Arts, Media & Culture
Arts, Media & Culture provides you with the skills necessary to turn your love of creativity into a successful career.
"I’m getting a second chance to do what I want to, what I didn’t even know I wanted to do. This isn’t a hobby or something to do on the side; I can make money and pay my mortgage."
Workforce training offerings
Microcredentials are groups of credit-bearing courses that help you gain career skills. You can use them toward a degree or certificate program, or as credentials in your field of interest. Offering three different microcredentials in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop basics
Early College Career Academy
SUNY Adirondack partners with area school districts and WSWHE BOCES to offer a unique blend of college credited coursework and career/technical education. Students spend a half-day on campus their junior and senior years studying New Media (Graphic Design).
What our Arts, Media and Culture graduates do
Our graduates transfer to the following colleges:
- Castleton University
- Fashion Institute of Technology
- Johnson and Wales University
- Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
- SUNY Buffalo State
- SUNY Delhi
- SUNY Empire State
- SUNY Fredonia
- SUNY New Paltz
- SUNY Oneonta
- SUNY Oswego
- SUNY Plattsburgh
- SUNY Potsdam
- Paul Smith’s College
- Savannah College of Art and Design
- University at Albany
Nick Ameden
- Associate professor of Media Arts
Kevin Ankeny
- Distinguished professor of Broadcast Media Production
- Advisor to WGFR and Adirondack Broadcast Association
Matt Bolton
- Instructor of Culinary Arts
- Chef
John Hampshire
- Professor of Fine Art
Adriana Umaña Hossman
- Assistant professor of World Languages
- Advisor to the World Studies Club; High School Academy liaison; supervisor to World Languages Tutoring Lab
Dynia Mariano
- Instructor of Baking/Pastry Arts and Dining Room
Nick Paigo
- Professor of Graphic Arts
- Media Arts Club advisor; Arts, Media & Culture academic advisor
Rebecca Pelchar
- Assistant professor of Art History; Chair of Arts, Media & Culture Division
- Curator of the SUNY Adirondack Art Collection and director of the Visual Arts Gallery
Brandon Segal
- Instructor of Media Arts
- ericksonj@sunyacc.edu
- 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday
- Washington Hall
Arts, Media & Culture
Arts, Media & Culture provides you with the skills necessary to turn your love of creativity into a successful career.
- Broadcast Media Production
- Culinary and Baking Arts
- Culinary Arts
- Culinary certificate
- & more...
Business
Start your business career — in accounting, hospitality, agribusiness or as an entrepreneur — at SUNY Adirondack.
- Accounting
- Agricultural Business
- Business Administration
- Entrepreneurship & Business Management certificate
- & more...
English
Explore diverse opportunities in writing, literature and communication, preparing you for careers in education, publishing, media and beyond.
- Creative Writing
- Liberal Arts and Sciences: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Liberal Arts and Sciences: Humanities and Social Sciences — English concentration
- Liberal Arts and Sciences: Humanities and Social Sciences — Adolescence Education English concentration
Health Sciences
SUNY Adirondack's Health Sciences pathway prepares students for the college's rigorous Nursing degree program, and other careers in the booming health care industry.
- Nursing
Mathematics
Build a strong foundation in problem-solving and analytical thinking, preparing you for careers in education, engineering, data science and more.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math and Science
- Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math and Science — Adolescence Education Mathematics concentration
- Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math and Science — Mathematics concentration
Science
Explore the wonders of the natural world and prepare for a career in health care, research, environmental science and cutting-edge technology.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math and Science
- Liberal Arts and Sciences: Math and Science — Health Education concentration
- Outdoor Education
- Physical Education Studies
Social Science
Understand human behavior, society and culture, preparing you for a career in psychology, sociology and political science, among other fields.
- Criminal Justice: Police Science
- Criminal Justice: Substance Abuse Services
- Liberal Arts and Sciences: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Liberal Arts and Sciences: Humanities and Social Sciences — Anthropology concentration
- & more...
Technology, Engineering and Computer Science
SUNY Adirondack offers several programs within TECS, to ensure you develop the skills you need for a successful career in these diverse fields.
- Computer Science
- Engineering Science
- Information Technology: Computer Networking
- Information Technology: Cybersecurity
- & more...
1+1 programs
SUNY Adirondack teams with other SUNY institutions to offer 1+1 programs. SUNY Adirondack offers the first year of a degree program, then students transfer to another college to finish an associate degree.
- Environmental and Resource Conservation 1+1 program
- Forest Tech 1+1 program
- Histotechnician 1+1 program