Champlain College’s Core Curriculum is an innovative, modern update to the liberal arts. This isn’t general education¡ªit’s specific education.
In addition to teaching you the work of your chosen career field, a Champlain education helps you cultivate all the skills and traits you’ll rely on throughout your life. You’ll develop your sense of curiosity, learning to formulate the questions that dig into the “how” and “why” of everything.
Instead of requiring a variety of general education classes and hoping you walk away with a better understanding of the world, we help you make important connections across disciplines. In our Core courses, you’ll learn new ways of thinking and new ways of engaging with the world around you.
Our Core Curriculum is designed to nurture Champlain¡¯s College Competencies in each student. These competencies¡ªthe essential skills that all Champlain students graduate with¡ªare introduced in stages, starting in your first semester. Throughout subsequent semesters, you¡¯ll further develop these skills and concepts, exploring their complexities and nuances. By the time you graduate, you will be equipped with a well-rounded education to back up your career-specific expertise.
Employers hire you for your industry-specific skills, but they keep you around (and promote you!) for your ability to create solutions, communicate effectively, and stand by your values.
You¡¯ll participate in discussions and projects that encourage you to explore the community, the world, and your own perspectives.
The hands-on and intellectual work you do in the Core Curriculum is a vital component of your Champlain College education.
Focus your senior year on what matters most to you. An important component of your fourth year of Core will be your Capstone project, which brings together your Core learning with the work of your major.