Convenient choices
St. Bonaventure University's School of Graduate Studies offers three convenient formats to help busy professionals achieve their educational and career goals.
Enroll full time or part time at St. Bonaventure in University in Olean
The main campus in Olean, N.Y., offers students the flexibility of taking classes on a full-time or part-time basis. Graduate classes are offered primarily in the evenings, Monday through Thursday. Each class meets once a week.
Full-time weekend programs at SBU's Buffalo Center
St. Bonaventure's Buffalo Center located in Hamburg, N.Y., on the Hilbert College campus employs a convenient weekend format for most programs.* Graduate classes meet for five weekends on Fridays from 6 to 9 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This arrangment allows for accelerated program completion. SBU staff are at the BUffalo Center full-time to serve SBU grad students. They can be reached at 716-646-1500.
There are three class sessions in each fall and spring semester and two sessions in the summer. New cohorts begin every August with the exception of the MBA program. MBA students can start any five week session and can enroll on a part-time or full-time basis.
*The literacy and Educational Leadership hybrid programs hold their class meetings on weekends, but employ a semester long course format.
To find out when specific classes are held on campus, please view the Course Schedule listing.
Online Master's degree in Strategic Leadership
Starting in the fall of 2013, SBU will offer the fully online MA in Strategic Leadership. Courses will meet in 8 week terms, and there will be two of these in the courses of a typical semester timeframe. Full-time students will take two courses in each 8 week term; part-time students will take one course.
Contact the Office of Graduate Admissions at (716) 375-2021 or at gradsch@sbu.edu with questions. Our fax number is 716-375-4015. Thank you!