Division of Communication & Creative Media

Shape the way people view and interact with the world around them in a career-focused, diverse, and collaborative environment.

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Turn Your Passions Into a Career

In the Division of Communication & Creative Media (CCM), each major combines academic understanding with real-world know-how, emphasizing innovation, creativity, and technological expertise. Your understanding won’t just come from a textbook. You’ll work with professionals and a network of industry partners to gain hands-on experience.

Here you’ll find exciting presentations from industry leaders – professionals, artists, authors, and scholars – that complement your classroom learning. Plus, our on-campus Centers of Experience offer great paid internships that allow you to work with real clients and build your resume.

With our Upside-Down Curriculum, you’ll start building your professional portfolio and resume in your first semester. That means you’ll be internship-ready way ahead of your peers at other creative arts schools.

By the time you graduate, you’ll be fully prepared to think and act as an empowered citizen in our media-driven and interconnected world.

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Experience-Based Learning

At Champlain, you’ll do so much more than you would at a typical art college. Our interdisciplinary approach emphasizes creative problem solving and fosters innovation and lifelong learning.

Through our Studio Experiences and Centers of Experience, you’ll collaborate with others in a variety of majors. Put your classroom learning to the test on professional projects in studio-like environments.

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Game Studio Experience

Students in our six game majors come together to learn essential professional skills, master technical expertise, and answer the question, “What can we make together?”

You’ll develop an understanding of the game pipeline from concept to finished product and gain teamwork experience many people don’t cultivate until they have been working in the industry for years. The best part? You’ll create a fully functional game as a team for your portfolio.

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Creative Studio Experience

This learning model mimics the real world. Think of the Creative Studio Experience as our own in-house creative agency, with the ability to provide services that combine a variety of Champlain College majors. We bring together different minds, talents, and techniques to find solutions that work.

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Emergent Media Center (EMC)

The EMC is a place where you’ll think critically, collaborate effectively, and leverage media strategically for business, artistic and social purposes. You’ll work on exciting projects for industry and nonprofit clients and develop new concepts and applications for games and other new media.

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Study Abroad Opportunities for CCM Students

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    Short-Term Study Abroad Opportunities

    An opportunity afforded to many CCM students is the chance to go abroad through some of your classes. During breaks or over the summer, you have a chance to travel to places like Italy and Jordan, and these short, faculty-led abroad opportunities give students global perspective and a chance to create something outside of their comfort zone.

    Study Abroad Options
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    Montreal Summer Film Program

    Students in the Filmmaking, Creative Media, or Broadcast Media programs should take notice of the opportunity to study over the summer in Montreal. There you experience an immersive curriculum that will enhance your professional skills and foster creative projects through the rich culture and dynamic art scene.

    Montreal Filmmaking Summer Program
89%

of CCM majors in the Class of 2023 achieved career success within six months of graduation.

$52,500

was the average starting salary of the Class of 2023.

Accredited

Champlain’s Graphic Design & Visual Communication program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), the national accrediting agency for institutions teaching art, design, and related disciplines.

We have a course where students will go into the local community and do a project. It might be a mural project; it might be an event; but in some way partnering with community organizations, getting off campus into the community, and doing your creative work.
Al Larsen
Al Larsen, Creative Media Program Director
Division of Communication & Creative Media

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