Syracuse University
Syracuse, United States of America
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With 13 schools and colleges, more than 200 customizable majors and minors, and online degrees and certificates, Syracuse University provides educational pathways for nearly every passion and ambition. Interdisciplinary areas ranging from social justice and artificial intelligence to energy and the environment provide hands-on research experiences that broaden perspectives and prepare students for the careers of tomorrow.
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Programs
Applied Data Science, MS
Offered jointly by the School of Information Studies and the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, the Master of Applied Data Science is a professional program of study with a strong emphasis on the applications of data science to enterprise operations and processes, particularly in the areas of data capture, management, analysis and communication for decision making. The program is also offered fully online. Candidates should hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent; a strong background in a data-intensive domain such as business, science, statistics, research or information technology is recommended.
Architecture, M.Arch
The Syracuse Architecture MArch is a fully accredited professional degree program that leads to preparation for licensure in architecture. The program is open to students with an undergraduate degree in any field as well as those holding bachelor degrees in architecture. The M.Arch program aims to produce architects who provide leadership in the profession and the wider culture. Design research is an integral part of the course of study, and design studios are supported by media and representation seminars, workshops and lecture courses. Completion of the degree typically requires three academic years.
Architecture, MS
Space / Brand / Strategy is a post-professional degree program at Syracuse University that leads to a Master of Science (MS) in Architecture. The program provides candidates a structured course of study focused on the design of commercial and non-commercial spaces and brands and their strategic deployment and management.
Art History, MA
Syracuse's main campus M.A. in Art History offers a comprehensive education in the history of art while giving students room to cultivate specialized research interests. Students take advanced courses on the art and visual culture of various world traditions, historical periods, and art historical methodologies, then work closely with a faculty mentor on a capstone research project that results in a scholarly paper presented at a public symposium.
Biology, MS
The Department of Biology's master's program emphasizes high-quality graduate training that is flexible enough to support work in diverse research areas and interdisciplinary projects. Students can specialize within primary research areas that include cell biology, biochemistry, molecular and developmental biology, ecology and plant biology, evolution, animal behavior, genetics, genomics, epigenetics, and neuroscience.
Biomedical Forensic Sciences, MS
The M.S. in Biomedical Forensic Science is a 36-credit pre-medical post-baccalaureate program designed for students who want to strengthen their academic credentials before applying to medical school. Coursework builds on an undergraduate foundation in the sciences, pairing biomedical study with forensic science training. The degree is well suited to students aiming for careers in forensic pathology, toxicology, and other areas of medicine.
Biotechnology, MS
The Biotechnology MS program is designed to create a strong scientific workforce by providing students with advanced training appropriate for jobs in academia, government, or the private sector. This three-semester, non-thesis academic and laboratory master's-level training program prepares students for careers in biotechnology research, industry or management, while also offering excellent preparation for further training in graduate school or professional doctoral programs.
Chemistry, MS
The Department of Chemistry is large enough to provide a broad range of graduate-level courses and research opportunities, yet small enough to foster close working relationships between students and professors. Research offerings span biochemistry, organic, inorganic, and physical chemistry, as well as work at the interface of these disciplines. First-year courses build a theoretical foundation, and students are encouraged to join research projects early.
Creative Writing, MFA
Syracuse's three-year M.F.A. in Creative Writing gives emerging fiction writers and poets the chance to develop their craft within a close-knit community of dedicated writers. The program concentrates on the craft and quality of literary writing and keeps enrollment strictly limited, admitting about six poets and six fiction writers each year.
Digital Forensics, MS
The M.S. in Digital Forensics is a 36-credit program that combines the iSchool's expertise in information security, digital forensics, and data analytics with the forensic science expertise of the Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute in the College of Arts and Sciences. Digital forensics is the acquisition and analysis of evidentiary information that is stored or transferred in binary form.
Earth Sciences, MA
Graduate study in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences supports field, laboratory, and computational research on the Earth's deep interior, lithosphere, and surface across a wide range of timescales. Master's students work with a faculty advisor and advisory committee in interdisciplinary areas such as tectonics, geomorphology, hydrogeology, sedimentology, isotope geochemistry, computational geophysics, paleobiology, and global environmental change.
Earth Sciences, MS
Graduate study in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences offers students opportunities for field-based geological and geophysical research worldwide. Ongoing research in the department is focused primarily in the areas of solid earth sciences, tectonics and crustal evolution, climate science, and water resources and hydrology. The department is housed in the William B. Heroy Geology Laboratory, which contains state-of-the-art analytical and computing facilities.
Forensic Science Advanced Laboratory, MS
The Master of Science in Forensic Science Advanced Laboratory is a 36-credit FEPAC accredited program designed to offer students a strong hands-on background and practical experience with an emphasis on biology and chemistry. It is most suitable for students seeking jobs in forensic chemistry, forensic toxicology, or forensic DNA analysis.
Forensic Science, MS
This 36-credit hour program builds a fundamental understanding of how scientific techniques are applied to forensic investigations and the criminal justice system. It is designed for students pursuing forensic careers that are not primarily laboratory-based, such as crime scene investigation, medicolegal death investigation, latent print or firearms analysis roles, legal studies, or positions with local and federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
French and Francophone Studies, MA
The M.A. in French and Francophone Studies grounds students in French and Francophone literature and culture, literary analysis, and critical theory. Course offerings span major authors, periods, and movements, and are frequently interdisciplinary, joining literature with philosophy, history, art, and film. The program is small, which allows for close mentoring, and students who teach receive extensive training and classroom experience.
Human Development and Family Science, MS
The Master of Science in human development and family science is a 30-credit degree program that aims to promote an understanding of human development across the lifespan. With an emphasis on the importance of social-cultural context, students gain broad knowledge of the study of childhood and family systems across various cultural and societal contexts.
Linguistic Studies, MA
The MA in Linguistic Studies provides intensive and advanced education in linguistics and language-related study. Students work with a concentration advisor in one of six concentration areas, building expertise in linguistic theory and analysis. The program suits those preparing for doctoral study, language teaching, or careers applying linguistic knowledge in technology, publishing, and international settings.
Marriage and Family Therapy, MA
The Syracuse University Marriage and Family Therapy program educates and trains clinicians, scholars and researchers in the profession of Marriage and Family Therapy. The program carries out this mission through a Self and Systems training and supervision approach, which integrates self-understanding of students in clinical training with a systems framework for clinical work with clients.
Mathematics Education, MS
The Department of Mathematics offers graduate study with an emphasis in mathematics education, developed in collaboration with Syracuse's School of Education. Students draw on a department committed to research and teaching, where internationally known faculty teach a broad range of courses that build a solid mathematical foundation alongside advanced topics at the forefront of current research.
Mathematics, MS
The M.S. in Mathematics can be completed along either of two options: mathematics, or mathematics with an emphasis in statistics. Candidates complete at least 30 hours of graduate work, most of it at an advanced level, including foundational courses in areas such as algebra, analysis, and applicable mathematics plus several electives.
Medicolegal Death Investigation, MS
The MS in Medicolegal Death Investigation prepares students for all aspects of a career as a death investigator. Coursework covers case investigation, understanding the body along with pathologies and trauma, autopsy procedures, interviewing skills, securing and documenting evidence, and courtroom testimony, alongside training in working effectively with allied professionals.
Pan African Studies, MA
This 30-credit interdisciplinary program gives students a comprehensive understanding of the global African experience as it appears in historical, social, and political contexts in Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States. The curriculum combines core courses and electives with a thesis and a residency at an external site abroad or at an affiliated institution.
Philosophy, MA
The M.A. in Philosophy is designed to deepen a student's understanding and expertise in particular areas of the discipline. The curriculum supports concentrations in metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language and of mind, ethics, political philosophy, and the history of philosophy, with further options drawing on religion, psychology, law, and linguistics.
Physics, MS
The Department of Physics has 33 faculty members, approximately 20 postdoctoral research associates, and over 90 graduate students. The department is housed in the six-floor physics building overlooking the University's main quadrangle. Facilities include state-of-the-art laboratory space, high-performance computing resources, and a machine shop, in addition to numerous specialized research facilities.
Religion, MA
Graduate study in the Department of Religion is marked by interdisciplinarity, theoretical reflection, and rigorous investigation of the material, textual, cultural, aesthetic, and political dimensions of religions. Students work within three areas of concentration: communities and identities; critique, image, and politics; and texts and contexts. The department's small, collaborative setting encourages intellectual experimentation.
Spanish Language, Literature and Culture, MA
Two years of in-depth study of Latin American, Spanish, and U.S. Latino literatures, cultures, and linguistics allow students to develop expertise in critical reading, writing, and thinking. The program lays a foundation for doctoral study, connects students to current scholarly trends, and provides teaching and research opportunities, including summer research and graduate coursework in Spanish-speaking countries.
Speech-Language Pathology (NYT), MS
The M.S. program in speech-language pathology is a nationally ranked, accredited program with a long history of excellence. Students work with researchers in state-of-the-art laboratories and learn from certified speech-language pathologists whose expertise covers all areas of speech and language across the life span. This is the New York Talks (NYT) format.
Speech-Language Pathology, MS
The M.S. program in speech-language pathology is a nationally ranked, accredited program with a long history of excellence. Students work with researchers in state-of-the-art laboratories and learn from certified speech-language pathologists whose expertise covers all areas of speech and language across the life span.
Adolescent Education, MS
The M.S. in Adolescent Education is an initial certification program for those with subject-area backgrounds in biology, chemistry, earth science, English, mathematics, physics, or social studies who want to teach at the secondary level. The 30-credit sequence pairs a pedagogical core with content-area methods coursework and supervised field placements, meeting the academic requirements for New York State initial certification in grades 7-12.
Childhood Education, MS
This program leads to certification to teach grades 1-6. A bachelor's degree in an appropriate field other than education is required. The primary goal of the program is to prepare teachers to work effectively with children in elementary schools. It meets the academic requirements for the New York State Childhood 1-6 teacher certificate, and many other states give some reciprocity to this program.
Clinical Mental Health Counseling, MS
The Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling prepares professional counselors to offer a broad range of clinical mental health counseling services and interventions focused on wellness and advocacy. These therapeutic services are designed to enhance the growth and development of all clients and can be delivered in settings such as community agencies, private practice, residential treatment, hospitals, and human service organizations.
Cultural Foundations of Education, MS
This program examines education as a social and political institution, giving students tools to analyze the historical, cultural, and political roots of educational structures, policies, and outcomes. Students build expertise across the history, philosophy, economics, sociology, and culture of education, with depth in disability studies, inclusion and equity, and facilitating dialogue across difference.
Higher Education, MS
Higher Education focuses on issues of diversity and inclusion, as applied to both the theory and practice of student success, development and learning in higher education. Given the increasing diversity of college student backgrounds, the program addresses the curricular and non-curricular structures, practices, policies, and pedagogies that build upon students' talents, experiences, and potential.
Inclusive Special Education Initial, MS
This 36-credit program prepares career changers and recent graduates with no teaching certification to become certified special educators serving students with disabilities across all grades. Courses are offered online while field experiences take place in schools local to the student. Coursework addresses literacy intervention, significant disabilities, assistive and augmentative communication, positive behavior supports, and psychoeducational evaluation.
Inclusive Special Education Professional, MS
This fully online Inclusive Special Education Professional degree is designed to prepare students to work with individuals with disabilities in grades K-12. It meets the academic requirements for initial and professional New York State teacher certification in Students with Disabilities All Grades. Students may complete the 30-credit program either full time or part time, though daytime availability for field experience and student teaching is required.
Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation, MS
The Master of Science in Instructional Design, Development & Evaluation is available in two formats: hybrid, which requires some in-person attendance, and fully online. The program helps students develop the competencies required to identify and evaluate learning and performance problems and to design, develop, and implement appropriate instructional solutions to those problems.
Literacy Education: Birth to Grade 12, MS
This degree prepares already-certified teachers to help all students develop essential literacy skills through culturally responsive curriculum and instruction. Coursework reflects current literacy research and is delivered through in-person instruction, online experiences, and community-based projects, with intensive field experiences spanning the full range of grade levels, including a summer literacy clinic.
Music Education Preparation, MS
The Music Education Program at Syracuse University provides an environment of excellence where students develop the understanding and skills necessary to become competent, independent teachers of music. The program offers opportunities to nurture teaching competencies, artistry and musicianship, as well as philosophical, theoretical, and historical perspectives of music and music education through research and reflective practice.
Music Education Professional Certification, MMus
The music education graduate degree program is designed for students who will have met all requirements for a New York State Music teaching certificate at the time of entry. This one-year professional certification program provides an environment of excellence under which one can continue to develop the understanding and skills necessary to become a competent, independent teacher of music.
School Counseling P-12, MS
The 60-credit, CACREP accredited Master of Science program in School Counseling P-12 prepares students to work with youth of all ages in urban, rural, and suburban preK-12 school settings. Students gain hands-on experiences throughout their program of study that prepare them for holistic school counseling practice, working closely with advisors to complete a sequenced curriculum in tandem with field experiences across grade levels.
Teaching and Curriculum, MS
This program serves educators who want deeper study in their content area alongside broader work in curriculum, instructional practice, and educational issues. Students partner with a faculty advisor to design a fully customized 30-credit program of study in a concentration such as instructional design, cultural foundations of education, mathematics or music education, special education, arts education, or educational administration.
Social Work, Advanced Standing Program, MSW
The advanced standing program is available to people who have graduated within the past 10 years from an undergraduate social work program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. Eligible students are granted advanced standing of up to 24 credits and complete 36 credits of graduate study as an on-campus full-time or part-time matriculated student in the School of Social Work.
Social Work, MSW
The School of Social Work offers a concurrent program of classroom and field instruction for the master's degree. The basic 60-credit program, pursued over two academic years, is composed of a 24-credit foundation curriculum and an advanced area of practice concentration. The foundation curriculum helps students develop the base knowledge, values, and skills necessary for effective generalist practice in all areas of social work.
Artificial Intelligence Science, MS
The Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence Science is designed to educate independent technical thought leaders with a deep understanding of artificial intelligence from a computational perspective. Offering both hardware and software options, the program produces senior level scientists and engineers who have deep algorithmic knowledge of AI, can design and develop multiple AI systems, and analyze their performance.
Biomedical Engineering, MS
The M.S. in Biomedical Engineering offers advanced study in an interdisciplinary field, with research concentrated in materials and tissue engineering, biomechanics, orthopedic biomechanics, cardiac bioengineering, and neural engineering. Students can work in major laboratories including the Syracuse BioInspired Institute and facilities at nearby SUNY Upstate Medical University.
Chemical Engineering, MS
The M.S. in Chemical Engineering combines core chemical engineering coursework with electives and a concentrated research or independent study experience guided by a faculty advisor. Electives can focus on areas such as bioengineering, environmental engineering, computer science, materials science, and manufacturing engineering. The individually structured program offers a thesis plan or a project plan.
Civil Engineering, MS
The Master of Science in Civil Engineering program in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has earned a reputation for superior quality and for placing students at the center of attention. Degree recipients have embarked on Ph.D. study, or worked in the public sector and private industry, making important contributions to the profession.
Computer Engineering (Online Program), MS
For students who want to expand their technical expertise beyond their undergraduate major, the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science offers an online Master of Science in computer engineering. The department has a long and distinguished record of graduate education, with many graduates placed in key positions in industry at corporations including IBM, Google, Microsoft, and Intel.
Computer Engineering, MS
The on-campus M.S. in Computer Engineering builds advanced expertise across three primary focus areas: hardware systems, covering VLSI design and test and CAD-based design methodology; software systems, covering large-scale software development and reusable software design; and assured systems, covering computer and network security, formal methods, and verification. The degree requires 30 credit hours beyond the bachelor's.
Computer Science (Online Program), MS
For students who want to expand their technical expertise beyond their undergraduate major, the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science offers an online Master of Science in computer science. The department has a long and distinguished record of graduate education, with many graduates placed in key positions in industry at corporations including IBM, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, and Intel.
Computer Science, MS
The on-campus M.S. in Computer Science is built to keep graduates at the leading edge of current technology, with faculty working in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, software design, cyber-physical systems, quantum computing, and wireless systems. Students complete ten graduate courses totaling 30 credits, including four core courses, then assemble the remaining six into a coherent plan of study.
Cybersecurity (Online Format), MS
The global electrical power grid, financial services, and other critical infrastructure are inextricably dependent on robust cybersecurity to ensure security, trust, and system assurance. The explosion in the Internet of Things domain is increasing connectedness amongst devices, and securing the resulting data is paramount. Syracuse University's online M.S. in Cybersecurity is designed to address this national and global need.
Cybersecurity, MS
The global electrical power grid, financial services, and other critical infrastructure are inextricably dependent on robust cybersecurity to ensure security, trust, and system assurance. The explosion in the Internet of Things domain is increasing connectedness amongst devices, and securing the resulting data is paramount. Syracuse University's M.S. in Cybersecurity is designed to address this national and global need.
Electrical Engineering (Distance Format), MS
The distance-format MS in Electrical Engineering delivers the on-campus curriculum online for working professionals. Students study wireless, optical, and satellite communications, robot control, microelectronics, and signal processing, completing at least 30 credits beyond the bachelor's degree. The program is tailored to each student within general faculty guidelines.
Electrical Engineering, MS
The M.S. in Electrical Engineering builds mastery of the discipline along with familiarity in allied areas, grounded in the principles governing charged particles moving through conductors, semiconductors, and vacuum. Applications studied span wireless, optical, and satellite communications, robot control, broadcasting, microelectronics for computers and analog circuits, and instruments that aid diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Engineering Management (Distance Format), MS
The program leading to the Master of Science degree in Engineering Management is interdisciplinary. It is administered by the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the College of Engineering and Computer Science, with the cooperative support of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The degree is designed for practicing engineers and scientists who have or seek increased managerial and leadership responsibilities.
Engineering Management, MS
The program leading to the Master of Science degree in Engineering Management is interdisciplinary. It is administered by the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the College of Engineering and Computer Science, with the cooperative support of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The degree is designed for practicing engineers and scientists who have or seek increased managerial and leadership responsibilities.
Environmental Engineering Science, MS
The graduate program in environmental engineering science at Syracuse has earned a reputation for superior quality. Degree recipients working in government, industry, and education have made important contributions to the profession. The program provides coursework and research opportunities in environmental chemistry, water and wastewater treatment, applied microbiology, hydrology and water resources, sustainability, groundwater remediation, and green infrastructure.
Environmental Engineering, MS
The graduate program in environmental engineering at Syracuse has earned a reputation for superior quality. Degree recipients working in government, industry, and education have made important contributions to the profession. The program provides coursework and research opportunities in environmental chemistry, water and wastewater treatment, applied microbiology, hydrology and water resources, sustainability, groundwater remediation, and green infrastructure.
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, MS
The M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering helps students deepen their technical skills to advance in industry or move on to doctoral study, within a collaborative community of faculty, staff, and students. Four specialization tracks are available: thermal/fluids, solids/structures, design/manufacturing, and a general track for students who want broader coverage. The 30 credit-hour program includes a capstone project.
Operations Research and System Analytics, MS
There is a need from both industry and government for employees with a combination of skills in optimization, data analysis, programming, systems thinking, and managing uncertainty. The MS program in Operations Research and System Analytics brings together topics in mathematics, analytics, computation, and engineering to prepare graduates for roles such as data engineer, operations research analyst, systems analyst, management engineer, applied scientist, and industrial engineer.
Exercise Science, MS
The master's program in exercise science is designed to train students for positions in hospitals and in corporate and private agencies that provide fitness and wellness programming and rehabilitative exercise programs. An emphasis on research in applied physiology also prepares students for doctoral programs in exercise science. Students have the opportunity for supplemental study in areas such as nutrition, health promotion, and sports medicine.
Nutrition Science, MA
The program builds upon the foundation, knowledge, and skills students have acquired from accredited didactic programs in dietetics or other bachelor's degree programs along with prerequisite coursework. The carefully structured program integrates didactic and supervised experiential learning in the application of the nutrition care process and is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics.
Sport Analytics, MS
The Master of Science degree in Sport Analytics is a 36-credit online degree program that provides training in the area of sport analytics. Each course in the degree is eight weeks in length and delivered online in an asynchronous format, making it well suited to working professionals in the sport industry.
Applied Human-Centered AI, MS
The 31-credit Applied Human-Centered AI master's degree prepares students to use advanced machine learning packages and APIs with a human-centered approach across a range of domains including business and government. At the heart of the program is a focus on the intricacies of human-AI interaction and how to use AI packages, ensuring students are adept at utilizing generative AI and other deep learning libraries in an ethical and effective manner.
Information Systems for Executives, MS
Information has a fundamental effect on the structure, process and success of all organizations. Those who can manage the tools of information acquisition, use, retention and transfer can enable their organizations to develop and leverage strategic advantages based upon information. The executive format is built for working professionals who also take on responsibility for managing information policy across the enterprise.
Information Systems, MS
Information has a powerful effect on the contemporary enterprise. Digital innovation and ever-rising competitive pressure confront the strategist with complex new challenges every day. In such environments, technically skilled professionals can promote sustained value creation and enterprise resiliency through mastery of key elements - digital technologies, big data, and policy - that shape strategic decision-making on the ground.
Library and Information Science, MS
As part of the School of Information Studies, the Library and Information Science program provides a foundation in the knowledge, skills, and values of librarianship by educating leaders in the library and information profession who will implement and advocate for information justice, equity, and community engagement in their communities of practice. Coursework stresses both the theory and practice of library and information science.
Library and Information Science: School Media, MS
The School Media program is a major specialization within the Library and Information Science program and requires that students meet not only the core LIS requirements, but also specified coursework in information literacy, youth services, information technology in schools, and library management. School librarians provide active curriculum support services and library and information skills instruction in elementary and secondary school settings.
Law, LLM
The Master of Laws is an advanced degree for lawyers who earned their first law degree outside the United States and want to broaden their effectiveness through the study of U.S. law and the American legal process. The core curriculum is intentionally small, leaving room to choose from more than 80 electives, so students can specialize in fields such as technology and law, security policy and law, or disability law and policy.
Professional Accounting, MS
The Master of Science in Professional Accounting is a 30-credit program for students with qualified undergraduate degrees in accounting. For students with other educational backgrounds, the program length varies from 30 to 63 credits, depending on the number of qualified accounting and management courses already completed. Students complete six required courses and choose a set of electives based on their professional interests and objectives.
Business Analytics, MS
The MS in Business Analytics challenges students to develop an interdisciplinary understanding of the applications of analytics to the fields of accounting, finance, marketing, and supply chain management through techniques in data collection, data visualization, statistical and pattern analysis, and data mining.
Entrepreneurship & Emerging Enterprises, MS
The Master's in Entrepreneurship & Emerging Enterprises program provides an immersion into the nature of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial process. Core content is coupled with a strong commitment to experiential learning. It is targeted to students with a passion for entrepreneurship in for-profit, non-profit, and public sector contexts, and the 30-credit program can be completed in one year.
Finance, MS
The M.S. in Finance at the Whitman School of Management prepares students to excel in a dynamic financial environment shaped by data, technology, and innovation. The program builds strong analytical, quantitative, and strategic skills that equip graduates for careers in investment management, corporate finance, consulting, entrepreneurship, and emerging areas such as financial technology and sustainable finance.
Marketing, MS
Marketing is the business function of creating, communicating and delivering value to customers with whom the firm seeks to establish and maintain profitable long-term relationships. Effective marketing in today's dynamic and complex marketplace requires sophisticated strategic thinking that creatively matches a firm's unique capabilities with profitable market opportunities based upon solid analysis of market data.
Real Estate, MS
The Master of Science in Real Estate is a 12-month STEM-designated graduate program designed for individuals seeking to build or enhance foundational skills in real estate. The program emphasizes core competencies essential to the field while exploring the intersections of real estate with sustainability and finance. It prepares students to become real estate leaders with strong financial expertise.
Supply Chain Management, MS
Supply chain management is an interdisciplinary field that emphasizes cross-functional links and seeks to manage those links to enhance a company's competitive advantage. It involves forecasting, resource allocation, production planning, flow and process management, inventory management, customer delivery, and after-sales support and service. The Whitman School is home to the first supply chain program in the country, established in 1919.
Entrepreneurship, MS (Distance Learning)
The online M.S. in Entrepreneurship provides an immersion into the nature of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial process. Core content prepares current and aspiring entrepreneurs with the business foundation and networking opportunities to start a new venture, effectively manage a company, or innovate within an organization. It is a 30-credit program targeted to students with a passion for entrepreneurship across for-profit, non-profit, and public sector contexts.
Professional Accounting, MS (Distance Learning)
The online M.S. in Professional Accounting is a distance learning version of the M.S. degree in professional accounting. This program allows students to complete the degree and the 150-hour CPA requirement while working in accounting or related fields. The degree meets the educational requirements for CPA licensure in New York State and most other 150-hour states. Participants in the 30-credit program must have a qualified undergraduate degree in accounting.
Supply Chain Management, MS (Distance Learning)
The online M.S. in Supply Chain Management is the Whitman School's supply chain management program for working professionals. It features the same curriculum content and faculty as the full-time MS in Supply Chain Management program at Whitman. The Whitman School is home to the first supply chain program in the country, established in 1919.
Sustainable Organizations & Policy, MS
The Master of Science in Sustainable Organizations and Policy is offered jointly by two highly ranked schools at Syracuse University: the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the Whitman School of Management. Through coursework and unique experiential learning opportunities, students gain the skills and knowledge to become competent in economic, social, and environmental sustainability and their interdependencies from public and private perspectives.
Anthropology, MA
The 30-credit master's in anthropology gives students broad exposure to the discipline, with training in both quantitative and qualitative methods of social science research. Coursework spans the subfields: students complete a two-course sequence in their own area, either cultural anthropology or archaeology, plus core courses in other subfields, and then sit a qualifying examination.
Economics and International Relations, MA
This dual degree lets students earn master's degrees in both international relations and economics in two years, completing 58 credits rather than the 70 the two degrees would require separately. Alongside international relations core courses and one of five career tracks, students take economic theory, statistics and econometrics, choose a topical concentration, and complete an internship tied to their professional interests.
Economics, MA
The M.A. in Economics at Syracuse is a terminal master's program that is STEM designated. It offers rigorous training in mathematical and quantitative analysis, economic modeling, and econometrics. The program is ideal for those who pursue professional careers in industry and government with advanced quantitative skills, or further study toward the Ph.D. degree.
Executive Master in International Relations, MA
This accelerated, interdisciplinary master's is built for midcareer professionals who want to internationalize their expertise or advance into global roles, and it draws students from NGOs, government ministries, federal agencies, and nonprofit and private organizations. The 30-credit degree pairs a core in managerial leadership and comparative foreign policy with a career track and a master's project.
Geography, MA
The master's in geography trains students to examine the spatial dynamics of social and environmental processes and to shape the policies that follow from that analysis. The 30-credit program is flexible: students build coursework with faculty mentors and concentrate in areas such as urban space and justice, environment and society, political economy, community geography, physical geography, or GIS and geospatial technology.
History, MA
The master's in history builds the analytical and research skills needed in a field that spans regions, time periods and thematic specialties. Students develop core analytic techniques through required work in historiography, theories and philosophies of history, and a first-year research seminar, then broaden their knowledge in a chosen specialty and carry out original research with a faculty advisor.
International Relations, MA
The interdisciplinary Master of Arts in International Relations combines the Maxwell School's long-standing engagement on contemporary world problems with scholarly and practical approaches to addressing them. The degree incorporates academic study and professional field training to prepare students for positions in the public, non-profit, and private sectors.
Policy Analytics, MS (Distance Learning Format)
This program is designed to develop skills at the frontier of the public affairs field with an emphasis on advances in technology and data use. Unlike other data-oriented graduate programs, this one emphasizes the use of technology and data tools with applications for those with career interests in the public or nonprofit sector. Effective Fall 2027.
Political Science, MA
The master's in political science centers on analyzing how political, economic, social, cultural and historical forces interact, and on developing and expressing ideas through original writing, research and presentations. The 30-credit degree includes a methodology course plus nine graduate courses drawn from political science or, with approval, related fields.
Public Administration (Executive)
This on-campus executive M.P.A. serves midcareer professionals with substantial management experience who want to sharpen their leadership, managerial and organizational skills while preparing for future policy challenges. The 30-credit degree pairs three core courses, a managerial leadership seminar, fundamentals of policy analysis and a master's project, with seven electives that may be drawn from across the university.
Public Administration - Executive (Distance Learning Format)
The Executive Master of Public Administration is open to individuals with substantial experience and managerial responsibility in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, including NGOs. The typical candidate has at least five years of management experience and holds a position beyond that of basic supervisor. The program is delivered in a distance learning format and can be completed in 20 months.
Public Administration, MPA
The Master of Public Administration degree emphasizes professional education for future public service leaders. The degree responds to the needs of tomorrow's managers and policy analysts by offering a variety of fields in which a student can gain substantive focus while obtaining training in public administration and policy.
Public Diplomacy and Global Communications, MA
Offered jointly by the Maxwell School and the Newhouse School, this master's prepares students to communicate and build relationships across borders on behalf of governments, organizations and corporations. Half the coursework comes from international relations and public administration and half from public relations. The 43-credit, 18-month program includes a required summer internship and a final semester on the university's Washington, D.C., campus.
Public Health, MPH
The Master of Public Health is a 42-credit hour graduate program designed to provide students with core knowledge and skills necessary for the development, implementation, and advancement of evidence-based public health policies, programs and initiatives. Students choose one concentration in Epidemiology, Global Health, or Public Health Policy. The program is accredited by the Council on Education in Public Health.
Advanced Media Management, MS
The Advanced Media Management program teaches the application of innovative digital solutions to strategic communications problems in both traditional and new media businesses, with a focus on technologies such as AI. Technology continues to change the way we experience, produce, and consume text, images, audio, and video, and impacts all media, advertising, public relations, journalism, and entertainment.
Advertising, MS
Advertising is a fast-paced industry, changing with the times and, along with other communications professions, riding the digital wave into new waters. This one-year, intensive advertising graduate program prepares students to work in the industry and gives them the professional strategies they need to succeed and thrive. The 36-credit program leads to a Master of Science in Advertising.
Broadcast and Digital Journalism, MS
The master's degree program in broadcast and digital journalism is designed to provide the necessary combination of practical training and theoretical study to prepare students for careers in multimedia journalism. All students take required coursework to report for traditional broadcast news and digital platforms. No previous training in broadcasting or journalism is required, and the final on-campus course involves the production of two daily newscasts.
Communications, MS
The M.S. in Communications online offers in-depth study and experience with digital systems, strategies, and emergent trends, along with foundational knowledge in media law, applied research, theory and practice essential for successful leadership in the changing media industry. It is intended for students with backgrounds in media and communications, journalism, public relations, advertising, media business management, and related fields.
Magazine, News and Digital Journalism, MA
Students in the magazine, news and digital journalism program learn to meet the challenges of a complex and evolving industry. In small classes taught by industry professionals, students develop their ability to create content for a variety of audiences and platforms. The program's emphasis remains core skills such as editing, interviewing, reporting, and writing.
Media Studies, MS
The master's in media studies is a research-oriented academic program for students who want to study mass communication rather than practice it. Students bring their media experience into a curriculum grounded in communications theory and research methods, then build a body of original research on a topic of their own choosing. The degree is designed chiefly as preparation for doctoral study and for a career of teaching and research in communications.
Multimedia, Photography and Design, MS
The Multimedia, Photography and Design graduate degree is for students who want to customize their education around their career objectives. The program offers tracks in Cinematography, Photography, and Graphic Design, and students take a foundational and an advanced course in their area of focus. Students then select electives to either deepen that expertise or broaden their skill sets into complementary areas.
Music Business, MS
The Bandier Music Business Master's Program offered by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications prepares students for success in the growing music industry by delivering multidisciplinary curricula and hands-on experiences. The program caters to students from a variety of backgrounds, including career-change students seeking to enter the music industry.
Public Relations, MS
The internationally recognized public relations program at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is one of the few programs in the country that offers public relations education at the undergraduate, graduate, and mid-career levels. The 36-37 credit program is an intensive thirteen months of professional study primarily for recent college graduates seeking entry into the field of public relations.
Television, Radio and Film, MS
Established in 1950, the Television, Radio and Film master's program was the first of its kind in the nation and continues to be seen as a leader in graduate education for the field. This one-year intensive graduate program is designed for those who want to tell stories for screens of all sizes, examining various forms of entertainment media through the lenses of storytelling, industry, technology and art form.
Project Management, MPS
The MPS in Project Management is designed to help students explore foundations, organization, leadership, methodologies, controls, communications, and stakeholder management. The 30-credit degree program consists of ten 3-credit courses including an introductory gateway course that can also be utilized as an elective for other degree programs.
Communication and Rhetorical Studies, MA
The M.A. in Communication and Rhetorical Studies requires 33 credits beyond the bachelor's degree. Twenty-four credits must be taken in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, and up to nine may be taken in areas outside the department. In consultation with the student's advisor, three credits are designated as methodological training.
Art Therapy, MS
Art therapy uses visual and symbolic expression to circumvent the limitations of language, giving voice to experiences and providing opportunities to understand complex situations, illuminate new questions, and create alternative and innovative solutions to problems. The program prepares graduates for clinical practice in creative arts therapy settings.
Art Photography, MFA
The M.F.A. program in art photography is dedicated to experimentation and exploration within a wide range of photographic and conceptual practices. This pluralistic approach to the medium gives graduate students a nuanced understanding of photography as it relates to contemporary art practices. The department does not proscribe a specific arena of investigation; students are encouraged to establish their own conceptual and visual research.
Computer Art, MFA
The master of fine arts degree program in computer art is an artistic research and development program situated in the context of technology. Students are encouraged to develop a diverse set of practices within computer art. The program is a supportive, demanding, and highly critical environment, and students work with full-time computer art faculty encompassing a wide range of conceptual, theoretical, and technical ground.
Film, MFA
The M.F.A. in film is an advanced degree for filmmakers, earned in preparation for a professional career. The program emphasizes two things equally: creative production in dramatic, experimental, and documentary forms, and film studies including theory, criticism, and history. Production and academic courses are integrated throughout, resulting in a lively interchange of ideas and a viable transferring of ideas into action.
Illustration, MFA
Syracuse University's MFA in Illustration is committed to advancing the next generation of illustrators. As part of a School of Art within a university, the approach is research-oriented and cross-disciplinary, emphasizing inquiry, authorship, and criticality. Students study and experiment, expanding their boundaries and modes of expression while exploring intellectual and creative pursuits with global awareness.
Studio Arts, MFA
The Master of Fine Arts program in Studio Arts prepares students with diverse studio backgrounds to become confident arts practitioners who can make a difference in the world through applying their skills and knowledge. The program is a three-year course of study within the School of Art.
Design, MA
The master of arts in Design is a graduate design program that allows students to complete their studies on a truncated plus-one timescale. Students take one or two graduate-level classes in their senior year alongside their undergraduate major requirements and then complete the remaining credits toward the MA in one additional year after graduation.
Design, MFA
The Master of Fine Arts in design engages students in collaborative practice within a dynamic multi-disciplinary studio environment. This professional graduate program breaks down boundaries in the academic and corporate worlds, bringing together students, faculty, communities, and businesses to work collaboratively on significant problems for the greater good.
Museum Studies, MA
The Master of Arts in museum studies prepares individuals to enter the museum profession through a course of study grounded in research, scholarship, design, and practice. At the center of the program is the belief that the museum professional serves as the liaison between the viewing public and the museum object. The program is structured to enable students to develop an understanding of the relationship between theory and practice.
Conducting, MMus
The M.Mus. degree program in conducting offers three areas of specialty: winds/percussion, vocal, and strings. Students enter in one specific area but also study in the other areas to create a comprehensive degree. All graduate students complete a core sequence of courses in research, music history, and music theory, and normally complete 34 to 36 graduate credits over four semesters in residence.
Music Composition, MMus
The Setnor School of Music offers a master of music degree program in composition. Students study privately with the composition faculty and meet weekly in the Composer's Symposium to discuss current issues and visit with guest composers. All graduate students complete a core sequence of courses in research, music history, and music theory, totaling 36 graduate credits over four semesters in residence.
Performance, MM
The M.Mus. degree program in performance is offered for students who wish to further their studies in piano, organ, strings, wind instruments, percussion, or voice. In addition to private lesson study and ensemble performance, all graduate students complete a core sequence of courses in research and music theory as well as coursework in music history, pedagogy, and applied music specific to their area of study.
Voice Pedagogy, MMus
The Master of Music in Voice Pedagogy is offered through the Setnor School of Music, part of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. The degree is designed to prepare a student who has earned an undergraduate degree in music with a concentration in voice to pursue a career as a voice instructor, either in an academic or private setting.
