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Division of Information Technology & Sciences
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In the Division of Information Technology & Science, we help our students become the problem solvers, system designers and technology professionals of the future. Through a combination of classroom experiences led by acclaimed faculty who have extensive professional backgrounds and extensive experience-based projects, you will get the knowledge, skills and experience you need to compete in the professional world.
You'll also have tremendous opportunity to experience professional settings through internships in Burlington, Vermont; Montreal, Canada; Dublin, Ireland; and beyond, as well as through the Senator Patrick Leahy Center for Digital Investigation.
Undergraduate Majors
Champlain has been designated a National Center of Digital Forensics Academic Excellence (CDFAE) by the U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3). Starting your first semester in this ambitious major, you’ll begin fundamental computer and forensics classes, building the foundation you need to gain a mastery-level understanding of digital forensics by the time you graduate.
Computer Networking & Cybersecurity
Champlain College has been designated as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance by the National Security Agency. Through the hands-on learning in our fully virtualized lab, you’ll gain an extensive educational framework in traditional network and security protocols and will become well versed in wireless networking, VoIP, virtualization and other emerging technologies.
This rigorous major offers a world-class computer science program, plus a leading-edge curriculum in innovation in which you’ll analyze, design, implement, test and verify advanced mobile- and web-based technologies. But that’s all to be expected when your college has been named a “Most Innovative School” in the North by U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 “America’s Best Colleges” for three years in a row.
This major provides the most comprehensive technology, business and communication skills needed to succeed in the red-hot data analytics job market. Through project-based courses, you’ll work to master key areas of programming, statistics, machine learning, data wrangling and data visualization while exploring how data analysis connects to the business world.
Named a “Top School for Video Game Design” by The Princeton Review, this major combines computer science and software engineering to give you transferable programming skills that apply to any industry. You’ll also gain specialized skills like game networking, game physics, graphics and artificial intelligence programming. Through our Game Studio, you'll graduate with unmatched experience in end-to-end game development.