August 2018

Dear Newhouse Student:

Welcome to Syracuse University and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. A University is a special place in which a community of scholars—teachers and students—work together toward common goals and in the process develop individual skills and talents. It is an environment where people are challenged to discover their potential and challenge others. It assumes certain freedoms with which come corresponding responsibilities.

As a new citizen of this community, you will have many different roles and responsibilities. In order to help you understand the academic expectations at the Newhouse School, we have outlined your degree requirements and the School Rules and Regulations in this handbook. You are responsible for knowing these requirements.

We don’t expect you to digest all the requirements at once. You should focus at the outset on the Skills and Divisional Requirements . We will be reviewing the rest of the materials in advising sessions this fall. Some of the requirements described here may sound familiar to you since they were included in much less detail in the directions for your first-term enrollment this summer. Even if they sound familiar, please review these requirements once more.

You will not be without support in your academic pursuits. Academic advising at the Newhouse School includes your faculty adviser, your peer adviser, the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office, the Associate and Assistant Deans for Student Affairs, and the Newhouse Career Development Center.

You have already met your peer adviser. Peer advisers are volunteers who want to help new students. They are good students themselves, and they are knowledgeable about requirements and the University. While your peer adviser’s formal role ends after your first semester registration is complete, he or she is available to you as a resource throughout your first year, and you should not hesitate to contact your peer adviser. If you need help locating him or her, the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office can be of assistance (316 Newhouse 3, 315-443-4722).

One of the first relationships we hope you will establish at the University is with your faculty adviser. You have been assigned a faculty adviser to help you discover your interests and sort through your questions. If you are not certain who your adviser is, the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office (316 Newhouse 3) can help you. Also, your adviser is listed on MySlice under Advising Services on your SU portal. While you are required to see your faculty adviser at least once each semester before registration through your first and second year in the Newhouse School, you can see your adviser at any time during the semester throughout your four years. In fact, if you are in your first year, you are currently scheduled for an advising seminar—COM 100: Seminar for First-Year Students—which meets during the first few weeks of the fall semester. Through this seminar, you will have regular contact with your faculty adviser and a small group of Newhouse students and become better acquainted with opportunities within the School and the University. We think you will find this seminar a valuable beginning to your University experience.

In addition to your Seminar, advisers have weekly office hours which are posted in the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office, the Dean’s Office, the Department offices (318 Newhouse 3), on the adviser’s office door, and under Advising Services on MySlice. If you have a conflict with your adviser’s posted office hours, you may call or email him or her and request an appointment at a mutually convenient time.

As you discover more about what you would like to do professionally, you may decide to change your adviser to someone who can direct you more specifically in your area of interest. (You may change your adviser by filling out the appropriate form in the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office.) You will be assigned to an adviser in your major at the end of your sophomore year, if you have not chosen a major adviser before then.

As a junior or a senior, you will not be required to see your adviser for registration purposes, although you certainly should if you have questions. This choice is extended to juniors and seniors recognizing that most are well versed in their degree requirements. By extending this privilege, we are not encouraging you to see your adviser less frequently, but we are encouraging you to see your adviser more as a resource and not just as the source of a formal signature. We hope you will see your adviser for many reasons, such as discussing your minor, electives, career goals, and internship opportunities. An adviser is a valuable contact who can help you academically and professionally if you take the time to meet with him or her regularly.

In the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office (room 316 Newhouse 3), you have a professional staff adviser who has been assigned to you to help monitor your academic progress. The Newhouse staff adviser is an expert on degree requirements and School or University procedures and rules and can often answer your questions. He or she will also maintain your records, a copy of which is kept in this office. In addition to accessing Degree Works, the automated online audit, at any time, you will be required to meet with your staff adviser and review your DEGREE AUDIT in person before your senior year. The audit will outline what you have left to complete to earn your Bachelor’s degree. At other times, if you feel uncertain about your requirements, you should request a meeting to review your requirements and plans with your adviser.

We supplement advising at Newhouse with group meetings on various topics. Some will be required; some will be recommended. You will get advising mailings from us with important information one or more times during the semester. It is very important that you keep your local address current and accurate on MySlice and that you check your SU email daily. You should also visit the Newhouse Career Development Center (313 Newhouse 3) to seek career advice and to sign up for appropriate workshops as you transition from campus media to off-campus internships.

Your faculty adviser, your peer adviser, your professional staff adviser, the Career Development Center, and our offices are all here to offer help and guidance. We hope you will take the initiative to seek help when you need it and to take advantage of the opportunities we have structured for you. As any senior will tell you, your four undergraduate years will go by very quickly. We hope you will take charge of your time and education at the outset and make each one of your forty or so courses contribute to your learning and growth by exploring areas of interest, venturing into unfamiliar terrain, and expanding your knowledge and skills. We wish you great success.

August 2019

Dear Newhouse Student:

Welcome to Syracuse University and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. A University is a special place in which a community of scholars—teachers and students—work together toward common goals and in the process develop individual skills and talents. It is an environment where people are challenged to discover their potential and challenge others. It assumes certain freedoms with which come corresponding responsibilities.

As a new citizen of this community, you will have many different roles and responsibilities. In order to help you understand the academic expectations at the Newhouse School, we have outlined your degree requirements and the School Rules and Regulations in this handbook. You are responsible for knowing these requirements.

We don’t expect you to digest all the requirements at once. You should focus at the outset on the Skills and Divisional Requirements . We will be reviewing the rest of the materials in advising sessions this fall. Some of the requirements described here may sound familiar to you since they were included in much less detail in the directions for your first-term enrollment this summer. Even if they sound familiar, please review these requirements once more.

You will not be without support in your academic pursuits. Academic advising at the Newhouse School includes your faculty adviser, your peer adviser, the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office, the Associate and Assistant Deans for Student Affairs, and the Newhouse Career Development Center.

You have already met your peer adviser. Peer advisers are volunteers who want to help new students. They are good students themselves, and they are knowledgeable about requirements and the University. While your peer adviser’s formal role ends after your first semester registration is complete, he or she is available to you as a resource throughout your first year, and you should not hesitate to contact your peer adviser. If you need help locating him or her, the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office can be of assistance (316 Newhouse 3, 315-443-4722).

One of the first relationships we hope you will establish at the University is with your faculty adviser. You have been assigned a faculty adviser to help you discover your interests and sort through your questions. If you are not certain who your adviser is, the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office (316 Newhouse 3) can help you. Also, your adviser is listed on MySlice under Advising Services on your SU portal. While you are required to see your faculty adviser at least once each semester before registration through your first and second year in the Newhouse School, you can see your adviser at any time during the semester throughout your four years. In fact, if you are in your first year, you are currently scheduled for an advising seminar—COM 100: Seminar for First-Year Students—which meets during the first few weeks of the fall semester. Through this seminar, you will have regular contact with your faculty adviser and a small group of Newhouse students and become better acquainted with opportunities within the School and the University. We think you will find this seminar a valuable beginning to your University experience.

In addition to your Seminar, advisers have weekly office hours which are posted in the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office, the Dean’s Office, the Department offices (318 Newhouse 3), on the adviser’s office door, and under Advising Services on MySlice. If you have a conflict with your adviser’s posted office hours, you may call or email him or her and request an appointment at a mutually convenient time.

As you discover more about what you would like to do professionally, you may decide to change your adviser to someone who can direct you more specifically in your area of interest. (You may change your adviser by filling out the appropriate form in the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office.) You will be assigned to an adviser in your major at the end of your sophomore year, if you have not chosen a major adviser before then.

As a junior or a senior, you will not be required to see your adviser for registration purposes, although you certainly should if you have questions. This choice is extended to juniors and seniors recognizing that most are well versed in their degree requirements. By extending this privilege, we are not encouraging you to see your adviser less frequently, but we are encouraging you to see your adviser more as a resource and not just as the source of a formal signature. We hope you will see your adviser for many reasons, such as discussing your minor, electives, career goals, and internship opportunities. An adviser is a valuable contact who can help you academically and professionally if you take the time to meet with him or her regularly.

In the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office (room 316 Newhouse 3), you have a professional staff adviser who has been assigned to you to help monitor your academic progress. The Newhouse staff adviser is an expert on degree requirements and School or University procedures and rules and can often answer your questions. He or she will also maintain your records, a copy of which is kept in this office. In addition to accessing Degree Works, the automated online audit, at any time, you will be required to meet with your staff adviser and review your DEGREE AUDIT in person before your senior year. The audit will outline what you have left to complete to earn your Bachelor’s degree. At other times, if you feel uncertain about your requirements, you should request a meeting to review your requirements and plans with your adviser.

We supplement advising at Newhouse with group meetings on various topics. Some will be required; some will be recommended. You will get advising mailings from us with important information one or more times during the semester. It is very important that you keep your local address current and accurate on MySlice and that you check your SU email daily. You should also visit the Newhouse Career Development Center (313 Newhouse 3) to seek career advice and to sign up for appropriate workshops as you transition from campus media to off-campus internships.

Your faculty adviser, your peer adviser, your professional staff adviser, the Career Development Center, and our offices are all here to offer help and guidance. We hope you will take the initiative to seek help when you need it and to take advantage of the opportunities we have structured for you. As any senior will tell you, your four undergraduate years will go by very quickly. We hope you will take charge of your time and education at the outset and make each one of your forty or so courses contribute to your learning and growth by exploring areas of interest, venturing into unfamiliar terrain, and expanding your knowledge and skills. We wish you great success.

The Newhouse School’s mission is to educate ethical, visionary communicators whose goal is to establish an open marketplace of ideas guided by the First Amendment using contemporary professional practices. In the course of earning their degree, students are expected to achieve the following educational outcomes:

• LAW: Identify the principles and laws of free speech and press for the US, as well as compare the American system of freedom of expression with others around the world, including the right to dissent, to monitor and criticize power, and to assemble and petition for redress of grievances;
• HISTORY: Describe how professionalization has historically shaped the institutions in communications;
• U.S. DIVERSITY: Explain mass communications in relation to social identities such as gender, race ethnicity, sexual orientation and, as appropriate, other forms of diversity in American society;
• GLOBAL DIVERSITY: Recognize how the diversity of peoples and cultures has shaped mass communications in a global society;
• VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS: Apply theories and concepts of design and visual communication to the use and presentation of images and information;
• ETHICS: Recognize professional ethical principles and apply them in pursuit of truth, accuracy, fairness and diversity;
• CRITICAL THINKING: Critically, creatively, and independently consider problems and issues relevant to the communications professions;
• RESEARCH: Conduct research and evaluate information by methods appropriate to the communications professions;
• WRITING: Write correctly and clearly in forms and styles appropriate for the communications professions, audiences and purposes they serve;
• EVALUATION: Critically evaluate their own work and that of others for accuracy and fairness, clarity, appropriate style and grammatical correctness;
• STATISTICS: Apply basic numerical and statistical concepts;
• TECHNOLOGY: Apply tools and technologies appropriate for the communications professions in which they work.

To obtain help with academic advising and career questions, we encourage you to use the following Newhouse resources:

Faculty Advisers

Office hours are listed in the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office, the Dean’s Office, and department offices. Faculty also have email addresses. Check MySlice for your adviser’s information under Advising Services.

Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office
316 Newhouse 3, 443-4722, NHAdvise@syr.edu

The Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office provides academic advising, degree audits and general academic information. This office contains forms for declaring majors and minors, transferring credit, changing advisers, as well as academic University publications and Newhouse major requirement sheets. The office email address is NHAdvise@syr.edu.

The Newhouse Advising and Records Office is staffed by Newhouse professional staff advisers, the director, the assistant dean for student affairs, and their support team:

Suze Carey
Project Coordinator
443-4622
srcarey@syr.edu

Kristin Cutler
Academic Adviser
443-4722
kacutler@syr.edu

Alison Fredericks
Academic Adviser
443-4722
aefred01@syr.edu

Suzanne Maguire
Director
443-4722
semaguir@syr.edu

Karen McGee
Assistant Dean of Student Services
443-4722
kmcgee@syr.edu

Richard Mendez
Academic Adviser
443-4722
rmmendez@syr.edu

Julie Pregent
Office Coordinator
443-4722
japregen@syr.edu

Brad Stalter
Academic Adviser
443-4722
bcstalte@syr.edu

Visit the Undergraduate Advising and Records Office website>

313 Newhouse 3, 443-3270

The Career Development Center can help you find an internship and get ready for the job search. The office offers workshops in networking, resume writing, interviewing skills, and other useful topics. A list of workshops and dates, as well as other information about the CDC, can be accessed at the website. The office is filled with useful handouts, research tools, and postings. It is worth a visit in person.

The Career Development Office staff members are:

Kelly Barnett
Director
443-3270
kbarnett@syr.edu

Danielle Harvey
Career Counselor
443-7386
dbharvey@syr.edu

Bridget Lichtinger
Assistant Director
443-3270
belichti@syr.edu

Brittany Wallace
Office Manager
443-3270
bwallace@syr.edu

The Newhouse curriculum is anchored in the liberal arts and sciences. Your courses outside of Communications will help to introduce you to the expanse of knowledge upon which to build your media studies. Not only will you explore the various means to reach different publics in your media studies, but you will become aware of the range of knowledge and emotions, ideas and values which compose effective communication. Because effective communication draws upon a broad base of knowledge, all Newhouse students take a range of liberal arts courses including courses in the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities, as well as courses which develop writing skills, quantitative skills and skills in a foreign language.

The Newhouse core curriculum deliberately overlaps with the Liberal Arts Core of the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University. Some of the requirement descriptions and rationales presented in the Newhouse Fact Book are taken from the College of Arts and Sciences Liberal Arts Core. The Writing Intensive course list, as well as the divisional lists—Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and Humanities— were developed by the College of Arts and Sciences.

Students typically are required to complete 122 credit hours to earn a Bachelor’s degree in communications. No more than 42 credits of these 122 can be taken in Newhouse course work, and no fewer than 61 credits must be taken from courses offered by the College of Arts and Sciences. Therefore, half of your courses will be in the liberal arts and sciences. Your involvement in your major courses in Newhouse will increase as you progress in your education. In addition to your Newhouse major, your skills requirements, and your divisional requirements, you will complete a professional specialization which will include courses to complement and enhance your skills and knowledge of the music business.  These courses will be in the Whitman School of Management and in the College of Visual and Performing Arts as outlined in the Specialization section later in this guide.

Specialization
18 credits.

A specialization must be in an area outside of communications and must include a minimum of eighteen credits, usually six three-credit courses. A professional specialization with specific courses in Management and Visual and Performing Arts has been designed for this program.

Complete in third and fourth years.

Electives
7-17 credits

Since some courses may fulfill more than one requirement, the number of elective credits a student has varies according to how he or she chooses to fulfill the Skills and Divisional requirements. Only ONE of these credits may be outside of Arts and Sciences The remaining credits may be chosen from any area in the College of Arts and Sciences in order to reach the 61credits required in that college.

Complete in second, third and fourth years.

A minimum of 122 credits are required for graduation.

A minimum of 61 credits (of the 122) MUST be from courses taught by the College of Arts and Sciences.

42 of the 122 credits MUST be in a major program in Recording and Entertainment Industries.

Students may take more than 42 credits in Newhouse ONLY if these credits exceed the 122 credits required for graduation.

Students who are singly enrolled in the Newhouse School must complete the following skills requirements:

1. Basic Writing Skills
2. Foreign Languages
3. Quantitative Skills
4. Additional Skills Courses: Foreign Languages, Speech, Quantitative or Computer Skills
5. Writing Intensive Skills

You may fulfill the Basic Writing requirement in one of the following ways:

1. Completing CAS 100: Interdisciplinary writing course, topics vary
2. Completing WRT 105: Studio I: Practices of Academic Writing
3. Completing WRT 109: Studio I: Practices of Academic Writing (Honors)
4. Scoring 4 or higher on the C.E.E.B. Advanced Placement English Language and Composition examination.
5. Scoring 4 or higher on the C.E.E.B. Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition examination.
6. Transferring credit for a comparable course from another college or university. (See p. 62 for transfer credit guidelines.)

Special Note to International Students: If English is not your native language, when you arrive on campus, you will be placed in an English course after you have taken the English Language Proficiency Examination. Depending on your placement, you may fulfill the Basic Skills Writing requirement by completing ENL 213: Advanced Academic Writing and Research for Non-native Speakers of English or by completing CAS 100 or WRT 105. You may have to complete one or more ENL courses before taking ENL 213, depending upon your English proficiency.

To fulfill this requirement, you must complete two three-credit or four-credit courses in a foreign language. You may continue study of a language that you studied in high school, or you may begin a different language. The two courses need not be in the same language. If you choose to continue study in a language you had studied previously, you must take the Foreign Languages Department placement test in order to register for an appropriate level course.

You may complete the Foreign Language requirement in any one of the following languages:

Language study includes speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Courses in Latin and Ancient Greek focus on reading and grammar, and do not stress speaking, listening, or writing.

Notes:

In most academic years, courses numbered 101 and 201 are offered in the fall semester; courses numbered 102 and 202 are offered in the spring semester. The exceptions are usually French and Spanish which may be offered more frequently.

ARB 202, CHI 202, FRE 202, GER 202, HEB 202, HIN/SAS 202, ITA 202, JPS 202, KOR 202, POL 202, POR 202, PRS 202, RUS 202, SPA 202, SWA 202, TRK 202 may be used in two requirements: Skills (either Foreign Languages or Additional Skills) and Divisional Requirements. (See Humanities Divisional List.) While these courses may help complete two requirements, each is still worth only four credits.

Special Note to Students with Advanced Placement Credit in a Foreign Language:

You may complete part of this requirement by earning a score of three or better on the C.E.E.B. Advanced Placement Examination in Chinese Language and Culture; French Language and Culture; German Language and Culture; Italian Language and Culture; Japanese Language and Culture; Latin; Spanish Language, or Spanish Literature. Each of these tests substitutes for ONE language course, except for Latin. Students who earn a score of 5 in Latin receive credit for two courses. (See Advanced Placement for Syracuse course equivalents.) You cannot receive credit toward your degree for a lower-level course in a language if you have already received credit for a higher-numbered course in the same language, nor can you repeat a course for which you have already received AP credit and receive credit for both the SU course and the AP test. For example, if you receive AP credit for SPA 102, you cannot take SPA 101 or 102 for additional credit toward your Bachelor’s degree.

Special Note to International Students: If your native language is not English, you may petition to have the Basic Skills Foreign Language requirement waived. Please go to the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office, Room 316 Newhouse 3, for further instructions.

The purpose of the Quantitative Skills Requirement is to enable you to interpret and present numeric, symbolic, tabular and graphical information effectively in communicating with others. These courses are designed to help you analyze data, test hypotheses, solve problems, and appreciate the limitations of mathematical and statistical methods in your own work and the work of others. To complete this requirement, you must pass one of the following applied mathematics or statistics courses:

There are some differences among these choices which are explained below. 

MAT 121 is the most basic mathematics course which fulfills the Quantitative Skills Requirement and provides an introduction to statistics with emphasis on the analysis of real data sets. You will be expected to have a reasonable level of competence in high school algebra to do well in this class. MAT 121 teaches probability and statistics by focusing on data and reasoning. This course includes data display, numerical measures of data, elementary probability, discrete distributions, normal distributions, and confidence intervals. If you have credit for pre-calculus or calculus (including AP credit, transfer credit, or Project Advance credit), you cannot receive credit for MAT 121 or any mathematics course numbered below 180. If you have gotten a “C” or better in any mathematics course numbered 180 or higher, you cannot receive credit for MAT 121 or any course numbered below 180.

MAT 183 differs from the other courses on this list in that it includes some probability, but no statistics. This course introduces linear equations, vectors, matrices, linear programming, discrete probability theory, and basic concepts of calculus. MAT 183 is especially appropriate for students interested in management, finance, economics, or related areas. Students who choose to continue their study of mathematics often follow this course with a calculus class (MAT 284). However, you may also take this course if you have already earned calculus credit. Calculus is not a pre-requisite. This course assumes a mastery of high school algebra.

MAT 221 provides a more rigorous introduction to probability and statistics than MAT 121. MAT 221 is particularly appropriate for those students interested in social sciences such as politics, sociology, and psychology. In MAT 221 students are introduced to probability, the design of experiments, sampling theory, the introduction of computers for data management, the evaluation of models, and estimation of parameters. This course assumes a mastery of high school algebra. MAT 221 may be taken by students who have calculus credits, but calculus is not a prerequisite.

Mathematics Placement Test:

Before you may register for any of the above courses, you must take the Mathematics Placement Test. Placement tests are available on MySlice where you will find a link to take your placement test and to view your placement test results. If you are taking the test after your first semester, you must contact the Math Department (315-443-3849) at least 24 hours before you plan to take the test. A staff member will enter an eligibility code on your record that will activate your access to the test within 24 hours.

Notes:

MAT 121 and MAT 183 are generally offered in the fall semester.

CALCULUS (MAT 284, 285, 286, 295, or AP Calculus) CANNOT BE USED TO COMPLETE THE QUANTITATIVE SKILLS REQUIREMENT. These courses may be used as part of the Divisional Requirements in Natural Sciences and Mathematics.

MAT 121 CANNOT BE TAKEN FOR CREDIT IF A STUDENT HAS COMPLETED A MATH COURSE NUMBERED ABOVE 180 AND HAS RECEIVED A GRADE OF C OR BETTER. This rule also applies to students who received AP credit in Mathematics since they would have successfully completed the equivalent of MAT 194 or MAT 285 and 286 or MAT 295 and 296.

MAT 121 cannot be taken for credit if a student has received a C or better in STT 101.

MAT 221 may be used to fulfill the Quantitative Skills requirement or the Additional Skills requirement, but not both.

Generally, students receive credit for ONE of the following: Advanced Placement in Statistics, MAT 121, MAS 261 (Introductory Statistics for Management, School of Management), MAT 221, or STT 101.

To strengthen developing skills and encourage development of new skills, you will be required to take an additional skills course.

The course required for students in the Bandier Program is:

Conceptual and practical dimensions of formal presentations in organizational settings. Analysis, adaptation, strategic arrangement and development of ideas, verbal and nonverbal presentational skills.

Notes:

CRS  325 is taught by the College of Visual and Performing Arts.  This course does fulfill the Additional Skills requirement; it does not count as part of the 61 credits of Arts and Sciences coursework needed for graduation.

Writing Intensive courses have been specifically designed to give attention to developing writing ability while studying another subject matter. These courses are intended to familiarize students with the thought processes, structures, and styles associated with writing in the liberal arts.

You are required to complete TWO Writing Intensive courses from the list below. Some of these courses may also be used to fulfill Divisional Requirements and Minor Requirements. If one or more of these courses overlap with other requirements, you would receive credit only once; however, you would gain more elective credits because each course could be used to fulfill more than one requirement.

Transfer credit or test credits, such as Advanced Placement Credits, cannot be used to satisfy the Writing Intensive requirement. (Project Advance courses may be used to fulfill this requirement since they are Syracuse University courses.)

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

ANTHROPOLOGY

ART AND MUSIC HISTORIES

EARTH SCIENCE

ENGLISH AND TEXTUAL STUDIES

GEOGRAPHY

HISTORY

HONORS*

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

JEWISH STUDIES PROGRAM

LATINO-LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

LAW IN THE LIBERAL ARTS

LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER STUDIES

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION

MAXWELL SCHOOL OF CITIZENSHIP AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES

PHILOSOPHY

POLITICAL SCIENCE

RELIGION

SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES

SPANISH LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND CULTURE

WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES

OTHER SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES*

College of Sport and Human Dynamics

*Notes:

HNR courses are available to students in the Renee Crown Honors Program.

Credit will be given for only one of the following: PHI 107 or PHI 109 and JSP/REL 114 or JSP/REL 215.

Courses listed under “Other Schools and Colleges” may be used to fulfill the Writing Intensive Requirement, but they may not be counted toward the 65 credits in the Arts and Sciences needed for graduation unless the courses are cross-listed with the College of Arts and Sciences.

The College of Arts and Sciences has four curricular divisions:

1. Social Sciences
2. Natural Sciences and Mathematics
3. Humanities

To promote a liberal education encompassing a variety of perspectives, the Newhouse School requires that you take courses in each of these three divisions. These courses have been chosen by the College of Arts and Sciences with the following goals in mind:

• To enable you to develop broad perspectives informed by the best of scholarship and research across the fields of liberal inquiry;
• To promote a critical understanding of the variety of modes of inquiry—and of how they differ, complement and compete with each other;
• To enable you to explore the opportunities available for upper-division study in the College of Arts and Sciences, including dual majors, minors, and electives, so that your later choices will be better informed.

To satisfy the Divisional Requirements, you must complete a total of TEN courses from the divisional lists on the following pages. These ten courses are divided among the three divisions as outlined below:

• Two courses must be from the Social Sciences List.
• Two courses (including a laboratory course) must be from the Natural Sciences and Mathematics List.
• Two courses must be from the Humanities List.
• Four additional courses must be from any of the three lists.

These ten courses may include Writing Intensive courses or courses which may later be used as part of your minor. If courses overlap into more than one requirement, you will only earn credit once, but you will gain more elective courses.

If you have Advanced Placement or transfer credit for any courses included on these lists, make sure that you do not repeat the equivalent course at SU. You can only receive credit for a course or its equivalent once.

View Advanced Placement Equivalents>>

Honors courses (HNR) are cross-disciplinary courses. Those taught by Newhouse faculty will be counted as Public Communications credits, not Arts and Sciences credits, in the degree requirements. They may fulfill divisional requirements as listed.

The Social Sciences Division encompasses the history, theory, and investigation of societies, systems, regions, groups and individuals. These are central concerns of the departments of African American Studies; Anthropology; Economics; Geography; History; International Relations; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Studies; Maxwell School of Citizenship; Native American Studies; Political Science; Psychology; Public Affairs; Sociology; and Women’s and Gender Studies. Hence most courses satisfying the Social Sciences Divisional Requirements come from these departments.

To complete the Divisional Requirements in the Social Sciences, you must take two courses from the list below. The Broadcast and Digital Journalism faculty recommends that its majors take at least one course in each of the following areas: Economics, History, and Political Science.

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

ANTHROPOLOGY

ECONOMICS

GEOGRAPHY

HISTORY*

HONORS

LAW IN THE LIBERAL ARTS

MAXWELL SCHOOL OF CITIZENSHIP AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES

NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES

POLITICAL SCIENCE

PSYCHOLOGY

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER STUDIES

SOCIOLOGY

WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES

OTHER SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES*

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

*Notes:

Courses listed under “Other Schools and Colleges” may be used to fulfill the Social Sciences Divisional Requirement, but they may not be counted toward the 65 creds in the College of Arts and Sciences needed for graduation unless they are cross-listed with Arts and Sciences.

Courses such as AAS/ANT 112 are cross-listed courses. You may take the course as either AAS 112 or as ANT 112. Since these are the same courses under different department prefixes, you may get credit for only one course in any cross listing.

HNR 260 may be taken (with different titles) three times for a total of nine credits. HNR courses on media topics taught by Newhouse faculty members will be counted as Public Communications credits. Check with the Newhouse Advising and Records Office if you have any questions.

HNR 360 may be taken (with different titles) three times for a total of nine credits. HNR courses on media topics taught by Newhouse faculty members will be counted as Public Communications credits. Check with the Newhouse Advising and Records Office if you have any questions.

You may receive credit for only one course in each of the following groupings:

ECN 101 or Advanced Placement Microeconomics

ECN 102, ECN 203 or Advanced Placement Macroeconomics

ECN/WGS 258 or ECN/WGS 358

HST 101 or Advanced Placement in U.S. History

HST 102 or Advanced Placement in U.S. History

HST 121 or Advanced Placement in World History

HST 122 or Advanced Placement in World History

PSC 121, PSC 129 or Advanced Placement in U.S. Government and Politics

PSC 123 or Advanced Placement in Comparative Government and Politics

PSC 124 or PSC 139

PSY 205, PSY 209 or Advanced Placement in Psychology

You may receive credit for no more than two courses in the following grouping:

GEO 105, GEO 171 or Advanced Placement in Human Geography.

IB Credit in History, awarded as HST 200, may count as six credits toward the Social Science Divisional Requirement.

The Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division encompasses the investigation of natural phenomena, including the development of predictive explanatory systems. This Division also includes the study of numerical and other abstract structures and relations. These are central concerns of the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences (Geology), Mathematics, and Physics. Hence most courses satisfying the Natural Sciences and Mathematics Divisional Requirements come from these departments.

To complete the Divisional Requirements in the Natural Sciences and Mathematics, you must take two courses from the following list. One of the courses must include a laboratory. (A lab course cannot be done online.)

LAB SCIENCES:
AST 101, AST 104
BIO 121, BIO 123/124
CHE 103, CHE 106/107, CHE 109/129, CHE 113, CHE 116/117, CHE 119/139
EAR 105/104, EAR 106, EAR 110, EAR 203, EAR 210
HNR 225, HNR 355
PHY 101, PHY 102, PHY 211/221, PHY 212/222, PHY 215/221, PHY 216/222

Courses separated by a slash have a separate lab registration. The lab is under the second number. Courses with a single number have the lab included. Many of these courses are four credits.

The Divisional List in Natural Sciences and Mathematics:

ANTHROPOLOGY

ASTRONOMY

BIOLOGY

CHEMISTRY

COMMUNICATIONS SCIENCES AND DISORDERS

EARTH SCIENCES

GEOGRAPHY

HONORS

MATHEMATICS

NEUROSCIENCE

PHYSICS

PSYCHOLOGY

SCIENCE TEACHING

OTHER COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS*

College of Sport and nsan Dynamics

*Notes:

You may receive credit for one course in each of the following groupings:

• BIO 121 or Advanced Placement in Biology
• BIO 123/124 or Advanced Placement in Biology
• CHE 103 or Advanced Placement in Chemistry
• CHE 106/107 or CHE 109/129 or Advanced Placement in Chemistry with score of 5
• CHE 116/117 or CHE 119/139 or Advanced Placement in Chemistry with score of 5
• CSD 212 or CSD 303
• EAR 105 or EAR 110
• MAT 284, MAT 285 or Advanced Placement in Math (Calculus)
• MAT 286, MAT 295 or Advanced Placement in Math (Calculus AB with score of 4 or Calculus BC)
• MAT 296 or Advanced Placement in Math (Calculus BC)
• PHY 101 or Advanced Placement in Physics I or Physics B or C (Mechanics)
• PHY 102 or AP Physics II, or Physics B or C (Electricity and Magnetism)
• PHY 211/221, PHY 215/221 or Advanced Placement in Physics C (Mechanics)
• PHY 212/222, PHY 216/222 or Advanced Placement in Physics C (Electricity and Magnetism)

Credits cannot be given for BIO 216 after successfully completing BIO 316.

Credits cannot be given for BIO 217 after successfully completing BIO 317.

Advanced Placement Credit for Environmental Science (EAR 200, 3 credits, one course) may be used to fulfill the non-lab science portion of the divisional requirements.

HNR 250 and HNR 350 may be taken three times (with different titles) for a total of nine credits. HNR courses on media topics taught by Newhouse faculty members will be counted as Public Communications credits. Check with the Newhouse Advising and Records Office if you have any questions.

HNR 255 and HNR 355 are repeatable course numbers when taken with different course titles.

MAT 284 may not be taken for credit after successful competition of either MAT 285 or MAT 295 or Advanced Placement Calculus.

MAT 285-286 is a terminal sequence to be taken only by students who do not plan to continue studies in math beyond this level. If you have a weak background in mathematics, you should take MAT 194 before taking MAT 285.

MAT 285 may not be taken for credit after successful completion of MAT 284 or MAT 295 or Advanced Placement Calculus.

MAT 286 may not be taken for credit after successful completion of MAT 296 or AP Calculus with score of 4 or higher.

MAT 295 may not be taken for credit after successful completion of MAT 286 or AP Calculus with score of 4 or higher.

Courses listed under “Other Schools and Colleges,” such as NSD 225, may be used to fulfill the Natural Sciences and Mathematics Divisional Requirement, but they may not be counted toward the 65 credits in the College of Arts and Sciences needed for graduation unless the course is cross-listed with Arts and Sciences.

The Humanities Division encompasses the history, theory, analysis and criticism of language, literature and other texts, religion, art, and music; and the examination of fundamental questions arising in the human search for values, knowledge, purpose, and meaning. These are central concerns of the departments or programs of African American Studies; Art and Music Histories; English and Textual Studies; Judaic Studies; Languages, Literatures and Linguistics; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies; Native American Studies; Philosophy; Religion; South Asian Studies; and Women’s and Gender Studies. Hence, most courses satisfying the Humanities Divisional Requirements come from these departments and programs.

To complete the Divisional Requirements in the Humanities, you must take two courses from the following list.

The Divisional List in the Humanities:

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

ANTHROPOLOGY

ARABIC

ART AND MUSIC HISTORIES

CHINESE

ENGLISH AND TEXTUAL STUDIES

FRENCH

GERMAN

HEBREW

HINDI

HISTORY

HONORS

ITALIAN

JAPANESE

JEWISH STUDIES PROGRAM

KISWAHILI

KOREAN

LINGUSTICS

LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION

MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES

NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES

PHILOSOPHY

POLISH

PORTUGUESE

PERSIAN

LGBT STUDIES

RELIGION

RUSSIAN

SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES

SPANISH

TURKISH

WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES

WRITING PROGRAM

OTHER SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES*

College of Visual and Performing Arts

*Notes:

Courses listed under “Other Schools and Colleges” may be used to fulfill the Humanities Divisional Requirement, but they may not be counted toward the 65 credits in the College of Arts and Sciences needed for graduation unless they are cross-listed with the College of Arts and Sciences.

ARB 202, CHI 202, FRE 202, GER 202, HEB 202, HIN/SAS 202, ITA 202, JPS 202, KOR 202, POL 202, POR 202, PRS 202, RUS 202, SPA 202, SWA 202, TRK 202 may be used in the Humanities requirement and in either the Foreign Languages Skills Requirement or the Additional Skills Requirement. Credit is granted once, but each course may be used to fulfill more than one requirement, freeing up additional elective credit. The same foreign language course, however, may not be used to complete both the Foreign Languages and the Additional Skills requirements. Students may not enroll in a language course numbered 202 once they have taken a higher level course in that language.

You may receive credit for only one course in each of the following groupings:

• HOA 105 or Advanced Placement in Art History
• HOA 106 or Advanced Placement in Art History
• HOM/MTC 125 or Advanced Placement in Music Theory
• HST 111 or Advanced Placement in European History
• HST 112 or Advanced Placement in European History
• JSP/REL 114 or JSP/REL 215
• JSP/REL 114 or REL 217
• PHI 107 or PHI 109
• PHI 192 or PHI 209
• PHI 398 or REL 252

HNR 240 may be taken three times (with different titles) for a total of nine credits. HNR courses on media topics taught by Newhouse faculty members will be counted as Public Communications credits. Check with the Newhouse Advising and Records Office if you have any questions.

HNR 340 may be repeated three times (with different titles) for a total of nine credits. HNR courses on media topics taught by Newhouse faculty members will be counted as Public Communications credits. Check with the Advising and Newhouse Records Office if you have any questions.

You are required to complete a total of ten courses from the divisional lists in the Social Sciences, the Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and the Humanities. As noted earlier, you are required to complete a minimum of two courses from each Division. Four additional courses of these ten courses may come from any of the three divisions. For the additional four courses, you may choose from among all three divisions or limit yourself to one or two divisions.

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Deciding on a Major

As a Recording and Entertainment Industries major in the Bandier Program, your major is already declared. The Newhouse curriculum is designed to allow you to explore the field of communications in the early course work. The first course that you will take in your major is COM 107: Communications and Society. It is required in ALL Newhouse majors. The course will introduce you to the many areas of communications and get you thinking about your major you want and the variety of ways one can practice communications. There are career discussions which are part of the course, in addition to the Rezak lecture series which is part of the Bandier major, where you will have the opportunity to hear and talk with communications professionals from a variety of fields. In addition, in your first year, you’ll also complete COM 117: Multimedia Storytelling, a three-credit course in which you’ll have the opportunity to experiment with different types of stories: stories that persuade, stories that document, and stories that entertain. These courses are designed to help you become familiar with the various fields within public communications. Also in the first year, all Newhouse majors complete a required one-credit grammar class, COM 101: Practical Grammar for Public Communications. Writing skills are important in Newhouse majors, and strong grammatical skills will help you communicate clearly.

You can also learn more about Newhouse majors and communications in general by talking to your faculty adviser and your peer adviser, by attending lectures given by visiting professionals, and by attending programs sponsored by the Newhouse Career Development Center and student organizations. You should consider participating in at least one of the many fine campus media groups—WAER, WJPZ, Citrus TV, the TNH Advertising Agency, Hill Communications, The Daily Orange, Jerk Magazine, and other student publications. You should also consider joining one of the many active student chapters of professional communications organizations in Newhouse including Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), Women in Communications (WICI), the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, (NAHJ), and other such organizations. See pages 65-67 for a list of organizations.

YOU ARE ALLOWED TO CHANGE YOUR MAJOR UP UNTIL THE END OF YOUR SOPHOMORE YEAR.

Students who change majors later than sophomore year often need to extend their time to graduation. Because of New York State law, students who do not declare their major on time will lose their TAP (Tuition Assistance Program) aid. In addition, juniors will not be able to register without declaring a major. (A junior is defined as a student who has completed 60 credit hours.) There are many rules pertaining to New York State financial aid and federal financial aid. For more information, consult the Financial Aid Office or visit the Financial Aid Office website.

Declaring a Newhouse Major

There are nine major undergraduate programs of study in Newhouse:

• Advertising
• Broadcast and Digital Journalism
• Graphic Design
• Magazine
• Newspaper and Online Journalism
• Photography
• Public Relations
• Recording and Entertainment Industries (Bandier Program)
• Television, Radio and Film

The Photography major has a choice of two different sequences:

• Commercial and Advertising Photography
• Editorial Photography and Photojournalism

You can find the most up-to-date requirements for each Newhouse major in the Undergraduate Advising and Records Office (316 Newhouse 3). There is a handout, which you may pick up in that Office, for each major that interests you. You can also find the requirements for each major, as well as course descriptions and prerequisites, in the School of Public Communications section of the Syracuse University Undergraduate Course Catalog.

You may notice that your Recording and Entertainment Industries major is already appearing on your MySlice student record. When you indicated a preference for a major on your Admission application, that information became part of your SU student record. If you wish to change your major, you may do so through the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office. If you are happy with your major, you need do nothing to retain it. Generally, you will be following the requirements of the year you entered the University as a matriculated student.

As noted earlier, all Newhouse major programs have at least three courses in common: COM 107: Communications and Society, COM 101: Practical Grammar for Public Communications, and COM 117: Multimedia Storytelling. All Newhouse majors are also required to complete a Diversity requirement and a Global Experience requirement.

The Diversity requirement and the Global Experience requirement are explained on the following pages.

Dual Majors and Minors

Because of the cross-disciplinary nature of the Bandier program with required courses in four different colleges, a dual major is not practical nor approved for this program. The number of credits to complete a dual program with the other Bandier requirements would make the program prohibitively long.

Also, while an official minor is not required for Bandier majors, students may choose to do a minor. If the minor is in Arts and Sciences, it may fit within the 122 credits (or add a few credits). If the minor is in a professional school, such as the Whitman School of Management, it will add 9-18 credits to the degree, depending up the choice of minor.

A minor, however, cannot be substituted for the professional specialization required in this major program.

Accreditation Requirements

The Newhouse School is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. We subscribe to our accrediting agency’s philosophy that students studying communications need to be broadly educated. Therefore, following their guidelines, we limit the number of communications credits which can count toward your degree to 42 credits out of 122. (Eighty of the 122 credits are not in communications, and 61 of these credits must be in courses taught by the College of Arts and Sciences.)

You may take more than 42 Newhouse credits only if they exceed the 122 minimum needed to graduate. If, for example, you choose to take two additional Newhouse courses for a total of 48 Newhouse credits, then you must graduate with 128 credits, six more than the minimum, since only 42 Newhouse credits may be part of the 122 credits needed for your degree.

Many students graduate with more than 122 credits. Since students are allowed to take between 12 and 19 credits each semester for the same tuition charge, students can accommodate additional credits in their four years if they want to. If you are concerned about planning your courses so that you graduate on time, an adviser in the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office may help. We encourage you to ask questions at any time about your requirements.

As part of its educational mission, the Newhouse School encourages students to value, embrace and support diversity in society and the media. While diversity is considered in many courses in your major, one course, in particular, will be devoted to the topic of U.S. diversity. In addition, we hope that you will also take courses outside your major that will help you develop an understanding and appreciation of diversity.

Students may fulfill the Newhouse Diversity Requirement by choosing ONE of the following:

• COM 344: Diversity and Media Issues (1 Newhouse credit) and one three-credit, upper-division Arts and Sciences course from the following list (upper-division is defined as 300-level as 300-level or above). Students may take these two courses in the same semester or in different semesters.
• COM 346: Race, Gender, and the Media (3 Newhouse credits)
• COM 348: Beauty and Diversity in the Fashion Media (3 Newhouse credits)

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

ANTHROPOLOGY

COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS

ECONOMICS

ENGLISH AND TEXTUAL STUDIES

GEOGRAPHY

HISTORY

HISTORY OF ART

HISTORY OF MUSIC

LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER STUDIES

NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES

PHILOSOPHY

POLITICAL SCIENCE

PSYCHOLOGY

RELIGION

SOCIOLOGY

SPANISH

WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES

WRITING

*Notes:

Students may receive credit for either ECN/WGS 258 Poverty and Discrimination in America OR ECN/WGS 358 Economics of US Poverty and Discrimination, but not both courses.

Mass communications is a global endeavor. To become effective communicators, Newhouse students are encouraged to develop an appreciation of different cultures around the world. One of the best ways to gain a global perspective is to study abroad. SU Abroad offers programs that last a week, a summer session, or a whole semester. Students are encouraged to satisfy the Global Experience requirement by studying through SU Abroad. Students who are unable to study abroad may fulfill this requirement by taking at least one course from the following list.

Courses that are on this list and that are also on the Divisional Requirement lists may fulfill both the Global requirement and the Divisional requirement. The Diversity requirement and the Global requirement, however, may not be fulfilled with the same course.

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

ANTHROPOLOGY

ARABIC

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

ECONOMICS

ENGLISH AND TEXTUAL STUDIES

FRENCH

GEOGRAPHY

GERMAN

GREEK

HISTORY

HISTORY OF ART

HISTORY OF MUSIC

HUMANITIES

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

ITALIAN

JEWISH STUDIES

LATIN

LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER STUDIES

LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION

MAXWELL SCHOOL

MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES

NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES

PHILOSOPHY

POLITICAL SCIENCE

PSYCHOLOGY

RELIGION

RUSSIAN

SOCIOLOGY

SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES

SPANISH

WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES

WRITING

OTHER SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES*

School of Architecture

School of Management

College of Sports and Human Dynamics

Newhouse School of Public Communications

College of Visual and Performing Arts

*Notes:

Students may receive credit for one of the courses in the following pairs:

• JSP/REL 114: The Bible in History, Culture and Religion or JSP/REL 215: The Jewish Bible/Christian Old Testament
• JSP/REL 114: The Bible in History, Culture and Religion or REL 217: The New Testament
• PSC 124: International Relations or PSC 139: International Relations

Global Experience courses which are not listed under Arts and Sciences or cross listed with Arts and Sciences may not count toward the 61-credit Arts and Sciences requirement.

Instead of a minor, Bandier majors complete a professional specialization, eighteen credits of course work which will further develop your know of the music business and will add to your business background and skill set.  Six credits are from the Music Industry Department in the School of Visual and Performing Arts.  Another three credits, also from Visual and Performing Arts, is in presentational speaking.  (This course will also fulfill your Additional Skills requirement.)  The remaining nine credits are in accounting, entrepreneurship, and marketing in the Whitman School of Management.

This cross-disciplinary approach allows Bandier majors to draw on the strengths of multiple programs at Syracuse University to enhance their professional development.

The Professional Specialization consists of the following classes:

You do not need to declare this specialization since it is a required part of the degree program for the Recording and Entertainment Industries major.

A Bachelor of Science degree in the Newhouse School at a minimum must contain the following credits:

The 61 credits in Arts and Sciences include Arts and Sciences courses taken to fulfill Skills and Divisional Requirements. However, these requirements will not total 61 credits. In fact, depending upon your choice of courses, you may complete these requirements with as few as 31 credits in Arts and Sciences since some courses which you may choose to fulfill these requirements are taught by other professional schools on campus. You must still complete a minimum of 61 credits by either completing a minor or specialization in Arts and Sciences or by taking elective classes in Arts and Sciences or both. You should keep track of the number of Arts and Sciences credits you have completed, and make sure the final number adds up to 61 as a minimum. Any course offered by the College of Arts and Sciences may be counted to meet this requirement. (Transfer credit and Advanced Placement equivalents in Arts and Sciences may also be counted.)

You may count up to 42 Newhouse credits towards your 122 credit total. Newhouse credits exceeding 42 will not count in the 122 credits needed for graduation.

The 18 credits applied toward your Specialization includes courses in the Whitman School of Management and the College of Visual and Performing Arts.  These courses are the only courses in other professional schools at SU which will count toward the 122 credits for graduation (except for the one-credit elective.)  Almost all  electives needed to complete your 122 credits must from courses in the College of Arts and Sciences.  The number of electives required to complete your degree varies depending upon how you fulfill your core requirements.  If some courses fulfill more than one requirement, your electives will increase. Electives are the only courses that may be taken Pass/Fail (up to 24 credits).  In other words, a Pass/Fail course may not be used to fulfill your major, specialization, skills or divisional areas.

This is a copy of the Degree Requirement Check sheet, which is kept as part of your official record in the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office . We thought it would be helpful for you to have a copy to keep track of your own requirements. You might consider bringing your copy with you to compare to the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office copy when you sign up for your junior- or senior-year Degree Check in 316 Newhouse 3.

Syracuse University accepts Advanced Placement credit for many courses. To be eligible to receive this credit, you must have taken the Advanced Placement examination and earned the appropriate minimum score as noted below. We cannot record your credit until Syracuse University has received an official copy of your scores from the Advanced Placement Program/The College Board. Below you will find an explanation of how your AP credit can be applied toward your Newhouse degree. A maximum of 30 test credits may be applied toward your degree.

Most of the AP areas listed above substitute for specific courses in the Arts and Sciences Requirements. For example, if you received credit for United States History, you would have completed the equivalent of HST 101-102. Six credits will be posted on your Syracuse transcript.

Since you are granted AP credit with the understanding that the work you have done is equivalent to the courses listed, YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE THE COURSES FOR WHICH YOUR AP CREDIT SUBSTITUTES. You can receive credit only once for this work, so if you take the equivalent course at Syracuse, your AP credit will no longer count toward your degree. If you have AP credit in a foreign language, you may not receive credit for a lower level course or equivalent course in the same language. For example, if you have AP credit for Spanish 102, you may not receive additional credit for Spanish 101 or 102.

Project Advance credit, taken at selected high schools in a number of states throughout the country, is Syracuse University credit. These courses appear on your Syracuse transcript and affect your Syracuse GPA. Therefore, as long as you have passed the Project Advance course, you will receive credit for it and should not register for the same course again. It will fulfill the same requirements as the campus version of the course.

International Baccalaureate (IB) Credit for Higher Level IB examinations completed with a grade of 5 or higher will be awarded as indicated in the table below. No credit will be awarded for IB Standard Level exams or additional requirements. A maximum of 30 test credits may be applied toward your degree.

To transfer a course from another college or university to Syracuse, you must fill out a special petition form available in the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office (316 Newhouse 3) before you take the course so that you know the course is appropriate and acceptable. Unless your petition is approved by the Newhouse School Undergraduate Advising and Records Office, there is no guarantee the course will transfer. General guidelines for acceptance of transfer credit are listed below. You should also check the University Rules and Regulations in the Undergraduate Course Catalog for additional restrictions.

• The course must be from an accredited institution.
• You must have earned a grade of C or higher. (Pass/fail grades are not acceptable.)
• If you wish the course to fulfill a requirement, the course must be roughly equivalent to a course offered at Syracuse University, and the appropriate SU department must approve the course. Electives must also be approved by the appropriate department.
• You must provide us with a course description from the college or university catalog.
• You must have an official transcript sent from the college or university to the Newhouse School.
• You cannot transfer more than 12 credits in communications.
• Courses from two-year colleges cannot be used to meet upper-division requirements. (See University Academic Rules and Regulations for restrictions on the number of transfer credits allowed from two-year and four-year schools.)

After you complete your transfer course, please have your official transcript sent to:

NHAdvise@syr.edu

If you wish to have them sent via mail, send to:

The Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office
Syracuse University
215 University Place
Syracuse, New York 13244-2100

To transfer a course from another college or university to Syracuse, you must fill out a special petition form available in the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office (316 Newhouse 3) before you take the course so that you know the course is appropriate and acceptable. Unless your petition is approved by the Newhouse School Undergraduate Advising and Records Office, there is no guarantee the course will transfer. General guidelines for acceptance of transfer credit are listed below. You should also check the University Rules and Regulations in the Undergraduate Course Catalog for additional restrictions.

• The course must be from an accredited institution.
• You must have earned a grade of C or higher. (Pass/fail grades are not acceptable.)
• If you wish the course to fulfill a requirement, the course must be roughly equivalent to a course offered at Syracuse University, and the appropriate SU department must approve the course. Electives must also be approved by the appropriate department.
• You must provide us with a course syllabus from the college or university.
• You must have an official transcript sent from the college or university to the Newhouse School.
• You cannot transfer more than 12 credits in communications.
• Courses from two-year colleges cannot be used to meet upper-division requirements. (See University Academic Rules and Regulations for restrictions on the number of transfer credits allowed from two-year and four-year schools.)

After you complete your transfer course, please have your official transcript sent to:

NHAdvise@syr.edu

If you wish to have them sent via mail, send to:

The Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office
Syracuse University
215 University Place
Syracuse, New York 13244-2100

The Newhouse School Undergraduate Rules and Regulations are meant to supplement University Rules and Regulations with which you should also be familiar. The University Rules and Regulations are much more comprehensive, covering rules pertaining to academic standards, attendance, records, registration, academic standing and probation, degree programs, other programs, and financial aid. The University Rules appear in the Syracuse University Undergraduate Course Catalog.

In the sections below, we have not included information on admission into the Newhouse School and information on degree requirements, which are already laid out in detail in the first part of this manual.

A. Admission to Majors

1. To be eligible for admission to a major, a student must:
   1. Meet such criteria as determined by the departments and/or faculty of the School of Public Communications.
   2. Be in good academic standing.

B. Advanced Standing

1. Students who enter the University with professional experience in any field of communications may apply to the chairperson of their department for examinations to qualify for admission with advanced standing. Before giving approval, the chairperson may require students to do additional work. If the Dean approves a petition for advanced standing, the student shall pay the fees scheduled by the University, receipt for which shall authorize the departments to give the examination.
2. Students who declare in writing before taking an examination for advanced standing that they do not wish credit hours (a decision which shall not be changed later), and that they are taking the examination in order to proceed to more advanced work, shall be charged the fee for special examinations.
3. Examination fees shall not be returned to students who fail to pass examinations for advanced standing.

C. Academic Standards

1. 1. The Newhouse School follows the Syracuse University Academic Integrity Policy. Teachers who wish to supplement that policy with class-specific rules and guidelines must do so in writing, in the course syllabus or with similar notice to students.
   2. It is not permissible for any student to submit the same material, with substantially the same style, structure, or wording, to instructors in two or more courses.
   3. A student may not repeat a School of Public Communications course in which a passing grade has been received.
   4. Any Public Communications course in which a student has received a grade of F may be repeated. However, a grade of F will only be flagged once for a repeated course.
   5. The pass/fail grade option may be used only for elective courses not required for a major, minor, concentration, specialization, or Arts and Sciences requirements. Pass/fail courses may be used only as free electives.

D. Experience Credit

1. 1. Experience credit will be allowed only for work (internships) that has been approved by the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office. Students seeking academic credit for prospective work experiences should contact the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records office, unless the desired internship is offered through a three-credit course other than COM 470.
   2. Each academic department at Newhouse will decide whether it will allow its students to earn a maximum of three or a maximum of six experience credits. If a department chooses to allow six credits, it must offer a structured three-credit internship class. Students in that department who wish to take more than three experience credits must take three of their total number of experience credits through the structured class (e.g. PRL 525 or MND 535).
   3. Newhouse students will not be allowed to take more than six credit hours of experience credit in the communications area. No more than three of these credits may consist of COM 470 and no more than three internship credits may be earned in a single semester. Experience credit earned in the communications area will be counted as part of the students’ Newhouse credit hours.
   4. Singly enrolled Newhouse students may not enroll for experience credit in any area other than communications except by special petition. Dually enrolled Newhouse students may enroll for non-communications experience credit coursework if such coursework is approved by their dual colleges.
   5. Letter grades will be given for all communications experience credit coursework that is part of the degree requirements for a major.
   6. The following students will be eligible to complete experience credit coursework in the communications area:
      1. Students with sophomore standing who have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and have obtained the permission of the chair of their major department;
      2. Juniors and seniors.
   7. Unless involved in a special internship class set up to deal with experience credit in a specified communications field (such as PRL 525 and MND 535), undergraduate students will register for communications internships under COM 470.
   8. Credit will not be allowed for work with organizations that are largely or entirely student-run, including, but not limited to, The Daily Orange, the Onondagan, University Union, NYPIRG, Citrus TV, or WJPZ.
   9. At least 45 hours of work experience are required for each credit hour earned.
   10. Each student enrolled in experience credit coursework in the communications area must have a faculty sponsor who is a member of the School of Public Communications faculty and who has expertise in the field of communications involved in the internship. The student must communicate regularly with his or her faculty sponsor.
   11. The organization or company at which the student is interning must provide professional supervision of the student’s work and must send regular written professional evaluations of the student’s performance on the job to the student’s academic supervisor.
   12. A student who wishes to enroll in COM 470 must complete an internship proposal form for experience credit on which there is a description of the work activities and academic assignments that will be completed as part of the course. This form must be submitted and approved by the faculty sponsor and the School before the work experience may be undertaken. As part of the requirements for COM 470, each student must write a paper of acceptable academic quality or complete a special project approved by the faculty sponsor. The faculty sponsor may also make other academic assignments and require interim reports.
2. Probation Policy
   1. Good academic standing: A student shall be considered to be in good academic standing by the Academic Standards Committee if he or she has:^*Summer school may be required to achieve acceptable progress. Special circumstances may result in express permission to carry fewer hours.
      1. A cumulative GPA of 2.00 for all coursework carried.
      2. Made acceptable progress by earning the appropriate number of credit hours to correspond with the number of full-time semesters attended at Syracuse University.
      3. Earned a cumulative GPA of 2.00 for all Public Communications courses carried.
   2. Limited progress: A student shall be considered to be making limited progress if he or she has not earned a minimum of:
      1. 21 credit hours after two full-time semesters.
      2. 51 credit hours after four full-time semesters.
      3. 81 credit hours after six full-time semesters.
   3. Public Communications Academic Warning: A student shall be issued a Public Communications Academic Warning regardless of cumulative GPA when he or she has a cumulative GPA below 2.00 for all Public Communications courses. Public Communications courses below 2.00 in two consecutive semesters may result in the student being declared ineligible to register in the School of Public Communications.
   4. Probations: A student whose cumulative GPA is below 2.00 is automatically placed on Academic Probation.
      1. 1. First Probation: The student will be given one academic year to achieve a cumulative GPA of 2.00. The student must complete 12 credit hours for letter grades (A-F) each semester. The Undergraduate Advising and Records Office will invite the student at the beginning of the probation period to a consultation on how to attain the required GPA. A student who fails to meet the conditions of First Probation by the end of the second semester shall be suspended from Syracuse University for one academic year.
         2. Second Probation: A student who has been cleared of a First Probation status for at least one semester and whose cumulative GPA again falls below 2.00 will be given one semester to achieve a cumulative GPA of 2.00. The student must complete 12 credit hours for letter grades (A-F) in that semester. The Undergraduate Advising and Records Office will compute the semester GPA necessary to achieve good academic standing, and will so inform the student at the beginning of the probation period. If the student registers for more than 12 credit hours, it is the student’s responsibility to contact the Undergraduate Advising and Records Office for a revised required semester GPA. A student who fails to meet the conditions of Second Probation shall be suspended from Syracuse University for one academic year.
         3. Extended Probation: A student who has successfully appealed suspension is placed on Extended Probation. He or she will be given one semester to achieve a cumulative GPA of 2.00. The student must complete 12 credit hours for letter grades (A-F) in that semester. A student who fails to meet the conditions of Extended Probation shall be suspended from Syracuse University for one academic year.
         4. Ineligible to Register for Public Communications: A student will be declared ineligible to register in the School of Public Communications if he or she has:
            1. Accumulated 12 hours or more of incompletes and missing grades. The student will remain ineligible to register until those hours are resolved.
            2. A GPA for all Public Communications coursework under 2.00 for two consecutive semesters, regardless of the overall cumulative GPA. The student will be notified by mail and will have ten days from the date of notification to transfer to another college within Syracuse University.
         5. Suspension^*A suspended student may not attend any college within Syracuse University. Students have the right to appeal the suspension to the Dean, based on extraordinary circumstances, but must do so in writing before the deadline set by the Academic Standards Committee. Students who wish to return after the academic year of suspension may apply for readmission. Acceptance will be based upon a personal interview with the Associate Dean for Student Affairs, a review of the student’s academic records, and any coursework done at another college or university during the year of suspension. If accepted, the student’s status will be Extended Probation.: The Academic Standards Committee shall suspend from Syracuse University for one academic year any student who:
            1. Has not met the conditions of a probationary status (First Probation, Second Probation or Extended Probation).
            2. Has been cleared of Second Probation and whose cumulative GPA falls below 2.00 again.
            3. Receives a semester GPA under 2.00 for three consecutive semesters.
            4. In the judgment of the Committee shows extreme academic deficiency.
         6. A suspended student may not attend any college within Syracuse University. Students have the right to appeal the suspension to the Dean, based on extraordinary circumstances, but must do so in writing before the deadline set by the Academic Standards Committee. Students who wish to return after the academic year of suspension may apply for readmission. Acceptance will be based upon a personal interview with the Associate Dean for Student Affairs, a review of the student’s academic records, and any coursework done at another college or university during the year of suspension. If accepted the student’s status will be Extended Probation.
         7. Termination of Leave of Absence: A student who was on probation at the time he or she took a leave of absence will resume that probationary status upon terminating the leave of absence. A student whose leave of absence is in effect at the time he or she is placed on probation will be subject to the conditions of the probation status upon termination of Leave of Absence.
         8. Cleared of Probationary Status: Students who meet the conditions of a probationary status and achieve good academic standing will be removed from probation and receive a letter of congratulations and encouragement.

      F. Cross-Listed Courses

      A course cross-listed between Newhouse and another school, college, or program will be counted as a Newhouse course. Students must register for such courses under the Newhouse course number.

      G. Graduation Requirements: Dually Enrolled Students

      A student dually enrolled in the School of Public Communications and another school or college of the University must fulfill the course requirements of both schools.

      H. Graduation Requirements: Majors and Minors in Communications

      Students may not pursue two major programs or one major and a minor program simultaneously in the School of Public Communications.

      I. Graduation Requirements: GPA

      To be eligible for graduation, a student must have a 2.00 overall average and a 2.00 average in courses taken in the School of Public Communications.

      J. Graduation Honor

      Graduation honors shall be awarded to students whose general average places them in the highest quartile of the graduating class, subject to the following conditions:

      1. 1. 1. Have earned at least 60 credit hours at Syracuse University.
            2. For cum laude a minimum of a 3.4 GPA.
            3. For magna cum laude a minimum of a 3.6 GPA.
            4. For summa cum laude a minimum of a 3.8 GPA.

      These rules supplement the Syracuse University Rules and Regulations found in the Undergraduate Course Catalog.

The Newhouse School is composed of students, faculty, administrators and staff. The chief administrator in the School is the Dean. She is assisted by a number of administrators including the Associate Dean for Student Affairs and the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs who oversee academic advising, academic integrity matters, student organizations, student awards, degree progress reviews, degree certification, and career development.

To govern the School efficiently, a number of standing Committees exist. These committees are primarily composed of faculty, but many have student representation. Full descriptions of these committees, their composition and responsibilities are available in the Newhouse Advising and Records Office and the Dean’s Office. For this publication, we have excerpted information which we feel it is important for you to know.

The standing committees in the Newhouse School which include undergraduate student representatives are:

• Academic Resources Committee
• Academic Standards Committee
• Admissions Committee
• Awards Committee
• Committee on Diversity
• Curriculum Committee
• Library Committee
• Rules Committee
• Student Representative Committee
• Teaching Standards Committee

In addition, undergraduate student representatives are asked to participate on faculty search committees.

The Student Representative Committee

The Student Representative Committee consists of students in good standing, both singles and duals, elected by the students in the School from the following constituencies:

• Four first-year students elected by and from the first-year students enrolled in the School;
• One representative from each department, except that each department with more than 100 students shall have one additional representative for every 100 students or fraction thereof, to be elected by and from students enrolled in each department;
• Thirteen graduate students, to be elected by and from the graduate students majoring in the School of Public Communications, except that no more than three may be enrolled in any one program and at least three must be enrolled in the Ph.D. program.
• The presidents of active student organizations within the School shall be ex-officio members of the Student Representative Committee.

The Student Representative Committee advises the Dean and the Faculty on student-related issues arising in the School.

The Office of Student Affairs within Newhouse is responsible for organizing the fall elections and calling the first meeting of the Committee. Elections shall be held before the tenth day of classes in the fall. Announcements will be made in Newhouse classes and signs posted throughout the School. Students may nominate themselves as candidates by filling out a form in the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office (316 Newhouse 3) at the beginning of the fall semester.

Student members of standing committees in the School shall be selected from the Student Representative Committee membership through a process to be decided upon by the Committee.

Peer Advisers

Peer advisers are student volunteers who are willing to devote their time to help students who are new to the Newhouse School become active members in the Newhouse and Syracuse University communities. Peer advisers assist with academic advising, registration, and COM 100: First-Year Seminar. They serve as student mentors to new first-year and transfer students. Any student in good academic standing in the Newhouse School is eligible to apply to be a peer adviser. Candidates must fill out an application in the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office (316 Newhouse 3) by mid-March. Applicants will be interviewed by members of the Peer Advisory Board. Training sessions for peer advisers are required.

Peer advisers may also serve the School by giving tours and greeting prospective students and their parents during Fall and Spring Receptions. If you like meeting new people and being helpful and supportive, we encourage you to consider this opportunity.

Newhouse Ambassadors

Newhouse Ambassadors are student volunteers who help recruit a diverse student population for the Newhouse School. They assist the Newhouse Director of Recruitment and Diversity in conducting activities through the Visitor’s Center in Newhouse. If you are interested in joining this group, stop by the Visitor’s Center, 301 Newhouse 1, for more information.

Newhouse School offices send multiple emails to students that may pertain to registration, new courses, scholarships, honors, lectures and special guests, or other opportunities we would like to inform you about. In order not to miss any of this information, it is important that you check your Syracuse University email often.

Updating your Address and Phone Number

You may update your address and phone number by logging onto MySlice and accessing your “Personal Information.” If you are spending a semester abroad, we suggest that you remove your local address so that your University mail is redirected to your permanent address.

Forwarding your SYR.EDU Mail

While Syracuse University encourages you to access your official syr.edu email by using SUmail, if you wish to check your syr.edu mail at another email address, you may forward your mail.

Visit the ITS website for SUmail instructions>>

The ITS website also gives you directions for receiving SUmail on mobile devices.

This list of student media organizations has been developed to alert you to the many co-curricular opportunities which can help you to test your interests and expand your communications portfolio by getting involved on campus. The list is not exhaustive. Every semester new organizations appear, and sometimes established organizations become dormant. Many student organizations have offices in the lower level of the Schine Student Center (room 126).

A-Line Magazine is an Asian-American publication which welcomes anyone who is interested in covering global events, politics, and culture. Contact alinesyr@gmail.com.

Baked is SU’s new food magazine. Contact bakedmagazine@gmail.com

The Black Communications Society (BCC). Contact: blackcommsociety@gmail.com Adviser: Professor Hub Brown.

The Black Voice, newspaper and website with focus on interests of Black peoples, providing platform for debate. Contact: contact@blackvoicesu.com

CitrusTV is the nation’s oldest and largest entirely student-run television station. Students work together to create and distribute news, entertainment and sports content which is broadcast to the campus. There are also opportunities for students interested in promotions or operations. Contact: info@citrustv.net

comm.UNITY (Communications for the Community) is a student-run organization that does communications projects for non-profits in Syracuse. Projects include public relations, advertising, video production, graphic design, and much more. Contact: comm.unity.su@gmail.com

The Daily Orange is SU’s student-run newspaper, which is over 100 years old. Publishes 5 days per week. Contact: editor@dailyorange.com

Delta Kappa Alpha, SU chapter, national educational, professional cinematic arts fraternity.

Ed2010, student chapter of a national magazine networking group that brings together aspiring magazine editors. Contact: SyracuseEd2010@yahoo.com

Equal Time, SU’s longest-running general interest magazine, covers health, sports, fashion and beauty, entertainment, as well as longer features and shorter front of book pieces. Contact equaltimemagazine@gmail.com

Float Your Boat, sketch comedy group. Contact: fybcuse@gmail.com

Jerk Magazine is devoted to providing an alternate voice on campus in its monthly publication which promotes student and local art and music, and presents controversial political and social issues covering politics, music, popular culture, weird news, and abroad posts — just to name a few. Contact jerk@jerkmagazine.net. Location: 126 Schine

The Kumquat is a satirical news organization. Contact: thekumquatteam@gmail.com

La Voz magazine, Latino publication. Contact lavozmag@gmail.com

Loud and Clear, music production channel, music video, live music recording.

Medley Magazine, cultural diversity magazine exploring the city of Syracuse and abroad. Articles about travel, different traditions, cultures, religions. Contact su.medley@gmail.com

Medusa Magazine, feminist publication. Contact medusamagazine@gmail.com.

National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), student chapter. Adviser: Professor Michael Schoonmaker.

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), student chapter. Adviser: Professor Charisse L’Pree

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), student chapter. Contact syracusenahj@gmailcom Adviser:Professor Charisse L’Pree

National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), student chapter. Adviser: Professor Seth Gitner.

National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA), student chapter. Adviser: Professor Randy Wenner.

The NewHouse (TNH), student chapter of the American Advertising Federation. TNH is a student-run advertising agency creating advertising for real clients. Adviser: Professor Ed Russell

The Onondagan Yearbook, email: theonondagan@gmail.com Visit: 126 Schine Student Center, 315.443.2718

Orange Television Network (OTN) is the campus cable television station seen in across the University on channels 2 and 2.1. It is also available online. Students who work at OTN gain experience producing sports, music, comedy and other educational and creative performance programming for television and the web. Contact: orangetv@syr.edu

OTTONOMOUS PRODUCTIONS is a student-run organization that focuses on the production of short films and/or television and web series. Contact: ottonomousproductions@gmail.com

The OutCrowd Magazine, SU Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender publication provides queer students and allies a platform to express their opinions and perspectives on a variety of topics including politics, art, sex, and social commentary. Contact outcrowd.su@gmail.com.

Perception, art and literary magazine. Email: perception.syr@gmail.com

Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), SU chapter. Adviser: TVA

Hill Communications student-run PR agency. Adviser: TBA

Radio/TV News Directors Association (RTNDA), student chapter. Advisers: Professor Chris Tuohey.

Renegade Magazine, general interest magazine focusing on Black heritage and culture. Contact: renegademag.su@gmail.com

Society of News Design (SND), student chapter. Adviser: Professor Bruce Strong.

Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), student chapter. Adviser: Professors Suzanne Lysak and Roy Gutterman. Contact: syracusesociety@gmail.com

Student Section Sports, online magazine covering a variety of sports at SU. Contact: sectionsports16@gmail.com

The Student Voice, bi-weekly magazine covering all aspects of student life and specializing in in-depth reporting. Contact voicesu@gmail.com

360 Degrees Magazine, theme-oriented publication with cultural twist. Contact su360degrees@gmail.com

20 Watts music magazine. Contact 20wattsmagazine@gmail.com

WAER-FM 88.3, National Public Radio station affiliate, music, news, information, and sports. Contact: 315.443.4021

WERW, student-run radio station, broadcasts free-format college radio to the masses via the web. Contact: werwprogramming@gmail.com

WJPZ-FM 89 (Z89), student-run radio station.

What the Health Magazine examines issues like health, wellness, nutrition and fitness of particular interest to college students. Contact: whatthehealth2016@gmail.com

Women in Communications, Inc. (WICI), student chapter. Advisers: Professors Emilie Davis and Sherri Taylor. Contact suwic@yahoo.com

Zest, travel magazine highlighting student adventures beyond the Hill. Contact: zesttravelmag@gmail.com

Zipped Magazine, fashion and beauty publication. Contact zippedmag@gmail.com