Influence how people interact with the world.
Creative arts and communication are cornerstones to how we interact with one another personally and professionally. From writing to animation, become a professional practitioner of your chosen medium building a portfolio you can take into the real-world.
Creative Arts & Communication
In an increasingly interconnected world, communicators have an advantage when it comes to driving change. Regardless of your medium, use your creativity and skill to transform the future.
Explore Programs in this PathwayThe Design professors at Champlain don’t just teach you how to make something “pretty”; there is a focus on learning how to think with systems and how to visually communicate.
Current Outlook & Opportunities in the Field
Median annual wage for special effects artists & animators, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Projected job growth for web developers & digital designers until 2032, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Median annual wage for public relations & fundraising managers, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Career Options
Build transferrable skills and knowledge that you can apply across multiple industries. From studios to government agencies, you’ll have options!
- Product Design
- Animator
- Cinematographer
- Curator
- Technical Writer
- UX/Content Designer
- Web Designer
- Audio Engineer
- Grant Writer
- Podcaster
Career Outcomes
Every Champlain major has career potential. Why? Because our programs are aligned with today’s in-demand industries and fastest-growing careers while looking toward tomorrow’s newly emerging fields.
Check Out Our Success StatsWhere Our Alumni Work
Coursework Highlights
Learn by doing in our career-focused classes.
- Animation & Interactivity
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Global IT & Ethics
- Open Source Software Development
- The Law of Searching, Seizing and Using Digital Evidence
- 3D Animation I Advanced Animation & Special Effects
- The Business of Information Security
Through my education, I’ve been able to expand my art into multiple mediums like graphic design, photography, and video production. My education has allowed me to learn new ways to create and be creative.
Find Your Fellow Creators
Majors
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Major – 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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Major – 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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Major – 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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Major – 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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Major – 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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Major – 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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Major – 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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Major – 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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Major – 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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Major – 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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Major – 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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Major – 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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Major – Undeclared
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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Major – 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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Major – 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
Minors
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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More Inside Career Pathways
Business & Data Analytics
Drive change at the intersection of information and impact with one of these majors.
Creative Arts & Communication
With many majors to choose from, you decide how to bring your ideas to life and communicate them to the world.
Cybersecurity, Computer Science & Digital Technology
Solve everyday problems to build a better future with one of these tech-centered majors.
Education, Humanities & the Sciences
The born educator, the team player, the change maker, the advocate. Which of these human-centered majors fits you career goals?
Game Design & Development
Turn concepts into digital reality. Explore our seven gaming majors to determine which path matches your interests.
Individualized Studies & Undeclared
Learn what you love, and love what you learn with one of these professional pathways.
Law & Society
Want to uphold a system of justice through meaningful public service? Check out these majors that revolve around "doing good."