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SUNY Canton: Opportunity, Excellence, Success
The State University of New York at Canton is a public, coeducational, residential college located on a spacious campus along the banks of the Grasse River. Its northern location places SUNY Canton close to the Adirondack Mountains, the St. Lawrence River, and major Canadian cities such as Ottawa and Montreal.
SUNY Canton is a vibrant, colorful community of people learning and growing together. Our college has a record of excellence in providing an educational experience that prepares students for transfer or employment. We hope that you will take some time to explore the website and discover some of the things that are special about SUNY Canton.
The Registrar's Office maintains academic records and issues transcripts for graduates of SUNY Canton. They also publish the Master Schedule of classes each semester.
Academics
SUNY Canton cultivates the minds of tomorrow as Northern New York's four and two-year college for technology, health, management and public service. SUNY Canton offers twelve majors leading to bachelor degrees, 23 programs leading to associate degrees, and 12 programs leading to one-year certificates. Numerous articulation agreements with other institutions provide for other opportunities in fields such as business administration, forestry and medicine. Graduates of two-year programs may either stay and continue on in one of the bachelor degree programs, transfer to another institution, or begin their career immediately.
Students number approximately 2,600 and are taught by faculty who have both outstanding academic credentials and sound technical experience. Most have on-the-job professional experience, are licensed in their fields, and are current practitioners in their professions.
Campus Environment
Academic facilities include eight classroom buildings, containing many specialized labs for practice in technology-based disciplines; Southworth Library, which houses more than 65,000 volumes, 6,000 microfilms, 300 periodical subscriptions and 1,500 video and audio recordings, and access to more than 25 electronic information research databases.
The Computer Center,located in Wicks Hall, provides access for all students in open computer labs and networked computer classrooms. All students receive an e-mail account and can access the Internet in the computer labs or via wireless network access in most areas of the campus, including all residence hall rooms. Tutoring services were rated #1 among smilar institutions in a student survey and are offered free of charge, enabling students to successfully adjust to college-level academic demands.
Athletic facilities include the Dana Athletic Center with a gymnasium and fitness center, the Miller Campus Center with a recreational gymnasium and several high-quality outdoor fields. The athletic fields host SUNY Canton sports teams in men's and women's basketball and soccer; men's ice hockey, lacrosse and baseball; and women's softball, and volleyball.
The four residence halls house 850 students in single rooms, doubles, and suites. Special theme floors allow students to select living and learning options best suited to their interests. There's even a residence hall that allows small pets. Chaney Dining Center provides meals for residential students, and snackbars located around the campus make it easy to grab a quick bite to eat.
There are numerous student clubs, and the Miller Campus Center serves as the hub for a wide range of cultural and recreational activities. Since the campus is located in a residential community that welcomes college/community interaction, students find that SUNY Canton provides a fine blend of college learning and community involvement.
Many SUNY Canton alumni pursue careers in the technologies. Some, two-thirds of each graduating class, choose to enter productive careers directly after graduation. Each year, nearly 100 percent of these graduates are successful in finding jobs for which SUNY Canton prepared them. The remaining third of the graduating class transfers to baccalaureate programs at SUNY Canton or other institutions, or to graduate schools.
Campus History
Originally founded in 1906 as the School of Agriculture (SOA) at St. Lawrence University, SUNY Canton was the first postsecondary, two-year college in New York authorized by the Legislature. In 1941, SOA was renamed the New York State Agricultural and Technical Institute (ATI). ATI became a member college of the State University of New York in 1948. To recognize advanced technology programs added in the 1950's and '60's, the college underwent another name change in 1965, this time becoming the State University of New York Agricultural and Technical College at Canton, or ATC. In 1987, the University's Board of Trustees authorized yet another name change -- to the college's present designation as State University of New York College of Technology at Canton.
Beginning a new era for the college, in 1997 SUNY Canton received baccalaureate degree granting approval from the SUNY Trustees and the Governor of New York State. Since 1997, seven bachelor degrees have been approved, and several others are in development.
Accreditations
Campus Map
SUNY Canton is a member of the Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley, a four-college consortium that also includes Clarkson University, the SUNY Potsdam and St. Lawrence University. The Associated Colleges, with nearly 12,500 students in two villages 11 miles apart, expands opportunities through such activities as cross-registration for courses at the other three campuses, coordination of social events, and library privileges at all four college libraries.
