Champlain student completes FBI internship Elton Booker of Springfield, Vermont completed the Honors Internship Program with the FBI during the summer of 2005. Read more about Elton's experience.
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Crime scene investigation, tracking the chain of evidence, investigative interviewing -- it’s all part of the critical and often life-saving work that law enforcement officials do every day within the criminal justice system. At Champlain College, you’ll learn about all aspects of the criminal justice system -- from police work and the courts to the bargaining skills that are often necessary to achieve justice.

Champlain’s Criminal Justice program provides a solid foundation for just about any job in law enforcement, corrections or investigation -- or for further study in the field of law. You’ll learn about criminal law, criminal procedure, policing, investigation, corrections, juvenile justice, and domestic violence. The courses are highly focused and in-depth, designed to teach you the social, legal, and ethical issues relevant to the criminal justice profession today. You’ll also learn about incarceration and the penal system, parole and probation, and report writing.

Through Champlain’s unique upside-down curriculum, you’ll develop a solid foundation in criminal justice your first two years. In Years 3 and 4, you’ll take advanced courses in criminal justice while developing the enhanced communication and problem-solving skills this profession demands. Plus, you’ll earn practical, hands-on experience through a required internship, with the option of attending the Vermont Police Academy or the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center in your fourth year. With security a top concern for our nation, the demand for qualified leaders in law enforcement and criminal justice systems has never been greater.

Program Particulars

• Choose an intensive criminal justice curriculum and earn your bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, or select a broader liberal arts curriculum and earn your bachelor’s degree in Professional Studies with a Criminal Justice concentration.
• A hands-on internship with the Vermont Medical Examiner’s office, local law enforcement or a corrections agency offers an opportunity to experience life on the job.
• Vermont Police Academy Option: If you qualify you may choose to spend your final semester at the Vermont Police Academy to earn Vermont certification as a police officer (the certification may also be accepted by other state's law enforcement certification agencies).
• With a degree in Criminal Justice, career opportunities include police officer, parole agent, security officer, criminal justice investigator, border patrol agent, court officer and corrections officer, among others.

Site Highlights

• Student Profiles -- Get to know your future classmates.
• Faculty -- Professors with real world experience.