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First Semester Course Selection

INSTRUCTIONS

Fall 2019

DUE DATE: FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2019

NEWHOUSE HELP LINE: 1-833-483-1963 Monday-Friday 9:00A-4:30A

S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications 2

Special Notes

RENEE CROWN UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM STUDENTS: If you have been admitted to the Renée Crown University Honors Program, please refer to the Additional Program information on the first page of the online First-Term Enrollment Selection form. Please wait to make your final selection of courses until you read this material. If you have questions about selecting Honors courses, call 1-800-295-2537 and ask to speak to Hanna Richardson.

SUMMER 2019 COURSE WORK AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: If you are planning to take courses at SU this summer, you must still complete and submit the fall First-Term Enrollment Selection form as requested. You must also take the online placement tests. If you have questions about selecting suitable courses, call Newhouse at 833-483-1963 or email: [email protected] . An advisor from Newhouse will be happy to assist you.

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Overview

The Newhouse curriculum is anchored in the liberal arts. Because effective communication draws upon a broad base of knowledge, all Newhouse students take courses in the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences, as well as develop writing, foreign language, and quantitative skills.

Students typically are required to complete 122 credit hours to earn a Bachelor’s degree in Newhouse. Most courses are three credits. No more than 38 credits of these 122 can be taken in Newhouse. The majority of your courses will be in the liberal arts and sciences. Your involvement in your major courses in Newhouse will increase as you progress in your education. In your first semester, you will be taking one Newhouse course (3 credits), as well as focusing on your Arts and Sciences requirements. The following chart summarizes your degree requirements.

Public Communications Degree Requirements

A. Arts and Sciences Requirements Basic Skills 15-19 credits (5 courses)

CAS 100 Writing Course (one course) or WRT 105 Foreign Languages (two courses) Quantitative Skills (one course) Additional course in either foreign languages, quantitative skills, computer skills or speech Complete in first and second years.

Divisional Requirements 30–36 credits (10 courses)

Two courses in each of the following three areas chosen from the Divisional Lists:

1. Social Sciences 2. Humanities 3. Natural Sciences and Mathematics

(One course must include a laboratory.) Four additional courses from any of the three Divisional Lists—Social Sciences, Humanities, Or Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Complete in first and second years.

Writing Intensive Courses

Two courses from the approved Writing Intensive course list

Complete in second, third, or fourth semesters.


B. Requirements for a Major in Communications

Newhouse School Major

31-38 credits

A major must be declared no later than the end of the second year. All majors begin with COM 107: Communications and Society which you will complete in your first semester. COM 101: Practical Grammar for Public Communications (1 credit) and COM 117: Multimedia Storytelling (3 credits) are also completed by the end of the second semester Major courses are taken over the four years.

C. Minor Requirements

18 credits

A minor consists of six or more courses in an area of study which allows you to investigate a subject in some depth. The minor must be in an area outside of Communications. You must declare your minor by the beginning of your third year.

Complete in third and fourth years.

D. Electives

0–35 credits

Since some courses may fulfill more than one requirement, the number of elective credits you have varies according to how you choose to fulfill the Arts and Sciences, Major, and Minor requirements. Elective courses may be chosen from any area in which you are eligible to take courses outside of Communications. If you choose a minor outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, it is very likely that all of your elective credits must be courses in the Arts and Sciences.

Complete in second, third, fourth years.

E. Summary Notes

A minimum of 122 credits is required for graduation.

A minimum of 65 credits MUST be from courses taught by the College of Arts and Sciences.

A maximum of 4 credits MAY be in physical education.

Thirty-one to thirty-eight of the 122 credits MUST be in a major program in communications. You may take more than 38 credits in Newhouse only if these credits exceed the 122 credits required for graduation. In other words, any Newhouse credits over 38 are extra and will not affect your other graduation requirements.


How to Submit Your Course Preferences 1. Access the First-Term Enrollment Selection form on MySlice, and review the Course

Descriptions document for Fall 2019 which is on the first page under “Resources.”

2. Look for special instructions if you: • Have received or are expecting college credit from Advanced Placement, Project Advance,

or transfer credit from another college. (See Appendix, pp. 23–27.) • Have been admitted to the Renée Crown Honors Program. (Supplemental information is

available on page 1 of your First-Term Enrollment Selection form.) • Are in a learning community with required courses. (Information is available on page 1 of

your First-Term Enrollment Selection form.)

3. Fill out required information on pages 1 and 2 of the First-Term Enrollment Selection form online so that we know what credits, if any, you hope to transfer.

4. Review required courses.

5. Choose a section of CAS 100 or WRT 105 and alternates, if you have not already completed the Writing Requirement. Enter your preferences in Box B.

6. To choose your Foreign Language course, you must complete the online placement test first, even if you have never studied the language previously. The placement test begins with a survey of your language background and places you in the appropriate level of the language. Comprehensive language placement exams in French, German, Hebrew, Italian, and Spanish are offered online for students who have background in those languages. If you choose a language other than French, German, Hebrew, Italian, or Spanish, and you have background in that language, your placement will be confirmed with a test on campus when you arrive in August. If you are taking a foreign language this semester, please enter this information in Box A.

7. Complete the online Mathematics Placement Test if you do not have college credit for statistics. You also need to take the Mathematics Placement Test if you plan to take Calculus as one of your Science classes.

8. Decide the number of total credits you wish to take and enter information on the First-Term Enrollment Selection form, third page.

9. Select choices for your remaining courses and enter information on the First-Term Enrollment Selection form in boxes C, D, E (use box F if you need more selections).

10. Add any notes in the free form box on the Selection form which will help us understand your selections.

11. Final Check. (p. 22)

12. Submit your form online by June 14, 2019.

Using your preferences, we will build a schedule for you this summer. If you wish to alter your schedule, time will be set aside during Opening Weekend to do so with the help of your adviser.


Syracuse First-Term Enrollment Selection Form You may access your First-Term Enrollment Selections form by logging into MySlice.syr.edu ►Student Services ►Enrollment ►First-Term Enrollment Selections.

This is a multiple page document. You can fill out part of it, save it, and return to the document multiple times to make changes. However, your document is not complete until it is SUBMITTED. After you submit the document, you cannot make online changes, but you can contact us if you have a concern at 315-443-4722 at any time during the summer.

Learning Community Information

If you requested to live in a learning community and if your learning community requires specific courses, this information will be printed under Additional Program Information on the first page of the First-Term Enrollment Selection form.

Some learning communities require no course work. Some require a one-credit class; some require a three-credit class. You can find out more about your learning community courses at http://lc.syr.edu/join-a-learning-community/prospectiveincoming-students/index.html

If your learning community requires WRT 105: Practices of Academic Writing, we will substitute this writing course for CAS 100 as your required writing course this semester unless you tell us that you have AP or transfer credit for a college writing class. If you have AP English credits or transfer credits in college writing, you will not need to take WRT 105 or CAS 100.

Required Courses

In their first semester, all Newhouse students take COM 107: Communications and Society. This course is pre-printed on your First-Term Enrollment Selection form in the middle of the first page.

Required Courses (You will automatically be enrolled in the following):

COM 107 Communications and Society (3 credits) A description of COM 107 can be found in the Course Descriptions, p. 3. If you have taken COM 107 during a summer at Syracuse, or if you plan to transfer COM 107, please check the appropriate box on page 1 of your First-Term Enrollment Selection form, and call 1–833–483–1963 to consult with us.

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Writing Requirement All first-year students in Newhouse are required to take a writing course in the first semester unless they have previous college credits for an equivalent course. You may fulfill the Writing Requirement by taking CAS 100: First-Year Writing Seminar in Arts and Sciences or WRT 105: Studio I: Practices of Academic Writing. [Please check the CAS 100/WRT 105 box in the Writing section on page 1.] If you are in a learning community, you may fulfill the Writing Requirement with a WRT 105 class affiliated with the learning community. [You may skip the Writing questions if you are in a learning community which requires WRT 105. However, if you have transfer credit, you should answer the writing questions. ] If you are in the Honors Program, you have additional options explained in your Honors materials. You may also fulfill the Writing Requirement with AP English credit or transfer credit. Please check the appropriate box on the first page of the Selection form to indicate how you intend to fulfill this requirement, which must be completed in your first semester. If you are an international student whose first language is not English, you will be expected to register for ENL 201 and take a placement exam in August, at which time a course placement will be determined, and your registration will be adjusted. You should check the ENL 201 box under Writing on the first page and choose ENL 201 as your only selection in BOX B on the third page of the Selection form. You may register for the August placement exam which takes place on campus at http://bit.ly/Fall2019ELAE If you are taking CAS 100 this fall, review the various course topics on pages 9-11 of the Course Descriptions and choose your first-choice and alternates. Enter this information in BOX B on the third page of the Selection form. In addition to the subject area (CAS) and catalog number (100), you must also indicate an Extension ID so that we know which topic you have chosen. Each title has been given a different ID number. When you type in CAS 100 and tab, an Extension ID box will appear so that you can enter this information. Please enter three choices which can include WRT 105. Unlike CAS 100, WRT 105 does not have a thematic focus. It is the standard first writing course for the campus. Your form might look like this:

B. Writing Requirement Subject Area Catalog Number Extension

ID Credits

1st Choice CAS 100 A03 3

2nd Choice CAS 100 A02 3

3rd Choice WRT 105 3

While the available times of your other course choices may ultimately determine the writing course for which you are enrolled, we will do our best to take your preferences into account. If you do not express a preference, we will consider you for a time which best suits your schedule rather than a specific topic. If you would like to list more than 3 choices, please note additional information in the free-form “NOTE” box at the bottom of page 3.

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How Many Courses Should I Take? To complete a Bachelor’s degree, you must earn a minimum of 122 credit hours. Although you may take as few as 12 or many as 19 credits per semester for the same tuition, most students take 15–17 credits each semester, an average load of five courses. One course is usually three or four credits, which means that it meets for three or four hours per week, but there are some exceptions. We would like to know whether you intend to take a light load, an average load, or a heavy course load in your first semester so that we may correctly register you. At the bottom of the third page of your First-Term Enrollment Selection form, you will see the following statement: I wish to register for total credits

Decide what is best for you during the first semester, and fill in the blank according to the directions below.

If you wish to carry a light semester load, enter 12 credits. You will need a minimum of 12 credits to be considered a full-time student. Twelve credits is usually four courses. Unless you have transfer credit or AP credit, taking 12 credits in a semester may extend your education beyond eight semesters or four years. Between 12-14 credits is considered a light load.

If you wish to carry an average semester load, enter 15 credits. Students who take 15-17 credits each semester are able to complete the necessary credits for graduation in four years. Fifteen credits is usually five courses. (All language and some science and mathematics courses are four credits, so you may have sixteen credits or seventeen credits this semester. Between 15-17 credits is considered a normal load.)

If you wish to carry a heavy semester load, enter 18 credits. You are allowed to take between 12–19 credits in any semester for the same tuition. Eighteen credits is usually six courses. A load of 18-19 credits is considered a heavy course load. We do not recommend that you take a heavy course load in your first semester while you are still adjusting to the demands of college courses. After your first semester, you will be better able to judge if a heavy course load is appropriate for you. However, if you wish to register for 18 credits, we will permit it.

Note: In writing these instructions, we have assumed that you will be taking an average load. If you wish to take a light or heavy load, you should decrease or increase your choices accordingly.


Foreign Language Requirement

As you will note in the chart outlining Newhouse degree requirements on pp. 3-4, you have to complete two courses in a foreign language. These two courses need not be in the same language. You may continue study in a language with which you have some background, or you may begin a new language. Syracuse offers study in eighteen languages; fifteen are available in the fall. Courses in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Ancient Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Portugese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish meet the Basic Skills Requirement in Foreign Languages and are offered this fall. Course descriptions are listed alphabetically in the Language section of the Course Descriptions document.

If you are an international student whose first language is not English, you may petition to waive the foreign language requirement by indicating your preference in the “NOTES” section of the First-Term Enrollment Selection form on the bottom of page 3.

If you are continuing the study of a foreign language which you began earlier, we recommend that you resume your language study in your first semester at Syracuse to use your previous experience to your best advantage. Language skills can erode with disuse. If you are beginning a new language, you may wait until your sophomore year, if you choose. We do not recommend that you wait longer. Beginning language courses are offered only in the fall semester. Your language selection should be entered in BOX A of your First-Term Enrollment Selection form on page 3.

If you are interested in more than one language, you may put an alternate choice in the “NOTES” section of the First-Term Enrollment Selection form on the bottom of page 3.

If you have No Background in the Foreign Language If you have little or no background in the language you wish to study, you should take the placement test which includes a language survey. Likely, you will be directed to enroll in one of the following courses. We will not be able to register you if we do not have a placement test result. Please follow the directions on page 10 to access the language placement tests.

Subject Catalog Course Language Area Number Title Credits Arabic ARB 101 Arabic I 4 Chinese CHI 101 Chinese I 4 French FRE 101 French I 4 German GER 101 German I 4 Greek GRE 101 Ancient Greek I 4 Hebrew HEB 101 Hebrew I 4 Hindi HIN 101 Hindi\Urdu I 4 Italian ITA 101 Italian I 4 Japanese JPS 101 Japanese I 4 Korean KOR 101 Korean I 4 Latin LAT 101 Latin I 4 Portugese POR 101 Portugese I 4 Russian RUS 101 Russian I 4 Spanish SPA 101 Spanish I 4 Turkish TRK 101 Turkish I 4


Kiswahili 101, Persian 101, and Polish 101 are not available this semester. If you are interested in one of these languages, plan on taking it in a future fall semester.

If you have Some Experience in French, German, Hebrew, Italian or Spanish If you have some experience with French, German, Hebrew, Italian, or Spanish and plan to continue your study of one of these languages, complete the Online Placement Test to determine the appropriate course level for you.

You will find links to all the language tests and surveys on the first page of your First-Term Enrollment Selection form or directly on the MySlice menu in the section labeled Student Services►Placement Exams ►Take Placement Exam. You will need your SU netID and password to access the test, the same netID and password used to access MySlice. For French, German, Hebrew, Italian, or Spanish languages, if you have had prior study or experience,

please allow yourself 60-90 minutes to complete the language placement test.

There are audio files for Italian and Spanish. You should take this test on a computer with a headphones or speakers.

You should take these tests without studying and without using a dictionary. Otherwise, you could be placed in the wrong course.

Placement test results may take up to one hour to appear on the first page of your First-Term Enrollment Selection form. You may also view these results in more detail in MySlice under Student Services►Placement Exams ►View Placement Exam Results.

Based on your placement, you should enter the recommended foreign language class in BOX A. You do not need to enter an alternate language class unless you have another language which you are also interested in studying, in which case, please put a comment in the free form NOTES field at the bottom of page 3 on the First-Term Enrollment Selection form.

All language courses are four-credit courses.

Go to page 11 for additional registration instructions.

Note: If you are placed in GER 102, GER 202, HEB 102, or HEB 202, these courses will be offered in the spring semester. GER 201 will be available in Fall 2020. If you are placed in one of these courses, for this coming fall semester, choose another requirement to complete and wait until the spring to take your foreign language. You may leave Box A blank.

Note: If you think that you will have AP, Project Advance, or transfer credit from another college which might apply to this requirement, please refer to the Appendix, pp. 23-27 for additional information and take the appropriate language placement test for placement into the next level.


If you have Some Experience in OTHER LANGUAGES For languages other than French, German, Hebrew, Italian or Spanish, the following advanced courses will be offered this fall:

Subject Catalog Course Language Area Number Title Credits Arabic ARB 201 Arabic III 4 Chinese CHI 201 Chinese III 4 Hindi/Urdu HIN 201 Hindi/Urdu III 4 Japanese JPS 201 Japanese III 4 Korean KOR 201 Korean III 4 Latin LAT 102 Latin II 4 Portuguese POR 201 Portuguese III 4 Russian RUS 201 Russian III 4

You will be required to confirm your course placement in these languages by speaking to the language coordinator or taking a language exam in person when you arrive on campus in August. Generally first- and third-level languages are offered in the fall, and second- and fourth-level languages are offered in the spring semester. However, this fall, Latin is an exception, and LAT 102 (second-level) will be available.

How To Register For A Foreign Language

After you select a foreign language course, write the Subject Area prefix and course Catalog Number in the space provided in box A on your First-Term Enrollment Selection form. All language courses are four credits. SPA 201 and SPA 202 have an extension ID which you will be prompted to record on the Selection form. (The IDs can be found in the Course Descriptions.)

If you are enrolling in RUS 101, the form would look like this:

A. Foreign Language Course Subject Area Catalog Number Credits

RUS 101 4


Choosing Your Fourth And Fifth Courses

If you choose to complete an average course load this semester, you will be registering for 15-17 credits. Your schedule so far generally includes:

COM 107 (3 credits)

CAS 100 or WRT 105 (3 credits)

Foreign Language (4 credits)

TOTAL so far: 10 credits

Need 2 more courses for normal load.

Use Boxes C and D for your selections and E for additional alternates

If you are also registered for a three-credit learning community course (other than WRT 105), then you may have only ONE more selection to make. You can use BOX C for this course and alternates. However, you must also fill in added selections in Box D and E, although these will only be used if the courses you list in BOX C are unavailable or do not fit with the rest of your choices. If you expect to receive credit (AP or transfer) for a college writing class, then you will not need CAS 100 or WRT 105, and you will need to choose THREE more courses. Please use Boxes C, D, and E. You may skip Box B and leave it blank. If you do not plan to take a foreign language in the fall, then you will need to choose THREE more courses. Leave Box A blank, and fill in Boxes C, D, and E. If you are taking neither writing nor foreign language in the fall, then you will need FOUR more courses, and you may use Boxes C, D, E, and F for first-choice course selections and alternates. Your remaining courses and alternates may be selected from any of the following areas: Quantitative Skills Social Sciences Humanities Natural Sciences and Mathematics

You will eventually complete requirements in all these areas during your first two years at Syracuse. An explanation of each of these areas and appropriate lists of courses follow.

NOTE: It is possible that we may be able to add either COM 101: Practical Grammar for Public Communications (1 credit) or COM 117: Multimedia Storytelling (3 credits) to your fall schedule depending upon available seats and times. These are also required first-year courses. This should not affect your course selections, however, for this semester. You should still choose a full load without additional COM classes.

All first-year students will take both COM 101 and COM 117 by the end of the second semester. Some will take one of these course in the fall in addition to COM 107.


Quantitative Skills Requirement

To encourage you to develop analytical skills in assessing concepts which are presented numerically, you are required to complete ONE course in quantitative skills.

You may choose from the following courses: Subject Catalog Title Credits Area Number MAT 121*± Probability and Statistics for Liberal Arts I 4 MAT 183** Elements of Modern Mathematics 4 MAT 221 Elementary Probability and Statistics I 4

Descriptions of these courses can be found in the Quantitative Skills section of the Course Descriptions. Some guidelines for choosing an appropriate mathematics course follow:

MAT 121 is the most basic mathematics course which fulfills the Quantitative Skills Requirement. It is does not assume any prerequisite mathematical preparation, although it is desirable that students have a reasonable level of competence in high school algebra. MAT 121 teaches probability and statistics by focusing on data and reasoning including displaying data, probability models and distribution. If you have credit for pre-calculus or calculus (AP credit, transfer credit, or Project Advance credit), you cannot receive credit for this course or any mathematics course numbered below 180. MAT 121 is available only in the FALL semester.

MAT 183 differs from the other courses on this list in that it includes some probability, but no statistics. The course covers vectors, matrices, linear programming, and basic concepts of calculus. It introduces the mathematics of finance and discrete probability theory. This course is especially appropriate for students interested in management, finance, economics, or related areas. Students who choose to continue their study of mathematics often follow this course with a calculus class. MAT 183 is available only in the FALL semester.

MAT 221 provides a more rigorous introduction to probability and statistics than MAT 121. MAT 221 is particularly appropriate for those students interested in social sciences such as politics, sociology, and psychology. It covers probability, design of experiments, sampling theory, introduction of computers for data management, evaluation of models, and estimation of parameters. There are no prerequisites for MAT 221. If you have had a calculus class or a pre-calculus class, MAT 221 is an appropriate statistics course for you—not MAT 121. If you have credit for pre-calculus or calculus (AP credit, Project Advance credit, or transfer credit), you cannot receive credit for a mathematics course numbered below MAT 180.

Note: If you think that you will have AP, Project Advance, or transfer credit from another college which might apply to this requirement, please refer to the Appendix, pp. 23-27 for additional information.

Notes: *MAT 121 is not available to students who have earned AP, Project Advance, or transfer credit for calculus or pre-calculus. ±MAT 121 is available only in the fall semester.

**MAT 183 is available only in the fall semester.


Mathematics Placement Test

Regardless of whether you decide to take a quantitative skills course this semester or next, you should take the Mathematics Placement Test this summer. This test has been developed to be sure you have the necessary mathematics skills to succeed in the course you selected or will select in the future.

You may access the Mathematics Placement Exam from the first page of your First-Term Enrollment Selection form or directly on MySlice under Student Services►Placement Exams ►Take Placement Exam. You will need your Syracuse University netID and password to log into the test site, the same netID and password you used to log into MySlice.

Take the test without studying and without using any textbooks, calculators, or other additional help. Otherwise you could be placed in the wrong course.

The test has fifty questions and should take you about an hour to complete. Once you submit an answer, that question is scored, and the answer can’t be changed.

You may interrupt the test by saving your answers and returning to complete the remainder of the questions at a later time. You may not return to the test once you have submitted it for scoring.

This is a placement test. Please be sure that the answers are an accurate reflection of your own knowledge to avoid placement in a course for which you may not be academically prepared.

After you complete the test, you will have access to a summary page that will indicate your scores on MySlice Student Services►Placement Exams ►View Placement Exam Results. The courses for which you qualify to register will also be displayed on the first page of your First-Term Registration Form. This may take up to one hour after submitting the test.

Please enter the course you have chosen on your First-Term Enrollment Selection form as one of the choices in Box C, D, E, or F if you are planning to complete your Quantitative Skills course this fall.

Calculator Policy The type of calculator used in mathematics courses varies from course to course. The following courses use the indicated calculator:

Course Calculator MAT 121 Any calculator with a square root key is adequate. MAT 183 TI–84 or TI-83 is required. MAT 221 TI–84 or TI-83 is recommended. MAT 285 TI–84 or TI-83 is required. MAT 295 Students are expected to complete the calculus sequence without the

use of a calculator. Exceptions can be made subject to the decision of the course supervisor.

Note: The Math courses displayed are Math courses which you are qualified to take. Not all these courses fulfill requirements. Some are electives. Please choose appropriately.


Mathematics Final Examination Final examinations in mathematics courses numbered 100–399 will be given on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, between 8:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. All students in these courses are required to take their two-hour final exam at its scheduled time. The exact time for each exam is not determined until mid-semester. Please take this into account when making travel plans for winter break.

Divisional Requirements

As part of their Arts and Sciences Requirements, all students in Newhouse must complete: • two courses from the Social Sciences list

• two courses from the Humanities list

• two courses from the Natural Science and Mathematics list (including a lab science)

• four additional courses from any of the three Divisional lists noted above.

These ten courses may also include two courses which are labeled “Writing Intensive.” Since you will not be concerned about taking a Writing Intensive course until the spring semester, this requirement will be explained in more detail during your advising sessions on campus.

In some cases the course(s) you select may be closed or may conflict with your other courses. Therefore, it is very important that you make alternate selections for each course you choose. Failure to include alternates may result in your registration being delayed or your schedule being incomplete.

Students usually complete their Divisional Requirements by the end of their sophomore year. Eventually, you will complete ten courses. It does not matter which group you start this semester. You may use courses from different divisions as alternates in completing boxes C, D. and E on your First-Term Enrollment Selection form. You should not put the same course on your form more than once.

Please follow the instructions (on page 16) in filling in your choices in boxes C, D, E, or F.

We will be reviewing your degree requirements in detail when you arrive in August. You will have an opportunity to adjust your course schedule if you change your mind about your preferences.

Note: If you think you will have Advanced Placement, Project Advance, or transfer credits for science, calculus, social science, or humanities courses, please consult the Appendix (pp. 23–27) for additional instructions.


Registering For Your Remaining Courses

Use boxes C, D, E, and F on page 3 of the First-Term Enrollment Selection form for your remaining course choices. If you are a member of a learning community which has required course work, the associated course will be added to your schedule. There is no need to list it among your remaining course selections.

C. _______________________________

Subject Prefix Course # Credits

1st Choice MAX 123 3 2nd Choice GEO 103 3 3rd Choice PSC 121 3

D. _______________________________


1st Choice MAT 221 4 2nd Choice PHI 197 3 3rd Choice BIO 106 3

E. _______________________________


1st Choice ENG 107 3 2nd Choice REL 246 3 3rd Choice ANT 121 3 F. _______________________________


1st Choice 2nd Choice 3rd Choice

You’ll note that each box has room for three choices. We will do our best to enroll you in your first-choice courses. However, occasionally your first choice may be closed or may conflict in time

with another course you have chosen. Therefore, you should choose at least two alternate courses also. Your alternate courses could be courses you are thinking about taking in the future or courses you are willing to substitute for your first choice. Your second and third choices should be listed directly under the course for which they substitute in your schedule. Keep in mind: 1. A course should be listed only once on your

Selection form. 2. You may choose alternates from the same

requirement group as your first choice. For example, box C lists a social science course as a first choice and alternative social science courses as second and third choices.

OR

You may mix courses from different requirement groups. For example, in box D the first choice is from Quantitative Skills, the second choice is from the Humanities, and the third choice is from the Natural Sciences. Eventually you will complete a Quantitative Skills course and a minimum of two courses in the Social Science, Humanities and Natural Science divisions. It does not matter which divisional requirement you begin in your first semester.

Box E is required. For most students, Box E will list alternate classes in case courses in Box C and D conflict with each other or are full. For students who do not need to take Writing or who are not taking a foreign language in the fall, Box E will include a third required class. Use Box F if you have need of additional course choices. You will need an additional box if you are taking neither writing nor a foreign language in the fall, or if you wish to take 18 credits this semester, rather than 15. (Use the free form notes if you need to provide more choices or helpful information.)

You may also use Box F simply to give us more choices to work with.


Sample Schedules SAMPLE SCHEDULE 1 Breton has decided to focus on his skills courses this semester. He has no college credits yet. His schedule looks like this: COM 107 required major course CAS 100 first year writing class SPA 102 language class (4 credits) MAT 121 statistics course (4 credits) MAX 123 social science course Breton has a balanced schedule of 17 credits in a variety of subjects, covering 5 different requirements. SAMPLE SCHEDULE 2 Angelina has credit for a college writing course, so she does not need CAS 100. She loves the classics and has decided to focus some of her choices on this period. She has decided to take two divisional courses with her skills classes. Her schedule looks like this: COM 107 required major course LAT 101 language class (4 credits) MAT 183 probability course (4 credits) HST 210 humanities course LIT 101 humanities course Angelina has a balanced schedule of 17 credits in a variety of subjects, covering 4 different requirements.

SAMPLE SCHEDULE 3 Tatiana would really like to take MAT 221 in the spring semester. She also has credit for a college level writing class. She has decided on this schedule: COM 107 required major course CHI 201 language class (4 credits) LLA 201 social science class PHI 107 humanities class BIO 106 natural science class (no lab) Tatiana has a balanced schedule of 16 credits in a variety of subjects, covering 5 different requirements.

SAMPLE SCHEDULE 4 Zane has placed into German 102, which is not offered until spring semester. And he has credit for AP statistics, so he has fulfilled the math requirement. Zane is interested in environmental issues and has decided on the following courses for the fall: COM 107 required major course CAS 100 first year writing class EAR 105 science course with lab

(4 credit) PST 101 social science class GEO 103 social science class Zane has a balanced schedule of 16 credits in a variety of subjects, covering 4 different requirements.

REMEMBER: 15-17 CREDITS IS AVERAGE IN YOUR FIRST SEMESTER. You must have alternatives for any humanities, social science, and natural sciences selections. See the following pages for your choices. Course descriptions can be found in a separate document.


Social Sciences Divisional Requirements The Social Sciences Division encompasses the history, theory, and investigation of societies, systems, regions, groups, and individuals. These are the central concerns of departments of African American Studies, Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Maxwell School of Citizenship, Native American Studies, Policy Studies, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology. To complete the Social Science Requirements, you must take a minimum of two courses from the approved list. If you think you have Advanced Placement, Project Advance, or transfer credit in any of these areas, please review the Appendix (pp. 23–27) for additional information and directions.

We will be reviewing these requirements in detail when you arrive in August. You will have an opportunity to adjust your course schedule during Opening Weekend if you have changed your mind about your preferences. Courses meeting the Social Science Requirement that are available this fall appear below.

Social Sciences Courses Available To First-Year Students Descriptions of these courses can be found in the Social Sciences section of the Course Descriptions. Some courses require Extension IDs which are also noted in the Course Description listing.

Subject Area Catalog # Course Title Credits AAS 112 Introduction to African American Studies in Social Sciences 3 ANT 111 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 3 ANT 112 Introduction to African American Studies in Social Sciences 3 ANT 121 Peoples and Cultures of the World 3 ANT 141 Introduction to Archaeology & Prehistory 3 ECN 101* Introductory Microeconomics 3 ECN 102* Introductory Macroeconomics 3 GEO 103 Environment and Society 3 GEO 105 World Urban Geography 3 GEO 171 Human Geographies 3 GEO 272 World Cultures 3 HST 101 American History to 1865 3 HST 121 Global History to 1750 3 HST 208 The Middle East since the Rise of Islam 3 HST 213 Africa: Ancient Times to 1800 3 LLA 201 Elements of Law 3 MAX 123 Critical Issues for the United States 3 MAX 132 Global Community 3 PSC 121 American National Government & Politics

(may not be taken with PSC 129/Honors) 3 PSC 123 Comparative Government and Politics 3 PSC 124 International Relations

(may not be taken with PSC 139/Honors) 3 PSC 125 Political Theory 3 PST 101 Introduction to Analysis of Public Policy 3 PSY 205 Foundations of Human Behavior

(may not be taken with PSY 209/Honors) 3 SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology 3 SOC 102 Social Problems 3

* Students may receive credit for only one of the following: ECN 203 or ECN 109 or the ECN 101–102 sequence.


Humanities Divisional Requirements The Humanities Division encompasses the history, theory, analysis, and criticism of language, literature and other texts, religion, art, and music and examines fundamental questions arising in the search for values, knowledge, purpose, and meaning. These are central concerns of African American Studies; Anthropology; Art and Music Histories; English; History; Languages, Literature, and Linguistics; Philosophy; Religion; and Women’s and Gender Studies. You must take a minimum of two courses to complete the Humanities Requirement. If you think you have Advanced Placement, Project Advance, or transfer credit in any of these areas, please review the Appendix (pp. 23–27) for additional information and directions.

Humanities Courses Available To First-Year Students Descriptions of these courses can be found in the Humanities section of the Course Descriptions.

Subject Area Catalog # Course Title Credits

AAS 231 African American Literature to 1900: An Introduction 3 ANT 185 Global Encounters: Comparing World Views and Values Cross Culturally 3 ENG 107 Living Writers 3 ENG 114 Survey of British Literature, 1789 to the Present 3 ENG 119 Topics in U.S. Literature & History: Experimental and Emerging Genres 3 ENG 121 Introduction to Shakespeare 3 ENG 151 Interpretation of Poetry 3 ENG 153 Interpretation of Fiction 3 ENG 154 Interpretation of Film 3 ENG 155 Interpretation of Nonfiction 3 ENG 156 Interpretation of Games 3 ENG 174 World Literature, Beginnings to 1000 3 ENG 181 Class and Literary Texts 3 ENG 182 Race and Literary Texts 3 ENG 184 Ethnicity and Literary Texts 3 ENG 192 Gender and Literary Texts 3 HOA 105 Arts and Ideas I 3 HOM 165 Understanding Music I 3 HST 111 Early Modern Europe: 1350–1815 3 HST 210 Ancient World 3 JSP 131 Great Jewish Writers 3 LIN 201 The Nature and Study of Language 3 LIN 251 English Words 3 LIT 101 Introduction to Classic Literature 3 LIT 200 Military Tales of Russia 3 LIT 205 Tokyo Today in Literature and Film 3 LIT 226 Dostoevsky and Tolstoy 3 LIT 241 Dante and the Medieval World 3 MES 165 Discovering Islam 3 NAT 142 Native American Religion 3 PHI 107 Theories of Knowledge and Reality (not to be taken with PHI 109) 3 PHI 125 Political Theory 3 PHI 175 Social and Political Philosophy 3 PHI 191 Ethics and Contemporary Issues 3 PHI 192 Introduction to Moral Theory 3 PHI 197 Human Nature 3 PHI 251 Logic 3 PHI 293 Ethics and Media Professions 3


Humanities Courses Available To First-Year Students Subject Area Catalog # Course Title Credits

REL 102 Religions Today in a Globalizing World 3 REL 131 Great Jewish Writers 3 REL 135 Judaism 3 REL 142 Native American Religion 3 REL 156 Christianity 3 REL 165 Discovering Islam 3 REL 185 Hinduism 3 REL 191 Religion, Meaning and Knowledge 3 REL 200 Atheism and Agnosticism 3 REL 242 Religious Issues in American Life 3 REL 246 Religion and Popular Culture 3 SAS 165 Discovering Islam 3 WGS 101 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies 3 WRT 114 Writing Culture 3


The Natural Science And Mathematics Divisional Requirements The Natural Science and Mathematics Division encompasses the investigation of natural phenomena, including the development of predictive explanatory systems. This division also includes the study of numerical and other abstract structures and relations. These are central concerns of the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Geography, Mathematics, and Physics.

To complete the Natural Science/Mathematics Requirement, you must take a minimum of two courses from the approved list, including at least one lab science.

Courses in the Natural Science/Mathematics Division offered this fall appear below. MAT 295 and lab courses are four credits. If you think you have Advanced Placement, Project Advance, or transfer credit in any of these areas, please review the Appendix (pp. 23–27)for additional information and directions.

Natural Sciences & Mathematics Courses Available To First-Year Students The following courses are described in the Natural Sciences and Mathematics section of the Course Descriptions.

. Subject Prefix Course # Course Title Credits

AST 101 Our Corner of the Universe (with Lab) 4 BIO 106 Ocean Life 3 BIO 121 General Biology I (with Lab) 4 CHE 103 Chemistry in the Modern World (with Lab) 4 CHE 106 General Chemistry Lecture (with Lab)—Not to

be taken with CHE 109/Honors 4 CSD 212 Introduction to Communication Sciences and 3 Disorders—Cannot receive credit for both CSD 212 and CSD 303 EAR 105 Earth Science (with Lab) 3 EAR 111 Climate Change Past and Present 3 EAR 225 Volcanoes and Earthquakes 3 GEO 155 The Natural Environment 3 GEO 215 Global Environmental Change 3 MAT 285 Life Sciences Calculus I 3 MAT 295 Calculus I 4 PHY 101 Major Concepts of Physics I (with Lab) 4 PHY 211 General Physics I (with Lab) Corequisite:

MAT 285 or 295—Not to be taken with PHY 215/Honors 4

NOTES: Students may receive credit for only one course of the following groups: • MAT 284, 285, 295 • MAT 286, 295

Calculator Policy:

MAT 285 TI–84 or TI-83 is required. MAT 295 Students are expected to complete the calculus sequence without the use of a calculator. Exceptions can be made subject to the decision of the course supervisor.


Final Check

Count Count the credits for required courses and your first choices in boxes A, B, C, D, E, F (Do not include Band or ROTC courses in your count.) You should include credits for any learning community course. If you have requested a normal load, you should have 15-17 credits.

Check Before you submit the form, be sure the information on the First-Term Enrollment Selection form is complete and correct. You may not make changes to the form after it is submitted. However, you may contact us with any concerns. Please check the following:

Are the subject areas and catalog numbers correct?

If you used box B to list your CAS 100 preferences, check that you used the correct Extension ID.

Do you have alternate selections for courses in boxes C, D, and E (or F, if you used it)?

Does each course appear only once?

Have you taken the online Mathematics placement test?

Have you taken the online foreign language test if you plan to study a language this semester?

Missing test results will hamper our ability to complete your schedule. Did you fillout the appropriate information on page 2 of the Selection form if you are

expecting AP, IB, transfer, or Project Advance credits?

Note: Your registration form must be submitted by June 14, 2019. Your chances of being enrolled in first-choice courses are substantially reduced if you submit the form late.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this form. We look forward to seeing you in August.

If you have any questions, feel free to call 1-833-483-1963 or email us at [email protected] .



APPENDIX

FOR STUDENTS WITH COLLEGE CREDIT:

• Advanced Placement

• Project Advance

• Transfer Credit or Other Credit


If you have taken an Advanced Placement course, a Project Advance course, or are planning to transfer credits to Syracuse University from another college, you should read this supplement which will give you information about how to transfer credits, as well as how to adjust your fall course selections.

Advanced Placement Credit

Syracuse University accepts Advanced Placement credit for many courses. To be eligible to receive this credit, you must have taken the Advanced Placement examination and earned the appropriate score, which is noted below.

We cannot record your credit until the University has received your scores from ETS (Educational Testing Service). If you have had the scores sent to Syracuse’s Admissions Office or Central Processing Office, they will be available to us.

If you took the Advanced Placement examination and have not received your scores, for the purpose of your first-semester registration assume that you will receive the appropriate score and select courses accordingly. If it turns out that your score is lower, you can adjust your schedule when you arrive on campus and, if necessary, add the course for which the AP credit would have substituted.

On the chart below, we explain what courses you will have completed if you earn AP credit in the areas listed. The degree requirements to which these credits may be applied are noted in parentheses.

Advanced Placement Test Syracuse Course Equivalent Art Drawing Art elective, score of 5 Art/2-D Design Art elective, score of 5 Art History HOA 105–106 (Humanities Divisional

Requirements), score of 3 Biology BIO 121, 123, 124 (Natural Sciences/Math

Divisional Requirements), score of 4 Chemistry CHE 103 (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional

Requirement), score of 3 or 4 CHE 106/107 and CHE 116/117 (Natural

Sciences/Math Divisional Requirement), score of 5

Chinese CHI 102 (Basic Skills), score of 3 or CHI 201 (Basic Skills), score of 4 or 5 Comparative Government and Politics PSC 123 (Social Sciences Divisional

Requirements), score of 4 Computer Science A or Computer Science AB CPS 196 (Additional Skills Requirement), score of 3 Economics—Microeconomics ECN 101 (Social Sciences Divisional

Requirements), score of 4 Economics—Macroeconomics ECN 102 (Social Sciences Divisional

Requirements), score of 4 English Language and Composition WRT 105 or CAS 100 (Basic Writing Skills) and WRT 205 (Arts and Sciences elective) score of 4 English Literature and Composition WRT 105 and one of the following course

substitutions: ENG 117, 118, 151, 152, or 153. (Basic Writing Skills and Humanities Divisional Requirement), score of 4


Advanced Placement Test Syracuse Course Equivalent Environmental Science EAR 200 (Natural Science/Math Divisional

Requirement), score of 3 European History HST 111–112 (Humanities Divisional

Requirements), score of 4 French Language and Culture FRE 102 (Basic Skills), score of 3 German Language and Culture GER 102 (Basic Skills), score of 3 Human Geography GEO 105 or 171 (Social Science Divisional

Requirement), score of 4 Italian Language and Culture ITA 102 (Basic Skills), score of 3 Japanese Language and Culture JPS 102 (Basic Skills), score of 3 or JPS 201 (Basic Skills), score of 4 or 5 Latin LAT 102 (Basic Skills), score of 3 LAT 201 (Basic Skills), score of 4 LAT 201 and LAT 320 (Basic Skills), score of 5 Mathematics—Calculus AB MAT 285 (Natural Sciences/Math Divisonal Requirement), score of 3 MAT 285–286 (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional

Requirement), score of 4 or MAT 295 (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional

Requirements), score of 4 Mathematics—Calculus BC MAT 295–296 (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional

Requirements), score of 4 Mathematics—Calculus BC—AB subscore MAT 285 (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional Requirement), score of 3 or MAT 285-286 (Natural Science/Math Divisional Requirement), score of 4 or MAT 295 (NaturalScience/Math Divisional Requirement), score of 4 *Mathematics Level II MAT 194 (Arts & Sciences elective), score of 4 Music Theory HOM 125 (Humanities Divisional Requirement)

score of 3 Physics I PHY 101 (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional

Requirements), score of 3 Physics II PHY 102 (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional

Requirements), score of 3 Physics B PHY 101–102 (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional

Requirements), score of 3 Physics C (Mechanics) PHY 101 or PHY 211 (221) (Natural Sciences/

Math Divisional Requirements), score of 3 Physics C (Electricity and Magnetism) PHY 102 or PHY 212 (222) (Natural Sciences/

Math Divisional Requirements), score of 3 Psychology PSY 205 (Social Sciences Divisional

Requirements), score of 4 Spanish Language SPA 102 (Basic Skills), score of 3 Spanish Literature SPA 102 (Basic Skills), score of 3 or SPA 201 (Basic Skills), score of 4


Advanced Placement Test Syracuse Course Equivalent Statistics MAT 221 (Basic Skills), score of 3 United States Government and Politics PSC 121 (Social Sciences Divisional

Requirements), score of 4 United States History HST 101–102 (Social Sciences Divisional

Requirements), score of 4 World History HST 121-122 (Social Science Divisional

Requirements), score of 4 *Exams taken in Puerto Rico

Some of the AP areas listed above substitute for specific courses in the Arts and Sciences requirements. For example, if you receive credit for United States History, you would have completed the equivalent of HST 101–102, six credits from the Social Sciences Division. Six credits will be posted on your Syracuse transcript.

Since you are granted AP credit with the understanding that the work you have done is equivalent to the courses listed, YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE THE COURSES FOR WHICH YOUR AP CREDIT SUBSTITUTES. You can receive credit only once for this work, so if you take the equivalent course at Syracuse, your AP credit will no longer count. If you have AP credit in a foreign language, you may not receive credit for a lower level course in the same language. For example, if you have AP course credit for SPA 102, you may not take SPA 101 or 102 at Syracuse.

Fill in any AP courses for which you hope to receive credit on page 2 of your First-Term Enrollment Selection form. Go to page 27 for instructions about how to adjust your First-Term Enrollment Selection form.

Project Advance and Other SU Credits Project Advance credit is Syracuse University credit. These courses already appear on your Syracuse University transcript. Therefore, as long as you have passed the Project Advance course, you will receive credit for it and should not register for the same course again.

Please note any Project Advance courses which you have taken on page 2 of your First-Term Enrollment Selection form. Also note any other SU courses which you have or are taking, including Summer Sessions courses. Instructions about how to adjust your Selection form are on page 27.

Transfer Credit and Other Credits If you have taken a course at another college or university, you may be able to transfer the credit to Syracuse if the course meets the following criteria:

1. It must be from an accredited institution. 2. You must have earned a grade of C or higher. (Pass/fail grades are not acceptable.)

3. It must be roughly equivalent to a course offered at Syracuse University and apply toward your degree requirements.

4. You must provide us with a course description from the college or university catalog. (In some instances, we may ask to see a syllabus or papers.)

5. You must have an official transcript sent from the college or university to the Newhouse School.

6. You cannot transfer more than 12 credits in communications.


Please have your official transcript sent to:

The Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office Syracuse University 215 University Place Syracuse, New York 13244–2100

If the transcript is being sent electronically, you may send it to the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office at [email protected] .

Note any courses you expect to transfer on page 2 of the First-Term Enrollment Selection form in the section for courses taken at other colleges. Follow the instructions on how to adjust your Selections form below.

If you have taken IB tests or CLEP tests, please contact the Newhouse Advising and Records Office, 1-833-483-1963 to find out how these will be treated.

Adjusting Your Registration

Required Courses: If you plan to receive AP, Project Advance, or transfer credit for CAS 100 or WRT 105 or COM 107, please check the box on page 1 of your First-Term Enrollment Selection form and enter the course title and credits in the appropriate box on page 2 reserved for Advanced Placement, SU Project Advance, or transfer credit.

Make sure you register for the appropriate number of credits without the course you deleted. Do this by adding additional course selections to your First-Term Enrollment Selection form. You may use boxes C, D, E, F for this purpose on page 3 of the Selection form.

Language Courses: If you have AP or transfer credit in this area and wish to continue study in this language, make sure your registration does not duplicate the course for which you have credit. If you do not place into the appropriate next level language class, you may have to forfeit the AP or transfer credit. Remember to note these credits on page 2 of your First-Term Enrollment Selection form.

Quantitative Skills and Divisional Courses: If you have AP, Project Advance, or transfer credit for any of the courses in the Quantitative Skills, Social Sciences, Humanities, or Natural Sciences/Mathematics Divisions, you need do nothing special to your First-Term Enrollment Selection. Simply list the courses on page 2 in the appropriate boxes and do not choose the same course in your course selections.

Thank you, we look forward to meeting you.

Remember: Do not register for a course for which you may already have credit. Don’t hesitate to call us at 1-833-483-1963 if you have questions.


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