for next semester, or exploring careers, we’ve got you covered.

It is common for students to have more than one advisor during their time at MSU Denver. We offer academic advising from both professional academic advisors and faculty advisors.

Professional Academic Advisor

A professional advisor can help you with:

  • Advising for major and minor requirements.
  • Advising on general studies for JMP majors.
  • Advising for overall academic policies and procedures.
  • Advising for basic degree requirements for graduation.
  • Removal of Orientation/Advising holds, 45-credit hour general studies holds, and 60-credit hour general studies holds.
  • Declaration of majors and minors.
  • Completion of Math peer study contracts and overrides for math courses (for eligible students).
  • Interpretation of Accuplacer test results for English and Math.

Faculty Advisor

A faculty advisor can help you with:

  • Careers/Internships/Job Search and/or Graduate School Information
  • Class Scheduling and Degree Planning (General Studies and Core Classes including Upper Division Courses in JMP; Minor in JMP)
  • Class Support (e.g., Concerns related to a class I’m enrolled in, Dropping/Withdrawing from classes
  • General Advising (e.g., Declaring/Changing a Major or Minor in JMP, Can a course go toward my major? (Petition Degree Exception, Information on a JMP class I’m interested in)
  • Explore a Major/Minor in JMP
  • Graduation Check
  • Registration Errors (e.g., Department Hold, Prerequisite Override, etc.)
  • Support, Resources, and Counseling Referrals

Meet your Professional Academic Advisor

Julia Keedy

Julia Keedy, MSU Denver '21, English, B.A.

Julia Keedy serves as the Professional Academic Advisor for the Department of Journalism and Media Production. All students who have declared a major in JMP can schedule an appointment with Julia through Navigate.

Meet your Faculty Advisors

View the Faculty and Staff Directory to find and schedule an appointment with your Faculty Advisor

View the Faculty and Staff Directory

Transfer Students

The Department of Journalism and Media Production welcomes transfer students from any accredited college or university in the country and from community colleges throughout Colorado.

All transfer students should have their transcripts evaluated by the Transfer Services Office in the Student Success Building.

Once evaluated students may receive the following types of credit:

Equivalent Transfer Courses

Some JMP transfer courses transferred from the Colorado Community College System (CCCS) may have direct equivalents at MSU Denver. View the MSU Denver Transfer guides for a list of direct equivalencies.

Non-equivalent Transfer Courses

When a transfer course does not have an equivalent course at MSU Denver, lower division courses are assigned 8000 numbers and upper division courses are assigned 9000 numbers.

Students should meet with a faculty advisor in the Journalism and Media Production program to determine a specific major and whether any other transfer courses may be used in the major.

Contact the Department

Contact us for more information about the Department of Journalism and Media Production and our programs.

Whether you are not finding the information on this web page or you would like to connect with someone, feel free to call or email us.

Email Jane Mader for General Questions

Campus Location

Central Classroom, Suite 119

Mailing Address

P.O. Box 173362
Campus Box 35
Denver, CO 80217-3362

Virtual Office Hours

Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-5:00 PM

In-Person Office Hours

By Appointment

Phone

(303) 615-1717