Course & Volunteering Guides

You'll need to take three courses from one of the following areas:

• Agronomy

• Horticulture Botany

• Entomology

• Agricultural Science

• Agribusiness

• Agricultural Economics

• Business or Economics

• Biology

Sample Courses include:

• AANT 355 Environment, Economy, and Culture 

• AANT 415 Nutritional Anthropology 

• AATM 405 Water and Climate Change 

• ABIO 117 Nutrition 

• ABIO 218 Introduction to Plant Biology 

• ABIO 222 Biological Consequences of Global Climate Change ABIO 401 Ecology 

• AECO 130 Developing Economies 

• AENV 250 Sustainable Development: Energy and Resources 

• AGOG 424 Landscape Ecology 

• AHIS 277 Culture and History of Food in the United States 

• AUSP 433Y Urban Ecology (AGOG) 

• HBMS 314 Animal and Cell Culture Model Systems 

• IESE 451 Water Resource Engineering 

• IESE 452 Groundwater Hydrology 

• TANT 242 Food, Culture, and Power in Mesoamerica (TLCS)

Use the Schedule of Classes to determine which classes will be offered during a given semester or term.

You'll also need to build 50 hours of related volunteering, interning or work experience. Some ideas include:

• Working with a large-scale or family-run business involving vegetable gardening, farming, nursery work, tree planting or care urban forestry landscaping livestock care and management fish cultivation and production

• Working or interning with a local business or organization, such as the Honest Weight Co-op, a local farmers market or farm-share, a local cidery or brewery, the Albany Pine Bush Preserve, Radix Ecological Sustainability Center, Capital Roots and/or a local food pantr

• Teaching or tutoring the public in environmental or agricultural issues and/or activities, including through the Cornell Cooperative Extension and public library system

• Studying and researching in the Galapagos for a semester with UAlbany’s partner, the University of San Francisco, based in Quito, Ecuador, or erecting bio-sand-filters in the Dominican Republic over spring break under the direction of community leaders and a Returned Peace Corp Volunteer

• Becoming a volunteer for the Office of Sustainability, which could include farming in UAlbany’s garden, planting and pruning on campus, composting food waste from classroom and University offices, and advocating for local ingredients in campus dining halls and area restaurants

• Cleaning Albany's streets and tending to the Adirondack Park

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You'll need to take three courses from one of the following areas:

• Business or Public Administration

• Nonprofit Management

• Accounting, Banking or Finance

• Computer Science

• Graphic Design

• Mass Communications

• International Business

Sample Courses include:

• ACOM 363 Marketing Communication and Media Campaigns 

• ACOM 377 Communication and Technology in Organizations 

• ACOM 388 Communication and Global Organizations 

• AECO 330 Economics of Development 

• AECO 350 Money and Banking 

• AGLO 327 World Regions and Global Markets (AGOG) 

• AGOG 560 Local Economic Development Strategies 

• ASOC 395 Capitalize on Community 

• AUSP 425 Community Development and Neighborhood Planning and Workshop 

• BACC 211 Financial Accounting 

• BFIN 300 Financial Management 

• BITM 215 Information Technologies for Business 

• BMGT 460 Social Entrepreneurship 

• BMKT 411 Marketing Strategy in Globalized Market Environment 

• BMKT 440 New Venture/Product Development 

• ICSI 418Y Software Engineering 

• ICSI 422 Introduction to Computer Graphics 

• IINF 108 Programming for Problem Solving 

• IINF 301 Emerging Trends in Information and Technology 

• IINF 467 Technology-Based Community Support 

• RPAD 204 Computer Modeling for Decision Support 

• RPAD 303 Public Administration and Management 

• RPAD 411 Special Topics in Public Administration: Program Evaluation Training 

Use the Schedule of Classes to determine which classes will be offered during a given semester or term.

You'll also need to build 50 hours of related volunteering, interning or work experience. Some ideas include:

• Working and/or volunteering with businesses, organizations or cooperatives in accounting, finance, micro-finance management, project management and/or budgeting marketing 

• Working for UAlbany's Information Technology Services (ITS) Help Desk and/or Educational Technology Services

• Starting and running your own business or other entrepreneurial activity, such as Blackstone Launchpad

• Training others in computer literacy, maintenance and repair

• Working on website design or online marketing for a non-profit or student organization

• Founding or leading a community- or school-based organization, perhaps by serving as treasurer

• Interning in accounting with a government agency, such as the New York State Comptroller’s Office)

• Assisting with pro bono tax form preparation or teaching computer security basics at a local library

• Volunteering to help a local nonprofit, such as a school, church or charity, with web marketing or outreach

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You'll need to take three courses from one of the following areas:

• Elementary, Secondary or Special

• English or Linguistics

• TEFL/TESL

• Math

• Computer Science

• Engineering

• Any Physical or Biological Science

Sample Courses include:

• AENG 110Z Writing and Critical Inquiry in the Humanities 

• AENG 121 Reading Literature 

• AENG 360Y Tutoring and Writing 

• ALIN 220 Introduction to Linguistics (AENG 217) 

• ALIN 326Z Writing, Reading, and Language 

• EEAPS 300 Social Foundations of Education 

• ELTL 410 Literacy in Social Contexts 

• EPSY 400 Instructional Psychology 

• ESPE 460 Introduction to Human Exceptionality 

• ETAP 201 Exploring Teaching as a Profession 

• ETAP 501 The Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages 

• ETAP 536 Second Language Learning 

• ETAP 652B Perspectives in Bilingual Education

• Hundreds of courses in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Physics, and Statistics

Use the Schedule of Classes to determine which classes will be offered during a given semester or term.

You'll also need to build 50 hours of related volunteering, interning or work experience. Some ideas include:

• Teaching English as a Foreign/Second Language, special education, drama or a STEM subject in a classroom, with a community outreach organization or in a formal tutoring capacity

  • Advance School of Education students can practice teaching, in elementary and secondary schools, through the Pathways into Education program (PIE).

  • Students with high grades in introductory STEM courses can apply to be peer tutors at UAlbany.

  • Students are paid to tutor in English Learning Centers at exchange partner universities. 

• Working as a Conversation Partner with the Intensive English Language Program (IELP) 

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You'll need to take three courses from one of the following areas:

• Environmental Science or related field

• Natural Resources or Wildlife Management

• Natural Resources Conservation

• Park Administration

• Wildlife Biology

• Forestry

• Biology, Botany or Ecology

• Geology

Sample Courses include:

• ABIO 218 Introduction to Plant Biology 

• ABIO 401 Ecology 

• ABIO 432 Animal Behavior 

• AENV 250 Sustainable Development: Energy and Resources 

• AENV 365 Environmental Science Fieldwork Exp. 

• AGOG 407 Biogeography 

• AGOG 424 Landscape Ecology 

• APHY 202 Environmental Physics 

• AUSP 330 Principles of Environmental Management (AGOG)

• AUSP 430 Environmental Planning (AGOG)

• AUSP 432 Parks, Preservation, and Heritage Planning 

• AUSP 436 Landscape Planning and Workshop 

• IESE 301 Introduction to Environmental and Sustainable Engineering 

• IESE 381 Energy Engineering 

• IESE 411 Water and Wastewater Treatment 

• IESE 451 Water Resource Engineering 

• IESE 452 Groundwater Hydrology 

• IESE 471 Hazardous Waste Management 

• RPAD 366 International Environmental Policy

Use the Schedule of Classes to determine which classes will be offered during a given semester or term.

You'll also need to build 50 hours of related volunteering, interning or work experience. Some ideas include:

• Significant experience in mechanical repairs, construction, carpentry, masonry, plumbing, hydrology, set design, gardening, farming, nursery management, organic or low-input vegetable production, and/or landscaping

• Intern with the New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation or the Albany Water and Sewer Board

• Volunteering and/or working with: neighborhood/campus clean-up days, community garden projects, local parks' summer program, farm, food co-ops, UAlbany's Office of Sustainability and/or UAlbany's Office of Environmental Health and Safety

• Educating the public on environmental or conservation issues, or working on environmental campaigns 

• Conducting biological surveys of plants or animals 

• Providing technical assistance and training in natural resource management 

• Attending UAlbany’s NSF PIRE-funded Environmental Science  summer school

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You'll need to take three courses from one of the following areas:

• Nursing 

• Nutrition or Dietetics 

• Health Education 

• Pre-Med 

• Biology 

• Technical Education 

• Environmental or Sanitary Engineering

Sample Courses include:

• AANT 319 Physical Growth and Development 

• AANT 416 Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II (418) 

• ABIO 117 Nutrition 

• ABIO 130 General Biology I: Molecular and Cell Biology 

• ABIO 131 General Biology II: Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, and Physiology 

• ABIO 212Y Introductory Genetics

• ABIO 213 Microbiology in Health and Disease

• ABIO 365 Biological Chemistry 

• ABIO 453 Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases 

• ACOM 465 Communication in Health Care Organizations 

• APSY 329 Health Psychology 

• HSPH 201 Introduction to Public Health 

• HSPH 231 Concepts in Epidemiology 

• HSPH 321 Global Environmental Issues and their Effect on Human Health HSPH 332 Introduction to Biostatistics 

• HSPH 341 Promoting Healthy People and Communities 

• HSPH 389 Introduction to Emergency Health Preparedness and Response (CEHC) 

• HHPM 486 International Health and Human Rights: an Interdisciplinary Approach (RPAD / RPOS) 

• HSPH 490 Field Placement in Public Health

Use the Schedule of Classes to determine which classes will be offered during a given semester or term.

You'll also need to build 50 hours of related volunteering, interning or work experience. Some ideas include:

• Volunteering or work experience in areas such as HIV/AIDS outreach, hospice, family planning counseling, emergency medical technician, CPR teaching and/or certification, maternal health, hands-on caregiving in a hospital clinic, lab or technician setting, counseling or teaching in health subjects, working as a resident advisor in a dormitory as peer nutritionist or sexually transmitted infections counselor

• Intern and/or volunteer with UAlbany's Student Health Services, Counseling and Psychological Services, RNA Institute, Cancer Research Center, Neuroscience Lab, Bio-Instrumentation Lab, Center for Behavioral Health Promotion and Applied Research, Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities, Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities, Middle Earth Peer Assistance Hotline, Department of Residential Life

• Work with the New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center and Albany County Health Department

• Work and/or volunteer at hospitals/health centers, such as Whitney M. Young Center, Koinonia Primary Health Care, Albany Medical Center and St. Peters Hospital 

• Work with local non-profit organizations, such as U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, New York State AIDS Institute, Trinity Alliance, Capital Roots and the Regional Food Bank

• Participate in faculty-led study abroad programs that center on health, Comparative Health Systems (in Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic), and the City and Human Health (in Italy)

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You'll need to take three courses from one of the following areas:

• Social Work 

• Counseling 

• Community Development 

• Developmental Psychology 

• Human Development 

• Family Studies 

Sample Courses include:

• APSY 223 Emotional and Social Development 

• ASOC 250 Sociology of Families 

• ASOC 386 The Social Worlds of Children and Youth 

• ECPY 301 Methods in Peer Helping I-III (302, 303) 

• ECPY 311 Helping Skills in Human Services: Sexuality and Young Adults

• ECPY 360 Psychology, Cultural Diversity, and Social Justice 

• ECPY 421 Introduction to Counseling Psychology 

• ECPY 462 Psychology of Disability 

• EPSY 420 Child and Adolescent Development 

• ESPY 360 Positive Youth Development 

• RSSW 305 Social Work Practice I-IV (306, 405Z, 406Y)

Use the Schedule of Classes to determine which classes will be offered during a given semester or term.

You'll also need to build 50 hours of related volunteering, interning or work experience. Some ideas include:

• Experience in teaching or counseling in at-risk youth program, leading a church youth group, and/or acting as a guidance counselor assistant or assistant coach at a local high school

• Activities involving planning, organizing, assessing community needs, counseling and leadership in areas such as education, youth development, health and HIV/AIDS, environment, and/or business

• Volunteer with UAlbany's Middle Earth Peer Assistance Program, Disability Access & Inclusion Student Services (DAISS) and/or Department of Residential Life

• Participate in supervised community service placements through RSSW 190 (Community Engagement) or RSSW 290, 291, 390 (Community and Public Service Program/Human Service in the Community)

• Participate in field placements for fourth-year Social Welfare students through RSSW 400, 410 (Field Instruction in Social Welfare I-II)

• Serve in Educational Counseling Psychology through ECPY 312 (Service Learning: Designing Sexuality Education and Peer Helping Programs for Young Adults)

• Earn experiential learning credits towards your major while serving your community

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