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Montreal Summer Culture/Core Program

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Montreal Summer Culture/Core Program

May – June 2024

Montreal enjoys a unique reputation as a renowned center for independent music, theater, visual arts, fashion, and circus arts. It’s the perfect location for you to gain unique, first-hand experience with diverse cultures, arts and people.

Create meaningful learning experiences through real-life learning opportunities that enhance your understanding of Montreal’s communities and connect with people who work there.

Participate in outings around the city, meet artists and work on individual or group projects which will contribute to your personal growth and your professional portfolio.

Select two classes in subjects like music, film, or street art. These courses include weekly outings to festivals and cultural gatherings, guest speakers, and project-based learning assignments that connect your classroom lessons to experiences in the field.

Offered Courses

Catch up with your Core requirements or make room for a lighter load during your regular academic year.

We offer two options:

  • COR-201 + COR-202
  • COR-301 + COR-302

  • COR-201: Science Meaning Making in Montreal 

    This course studies the application of the scientific method to current environmental issues with a particular focus on how this happens in Montreal. Topics will include biodiversity, forestry, soil, water, fossil fuels, and alternative energy sources, population dynamics, climate change, and others. The scientific, ethical, and political nature of each subject will be covered. Field excursions will give students an opportunity to experience these issues first-hand and see a lot of what Montreal’s scientific communities have to offer.

    COR-202: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

    Creative Communities in Montreal. Students will participate in and observe the many different kinds of creative communities in Montreal that flourish in the summer. Students will be asked to collect data about their experiences out in the city and analyze these outings and first-hand experiences in ways that interrogate their new environments.

  • COR-301/ART-330: Cultural Immersion through Canadian Music 

    This course explores the history and culture of Canada through the medium of popular music, ranging from the roots to the present day and will encompass numerous musical genres ranging from traditional, jazz, through to contemporary Canadian music.

    COR-301/FLM-281: Canadian Culture through Film 

    This course focuses on how individuals and communities living in Montreal produce, distribute, and use film and moving images. We look at cultural themes in Montreal by watching films made in and about Montreal, and by walking through neighborhoods in the city.

    COR-302/ART-380: Graffiti and Unsanctioned Art in Montreal 

    This course will help students understand and analyze different types of public art: how the visual aspect of urban art has been used as a communication tool as well as an identifier in Montreal; how it has been both celebrated and critiqued for its boldness.

    COR-302/WRT-236: Food Writing in Montreal 

    This course uses food as a lens through which to explore myriad topics – from history and the environment to equality, memory and urban affairs – using all the senses. Students explore Montreal and its unique food landscape through field trips, visits with guest speakers, in-class activities and interactive discussions as well as writing workshops.

Total Cost: $5,125.00

Includes tuition, housing, activities fee, and insurance. Students are expected to arrive on campus Thursday, May 22, 2025.

    • Current Champlain students who would like to have first-hand learning experiences that enhance their knowledge of the world.
    • Current Champlain College students who are considering or are pursuing a Global Studies Minor.
    • Current Champlain students wishing to catch up or take in advance their COR 200s or 300s courses.
    • Students in relevant majors at other institutions of higher education who are interested in spending a summer in Montreal and experiencing the culture first-hand.

  • Champlain College students: Minimum of 50 college credits (for the COR-300 courses) and a minimum of 24 college credits (for the COR-200 courses) by the start of the Summer Program.

    Students from other institutions: Minimum of 60 college credits. With your application, please submit a transcript from your home institution.

    • Applications will be accepted as they come in through the March 1st deadline
    • Deposit of $500 due by March 15
    • First payment of $2,000 due by April 15
    • Balance due by May 15
    • Access to the computer lab included.
Contact the Study Abroad Office with any questions about applications or the Montreal Campus

Champlain Abroad

Location

Skiff Hall, Suite 200
163 S Willard St, Burlington, VT 05401

*Virtual during the summer and breaks

Office Hours

Monday – Friday
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

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