On-Campus Majors & Programs
With more than 100 professional areas of study—and career-relevant work experience built into each and every program—a Champlain degree offers a huge advantage when marketing yourself to prospective employers.
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Learn to assess, analyze, and manage risk and liability—a perfect career-building minor for math lovers and problem solvers looking to support a business.
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- Bachelor of Fine Arts
Imagine manifesting your colorful childhood imagination on screens large and small. Now imagine getting paid to do it all day.
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- Bachelor of Science
Use math to tell stories, crack real-world issues, explore diverse applications, and gain problem-solving skills for future success in many industries.
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- Bachelor of Science
The way we think about the environment can't be separated from the way we think about people, and vice versa. Learn the skills to cultivate a career in a growing field.
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- Data Science for Sustainability Concentration
- Dialogue & Consensus Building for Sustainability Solutions Concentration
- Education for Sustainability Concentration
- Environmental Communication Concentration
- Environmental Policy Concentration
- Environmental Studies Concentration
- Reinventing Business Through Sustainability Concentration
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- Bachelor of Science
So you mean business? Good, so do we. Start gaining real business experience at great Vermont entrepreneurial companies like Burton Snowboards as early as your first year.
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Knowledge you gain from a Business Administration minor isn't limited to business. From theatre to technology, apply your skills to any interest or passion.
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Analyze digital information, navigate the realm of digital security, and form a strong foundation working with computers in the Computer & Digital Forensics minor.
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- Bachelor of Science
For our digital future to be secure, information must be safe. Earn real-world experience in computer networking and cybersecurity at Champlain College, and prepare yourself for a vital role protecting society from cyber threats.
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- Bachelor of Science
Help create the digital future. Free your creativity, do real work right away, and fuel your passion for technology and innovation.
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Analyze problems, develop software systems, and use a variety of tools to evaluate computer programs and bring your innovations to realization in the Computer Science minor.
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Develop a practical way of mediating conflict in your workplace, community, and personal life with Champlain College’s Conflict Management Minor.
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- Bachelor of Fine Arts
Develop your self-expression in our Creative Media major, and learn the business side of interdisciplinary production, digital creation, and entrepreneurship.
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Justice at all levels is a keystone of a functional society. Learn the criminal justice process at multiple levels and how your knowledge of this system can benefit your career.
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- Bachelor of Science
Make communities safer. Build a better and more just system. Be an agent of organizational change.
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Learn to develop and understand the security components of technology environments. Find solutions for networking and security problems while balancing business concerns and technical issues.
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The collection and analysis of data is one of the largest markets in the world. Learn how to analyze, manipulate, and integrate this data successfully and become part of the data-driven marketplace.
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- Bachelor of Science
Release your digital investigation skills. Adopt the investigator's mindset, solve mysteries, and master artifact discovery with Digital Forensics at Champlain College.
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- Bachelor of Science
Be a digital pioneer. Bring the fullness of your human self to the study of emerging technology, including Artificial Intelligence, and make sure the digital future is humane as well as human.
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- Bachelor of Science
Teaching is the ultimate way to shape the future. At Champlain College, you’ll be in classrooms during your first year, building deep expertise that leads to licensure.
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- Computer Science Education Concentration
- Early Childhood Education Concentration
- Elementary Teacher Education Concentration
- Middle Grades & Secondary Education Concentration
- Middle Grades English Language Arts Concentration
- Middle Grades Mathematics Concentration
- Middle Grades Social Studies Concentration
- Secondary Level English Concentration
- Secondary Level Mathematics Concentration
- Secondary Level Social Studies Concentration
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Learn how to turn ideas into profitable businesses or non-profit with an Entrepreneurship minor.
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Study environmental issues and the politics surrounding them to discover the action-oriented practicalities of what people and organizations can do to change the world for the better.
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Explore concepts of the individual, family, and community. Further develop your understanding as you discover the connections between them within historical, political, and social climates.
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Enter the world of the Filmmaking minor through supplementary classes designed to hone your creative and technical skills that will make your resume shine.
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- Bachelor of Fine Arts
Master the production of motion pictures and understand the global business of filmmaking. Use the latest tools, work on real projects, and turn your vision into reality through observation, imagination, storytelling and technical skill.
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- Bachelor of Fine Arts
Champlain College is a gaming industry hub, and the Game Art program builds your creative vision and your technical skills to make you job-ready.
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- Bachelor of Science
Gaming is global, and its future requires business leaders who understand the industry. Champlain College is a hub for gaming - study Game Business & Publishing and learn alongside your future peers.
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- Bachelor of Science
As a Game Design major at Champlain College, you'll start building worlds on day one, preparing for a burgeoning industry. And you'll understand the strategies, narratives and motivators that compel people to play.
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- Bachelor of Science
This one-of-a-kind program prepares you to guide the teams creating tomorrow's games. Immerse yourself in collaborative, hands-on projects in the Game Production Management major at Champlain College.
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- Bachelor of Science
Create successful games, build your portfolio, and learn programming within a creative gaming culture when you major in Game Programming at Champlain College.
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Hone your computer programming skills and apply that knowledge to create the dynamic environments, gameplay, characters, and more that make a successful game.
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- Bachelor of Science
Learn sound design from industry experts at Champlain, working with the same technology the pros use. Apply your skills and become a key part of a game development team, crafting successful games from start to finish.
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Implement the Game Sound Design minor into your education and uncover a path to a unique program designed to improve your skills in the sonic arts and digital music.
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Examine the physical, mental, and sociological aspects of aging, including the ways that society changes with an aging population with the Gerontology minor.
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Explore current issues, history, and languages of specific regions and countries around the world. Engage with theories and perspectives on political, economic, and social dynamics of globalization.
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Perfect your technical skills while learning how design impacts messaging and vice versa. Explore the latest digital-image software and learn how to create professional communication materials.
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- Bachelor of Fine Arts
Be a design thinker. Harness your creativity through print and digital graphics. Start building your portfolio right away.
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Discover the best practices for working with employees and management within an office while following legal requirements and effectively enforcing company policies.
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Identify core computer networking and infrastructure components and the roles they serve to supplement business, creative, and other professional pursuits.
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- Bachelor of Science
Design your own major through Champlain’s Degree Design Lab. You’ll combine courses and real-world learning experiences to personalize your own education.
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- Bachelor of Science
Tomorrow's technology requires good design to be usable. Specialize in user experience (UX) or user interface (UI) design at Champlain, and create new intersections between human minds and digital spaces.
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- Implementation Concentration
- Visual Design Concentration
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Discover different types of narratives that are immersive, non-linear, and engage our audience in a wholly new and unique way. Learn to design these narratives and create all new experiences.
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- Bachelor of Science
Put your audience in the writer's seat to create immersive and infinite games, virtual simulations, experiences, and digital stories.
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Identify the opportunities and challenges of navigating the variety of international markets, cultures and geopolitical contexts that arise when conducting business on a global scale.
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Examine the complex histories, cultures, political activities, and expressions of LGBTQ people while exploring larger social and institutional foundations like media representation and human rights.
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A strong base understanding of law and the legal system is a valuable asset to any résumé. Tailor your classes to focus on the specific kind of law that applies to your chosen career and get ahead.
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- Bachelor of Science
Businesses run on stories and data. Tune in to emerging marketing strategies and graduate ready for your career, with impressive industry-standard certifications.
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- Bachelor of Science
Start building your professional marketing skills right away, taking hands-on courses in your first semester. Intern with local companies, and graduate career-ready.
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Great marketing is a key part of any successful business. Learn the fundamentals of marketing to boost your resume, enhance your career, and get a better understanding of your industry.
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Acquire a solid foundation in mathematics theory, techniques, and applications that will inform work in your chosen career, and boost your résumé to help you get there.
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Effective media production is a foundation of any successful business. Learn about streaming, social media and traditional media, as well as how to write, produce, and edit content for each.
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- Bachelor of Science
Study human motivations and the latest neuroscience in a career-focused Psychology major that prepares you for this dynamic field.
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Develop a fundamental understanding of human behavior, and learn how to apply this knowledge to increase your interpersonal communication skills in your personal life and in the office.
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Discover the applications of real-time 3-D animation within media such as games, virtual reality, and virtual film production. Hone the artistic and technical skills needed to succeed in the field.
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Study the creation of 3-D art for real-time media like games, virtual reality, and film production. Develop the artistic and technical skills needed to create high-quality 3-D models and textures.
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See your work through the lens of social justice. Learn how social, economic, and political issues influence each other and affect an individual's or community's essential rights.
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- Bachelor of Social Work
Uplift families, empower individuals, and heal communities with Champlain's Social Work major.
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Discover how you can make an impact on the lives of others and practice the techniques of interpersonal communication with Champlain College’s Social Work minor.
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Business can do better—we’ll show you how ethical business policies and practices can build healthier communities and environments, without sacrificing profits.
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Bridge the gap between design and software development. Create dynamic designs and implement them with code for mobile apps, web apps, and other forms of electronic media.
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- Undeclared
It's ok not to know what you want to study or what career to pursue—we've got you covered. Our Upside-Down Curriculum lets you explore your options and interests, even if you're unsure about a major.
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Apply Undeclared in Communications & Creative Media to find your voice, artistic talent, and creative passion—and turn them into a career path unique to you.
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- Undeclared
At Champlain, we're building the world we want to live in using human-centered technology. Apply Undeclared to ITS to discover how you can shape the future with us.
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- Undeclared
The School of Social Innovation is all about positive impact. Apply Undecided to explore how your career can improve livelihoods and build better futures.
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- Undeclared
One of the most innovative and versatile fields, choosing Undeclared in Business at Champlain College is the first step to countless career opportunities in Burlington and beyond.
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- Bachelor of Science
Talent is an amazing ingredient, but it’s not the whole recipe. Working writers need a solid foundation in the mechanics of writing, a storyteller's gift for narrative, a poet's eye for detail, and drive to keep adapting and improving improving in a fast-changing industry. Champlain College can give you all that and more.
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- Editing / Publishing Concentration
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Develop strong writing skills in technical writing like journalism and grant writing and more creative writing like poetry and fiction. Increase your media literacy and written communication skills.
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Majors & Programs
With more than 100 professional areas of study—and career-relevant work experience built into each and every program—a Champlain degree offers a huge advantage when marketing yourself to prospective employers.
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