The born educator, the team player, the change maker, the advocate.
It takes more than passion to be a change-maker. Combine science with a foundational understanding of human behaviors and social institutions, and you can more effectively advocate for the change you want to see.
Improve the lives of individuals and communities starting with your own critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and effective participation.
Local, national and global change start with your own ability to solve problems, think strategically and effectively communicate information. Whether you want to steer environmental decisions or advocate for social safety nets, start with a firm understanding in your chosen field.
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Our Upside-Down Curriculum gets you in major-specific classes early so you can have real-world experiences early and often. Get hands-on experience and start making a difference, now.
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Imagine manifesting your colorful childhood imagination on screens large and small. Now imagine getting paid to do it all day.
View MajorUse math to tell stories, crack real-world issues, explore diverse applications, and gain problem-solving skills for future success in many industries.
View MajorThe 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.
View MajorView ConcentrationHelp create the digital future. Free your creativity, do real work right away, and fuel your passion for technology and innovation.
View MajorMake communities safer. Build a better and more just system. Be an agent of organizational change.
View MajorDesign your own major through Champlain’s Degree Design Lab. You’ll combine courses and real-world learning experiences to personalize your own education.
View MajorRelease your digital investigation skills. Adopt the investigator’s mindset, solve mysteries, and master artifact discovery with Digital Forensics at Champlain College.
View MajorView MinorBe 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.
View MajorTeaching 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.
View MajorMaster 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.
View MajorView MinorBe a design thinker. Harness your creativity through print and digital graphics. Start building your portfolio right away.
View MajorTomorrow’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.
View MajorView ConcentrationStudy human motivations and the latest neuroscience in a career-focused Psychology major that prepares you for this dynamic field.
View MajorView MinorUplift families, empower individuals, and heal communities with Champlain’s Social Work major.
View MajorView MinorIt’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.
View MajorApply Undeclared in Communications & Creative Media to find your voice, artistic talent, and creative passion—and turn them into a career path unique to you.
View MajorThe School of Social Innovation is all about positive impact. Apply Undecided to explore how your career can improve livelihoods and build better futures.
View MajorTalent 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.
View MajorDevelop a practical way of mediating conflict in your workplace, community, and personal life with Champlain College’s Conflict Management Minor.
View MinorStudy 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.
View MinorExplore concepts of the individual, family, and community. Further develop your understanding as you discover the connections between them within historical, political, and social climates.
View MinorExamine the physical, mental, and sociological aspects of aging, including the ways that society changes with an aging population with the Gerontology minor.
View MinorExplore 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.
View MinorExamine the complex histories, cultures, political activities, and expressions of LGBTQ people while exploring larger social and institutional foundations like media representation and human rights.
View MinorStudy human motivations and the latest neuroscience in a career-focused Psychology major that prepares you for this dynamic field.
View MajorView MinorUplift families, empower individuals, and heal communities with Champlain’s Social Work major.
View MajorView MinorBusiness 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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