Check out some examples under Student Work. We also spend a lot of time looking at ads, talking about ads, tearing ads apart. Actually, only part of your required coursework has a communications focus. The way we look at it, we can teach you how to communicate persuasively. Your courses outside of Newhouse give you a lot to communicate about.
Internships are absolutely essential.
Whenever recruiters come to campus, they want to know which students have done internships. Many of our students graduate having done two, three, four or more internships. One of the great things about the city of Syracuse is that it's a large enough community to have a strong advertising and media industry. There are a number of ad agencies in town that take on students as interns during the fall and spring semesters as well as during the summer. The same holds for many of the radio stations in town, arts and sports organizations, and a growing number of interactive firms.