Major Requirements - Guidebooks – Syracuse University

Required Courses

All Newhouse students take:

Grammar Competency
COM 107 Communications and Society. This lecture-based course introduces students to the many areas of communications and helps students identify majors of interest. Course content includes discussions with communications professionals from a variety of fields.
COM 117 Multimedia Storytelling. In this skills-based course, students experiment with different types of stories: stories that persuade, stories that document, and stories that entertain. Students write, design, and produce short fiction and non-fiction stories using digital media and the internet.

Choosing a Newhouse Major

COM 107 and COM 117 are designed to help students familiarize themselves with the various fields within public communications and choose a major.

Students can also learn more about Newhouse majors by meeting with their faculty advisers and peer advisers, by attending lectures given by visiting professionals, and by participating in programs sponsored by the Newhouse Career Development Center and Newhouse student organizations.

Students must declare a major by the end of sophomore year. New York State law states that students who do not declare their major on time will lose their Tuition Assistance Program aid. In addition, rising juniors will not be able to register for classes without declaring a major.

Declaring a Newhouse Major

The eight undergraduate programs of study in Newhouse include:

Students in good academic standing can declare or change their major at any time by submitting a Major Declaration form.

Students may declare any of the above majors EXCEPT Bandier. Bandier is a limited-enrollment program. All Bandier students must have applied to the program on their Syracuse University applications as first-year students.

Required Courses

All Newhouse students take:

Grammar Competency
COM 107 Communications and Society. This lecture-based course introduces students to the many areas of communications and helps students identify majors of interest. Course content includes discussions with communications professionals from a variety of fields.
COM 117 Multimedia Storytelling. In this skills-based course, students experiment with different types of stories: stories that persuade, stories that document, and stories that entertain. Students write, design, and produce short fiction and non-fiction stories using digital media and the internet.

Choosing a Newhouse Major

COM 107 and COM 117 are designed to help students familiarize themselves with the various fields within public communications and choose a major.

Students can also learn more about Newhouse majors by meeting with their faculty advisers and peer advisers, by attending lectures given by visiting professionals, and by participating in programs sponsored by the Newhouse Career Development Center and Newhouse student organizations.

Students must declare a major by the end of sophomore year. New York State law states that students who do not declare their major on time will lose their Tuition Assistance Program aid. In addition, rising juniors will not be able to register for classes without declaring a major.

Declaring a Newhouse Major

The eight undergraduate programs of study in Newhouse include:

Students in good academic standing can declare or change their major at any time by submitting a Major Declaration form.

Students may declare any of the above majors EXCEPT Bandier. Bandier is a limited-enrollment program. All Bandier students must have applied to the program on their Syracuse University applications as first-year students.

Required Courses

All Newhouse students take:

Grammar Competency
COM 107 Communications and Society. This lecture-based course introduces students to the many areas of communications and helps students identify majors of interest. Course content includes discussions with communications professionals from a variety of fields.
COM 117 Multimedia Storytelling. In this skills-based course, students experiment with different types of stories: stories that persuade, stories that document, and stories that entertain. Students write, design, and produce short fiction and non-fiction stories using digital media and the internet.
Newhouse Diversity Course
Global Experience

Choosing a Newhouse Major

COM 107 and COM 117 are designed to help students familiarize themselves with the various fields within public communications and choose a major.

Students can also learn more about Newhouse majors by meeting with their faculty advisers and peer advisers, by attending lectures given by visiting professionals, and by participating in programs sponsored by the Newhouse Career Development Center and Newhouse student organizations.

Students must declare a major by the end of sophomore year. New York State law states that students who do not declare their major on time will lose their Tuition Assistance Program aid. In addition, rising juniors will not be able to register for classes without declaring a major.

Undeclared

Declaring a Newhouse Major

The seven undergraduate programs of study in Newhouse include:

To declare your major please follow these steps:

Sign into MySlice and click on the eForms tile
Select Change Major Form
Complete form and hit submit

Students may declare any of the above majors EXCEPT Bandier. Bandier is a limited-enrollment program. All Bandier students must have applied to the program on their Syracuse University applications as first-year students.

Required Courses

All Newhouse students take:

Grammar Competency
COM 107 Communications and Society. This lecture-based course introduces students to the many areas of communications and helps students identify majors of interest. Course content includes discussions with communications professionals from a variety of fields.
COM 117 Multimedia Storytelling. In this skills-based course, students experiment with different types of stories: stories that persuade, stories that document, and stories that entertain. Students write, design, and produce short fiction and non-fiction stories using digital media and the internet.
Newhouse Diversity Course
Global Experience

Choosing a Newhouse Major

COM 107 and COM 117 are designed to help students familiarize themselves with the various fields within public communications and choose a major.

Students can also learn more about Newhouse majors by meeting with their faculty advisers and peer advisers, by attending lectures given by visiting professionals, and by participating in programs sponsored by the Newhouse Career Development Center and Newhouse student organizations.

Students must declare a major by the end of sophomore year. New York State law states that students who do not declare their major on time will lose their Tuition Assistance Program aid. In addition, rising juniors will not be able to register for classes without declaring a major.

Undeclared

Declaring a Newhouse Major

The seven undergraduate programs of study in Newhouse include:

To declare your major and/or major track please visit the Newhouse Undergraduate Forms and Procedures page for detailed instructions.

Students may declare any of the above majors EXCEPT Bandier and Esports. Bandier and Esports are limited-enrollment programs. All Bandier and Esports students must have applied to the program on their Syracuse University applications as first-year students.