Social sciences coursework enables students to understand historical, economic, and cultural patterns, so that they can better understand current and future events. Coursework includes history, political science, public affairs, economics, geography, sociology, psychology, anthropology, archaeology, and related courses in African-American Studies and Women's Studies. Humanities coursework enables students to explore questions about the purpose and meaning of human life. Coursework includes philosophy, religion, languages, literature, linguistics, art history, music, and related coursework in African-American Studies and Women's Studies. Natural sciences coursework enables students to understand the scientific method of inquiry and to comprehend systems for explaining natural phenomena.
Coursework includes astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, and physics.
Mathematics includes coursework in statistics, probability, and calculus. All information management and technology majors are required to attain minimum competence in either a foreign language or mathematics. Students may satisfy this requirement by completing either the quantitative skills or the language skills requirement of the Liberal Arts Core curriculum of the College of Arts and Sciences. Students can use these credits to take any Syracuse University course open to them or to concentrate on a minor, dual degree, combined degree, co-op or internship experience, or study abroad.