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Aug 04, 2025
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2025-2026 Graduate Catalog
Public Diplomacy and Global Communications, MA
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Contact:
Maxwell School of Public Affairs:
Admissions: Emily Rutherford, Associate Director of Admissions, 315-443-2319 maxenroll@syr.edu
Advising: Emily Alber Chase, Associate Director of Student Services, Public Administration and International Affairs, 315-443-4000 paia@syr.eduNewhouse School:
Steven Pike, Director, 315-443-4315 slpike@syr.edu
Program Description
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications offer an 18-month multidisciplinary graduate program leading to the Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in Public Diplomacy and Global Communications.
Students complete one half of their course work in the Maxwell School’s Department of Public Administration and International Affairs and the other half in Newhouse School’s Department of Public Relations. Students spend their final semester in Washington, D.C. This program is designed to train professionals to assume public communications responsibilities for governments, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector.
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Required Courses (30 Credits)
IR Signature Course (3 credits) PAI Elective (3 credits) Internship (1 Credit)
Summer off-campus internship program Law Course (3 Credits)*
*Students can take COM 698 through our online program Communications@Syracuse. Students can register for the October or January sessions. D.C. Public Diplomacy and Global Communications Program (9 Credits)
Program Total: 43 Credits
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