SUNY College of Technology at Canton

Applied Psychology

The Applied Psychology B.S. degree program trains students in the knowledge and skills needed for a rewarding career in the helping professions. It prepares graduates for non-licensed entry-level positions in human and social service settings, advancement to positions requiring a bachelor's degree, and application to graduate level education.

Apprentice Training: Industrial Trades

Artificial Intelligence

Dive into the world of conversational AI, encompassing ChatGPT and broader AI methodologies. Demystify the underlying mechanisms of ChatGPT and its role in modern AI communication, study advanced AI techniques that refine conversational models, and explore real-world applications, challenges, and best practices adopted by industry pioneers.

Artificial Intelligence & Communication

Designed for anyone interested in working in an artificial intelligence (AI) related field requiring AI literacy and good communication skills, including Artificial Intelligence Engineering, Communications, Public Relations, Multimedia Design, Business, Marketing, and Legal Studies.

Automotive Technology

Graduates of the Automotive Technology program experience an exciting period of transition as manufacturers continue their shift toward higher fuel efficiency. Recruiters and employers of SUNY Canton's graduates include dealerships, service industries, automobile manufacturers, and parts suppliers.

Big Data

Explore the concepts, methods and approaches to big data. Focus on the feasibility, usefulness, effectiveness, and scalability of techniques associated with large data sets, then review big data applications, types, challenges and best practices in the field.

Business: Accounting

The Associate in Applied Science degree program is a two-year program. Students learn the basics of financial accounting and real-world accounting practice from faculty with professional working experience. The skills are extended to tax preparation and information technology using the most recent accounting and tax software.

Business Administration (A.A.S.)

Business Administration (A.S.)

Campaigning & Community Advocacy

Gain an understanding of working in the nonprofit sector, focusing on social justice and advocacy campaigns. Develop an understanding of national and international social movements, examine key management concepts for domestic and global challenges, and study leadership paradigms and contingency leadership models.

Child Care

Gain knowledge on the development and needs of children from infancy to five years old. Study the history, theories and philosophies of early childhood care and education; focus on health, safety and nutrition; and explore the core competencies of the infant-toddler caregiver and family relationships, including NYS policies and regulations. Does not count for CDA credit.

Civil Engineering Technology

Graduates of the Civil Engineering Technology program receive the Associate in Applied Science degree which enables them to go directly to work or transfer into a bachelor's degree program. Career options may be primarily office-based (drafting and design) or field-based (surveying, inspection, and construction management).

Civil & Environmental Engineering Technology

The Civil & Environmental Engineering Technology (C&EET) curriculum provides students with a Bachelor of Technology degree that meets the demands of today's industry. Students receive hands-on training and the background necessary to be competitive and successful in civil and environmental engineering technology.

Computer Information Systems

The Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree in Computer Information Systems prepares students for work with computer systems, databases, networks, and web development. Graduates acquire the knowledge and experience needed for careers in the computer industry.

Construction Technology: Management

This program prepares students for careers in construction by blending hands-on construction skills with project planning, management and estimating. Students are also exposed to accounting, bidding, drafting, and business organization and management.

Creative Writing

Hone your written communication skills and develop a deeper understanding of the literary arts. Master your craft by writing poems and short stories, then explore the short fiction genre by writing your own short story to gain perspective on the literary form and creative process.

Crime Analysis

The four-year, undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Crime Analysis combines a core concentration in crime analysis with select courses in data analytics, cyber security, and geographic information systems. Throughout this program, students identify solutions to crime problems and learn to formulate crime prevention strategies.

Criminal Investigation

The Bachelor of Technology in Criminal Investigation provides a unique alternative to traditional criminal justice programs. This degree focuses on developing the necessary knowledge and skills required in criminal investigations.

Criminal Justice

The program offers three distinct learning tracks (Law Enforcement, Corrections, and Generalist) which allow students to tailor their coursework for future career aspirations. Students are provided a solid academic foundation that allows them to seamlessly transfer into the B.Tech majors in criminal justice.

Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Leadership

The Law Enforcement Leadership program blends the disciplines of criminal justice, law enforcement and management. It provides the foundation to allow graduates to seek entry positions in law enforcement or to seek promotion into supervisory and management positions.

Cybersecurity

The Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity program prepares students to assess security needs of computer and network systems, recommend safeguard solutions, and manage the implementation and maintenance of security devices, systems, and procedures.

Cybersecurity and Recovery in Healthcare

Gain an understanding of the need for data security and protection of patients' records in health care information systems. Learn about health information systems and technology, examine current threats and trends, and analyze past incidents to prepare for, respond to, and recover from health and other emergencies.

Cybersecurity Principles

Gain valuable knowledge in distinct phases of information security and assurance from both technical and business aspects. Explore a spectrum of information security activities, methodologies and procedures, and examine best-practice frameworks to understand how cybersecurity functions can be combined and leveraged to secure an organization.

Data Mining and Machine Learning

Explore the concepts and techniques in data mining and machine learning. Focus on the feasibility, usefulness, effectiveness, and scalability of techniques associated with data analysis, then review advanced data mining and machine learning concepts, methods, and approaches for prediction and classification.

Data Science

Learn the distinct phases of data science from both technical and business aspects. Learn the concepts of data mining and the methods of knowing, preprocessing, processing and warehousing data, and assess ethical considerations in the collection, storage, use and analysis of data.

Data Science and Analytics

The Bachelor of Science in Data Science and Analytics is an interdisciplinary program that combines data science with data analytics, mathematics, statistics, artificial intelligence and computer science. Students will hone analytical and hands-on skills to recognize value that can be derived from data collection to data analysis.

Data Science for Beginners

Explore the fundamentals of data science. Focus on the definition and main concepts associated with data science, then use R programming to practice statistical modeling concepts relevant to data science analysis.

Death Investigation

Look into the medico-legal aspects of death investigations. Analyze the manners, mechanisms and causes of death associated with postmortem changes, then tailor the second portion by selecting either violent crime analysis or cold case investigation.

Deep Learning

Explore the concepts and techniques in processing gathered data or information. Focus on the feasibility, usefulness, effectiveness, and scalability of techniques associated with large data sets, then review deep learning concepts, methods, and approaches for prediction and classification.

Digital Communications and Storytelling

SUNY Canton's Bachelor of Science in Digital Communications and Storytelling is a career-focused program of study cultivating expertise in the latest technology for building community and sharing ideas. The program offers an opportunity to explore writing for multimedia, database applications, presentation tools, application design, and digital mapping.

Direct Support Professional I

Enables students to demonstrate competency in key areas including understanding human services organization structures and functions, ethical workplace behavior, and interpersonal communication skills. Provides training to increase potential for advancement in human service settings.

Direct Support Professional II

Enables students to develop counseling and case management techniques through intentional interviewing strategies and effective intervention skills using a strengths-based perspective. Fulfills the 50 hours of educational requirements for NADSP DSP II accreditation. Completion of DSP I is required.

Direct Support Professional III

The highest level of credential, demonstrating a deep commitment to the people they support. Students learn the importance of empowerment and advocacy, address community living skills, identify cultural competencies, and emerge with education, training and self-development. Requires completion of DSP I and DSP II.

Diverse Perspectives

Enhance awareness of diverse perspectives and intercultural frameworks across disciplines. Understand the experiences, values, and challenges of people from different backgrounds, particularly marginalized identities tied to race, ethnicity, and gender identity, and develop skillsets to foster inclusive environments where people feel valued and respected.

Early Childhood

Early Childhood Care & Management

The Bachelor of Business Administration in Early Childhood Care and Management combines theory and practice for students seeking careers in the childcare field, working specifically with children from infancy to 5 years of age. The degree program prepares students for careers in childcare centers or various early childhood-based businesses and organizations.

Electrical Construction & Maintenance

The Electrical Construction & Maintenance (EC&M) program prepares students to work in building trades with the installation and testing of electrical power distribution and an emphasis placed on residential construction applications. Students are also introduced to commercial applications and building codes.

Electrical Engineering Technology

The Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) program prepares students for a wide range of opportunities ranging from manufacturing and defense to power generation and computing. At completion, graduates receive the Associate in Applied Science degree and have considerable flexibility for continuing their education or commencing their career directly.

Electrical Engineering Technology

The Electrical Engineering Technology (B.Tech.) program at SUNY Canton provides opportunities for students to acquire knowledge and practical skills necessary to begin a career in engineering technology as technologist or engineer.

Emergency Management

Gain knowledge in the distinct phases of emergency management science. Learn the theory and practice of coordinating hazard and vulnerability assessments, emergency operations planning, mitigation strategies and resource management; develop a comprehensive emergency management plan; and assess recovery strategies and resilience.

Emergency Management

The Bachelor of Science degree in Emergency Management focuses on the development and education of emergency managers and other administrative personnel with responsibilities in emergency management or the allied homeland security field of study. Students receive education in the mitigation of, preparedness for, response to, and recovery from natural or technological emergencies, disasters and catastrophes.

Engineering Science

The Engineering Science program prepares its graduates to complete a baccalaureate engineering degree with another two years of study. Applicable areas include mechanical, electrical, civil, and aeronautical engineering.

Ethics and Privacy in Data Science

Explore the complex environment of legal and ethical data choices. Describe security and privacy as it relates to data collection to understand legal requirements and ethical codes, then build a set of ethical values that can be applied to prevent data discrimination and biased judgement.

Fiction Writing

Hone the knowledge and skills developed in previous creative writing and literature courses. Explore the short fiction genre and write your own short stories in a disciplined, creative environment focused on the craft of writing fiction, reading published stories and providing constructive feedback in a workshop setting.

Finance

As our society moves to a more service-oriented world, the area of financial services becomes critical to our present and future economic situation. SUNY Canton's Finance program puts our graduates on the leading edge of this service industry.

Forensic Accounting

Gain knowledge of fraud prevention, detection and correction of financial fraud and white-collar crime. Identify areas of financial risk, develop internal control policies, and define the role of the forensic accountant in the courtroom, then use accounting software to prepare source documents and complete an accounting cycle.

Forensic Anthropology

Gain knowledge in locating, excavating, collecting and analyzing human remains. Analyze forensic taphonomy, learn theories and practices of locating clandestine graves, and study human skeletal identification methods such as biological profile, radiographic comparison, craniofacial superimposition, stable isotopes and DNA.

Forensic Criminology

The four-year, undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Forensic Criminology combines a core concentration in criminology with select courses in the forensic sciences. Throughout this program, students explore the complex interplay between theory and practice in the criminal justice system.

Forensic Drug Testing

Gain hands-on skills at the field-testing level and knowledge of testing in the forensic laboratory. Learn forensic drug testing techniques and complete training that results in NIK Polytesting System presumptive drug identification certification, then explore tools and methods for drug investigations and forensic analysis.

Funeral Services Administration

The Bachelor of Technology degree in Funeral Services Administration is open to new students, transfer students and funeral directors who have passed the National Board Examination and are licensed. This is the only bachelor's degree in Funeral Services Administration in New York State and one of only a few in the country.

Game Design and Development

The Bachelor of Science in Game Design and Development is a comprehensive program focusing on the design and development of modern video games. Courses provide a focus on video game design and development, imaginary storytelling, and production needs of the modern gaming industry.

General Technology

The General Technology (GT) curriculum serves the needs of entering students in three broad ways. Its curricular breadth and flexibility allows entering students to explore across a range of technology disciplines, and enables students transferring from other academic programs or institutions to build upon academic work already accomplished.

Grant Writing

Provides knowledge of the process and procedures for seeking grants, including types of projects that are funded and sources used to identify prospective funders. Participants learn the essential components of a well-written grant, including a needs statement, clear goals and objectives, budget development, and an evaluation tool.

Graphic and Multimedia Design

Graphic and Multimedia Design (GMMD) is a fast-paced, technology and culture driven major for creative students interested in pursuing a four-year degree. Students can also expect to learn about mobile and social media, and other new forms of communication.

Health and Fitness Promotions

The fitness industry continues to grow as the benefits of good health and exercise become more evident in our society. Students who complete the bachelor program in Health and Fitness Promotion may pursue employment in settings that promote health and wellness including fitness centers, corporate fitness facilities, as personal trainers, and as strength and conditioning coaches.

Healthcare Leadership

Examine current challenges in health care that impact access, cost, quality and patient experiences. Learn the fundamentals of financial management of health care organizations, examine socioeconomic factors contributing to health disparities, and focus on communicating strategically and persuasively in a professional environment.

Health Care Management

Health Care Management is a Bachelor of Science degree, which includes study in health, science, business and management. Students will be prepared to enter public and private sector health care jobs with theoretical and practical skills necessary for a challenging lifelong career in an ever-changing technological society.

Healthcare Practice Management

Recognizes completion of a three-course sequence covering medical terminology, coding, healthcare financing, and healthcare practice management concepts. Provides the necessary skills to obtain employment in various healthcare settings.

Homeland Security

The Homeland Security program provides students with a combination of theory and practical skills in the subject area as well as offering a solid grounding in the broader justice system. As a result, students will understand the importance of the impact of technology, human resources and other organizational constraints on homeland security strategies.

HVAC Engineering Technology

SUNY Canton is a leader in air conditioning education, and this program is well-suited for individuals with an interest in energy and technology. With energy costs at their current level, this program leads to employment opportunities across the U.S. and around the globe.

HVAC Trades

There is a growing demand nationwide for technicians specializing in heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) and refrigeration. Climate-control systems are becoming increasingly sophisticated, necessitating the need for advanced training.

Individual Studies

Industrial Technology Management

The Industrial Technology Management (ITM) curriculum provides students with the opportunity to blend technical interests with management and leadership aspirations. This program is ideal for students seeking to build upon a background in engineering technology with an emphasis on project management, systems thinking, managerial skills, entrepreneurship, and business development.

Information Technology

The Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) degree in Information Technology prepares students for careers in computer systems, networking, and communications. Graduates gain the knowledge and hands-on experience necessary for roles in system and network administration, systems analysis, IT support, and web and application development.

Investigative Analysis

Gain hands-on skills associated with forensic investigations. Learn digital camera techniques for forensic photographs, explore latent print processing, study investigative interviews used in forensic science and law enforcement, and learn protocols for crime scene processing and investigation of death scenes.

Legal Studies

A graduate of SUNY Canton's Legal Studies program may find employment in law firms, corporations, hospitals, and local, state or federal government offices.

Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies (A.A.)

Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies (A.S.)

Management

The Bachelor of Business Administration in Management provides a solid foundation in current management theory and practice. Students are introduced to the principles of accounting, finance, marketing, strategy, operations, human resources, economics, ethics, and communications.

Mechanical Engineering Technology

Graduates of Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) work in a wide range of industries with a broad array of career opportunities. From manufacturing and construction to equipment testing and power generation, employment opportunities exist in CAD Design, product and system testing, quality improvement, and technical services support.

Mechanical Engineering Technology

Graduates of the Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering Technology (B.Tech) program have knowledge on the applied aspects of science and engineering technology that demonstrate skills in analysis, design, development, implementation, and oversight of mechanical systems.

Medical Coding

Gain the skills to obtain employment in various healthcare settings and prepare to take the AHIMA and AAPC certification exams. Learn the language of medical terminology and coding tools, examine health information systems platforms, and study the human body with an emphasis on structure and general function.

Network Security

Learn the distinct phases of network intrusion, detection, prevention, control and countermeasures. Identify vulnerabilities within computer networks and the countermeasures that mitigate risks, then examine the latest technology, trends, and techniques to stay ahead of potential security threats.

Nursing

Nursing

Nursing Dual Degree

The Dual Degree Nursing Program (DDNP) combines general education courses and nursing courses that allow students to complete their baccalaureate education in four years and be eligible to take the NCLEX-RN in three years. After three years of full-time study, graduates earn an Associate in Applied Science (AAS) Degree in nursing and are eligible to take the NCLEX-RN licensing examination to become Registered Nurses.

Nursing Home Administration

Gain the skills for the educational portion of the Department of Health's requirement to complete the Nursing Home Administrator Licensure Program in New York State. Examine legal and ethical issues and financial management, analyze nursing home operational management and residential care, and study human capital management.

NYS Sports Officiating

Provides training and practical experience in officiating sports and the knowledge necessary to officiate with the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. Based on best practices of the National Federation, RefReps and NYSPHSAA, it engages learners in the fundamental definitions, rules and mechanics of sports officiating.

NY State Coaching

Prepares you for interscholastic athletics. With successful completion of the three courses, students can earn their NYSED Coaching Certification once they also become Red Cross certified in First Aid and CPR and complete a sport-specific course through the National Federation of State High School Associations.

Peer Support for Health & Wellness

Explore the core knowledge and skills needed to provide peer support to improve quality of life and promote holistic wellness, including health communication, health literacy, and the peer role. Learn the psychology of health and the NY Peer Specialist certification process. Does not lead to certification but provides a foundation.

Peer Support for Older Adults

Explore the core knowledge and skills needed to provide peer support to older adults, including promoting healthy aging, recognizing ageism, and motivational approaches. Learn community psychology and the NY Peer Specialist certification process. Does not lead to certification but provides a foundation.

Physical Therapist Assistant

Practical Nursing

Sports Management

The BBA in Sports Management prepares individuals for professional careers within sport organizations, such as non-profit companies, commercial and private enterprises, government and public sector jobs, and various levels of professional sports.

True Crime Investigation

Expand your knowledge of criminal investigations within a contemporary, real-world context, with a focus on homicide and serial crime. Examine real-world crime and its treatment throughout the justice process, then tailor the second portion by selecting either serial murderers and their victims or profiling and behavioral criminology.

Veterinary Science Technology

Veterinary Service Administration

A two-year (minimum) degree from any AVMA-accredited program in Veterinary Science Technology or Veterinary Technology fulfills the first two years of SUNY Canton's Bachelor of Business Administration program in Veterinary Service Administration. In years 3 and 4, a foundation is established in basic business and accounting principles, which are then applied to the management of specific types of veterinary businesses and institutions.

Veterinary Technology

The Bachelor of Science degree program in Veterinary Technology provides an advanced educational opportunity to students interested in pursuing careers in the veterinary health care field. The program includes specific course work required in the Veterinary Technology AAS program and adds upper division offerings in the sciences and applied electives.