Mar 29, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Other Courses

  
  • CCC 412 - ITS Capstone Senior Project


    A senior-level seminar during which students implement and verify a technical capstone project specific to their major discipline that they have researched and designed under the supervision of their principal faculty member. Completed projects will be fully documented and presented in writing and orally to appropriate audiences.
    Prerequisites: C or better in CCC-410ITS and CCC-411.
    Credits: 3
    ITS - Information Technology and Science
  
  • CSI 480 - Innovation IV: Advanced Topics


    Computing is a very fast moving field.  This course will allow students to explore advances in computing and provide a deep dive into topics based on faculty expertise and student interest. 
    Prerequisites: C or better in (CSI-281 or CSI-270) and 90 credits
    Credits: 3
    ITS - Information Technology and Science
  
  • EGP 200 - Introduction to Modern Graphics Programming


    OLD DESCRIPTION: 
    Graphics Programming I looks into the basics of computer graphics from a programming perspective. Through the use of programs and graphics development tools, you’ll be introduced to and be able to implement 2D and 3D coordinate spaces. Line drawing algorithms and rasterization are presented and applied to make an image come alive to the viewer. Linear Algebra algorithms will be refreshed and/or introduced specific to the topic at hand.

    NEW DESCRIPTION: 
    This course delves into the basics of modern computer graphics from a programming perspective.  Through the use of modern graphics development tools, students are introduced to 2D and 3D coordinate spaces, drawing primitives, lighting and shading, data flow and manipulation, and modern GPU capabilities.  Linear algebra algorithms will be refreshed and/or introduced for applicable topics.
    Prerequisites: Unchanged
    Credits: 3
    ITS - Information Technology and Science
  
  • EGP 300 - Intermediate Graphics & Animation Programming


    OLD DESCRIPTION: 
    This course uses the technical foundations of knowledge attained in Graphics Programming I and expands these skills to include new tecniques and technologies. Students get an introduction to advanced graphics topics including skeletal animation, ray tracing, lighting and surfaces. Projects are introduced to implement these important visual effects. The knowledge obtained will be assimilated and applied to a wide range of usages and application. Linear Algebra algorithms will be refreshed and/or introduced specific to the topic at hand.

    NEW DESCRIPTION: 
    This course builds upon the technical foundations of knowledge attained in EGP 200.  Students get an introduction to advanced 3D graphics such as post-processing and advanced lighting algorithms.  The animation side introduces mesh manipulation techniques, such as morphing and skeletal animation, using modern GPU-based algorithms.  Linear algebra algorithms will be refreshed and/or introduced for applicable topics.
    Prerequisites: Unchanged
    Credits: 3
    ITS - Information Technology and Science
  
  • INV 210 - Creativity & Innov. in Bus.


    Students will learn about creativity from a multi-disciplinary perspective, develop confidence in their own flexible thinking abilities, learn how to practice creativity within a business framework, and appreciate how workplace environments affect creativity. Readings, case studies, class exercises, and projects will emphasize the role of applied creativity in areas such as business opportunity recognition, product design, customer service, and innovative management practices.
    Prerequisites: MGT 100 or BUS 110
    Credits: 3
    BUS - Business
  
  • MGT 140 - Introduction to Game Development Management


    Students will learn about team interactions, software project management processes, tools, and technologies, through observation, reflection, role-play and hands-on software project management.  Students are introduced to project management as a discipline, compare various software project management methodologies, discover and reflect on individual strengths and practices, and apply the Agile methodology to game development using Scrum, including day-to-day techniques to lead a team to success without waste, technical debt or “crunchtime.”
    Prerequisites: EGD 100: Game History and Development; Game Production Management students only or permission of SSB Associate Dean
    Credits: 3
    BUS - Business
  
  • MGT 365 - Entrepreneurship: Creating New Ventures


    Provides a discussion and immersion into the concepts of entrepreneurship as a career option. From ideation, innovation, and opportunity recognition through industry research and competitive analysis, students formulate a vision of their venture and evaluate it against the resources and constraints of the business environment for feasibility and sustainability. Students create a comprehensive business plan on a venture of their choosing.
    Prerequisites: MGT 270
    Credits: 3
    BUS - Business
  
  • PSY 385 - Psychology and Gender


    Evidence shows that all individuals are highly similar in terms of traits, attitudes, interests and behavior regardless of their gender identity or biological sex. Yet, gender differences are still exaggerated in popular discourse, gender nonconforming behavior is stigmatized, and institutional sex discrimination is entrenched. In this course, students study the impact of sex discrimination and gender inequality on the opportunities and wellbeing of individuals. Students explore ‘what works’ to improve gender parity in institutions and communities.
    Prerequisites: 57 credits; 6 credits from subject PSY with at least 3 credits from level 200
    Credits: 3
    EHS - Education and Human Studies
  
  • SON 165 - Business of Music, The


    Students examine the music business industry. We cover the development of business-related knowledge and skills necessary for effectively maintaining a professional music or music management career. We study the vocabulary terminology and structure of the music industry and explore the distinction between the musical and the business aspects of the industry at the corporate level. Through completion of assignments each student develops a unique understanding of the music business and of music management.
    Prerequisites: none
    Credits: 3
    CCM - Communication and Creative Media
  
  • WRT 215 - Magazine Publishing


    This course is an introduction to the basic principles of magazine writing and publishing for consumer and nonprofit publications. Students will learn and use appropriate industry terminology to explore the editorial missions and demographic strategies of several well-known national magazines; plan, write and edit magazine feature, profile and departmental stories; and work in teams to execute a unique magazine project that will be conceived, written, edited, designed and published in class.
    Note: This course does not cover literary or academic publishing.
    Prerequisites: WRT 200 Fundamentals of Journalism
    Credits: 3
    CCM (Communication and Creative Media)
  
  • WRT 347 - Transmedia Storytelling


    Students will learn to conceive and create stories—fictional and non-fictional—for distribution through a network of media platforms, an approach known as transmedia storytelling. Drawing on the theoretical work of influential media scholars and on the applied work of leading transmedia storytellers, students will gain an understanding of transmedia storytelling as an emergent phenomenon that illuminates profound shifts in how contemporary audiences gather, consume, and even co-create content—and the implications for content producers working in myriad communications disciplines.
    Prerequisites: COM 120 Media and Society; WRT 200 Fundamentals of Journalism OR WRT 220 Intermediate Creative Writing
    Credits: 3
    CCM (Communication and Creative Media)
  
  • WRT 350 - Reading and Writing in Genre


    Reading and Writing Genre is a rotating subject course that offers students the opportunity to read and write deeply across a broad spectrum of artistic, cultural and historic literature in specific genres – both English and translated – to be as representative as possible of the world literature canon. Genres covered in each course will vary based on the changing market and student interests.
    Prerequisites: WRT 120 Introduction to Creative Writing; WRT 220 Intermediate Creative Writing

    Course can be taken twice for credit.
    Credits: 3
    CCM (Communication and Creative Media)


Accounting

  
  • ACC 130 - Financial Accounting


    Accounting is the language of business. This course introduces the student to accounting from the point of view of the user of financial reports and is appropriate for personal as well as business applications. Students explore the impact of transactions on the financial position and profitability of a business, and analyze financial reports of real-world corporations.
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • ACC 135 - Accounting for Decision Making


    Students will learn the fundamental principles of financial transaction recording and how they impact financial statements; the relationship among the financial statements; and how to use accounting information in the managerial decision-making process. By applying these principles in real-world contexts, students will gain insight into how accounting information influences organization management in the decision making process.
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • ACC 140 - Managerial Accounting


    Managerial accounting focuses on the needs of management for accounting information to make informed decisions in the internal operations of a company. Topics include decision-making accounting for planning and control cost-volume-profit relationships, and budgeting. A computerized general ledger simulation project is required for accounting majors and available as an enrichment option for other students.
    Prerequisites: ACC-130
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • ACC 230 - Intermediate Accounting I


    The course continues the study of the topics introduced in Financial Accounting but shifts the point of view to that of the provider of accounting information. It presents an in-depth and critical study of generally accepted accounting concepts and principles. Topics include a review of the accounting cycle, the conceptual framework of accounting, the income statement and statement of cash flows. Students examine in detail the balance sheet items of cash receivables, inventories, and debt financing. (Fall only)
    Prerequisites: ACC-140
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • ACC 231 - Intermediate Accounting II


    The study of generally accepted accounting concepts and principles continues. Topics include equity financing; property, plant and equipment; intangible assets; investments in debt and equity securities; employee compensation; special revenue recognition methods, lease accounting, statement of cash flow, and financial statement analysis. (Spring only)
    Prerequisites: ACC-230
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • ACC 280 - Forensic Accounting


    This course serves as an introduction to forensic (fraud) accounting. Topics include fraud examination techniques, interview techniques rules of evidence relating to fraud, internal control methodology, asset misappropriation and financial statement misrepresentation. Students cover various fraud examination techniques. Students also learn rules of evidence as they relate to several different fraudulent activities including illegal activities such as wagering money laundering, cash skimming and embezzlement. Course presentation assumes basic accounting knowledge and guides the student into specialized applied settings, indicative of forensic accounting.
    Prerequisites: ACC-130
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • ACC 310 - Federal Taxes I


    Students learn the basic skills of tax planning and tax research for individuals. Topics covered include tax determination and payments, gross income inclusions and exclusions, and itemized deductions. Many actual federal tax forms for individuals are studied. In addition to their textbooks, students use the computerized federal tax code and the Internal Revenue Service web site. (Fall only)
    Prerequisites: ACC-130
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • ACC 311 - Federal Taxes II


    Provides students exposure to and application of federal tax laws impacting business entities.  The course includes business entity tax return preparation, including property transactions.  (Spring only)
    Prerequisites: ACC-310
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • ACC 340 - Cost Accounting I


    The accumulation and analysis of cost information plays a critical role both in preparing financial reports of the results of past activity and in planning and budgeting for future operations. This course emphasizes planning and controlling routine operations, non-routine decisions, long-range planning, and income determination. It also provides an in-depth look at modern corporate organizational structures . (Fall only)
    Prerequisites: ACC-140
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • ACC 341 - Cost Accounting II


    This continuation of cost accounting fundamentals emphasizes direct and absorption costing, capital budgeting, and inventory-control techniques. (Spring only)
    Prerequisites: ACC-340
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • ACC 345 - Cost Accounting


    Cost accounting presents the behavioral aspects of accounting and identifies essential data that managers use for planning and controlling, costing products and services, and performance measurement. Students study the basic concepts, uses, and procedures related to types of costs and costing systems and uses this information to solve business problems. They will develop quantitative and qualitative analytical skills to analyze and interpret raw data that support the business decision-making process and inventory costing.
    Prerequisites: ACC-140
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • ACC 350 - Accounting Information Systems


    This course acquaints students with the fundamentals of the accounting information system and how it functions and fits into the organization. Using a cycles approach, the course introduces internal control procedures, covers the basic elements of the revenue and expense cycles and enables students to become proficient with documentation techniques, such as flowcharting. The course focuses on the needs and responsibilities of accountants as users and developers of information technology, and as auditors. Students will explore the capabilities of different types of accounting software by using computerized accounting software, as well as undertaking a software research project.
    Prerequisites: ACC-231
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • ACC 360 - Governmental Accounting


    Focuses on accounting for state and local governments as contrasted with that for profit-making companies. It acquaints students with fund accounting, budgetary accounts, and governmental financial reporting and introduces accounting for not-for-profit organizations. Assignment material simulates accounting for the funds of a city. (Fall only)
    Prerequisites: ACC-231
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • ACC 370 - Volunteer Income Tax Assistance


    Students complete classroom instruction in tax law and preparation for individuals. Upon becoming IRS-certified, students engage in field experience preparing tax returns for elderly and low income citizens through the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.
    Prerequisites: Complete ACC-310.
    Credits: 1
    BUS
  
  • ACC 390 - Accounting Internship


    Student interns will meet on campus collectively and engage in reflective learning techniques including weekly reports, presentations and discussions of experiences and challenges faced in the course of their internship. As an intern students will secure on-the-job opportunities to develop knowledge, skills, and experience directly related to their prior coursework bridging the gap between academic success and real-world experience. Eighty internship hours will be required for this course.
    Prerequisites: Complete ACC-231
    Credits: 2
    BUS
  
  • ACC 400 - Advanced Accounting


    The study of selected advanced topics in financial accounting, including accounting for income taxes post-employment benefits, earnings per share accounting changes and errors, business combinations, consolidated financial statements accounting for foreign currency transactions, and ethical issues in accounting. (Fall only)
    Prerequisites: ACC-231
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • ACC 420 - Auditing


    An introduction to auditing theory and practice as governed by generally accepted auditing standards and accounting principles. Topical coverage includes the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Code of Professional Conduct auditors’ legal liability, planning an audit with emphasis on the study and evaluation of the internal control structure, audit evidence (what kind and how much), working papers, the various types of audit reports and a practical audit case. Class discussions delve into problems from recent CPA examinations, case problems and actual work experiences. (Spring only)
    Prerequisites: MTH-200 , ACC-231 is the corequisite course.,Take ACC-231
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • ACC 430 - CPA Problem Review


    An intensive review of selected topics in the Financial Accounting and Reporting; Business Environment and Concepts; and Regulation sections of the computer-based Uniform CPA Examination. This course is graded on a pass-fail basis. (Spring only).
    Prerequisites: ACC-341 ACC-400
    Credits: 3
    BUS

Art

  
  • ART 110 - Drawing, Introductory


    A studio course emphasizing a creative discovery of two-dimensional forms. Students will consider the nature and importance of light, values and graphic composition in selectively seeing and recording a visual world.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • ART 115 - Photography, Introduction to


    Students will learn the components of the 35mm camera; the interrelationship of ASA, aperture and shutter speed; and film types and their applications. Elements of composition, light and aesthetic values are covered. The darkroom and printing process are included in the course format. Practical and professional applications of photography also are examined. Students must provide a 35mm SLR camera.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • ART 120 - Art History: Survey of Western and Non-Western Art


    This course is a survey of Western and Non-Western art, architecture, and other forms of visual expression. Students will examine and critically engage with artifacts, and will consider the formal, conceptual, spiritual, social, political, economic, and cultural influences in the development of art. 
    Credits: 3
    CCM

  
  • ART 130 - Music Appreciation


    Explores the art of listening to music through its basic elements such as melody, harmony, rhythm texture, and form. Instruction will focus on guided listening to representative works from Western and non-Western cultures.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • ART 131 - The History of Musical Innovation


    Provides a historical context for the music of our age, including the study of medieval through contemporary musical styles of Europe and the U.S. Particular attention will be given to innovations that transformed Western musical thought and expression through the ages. Students will develop listening skills and gain an understanding of the roots, influences and cross-cultural impacts of music of their own time and place through experience with music listening, readings, discussion and comparative analysis.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • ART 135 - Anatomy & Perspective Drawing


    Anatomy and Perspective is a drawing class that uses the techniques of spatial rendering to frame the content of the class. In this class students explore the use of perspective and the figure in traditional techniques. Emphasis will be placed on drawing skills, composition, and form as students work to increase their technical and aesthetic skills.
    Prerequisites: ART-110 or permission through portfolio review
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • ART 145 - Sculpture, Introduction to


    A studio course emphasizing traditional and contemporary approaches to sculpture. Covers the varying physical properties of materials (wood metal, clay, plaster) and explores several methods of fabrication (carving, casting, modeling modular construction). Emphasizes ingenuity of invention and recognition of the evolutionary process involved in developing sculpture ideas. Students use sculpture as an expressive medium capable of enlarging awareness of his or her private perception while expanding an appreciation of the surrounding physical world.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • ART 181 - Dance As Expression


    This course introduces students to basic dance techniques used in various styles as a way to explore personal expression through movement. Students explore improvisation, basic choreography and performance presentation, while also learning to observe dance knowledgeably in order to initiate lifetime learning about a universal art form.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • ART 210 - Drawing, Intermediate


    Students further investigate the nature of drawing: exploring methods, materials, subject and concentrating increasingly on developing their individual perception, using the creation of imagery as a means of expressing personal identity. Studio work, field study, and scholarly research combine to document and build a student’s awareness of interpreting the subject matter s/he represents. Digital photography and Internet retrieval of imagery information are used as technological tools assisting an artist in understanding and creating work.
    Prerequisites: ART-110
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • ART 215 - Photography, Intermediate


    Focuses on increasing the student’s personal sense of vision by furthering their technical knowledge of the camera and darkroom process. Both artistic expression and practical career applications of photographic skills will be emphasized. In addition, students will contribute to a student or marketing publication, or display their work in a College exhibit. Laboratory time will average four hours per week. Students must provide a 35mm SLR camera. (Spring only)
    Prerequisites: ART-115
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • ART 220 - Cultural Immersion Through the Fine Arts,Seminar


    This course is required for all students accepted to a Champlain Study Abroad campus. The study abroad will include both cultural immersion sessions and exploration and analysis of the culture through the lens of the fine arts. Students will meet weekly with their instructor to discuss their explorations and intercultural interactions. The semester will conclude with the students creating a presentation that highlights their experiences and learning. Their presentations will be shared with the Champlain community the following term.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • ART 230 - Ciao Italia


    Ciao Italia is a fine art elective, which focuses on Italian Renaissance art and architecture and includes a 10-14 day trip to Florence, Italy during the summer. See the works of famous masters such as Michelangelo, Brunelleschi Botticelli and Giotto while keeping a journal/sketchbook during the trip abroad. Students will learn about Italian culture history and basic Italian language skills in a cultural immersion context as well as exploring Vermont’s own history with Italian immigration.
    Prerequisites: 30 completed credits
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • ART 235 - Introduction to Painting


    This course provides a studio experience in the art of painting in oils. Students will learn the basics, such as using brushes, wood panel preparation, and canvas stretching. Students will review basic principles through exercises in value and hue relationships, effective color mixture and more. Students will progress through composition basic painting techniques, and studies in the nature of the paint stroke itself, and discuss pertinent masterworks and important movements in the history of art.
    Prerequisites: Take ART-110.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • ART 240 - Drawing in Spain: The Art of Travel


    The course begins with an appreciation of Spain developed through guided reading, lectures and discussions followed by practice in basic language skills to facilitate adventure beyond the welltrod path. On-campus studies will be followed by a twelve-day tour of Spain in which students will penetrate the ”travel poster” stereotypes by exercising the deeper exploration afforded by drawing. The world-class museums of Madrid Barcelona and the arts and architecture of the Moorish south will be highlights of the tour, but students can also expect to stop along the way to savor Spanish life.
    Prerequisites: ART-110 OR ART-135, or permission of instructor.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • ART 250 - Women & The Arts


    Focus on contemporary women artists working in a variety of media, and the social/political challenges surrounding their lives and art. Students will examine the historical forces that have shaped key artists’ lives. We also investigate how men and women have been depicted throughout art history. Students will discuss, write journal entries, conduct research and present artistic projects, with the goal of creating a shared and open dialogue about women in the arts.
    Prerequisites: ART-120 or COR-220 or COR-270, or by Permission of Dean.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • ART 282 - Sequential Art


    Learn techniques needed to effectively combine words with pictures in the creation of graphic novels, comic strips and storyboards. Students will learn how to render human and animal figures, and the methods of composition that best serve the storytelling. The media used will be manual (pencil, paper, ruler, triangle, pen and ink, and watercolors), but we will cover Photoshop’s and Adobe Illustrator’s useful tools for typography and coloring. The written element will focus on developing concise dialogue and nimble pacing.
    Prerequisites: 27 Completed Credits AND one of the following courses: ART-110, ART-135, or GDD-111 Enrollment could also be granted by permission of the CCM Dean.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • ART 312 - Printmaking Studio


    Printmaking, the original graphic art, is how images have been reproduced for hundreds of years a history you will have learned in GDD-220. In this studio course you will learn how to both create and print from original plates by techniques of relief printing, etching, and lithography, offering first-hand experience with the challenges and rewards of making multiple copies of original artwork through traditional means. Contact hours per week: 4.
    Prerequisites: ART-110 or ART-135 Graphic Design and Digital Media majors only.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • ART 315 - Advanced Digital Photography


    This course is a continuation of The Digital Image (GDD-210) and an advanced survey into DSLR camera use with an emphasis on RAW file capture and manipulation. Continuous practice will be provided for the capture and refined manipulation of digital photographic RAW files. Students will produce a portfolio illustrating their creative and technical photographic abilities. Photo printing materials must be purchased (inkjet photo paper), and a personally owned DSLR is highly recommended.
    Prerequisites: GDD-210
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • ART 330 - Ceol Na Heirann: Cultural Immersion,Through Music


    This course will explore the history and culture of Ireland through the medium of music, ranging from the 12th century to the present day, and will encompass numerous musical genres, ranging from traditional, classical, folk, ballad, dance music fusion, and contemporary Irish music. It is intended that in addition to classroom/academic study of the music, that students will engage and experience same by attendance at recitals, céilí (dances), concerts, and various gigs around the city throughout the semester.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • ART 339 - Painting Other Worlds


    Learn to create 21st Century images from your mind’s eye, based on concepts and techniques of the early 20th Century avant-garde movements. Develop new, stylized paintings through the study of rare, visually stunning, non-traditional masterworks. The modernist paintings that serve as inspirational material for this course do not rely on the academic draftsmanship or classical methods mastered (but rejected) by their creators. Highly skilled Game Art students will be provided with fresh approaches to developing their own universes. Students with less artistic experience will succeed by expressing their own ideas, visions, and feelings on canvas.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • ART 351 - Public Art, Private Practices


    What do you want to see in the spaces you inhabit? We will look at public art from ancient propaganda and celestial calendar markers to the role of public art today, examining how art goes beyond the monument to spark public conversation. Traditional ways of making art will be explored along with new genres such as participatory projects and interactive media. Issues such as permanent versus ephemeral, cultural sensitivity accessibility and the notion of authorship and ownership, of ‘public’ versus ‘private’ will be analyzed. Each student will research current and historical public projects and create their own projects, connecting areas of inquiry to our current community.
    Prerequisites: Complete CRE-200 OR 57 credits.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • ART 380 - Advanced Art History:special Topics


    Focuses on the ability to reference art history critical theory and art theory, which is vital in any creative practice. Students will gain depth and understanding around a specific period or artistic movement in the field of art, and acquire the ability to put other artwork including their own, in context. Course content will be dependent upon the location (i.e. Burlington, Montreal or Dublin). These courses provide an opportunity to study a specialized topic at a more advanced level.
    Prerequisites: TAKE ART-120.
    Credits: 3
    CCM

Broadcast Media Production

  
  • BRD 110 - Video Storytelling


    This class is designed to provide students who have little or no digital video production knowledge with an introduction to methods and strategies for production of digital video stories. Using the art of telling a story, the class will create educational, informational or personal experience video productions utilizing audio, video, scriptwriting and digital editing techniques. The class will be focused around hands-on projects, critiques and editing on nonlinear workstations.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • BRD 130 - Audio Production


    This hands-on production course introduces audio techniques, covering the basics of writing, producing, and engineering productions for audio production. Students write, produce and perform a variety of programs including news, interviews, commercials, dramas and documentaries. Besides traditional analog recording techniques, students gain a solid understanding of digital audio recording and editing techniques for persuasion, information and entertainment.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • BRD 135 - Radio Practicum


    Radio Practicum is a one credit course that provides students with hands-on experience in radio by working for Champlain Web Radio, the campus radio station.  In addition to  attending class once per week, students will work at the station an additional 4 hours per week.
    Prerequisites: Complete BRD-130
    Credits: 1
    CCM
  
  • BRD 135B - Radio Practicum


    Radio Practicum is a one credit course that provides students with hands-on experience in radio by working for Champlain Web Radio, the campus radio station.  In addition to attending class once per week, students will work at the station an additional 4 hours per week.
    Prerequisites: Complete BRD-130
    Credits: 1
    CCM
  
  • BRD 135C - Radio Practicum


    Radio Practicum is a one credit course that provides students with hands-on experience in radio by working for Champlain Web Radio, the campus radio station.  In addition to attending class once per week, students will work at the station an additional 4 hours per week.
    Prerequisites: Complete BRD-130
    Credits: 1
    CCM
  
  • BRD 140 - Radio Production I


    This course introduces students to the basic operation of a radio station.  Students will learn to produce audio content, sound board operation, creation of station promotions and IDs; the basics of interviewing and audience research; and the differences between broadcast and internet platforms for radio. Students will work closely with the college radio station, the Wave, in all assignments.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • BRD 216 - Broadcast Writing


    This course examines techniques, styles, formats and theories involved in writing for producing broadcast and streaming media such as radio, television, and web sites featuring video. Students will learn how to write effective
    material including public service announcements, commercials, features, news, education and training programs. The focus of the course is on the elements of style unique to media received in an electronically delivered venue.
    Prerequisites: Complete COR-125
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • BRD 218 - News Writing and Production


    Emphasis on broadcast journalism, writing and field production for television and radio news. Students get practice in producing, writing, shooting and editing news stories, fusing editorial and technical skills. Students also create multimedia stories for the web, mixing audio and photography.
    Prerequisites: Complete COR-125 and BRD-110
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • BRD 230 - Production of Social Media


    This content and hands on production class examines and creates audio and video for web cast, podcasts, and social media venues. Students will script, capture, edit, enhance and host audio and video projects for specific
    audiences.
    Prerequisites: Complete BRD-110 or MCM-220
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • BRD 240 - Radio Production II


    Students will refine their writing, producing, editing and on-air delivery skills through the creation of various audio programming geared for broadcast and online platforms.  Content may focus on news, sports and cultural  programming and other creative elements that will be prepared for the college radio station as well as other online platforms.
    Prerequisites: BRD 140 or by permission of Program Director
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • BRD 245 - Video Field Production


    Applies the theory and techniques of video production as used for entertainment, business, education and customer communication. Video editing techniques and principles of good composition, structure and program design are emphasized. Students are challenged to discern what makes a good story or project idea for each of several different content objectives. Students will produce, shoot, write and edit videos with an emphasis on storytelling and effective communication.
    Prerequisites: Complete either BRD-110, BRD-216 or BRD-218.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • BRD 250 - Show Producing I


    This course introduces students to the variety of producing skills for different show formats that are currently used in the industry. Students will learn the skills of a successful broadcast producer, including research, proposal and script writing, personnel management, content creation, and field- and studio-based programming. Students will apply skills and concepts by producing programs in two different formats, such as news and talk show. 
    Prerequisites:

    BRD 216 or BRD 218 or program director approval
    Credits: 3
    CCM

  
  • BRD 330 - Advanced Audio and Sound Design


    The purpose of the course is to advance the student’s knowledge of audio production in sound and music recording as well as the relationship between sound and picture.  The course will cover sound design for music/audio, film, video, egame, web content and other electronic arts.  There will be an emphasis on the creative and artistic approaches to sound design.  In addition, through assignments and lab work students will further develop the skills of critical listening to fully realize a convincing soundtrack.
    Prerequisites: Complete BRD-130 and 60 credits
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • BRD 345 - Multi-Cam Production


    Students develop skills in studio and field production. They will produce multi-camera studio programs and develop skills in technical directing, audio board operation, graphics and scriptwriting. Students learn with a mobile
    production facility and create pieces for broadcast and live web streaming.
    Prerequisites: Complete BRD-245
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • BRD 350 - Show Producing II


    This course builds on the producing skills learned in BRD 250. Students will operate in producer roles such as line producer, segment producer, show producer and public affairs producer by creating programs for the audio and video mediums. Students will produce broadcast quality programming for commercial and noncommercial formats, develop proposals, conduct research, write scripts, and produce studio and field-based programming.  
    Prerequisites:

    BRD 250 or program director approval
    Credits: 3
    CCM

  
  • BRD 410 - Broadcast Management and Programming


    A study of the theory and practice of broadcast station management and programming. Students will develop an understanding of management in relation to decision making for broadcast outlets. Areas covered will include personnel, budget, government regulatory framework, problem solving, documenting and reporting, legal environment, ownership, and policy. This course also examines the structure of the industry as it relates to entertainment, information, and the audience including programming applications such as formats, genres, trends, program selection, scheduling, accountability and audience ratings methods and their impact. Critical standards are developed by introducing humanistic and scientific modes of program analysis. Students will conduct case study research related to their career direction.
    Prerequisites: Must complete 90 credits prior to taking this course. Only open to Public Relations, Communication and Broadcast majors.
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • BRD 445 - Client-Based Production


    Students will master production and writing techniques for client-based relationships on a strict timeline. The class works with real clients, corporate and non-profit and their need will be the production basis of the course. Run
    as a real-life hands-on application, students complete video projects in teams and independently.
    Prerequisites: Complete BRD-245
    Credits: 3
    CCM
  
  • BRD 450 - Media History: The Cultural Impact of Television


    This course offers a survey of modern media history through the study of the social and cultural impact of television series from the 1950’s to the present.  Students explore the portrayal of life on television, the motives of the evolving broadcast industry and how modern culture is reflected in and shaped by programming.
    Prerequisites: Open to juniors and seniors or permission of instructor.  Open to all majors.
    Credits: 3
  
  • BRD 475 - Broadcast Field Practicum


    Students gain practical experience as interns at a site appropriate to the major, such as at a broadcast facility, production house or corporate communications department. In addition to involvement in the workings of their placement organizations, students will gain additional professional understanding through class requirements.
    Prerequisites: Complete MCM-355 and 90 credits
    CCM

Business

  
  • BUS 110 - Business and the Entrepreneurial Mindset


    Students will work in teams and spend their semester running their own virtual company through a simulated business experience. Students will make a variety of business decisions, from choosing quantities of inputs, to marketing plans to shop layout, employment structure and more. Students will explore the key areas of business marketing, management, economics, etc. as they explore different scenarios surrounding their business. Each decision will put theory to practice and determine their team’s market standing against the class.
    Prerequisites: This course requires permission of the Assistant Dean of the Division of Business.
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • BUS 115 - Quantitative Language of Business


    This course will bridge the gap between abstraction and relevant business application of mathematical tools and concepts, impress upon students the importance of being numerically competent in the workplace, and introduce them to mathematical models that aid in business decision-making. It is designed to provide relevant quantitative skills for the workplace; including, but not limited to, demand forecasting risk analysis, time value of money, pricing decisions, and marginal analysis among others.
    Prerequisites: This course is only open to students in the Division of Business.
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • BUS 120 - Marketing & the Organizational Mindset


    Business decisions begin with a fundamental understanding of the marketplace. From target market to competition globalization to industry analysis, businesses must evaluate the marketing organizational management, and international implications of decision-making. Students explore the behavioral and business decision-making process for marketing and management as they are introduced to these strategic processes critical to business success. Students will learn how to build and function within successful teams as they engage with Vermont-based businesses to analyze and recommend solutions to real-world business challenges and opportunities.
    Prerequisites: BUS-110 or permisison of Assistant Dean
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • BUS 210 - Corporate Social Responsibility


    This course explores how business can be a force for positive change in the world. Students examine how CSR is more than simply being ‘less bad’, but rather how being ‘good’ involves creating sustainable value both within a company and beyond. Through theoretical and hands-on exploration with CSR-minded companies, students learn how to balance the needs of a wide array of stakeholders, from shareholders to customers local communities, and even the natural environment to change the world through business.
    Prerequisites: BUS-120
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • BUS 310 - International Bus. and Macroeconomics


    Students will be able to analyze country-specific socio-cultural, economic, and political forces and the myriad of opportunities and challenges they present to international businesses and organizations. Students will apply theories and strategies of international business and related macroeconomic principles to real-world issues and cases by conducting country “risk assessments” and developing foreign market entry strategies. Students will also be challenged to identifY their own sense of cultural identity through comparisons with differing country-level and individual cultural perspectives.
    Prerequisites: BUS-210, ECN-255
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • BUS 490 - Business Internship


    This is a zero credit summer internship course.
    Prerequisites: Approval of the Dean
    Credits: 0
    BUS

Business & Management

  
  • MGT 499 - Management Thesis


    Credits: 3
    BUS

Business Law

  
  • BLW 140 - Business Law I


    An overview of the entire legal system, with an emphasis on contract rights. The essential elements of a contract, the breach of contracts and the remedies for breach are discussed. Business and consumer laws, including white-collar crime, landlord-tenant rights, real property interests and administrative law are presented.
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • BLW 245 - Business Law II


    Focuses on various forms of legal entities: public and private corporations, limited and general partnerships, and Articles 2 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. The major laws governing securities, antitrust, bankruptcy, and environmental issues are reviewed. Special emphasis is given to the legal liability of the professional. This course is designed for the future business manager, entrepreneur, or professional who wishes to have information regarding laws governing business.
    Prerequisites: LAW-140
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • BLW 310 - International Business Law


    The course provides an overview of international legal principles used to facilitate international business, and the mechanisms of litigation, dispute resolution, regulatory control, applicable consumer protection, and international business legal norms. Focus areas include international trade; licensing, technology exchange, intellectual property, foreign direct investment, international sales, and regulation of the international market.
    Prerequisites: Complete 60 credit hours and LAW-140; or by approval of the Dean.
    Credits: 3
    BUS
  
  • BLW 370 - Employment Law


    In this course students identify the myriad of legal issues surrounding the workplace, employment relationships, human resources, and federal and state regulation of the employment environment. Topics within the course include employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, health and retirement benefits, occupational health and safety, competition and trade secret agreements sexual harassment, and privacy rights.
    Prerequisites: Complete BLW-140 OR MGT-330 OR LEG-110
    Credits: 3
    BUS

College Capstone

  
  • CCC 310 - Integrative Film Practies


    Integrative thinking is an integral part of creative work, and is one the competencies of which students must demonstrate mastery in the senior Capstone course. In this 1 credit course students will explore and apply integrative thinking to filmmaking in general, will create a preliminary proposal for their senior film that demonstrates their use of integrative thinking and will examine some concepts of ethics in the filmmaking profession.
    Prerequisites: Film majors only. Take DFM-315 as a pre-requisite or co-requisite.
    Credits: 1
    CCM
  
  • CCC 410 - College Capstone


    The college capstone is an opportunity for students to pursue a self-directed experience in their professional program that intentionally integrates their liberal learning in the Core curriculum with their program learning. In addition to the substantive professional-based hands-on project in this class, the capstone will include a professional ethics component and a self-evaluation/self-reflection component.
    Prerequisites: Must complete COR-310, COR-320, and two sections of COR-330 All Game majors (EGPR.BS, GDES.BS, GART.BS must also complete EGD-320 with a minimum grade of C.
    Credits: 5
    BUS
  
  • CCC 410BRD - Broadcast Media Production Capstone


    Prerequisites: Complete BRD-445
    Credits: 4
    CCM
  
  • CCC 410COM - Capstone Project in Communication


    Prerequisites: Complete BRD-445
    Credits: 4
    CCM
  
  • CCC 410CRE - Creative Media Capstone


    The college capstone is an opportunity for students to pursue a self-directed experience in their professional program that intentionally integrates their liberal learning in the Core curriculum with their program learning. In addition to the substantive professional-based, hands-on project in this class, the capstone will include a professional ethics component and a self-evaluation/self-reflection component.

    This capstone course for Creative Media BFA program students will explore areas necessary for future artistic endeavors outside the undergraduate college-professional opportunities and/or further studies for today’s artist. The areas that structure the capstone course are as follows: 

    • Demonstrating proficiency (conceptual, technical, and communicative) in three creative media;
    • Understanding one’s artistic work in relation to one’s self-concept-the personal impulse to make art as well as individual artistic interests and goals;
    • Situating one’s artistic work in connection to other works, art movements, and aesthetic traditions; and
    • Conceiving and executing a group exhibition of capstone student artwork.

    Prerequisites: CRE 350 (Portfolio II)

    all Core 300 level classes
    Credits: 4
    CCM (Communication and Creative Media)

  
  • CCC 410CRJ - College Capstone: Criminal Justice


    Students will pursue a self-directed experience in their professional program that intentionally integrates their liberal learning in the Core curriculum with their major. In addition to the substantive professional-based hands-on project in this class, the capstone will include a self-evaluation/self-reflection component.
    Prerequisites: Must complete COR-310, COR-320, and two sections of COR-330.
    Credits: 3
    EHS
  
  • CCC 410EDU - Student Teaching Capstone


    Students will describe, analyze, and reflect on their student teaching experiences and develop a portfolio for state licensure by bringing to bear their professional skills and knowledge and their liberal, interdisciplinary learning. Students will analyze and apply professional ethics and best practices to current and emerging issues in the profession of education.
    Prerequisites: Co-Requisite with EDU-490; all 300 level program requirements; and all CORE requirements and/or permission of the program director.
    Credits: 3
    EHS
  
  • CCC 410ENP - College Capstone: Environmental Policy


    The college capstone is an opportunity for students to pursue a self-directed experience in their professional program that intentionally integrates their liberal learning in the Core curriculum with their program learning. In addition to the substantive professional-based hands-on project in this class, the capstone will include a professional ethics component and a self-evaluation/self-reflection component.
    Prerequisites: Must complete COR-310, COR-320, and two sections of COR-330
    Credits: 4
    EHS (Education and Human Studies)
  
  • CCC 410FIN - College Capstone - Finance


    The college capstone is an opportunity for students to pursue a self-directed experience in their professional program that intentionally integrates their liberal learning in the Core curriculum with their program learning. In addition to the substantive professional-based hands-on project in this class, the capstone will include a professional ethics component and a self-evaluation/self-reflection component. This course is a capstone experience allowing students the opportunity to manage a live investment management portfolio. This is the first of a two course capstone sequence.
    Prerequisites: Must complete FIN300, COR310, COR320, and two sections of COR-330. FIN410 should be taken either before or together with the capstone. 
    Credits: 2
    BUS - Business
  
  • CCC 410FLM - Filmmaking Capstone


    The college capstone is an opportunity for students to pursue a self-directed experience in their professional program that intentionally integrates their liberal learning in the Core curriculum with their program learning. In addition to the substantive professional-based hands-on project in this class, the capstone will include a professional ethics component and a self-evaluation/self-reflection component.
    Prerequisites: Must complete COR-310, COR-320, and two sections of COR-330.
    Credits: 4
    EHS
  
  • CCC 410INV - Management and Innovation Capstone I: Design Thinking


    Design thinking lays a foundation for creating meaningful impact in the workplace. In this hands-on, project based course, you will experience how design thinking can be used to create innovative, meaningful solutions to business, education, and social problems. You will work with a team to apply design thinking to a series of challenges including a live-client project. You will gain the knowledge and tools to apply this framework in your field of study. This course is the first in the Management & Innovation capstone series.
    Prerequisites:

    Prerequisites: Students must have completed COR-310, COR-320 and two sections of COR-330. Students must also have completed or be enrolled in INV-210, INV-310, INV-410.
    Credits: 2
    BUS

  
  • CCC 410ITS - Capstone Design


    A senior-level seminar during which students research, design and plan a technical capstone project that demonstrates their ability to identify a research problem and solution that draw on their theoretical and practical training in their academic major and that can be executed in one academic semester.
    Prerequisites: 90 completed credits
    Credits: 1
    ITS
  
  • CCC 410LEG - College Capstone: Law


    Students will pursue a self-directed experience in their professional program that intentionally integrates their liberal learning in the Core curriculum with their major. In addition to the substantive professional-based hands-on project in this class, the capstone will include a self-evaluation/self-reflection component.
    Prerequisites: Must complete COR-310, COR-320, and two sections of COR-330.
    Credits: 3
    EHS
  
  • CCC 410MCM - Media Communication Capstone


    Credits: 4
    CCM
  
  • CCC 410MKT - Marketing College Capstone


    The marketing capstone is a senior-level opportunity for marketing majors to pursue a self-directed independent project in their chosen area of professional interest. It is the culmination of their full body of course work including liberal arts, professional program and minor area of study. A heavy emphasis will be placed on being an ethically-minded marketing professional as well as the transition from student to professional.
    Prerequisites:

    • Marketing Major only (or Dean permission) with 90+ credits.

    • All COR 300 level requirements completed

    • All MKT 200 level requirements completed (MKT 210, 250, 255, 270 and 290)

    • C or better GPA in Marketing required courses


    Credits: 3
    BUS

  
  • CCC 410PSY - Psychology Capstone


    The college capstone is an opportunity for students to pursue a self-directed experience in their professional program that intentionally integrates their liberal learning in the Core curriculum with their program learning. In addition to the substantive professional-based hands-on project in this class, the capstone will include a professional ethics component and a self-evaluation/self-reflection component.
    Prerequisites: Must complete COR-310, COR-320, and two sections of COR-330.
    Credits: 3
    EHS (Education and Human Studies)
  
  • CCC 410SWK - Social Work Capstone: Field Seminar 2


    The Social Work college capstone is an opportunity for students to pursue individualized self-directed learning activities that occur concurrent to their field practicum experience intentionally integrating their interdisciplinary
    learning in the Core curriculum. Students will focus on professional ethics and generalist practice skills using self-reflection and self-evaluation components.
    Prerequisites: Co-Requisite with SWK-495; all CORE 300’s
    Credits: 3
    EHS
  
  • CCC 411 - ITS Capstone Reflection


    Prerequisites: ITS division major and 90 completed credits
    Credits: 1
    COR
 

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