This 5-year program combines two existing programs - the Bachelor’s degree in the College of Arts and Sciences, and in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs - together with the MA or MS degree in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
Admission Requirements
Students considering this program are strongly encouraged to speak to an Academic Advisor in the Hall of Languages as soon as possible upon entering Syracuse University. Completing the program in 5 years requires careful planning.
To be eligible for admission to the program students must be admitted to Arts and Sciences or Maxwell according to the normal procedure. The decision on whether to admit the student into Newhouse will be based primarily on the student’s undergraduate academic record.
3.25 GPA after completing 60 credit hours of coursework in A&S/Maxwell.
Newhouse Contact
Joel Kaplan
Associate Dean for Graduate Program
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
330 Newhouse 2
315-443-1429
jkkaplan@syr.edu
Arts and Sciences Contact
Office of Advising and Career Services
The College of Arts and Sciences
342 Hall of Language
315-443-3150
casadvising@syr.edu
Program Requirements
Students in this program will complete all the requirements for a Bachelor’s degree, as well as for the Master’s degree from Newhouse in 5 years. Students will receive both degrees, receiving the Bachelor’s after four years, and the Master’s after the fifth year. Courses required for each of the available Master’s degree programs are provided below.
4+1 Combined Requirements
The crossover courses for the 4+1 combined degree are as follows:
Advanced Media Management, MS
Fall of year 4: MMI 606 Strategic Content Management
Spring of year 4: Approved Newhouse or Whitman elective chosen with academic advisor/ Newhouse Graduate Advising Office approval.
Advertising, MA (ADV)
Fall of year 4: ADV 612 Strategic Brain: Account Planning and Research
Fall of year 4: COM 697 Advertising & Public Relations Law
Arts Journalism and Communications, MA (AJC)
Fall of year 4: COM 697 Advertising & Public Relations Law or COM 698 Media Law
Spring of year 4: 3 credits of graduate level work can be taken in Newhouse, Architecture, Film, Fine Arts, Music or Theater with approval from the students’ academic advisor and the Newhouse Graduate Advising Office.
Arts, Style and Culture Journalism, MA
Fall of year 4: COM 698 Media Law
Spring of year 4: 3 credits of graduate level work can be taken in Newhouse, Architecture, Film, Fine Arts, Music or Theater with approval from the students’ academic advisor and the Newhouse Graduate Advising Office.
Broadcast and Digital Journalism, MS (BDJ)
Fall of year 4: COM 647 Applied Media Research or COM 698 Media Law
Spring of year 4: Whichever COM course was not taken in the fall semester
Magazine, News and Digital Journalism, MS (MND)
Fall of year 4: MND 616 Applied Research for Magazine, News and Digital Journalists
Spring of year 4: COM 698 Media Law
Media Studies, MA
Fall of year 4: Newhouse law course (COM 697 Advertising & Public Relations Law, COM 698 Media Law, or TRF 637 Telecommunications Law&Policy)
Spring of year 4: Newhouse elective. (Elective courses will be selected in consultation with the student’s advisor and the Newhouse Graduate Records Office. Courses will be relevant to the student’s planned course of study. Courses may include those offered in Newhouse, or elsewhere in the University. This can include an internship).
Multimedia, Photography and Design, MS
Fall of year 4: 3 one credit modules of VIS 602 Essentials for Visual Communicators: Advanced Productivity, Writing, and Design or Photography
Spring of year 4: COM 698 Media Law
Music Business, MS
During their senior year, students should take MBU 602 Introduction to Music Business (3 credits),MBU 644 Diversity and the Music Industry (1 credit), and TRF 654 Music Recording (3 credits). Students should plan their coursework in consultation with their advisor and the program director.
Public Relations, MS
Fall of year 4: COM 697 Advertising & Public Relations Law
Spring of year 4: Integrated & Digital Communications Elective (Select from an approved list of courses in analytics, digital strategies and IMC courses from Newhouse or Whitman.)
Television, Radio and Film, MA
Fall of year 4: TRF 696 Research for Entertainment Media
Spring of year 4: TRF 637 Telecommunications Law&Policy
College of Arts and Sciences Requirements
For all Arts and Sciences|Maxwell students, successful completion of a bachelor’s degree in this major requires a minimum of 120 credits, 96 of which must be Arts and Sciences|Maxwell credits, completion of the Liberal Arts Core requirements, and the requirements for this major (30 credits) that are listed above.
Dual Enrollments:
Students dually enrolled in Newhouse* and Arts and Sciences|Maxwell will complete a minimum of 122 credits, with at least 90 credits in Arts and Sciences|Maxwell coursework and an Arts and Sciences|Maxwell major.
*Students dually enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences|Maxwell as first year students must complete the Liberal Arts Core. Students who transfer to the dual program after their first year as singly enrolled students in the Newhouse School will satisfy general requirements for the dual degree program by completing the Newhouse Core Requirements.
Undergraduate University Requirements
The following requirements and experiences apply to all Syracuse University Undergraduate matriculated degree programs.
