Develop specific knowledge and skills by creating your own major at Champlain College.

Champlain’s Degree Design Lab blends some of Champlain’s greatest strengths. It encourages innovative thinking, creative problem-solving, and experiential learning in the context of career development. Students in this program are assessed based on demonstrated competency in a variety of areas—many of which will be dependent on the student’s chosen academic threads.

In addition to academically specific learning outcomes, all students who graduate with a major in Integrative Professional Studies will be able to:

  • demonstrate professional expertise in their chosen fields of study, as well as the agility to apply their expertise across and between multiple professional contexts;
  • recognize and apply appropriate interdisciplinary and integrative strategies for solving complex problems;
  • contextualize “professionalism” and the professions within broader social and cultural conditions;
  • apply critical judgement that is predicated on asking good questions and recognizing the value of diverse perspectives; and
  • demonstrate proficiency in each of the Champlain College competencies.

More Inside Learning Outcomes for Degree Design Lab, Integrative Professional Studies