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Professional Licensure

Traditional Undergraduate Programs

Accounting

Champlain College students who complete the Accounting program may decide to apply for a CPA license. A CPA is a Certified Public Accountant, a designation licensed by each state.

In Vermont, to earn a CPA license, individuals are required to demonstrate their knowledge and competence by passing the Uniform CPA Exam. Students should note that CPAs require more than a Bachelor's Degree. The requisite credit hours for the CPA exam are 150 post-secondary credits. This means that a typical undergraduate degree (at 120 credits) is not enough, and students need to take more classes-30 credits' worth-to be eligible for licensure. Champlain's five-year double major in Finance & Accounting allows students to meet the necessary 150 credit hours needed in order to sit for the CPA exam.

Champlain College has not determined whether the Accounting program meets the education requirements for professional licensure in any state (or the District of Columbia) other than Vermont.

Education

All Champlain College teacher education programs are approved by the Vermont Agency of Education (VT AOE). Each concentration in our traditional Education program corresponds to a teaching licensure endorsement. 

Champlain College's Teacher Apprenticeship Program (TAP) is an eight-month, non-degree certificate program that includes coursework and student teaching with a mentor teacher. TAP prepares candidates who already hold a bachelor's degree to become licensed directly through the Vermont Agency of Education.

Champlain College has not determined whether the Education programs meet the education requirements for professional licensure in any state (or the District of Columbia) other than Vermont. However, Vermont teaching licenses are reciprocal in most states subject to any applicable state requirements. Educators with a Vermont license are eligible to apply for licenses certifications out of state under the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certifications' (NASDTEC) Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact. 

Social Work

Champlain College's Social Work program is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), and it therefore meets the requirements for licensure in all fifty states and the District of Columbia.

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Accounting

Champlain College students who complete the Accounting program may decide to apply for a CPA license. A CPA is a Certified Public Accountant, a designation licensed by each state.

In Vermont, to earn a CPA license, individuals are required to demonstrate their knowledge and competence by passing the Uniform CPA Exam. Students should note that CPAs require more than a Bachelor's Degree. The requisite credit hours for the CPA exam are 150 post-secondary credits. This means that a typical undergraduate degree (at 120 credits) is not enough, and students need to take more classes-30 credits' worth-to be eligible for licensure.

Champlain College has not determined whether the Accounting program meets the education requirements for professional licensure in any state (or the District of Columbia) other than Vermont.