Academics
RegistrationClosed ProgramsNursing, Fitness and Wellness Leadership, Communication Disorders and Sciences
LimitationsStudents should not anticipate a full course load for the following: Nutrition, Human Development and Family Relations, Social Work, Education, Expeditionary Studies, TV/Video Production
Notable Academic Programs- Expeditionary Studies - The degree integrates study of such topics as the history of exploration, environmental ethics, and environmental justice, with experiences in leadership, planning, and risk management, to name a few. And always, you’ll be spending huge amounts of time advancing your skills in paddling, climbing, or skiing. In fact, the classes in those areas have more time in the field classroom than in the traditional classroom.
- Global Supply Chain Management - You will understand the supply chain issues facing organizations and the role of supply chain management among other functional areas, preparing you for various inter-functional positions in firms of all sizes in all industries. You will be able to model realistic business problems using appropriate analytical tools and to apply advanced technology with real data to the real problems facing industry today.In our GSCM program, students will gain significant exposure to this pervasive software package and will gain a significant competitive advantage in the job market. Our GSCM major was recoginized by study.com as one of the best in the nation.
- Communication/Multimedia - With our TV/Radio Production or Broadcast Journalism Major you can prepare for a career in studio and field production for TV, video, and radio. Through hands-on experience, you will learn professional skills to produce and edit shows and have access to SUNY Plattsburgh’s television facility, PSTV.
- Management Information Systems - Our program trains you to become a business professional who can use computers and other technology to manage information within an organization and enable business success. You will also develop the skills necessary to design information systems that support all the functions and processes of business.
- Journalism - Our program contains a large practical component with hands-on courses in news, reporting, copy editing, page layout, and desktop publishing, it also contains a strong theoretical component in courses that teach press history, ethics, and law. On collegefactual.com the program was rated 18th for best value in the nation.
Unique Academic Programs
- Expeditionary Studies - In classes that are often as small as five or six students, you’ll be studying with world class faculty who have traveled and guided around the world. Our innovative curriculum guarantees you will have constant and close contact with them in the field throughout your studies. The faculty can’t do it alone, though, and EXP students must take seriously the intellectual, physical and experiential commitments required of aspiring outdoor professionals.
- Hospitality Managementental Sciences - Prepare for leadership careers throughout the hospitality industry. Courses cover all major aspects of the industry, including lodging operations, event management, food service operations, tourism, finance, and marketing.
- Africana Studies - In attending to the identities, struggles, and achievements of African-descended peoples, the program offers an alternative to Eurocentric perspectives and helps you make connections across time and space, as well as think more critically about how to maintain a diverse and truly inclusive community.
- Food & Farming - The food and farming minor provides you with an opportunity to learn more about how our food system works and can complement programs in environmental science, travel and hotel management, nutrition, among many others.
- Women and Gender Studies - Explore how institutions and social practices construct gender inequalities in the world. Examine how people respond to promote greater justice and human rights. Investigate systems of power using intersectional analysis — identify how race, class, sexuality and other dimensions of difference shape gender dynamics and gender violence. Apply critical thinking, including media analysis, to examine your own identity, relationships and experiences.
Special Programs
OptionsRA Exchange:
YesUndergraduate Majors Open to NSE StudentsAccounting, African American Studies, African Studies...
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Tuition / Finances
Figures per Semester are current as of 08/03/22
Finances
- Campus Budget
- Fees are subject to change without notice.
- Two semesters = one academic year
- Three quarters = one academic year
Tuition and Fees Per Semester - Host Payment Students
- Estimated cost: $3535.
- Expect 5-15% increase for the subsequent academic year.
- Figures are based on 15 hours. Actual costs may be greater or less depending upon your actual enrollment.
- Figures do not include costs you will incur for course specific enrollment (e.g., laboratory courses, student teaching, studio art)
- See below for credit hour restrictions and/or miscellaneous fees applicable to Host Payment students.
Tuition and Fees - Home Payment Students
- No tuition/fees are paid to the host campus.
- Figures do not include costs you will incur for course specific enrollment (e.g., laboratory courses, student teaching, studio art)
- See below for credit hour restrictions and/or miscellaneous fees applicable to Home Payment students.
Maximum Credit Hours Per Semester
- Host Payment: 18
- Home Payment: 18
Financial Aid for NSE Students
Regardless of Payment Plan, financial aid is awarded by and disbursed from your home campus.
Miscellaneous Fees - Per Semester
Purpose |
Amount |
Period |
Plan |
Status |
Laptop Fee |
$55 |
Semester |
Plan A & B |
Optional |
Activity Fee |
$80 |
Semester |
Host |
Mandatory |
Athletic Fee |
$232 |
Semester |
Host |
Mandatory |
Recreation Fee |
$85 |
Year |
Host |
Mandatory |
Health Service Fee |
$229.50 |
Semester |
Host |
Mandatory |
Technology Fee |
$212.50 |
Semester |
Host |
Mandatory |
Parking Fee |
$106 |
Year |
Host & Home |
Optional |
Orientation Fee |
$420 |
Semester |
Host & Home |
Mandatory |
Recycling Fee |
$3 |
Semester |
Plan A & B |
Optional |
Career Services Fee |
$41.50 |
Semester |
Host |
Mandatory |
College Fee |
$25 |
Semester |
Host |
Mandatory |
Medication Fee |
$30 |
Semester |
Host & Home |
Optional |
Green Fee |
$3 |
Semester |
Host & Home |
Optional |
Important Notes: Please visit the following website for current mandatory and optional fees - https://www.plattsburgh.edu/cost-aid/tuition/index.html
*Health insurance fee can be waived, so long as students can provide proof of comparable coverage via an online waiver process within one month of the start of the semester.*
Room / Meals
Figures are current as of 08/03/22
On-Campus Housing Per Semester
- On-Campus Housing
- 50% living on campus
- Double: $4910
- Per semester unless otherwise noted
Off-Campus Housing
Notes About HousingPlease visit the following website to view on campus housing options- https://www.plattsburgh.edu/plattslife/housing/index.html
Meal Plans
Notes About Meal PlansPlease visit the following website for current information meal plans - https://www.plattsburgh.edu/cost-aid/tuition/housing-meal-fees.html
Health
Figures per Semester are current as of 08/03/22
Purpose |
Amount |
Period |
Plan |
Status |
Health Insurance |
$2961.00 |
Year |
Host & Home |
Waiver Available |
Important Notes about Health Insurance
Please visit the following website for current mandatory and optional fees - https://www.plattsburgh.edu/cost-aid/tuition/index.html
*Health insurance fee can be waived, so long as students can provide proof of comparable coverage via an online waiver process within one month of the start of the semester.*
Exchange with Canada - Health Insurance
N/A
Requirements
Comments on Problems or Conditions for Access
Plattsburgh is a large sprawling campus with walkways exposed to weather- severe at times.