Locations

​At SUNY Empire, you’re not limited by location or constrained by rigid schedules. Here, your degree is built around your life, on your time, wherever you are. SUNY Empire offers online, 24/7 self-service features where you can search for answers to questions, obtain forms, and request services.  You are only one click away from obtaining the services and studying when you want.

In-person study is available at our New York City locations for our students in our Harry Van Arsdale Jr. School of Labor programs, as well as for students enrolled in our International Education programs at locations abroad.

SUNY Empire’s administrative offices are proudly located in Saratoga Springs, NY, with additional locations across the state to support your academic journey.

International Education

International Education offers students overseas the opportunity to earn a SUNY Empire degree without leaving their home countries and New York state-based students the opportunity to join selected studies with students overseas. Working with partners in various parts of the world, we offer broad-ranging degree study opportunities in business, information systems, and the liberal arts and sciences, with an emphasis on comparative regional studies. Programs are offered at the following locations:

  • Tirana, Albania
  • Prague, Czech Republic
  • Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • Athens, Greece
  • Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Beirut, Lebanon
  • Eskişehir, Turkey

The Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. School Of Labor Studies

The Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. School of Labor Studies partners with trade unions and other labor organizations to offer associate and bachelor degree programs in labor studies to union members and other working adults. Its mission is to provide wage-earning adults with an opportunity to earn a degree in a learning environment that celebrates their achievements and recognizes their distinctive needs. It offers a liberal arts curriculum in Labor Studies, broadly defined, which is understood to encompass the systematic study of the working-class presence and its impact on the wider society. As a student of Labor Studies you will examine the topics of work, workers and worker organizations, including the status and power of wage earners and their families in the changing economy; the study of work in its social, political and economic contexts; the creation of the modern urban workforce; the impact of technology on the organization of society; the interaction of workers, both organized and unorganized, with the institutions of wider society; alternative modes of work organization; and the nature of working-class identity, culture and experience. You will sharpen your skills in writing and research and critical reading and thinking.

All the courses with union partners are face to face at our 4 Park Ave. location in Manhattan.

Priority in enrolling in classes is given to students from union-partners. The International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers and the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades partnerships are residency-based. Residencies are held at each union’s educational facilities in Maryland.

Online Courses And Graduate Degrees In Labor Studies

Online courses for associate and bachelor's degrees and graduate level courses in Labor Studies also are offered at Empire State University through the Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. School of Labor Studies in New York City.

The Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. School of Labor Studies offers associate and bachelor's degrees in five related areas: Labor Studies, Cultural Studies, Historical Studies, Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary Studies and Social Science.

For a related program of study at the graduate level, the Master of Arts in Work and Labor Policy offers a fully online program that focuses on current problems and policies caused by changes in the global economy, technology, the work force and the workplace. It is designed for unionists, human resource professionals, arbitrators, educators, activists, lawyers and individuals involved in government or private industry.

Locations

Administrative Offices

2 Union Ave.
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-4390
518-587-2100 or 800-847-3000

111 & 113 West Ave.
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-4390
518-587-2100 or 800-847-3000

International Education

1 Union Ave.
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-4309
518-587-2100, ext. 2231

The Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. School of Labor Studies

4 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10016