Adirondack Community College
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Adirondack Community College is located in the northeastern part of the Town of Queensbury, New York. This two-year college was founded in 1961 to serve both Warren and Washington Counties. Its enrollment now includes students from many other counties, and from other states and foreign countries.
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[edit] General Information
Adirondack Community College (ACC) is a two-year non-residential college that is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. It occupies 141 acres and has 4 classroom buildings, 2 non-academic buildings and a gymnasium. Additionally, it is an extension campus for several SUNY Plattsburgh (Plattsburgh State University) degrees.
There are approximately 3000 students, almost evenly split between part- and full-time.
The student to teacher ratio is roughly 17:1.
A staff of 99 full-time faculty and 147 part-time instructors teach students representing 38 NYS counties, 6 states other than NY, and 8 countries.[1]
[edit] The Campus:
- Warren Hall (non-academic building) houses the business office, the financial aid office, payroll, office of the registrar, the Dean of Student affairs (currently-2006-Mike Kerman), the admissions office, and the office of accessibility services which provides assisstance to students with disabilities.
- Student Center (non-academic) houses the school bookstore, a cafeteria, a student lounge with big-screen tv, an air hockey table, and a number of couches, chairs, and tables for students to relax or sleep. It also houses the Student Activities office, which is home to the ACC Student Senate.
- Eisenhart Hall is the oldest classroom building on campus and just underwent a major renovation as it previously was poorly climate controlled and now also houses a SUNY Plattsburgh lecture hall. This building teaches primarily social science classes: psychology, sociology, history, and political science, though other classes are taught here as well.
- Dearlove Hall is an academic building that houses the math lab, the center for reading and writing (CRW) and the learning specialist's office. Art, language arts, and mathematics courses are the primary courses taught in this building. There is also an art gallery and a small lecture hall.
- Scoville Building houses a small café, the library, the computer center, a computer lab, and the computer classrooms. There are only a few non-computer classrooms here, which mainly provide room for overflow from Eisenhart Hall. The top floor houses the Office of the President (currently Dr. Marshall Bishop). The library contains more than 63,000 books, including over 5,000 reference books, and subscribes to over 340 journals and other periodicals.
- Science & Humanities building is an academic building that contains all science labs, a performance auditorium, and several music classrooms. Music lessons for 17 instruments and private voice are available for credit to all students, regardless of major.
[edit] Majors:
[edit] Degree & Certificate Programs
Accounting AAS
Business Administration AAS
Business Administration AS
Business Information Technology Management Associates Degree in Applied Science
Business Information Technology Management Cert. Certificate
Business Information Technology Management Certificate
Commercial Cooking Certificate
Communication and Media Arts Certificate
Communications and Media Arts
Computer Science AS
Criminal Justice - Corrections AS
Criminal Justice - Police AS
Desktop Support Specialist Certificate
Drafting Certificate
Early Childhood Studies Certifcate
Electrical Technology AAS
Engineering Science
Food Service AAS
Forest Technology One-Plus-One
Hospitality and Tourism Mangement AAS
IT - Computer Programming AAS
IT - Information Systems AAS
IT - Networking AAS
Liberal Arts and Sciences AA
Liberal Arts and Sciences AS
Marketing AAS
Mechanical Technology AAS
Music AS
Nursing AAS
Precision Machining Cetificate Cert
Radio Broadcasting Certificate Cert
Radio-Television Broadcasting AAS
Radiologic Technician AS
Teaching Assistant Certificate (Pend)
Veterinary Science Technology One-Plus-One
Criminal Justice-Corrections is in the process of being phased out in anticipation of a Criminal Justice-Human Services degree, which will focus on drug and alcohol rehab. The Criminal Justice programme is one of the most popular majors.
Liberal Arts-Social Science and Humanities students can choose a concentration in the following subject areas:
Art History
Art Studio
Creative Writing
Elementary Education
English
Human Services (expected to become a criminal justice degree program about Fall, 2007)
Journalism
Music
Physical Education
Social Science (Anthropology, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology)
Theater
Liberal Arts-Science and Math majors can concentrate in these areas:
Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science
Earth Science
Engineering
Mathematics
Physics
ACC also provides an extension campus where students can obtain a bachelor's or master's from SUNY Plattsburgh (Plattsburgh State) in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology or Criminal Justice Bachelor of Science in Nursing Masters of Science in Education Literacy, Education Curriculum and Instruction, or Liberal Studies[1]
[edit] Student Life
The Student Senate and the College Activity Board (CAB) provide a variety of activities and events including monthly movies.
Additionally, there are a number of clubs representing a variety of interests. Students can join:
ACC ROCX (Outdoor/Adventure Sports)
Adirondack Broadcast Association
Adirondack Business Club
Anime Club
Anthropology Club
Chi Alpha Bible Study
Circle K (affiliated with the Kiwanis Club)
College Activity Board
Criminal Justice Student Organization
Culinary Arts Club
Dance Dance Revolution
Gamer's Sanctuary
Mainstage Theatre Club
Math, Engineering, Computer Science Club
Media Arts Club
Music Club
New Horizons Returning Adult Student Support Group
Philosophy Club
Republican Club
Spanish Club
Student Nurses Club
Student Senate
Wrestling Club[1]
[edit] Athletics
ACC is a member of the NJCAA Region 3 and requires students be enrolled full-time and maintain a GPA of 2.0 or higher. The following are inter-collegiate, competitive teams:
Men's Baseball
Mens' and Women's Basketball
Bowling
Golf
Men's and Women's Soccer
Women's Softball
Women's Volleyball[1]
