Strategic Communications, BS

Contact:

Carolyn Hedges, Program Director
cdhedges@syr.edu, 315-443-9255

The Strategic Communications BS degree, provided by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, offers a comprehensive and contemporary undergraduate education through an exclusive online platform. This program caters to students seeking to advance their education, fostering an interdisciplinary approach to communication. The Strategic Communications program combines essential courses from public relations, advertising, and visual communications, forming a foundational curriculum rooted in broader communication principles. This curriculum covers crucial aspects like data-driven insights, ethics, storytelling, and theoretical applications.

The primary objective of delivering this program online is to extend the exceptional educational offerings of Newhouse to non-traditional students who are unable to participate in on-campus classes. This approach ensures that a wider range of learners can benefit from the academic excellence Newhouse is renowned for.

Major Requirements (42 credits)

Required Minor (18 credits)

Students are required to choose one minor from the following choices in the College of Professional Studies.

1. Creative Leadership

2. Knowledge Management

3. Project Management

Liberal Arts Requirements (60 credits)

The Liberal Studies Core gives a foundation in writing, language or quantitative skills, humanities, social science, natural science, and critical reflections. It draws upon lower-division courses in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Other online liberal arts courses can be used to satisfy these requirements under the guidance of the program.

Basic Writing (3 credits)

WRT 105 - WRT 105 - Studio 1: Practices of Academic Writing

Writing Intensive (3 credits)

Global Requirement/Writing Intensive (3 credits)

ANT 185 - Global Encounters:Comparing World Views & Values Cross-Culturally

Foreign Language or Quantitative Skills (8 credits)

Students will take two courses from the options below.

NOTE: Students need to take a sequence in either language or quantitative skills.

Humanities (6 credits)

Students choose two courses from the following options:

Natural Sciences (3 credits)

Students choose one course from the following options:

Social Sciences (6 credits)