Overview
Ten Professional Master's Degrees Are Offered by Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University
The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University is widely regarded as one of the top communications schools in the country. The prestigious Newhouse name opens doors for students while they study at the school¿and throughout their careers after they graduate.
The school offers ten professional master's degrees spanning all areas of the communications industry: Advertising; Arts Journalism; Broadcast Journalism; Magazine, Newspaper, and Online Journalism; Media Management; Photography; Public Relations; Television-Radio-Film; Documentary Film and History; and Public Diplomacy. The Documentary Film and History and Public Diplomacy programs are joint programs with Syracuse's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, also a prestigious and highly-regarded school.
In general, the Newhouse School of Public Communications' master's programs can be completed in 12¿14 months. The school also offers an academic master's program in Media Studies, a doctoral program in Mass Communications and a distance-learning executive education master's program in Communications Management
Members Come from the Profession, Bringing First-Hand Knowledge and a Passion for Teaching
Newhouse School of Public Communications faculty members come primarily from the profession. They bring with them their first-hand industry knowledge along with their passion for teaching. The result is a high-quality classroom experience for their students. Syracuse University is known for its small class sizes, which allow students to work with and interact directly with the faculty, whose comprehensive expertise spans everything from cultural journalism to new media to sports broadcasting and beyond. In many cases, Syracuse University faculty members continue to serve as mentors to students even after they graduate and go into the field.
Newhouse School is housed in a three-building facility, one of the world's most complete centers for the study of mass communications. An all-digital environment, it provides students with all the tools needed to master the skills of their chosen profession¿even as that profession continues to change at a rapid pace. The school commits more than $300,000 a year to equipment and facility upgrades.
Specialized Facilities and Equipment and Numerous Prestigious Guest Speakers Provide an Edge
Among the specialized facilities and tools students experience are a collaborative media room, where students from all disciplines come together to create multimedia products; an advertising and public relations lab that simulates a professional agency setting; photography labs and equipment; video and audio editing booths and equipment; studios for music recording and sound production; television studios with a master control room and a broadcast news set; graphics labs; and extensive computer labs.
Located in Syracuse, New York, at the center of New York State, the Newhouse School of Public Communications is within easy driving distance of New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. The school regularly hosts industry leaders (many of whom are alumni), who come to speak with students or lead classes. Recent campus visitors include sportscaster Bob Costas '74; "New Yorker" editor David Remnick; Ritz-Carlton senior vice president Bruce Himelstein; legendary television executive Fred Silverman '58; "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft '67; C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb; Gyro Worldwide Advertising CEO Steven Grasse; Saatchi & Saatchi CEO Kevin Roberts; NBC Sports sports director Drew Esocoff; and actor Alan Alda.
The Newhouse Career Development Center and 20,000 Alumni Help Graduates Succeed
Syracuse University and the Newhouse School of Public Communications also serve as a hub for employers and job recruiters. The Newhouse Career Development Center (CDC) hosts an annual career event, when some 50¿60 national communications companies send representatives to campus to interview and recruit students for jobs and internships. The CDC assists students in developing job and internship search skills through seminars and workshops, and distributes job and internship leads.
One of the Syracuse University and the Newhouse School of Public Communications' most valuable assets is its alumni, who are over 20,000 strong. Fiercely loyal to their alma mater, they hold positions of leadership in all areas of the communications industry. Many of them are part of the Newhouse Alumni Career Advisory Network (NACAN), a database of alumni willing to assist students and other alumni with career advice and guidance.
