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STUDENT RESOURCES
Campus Facilities
Policies & Procedures
Program Specifics & Graduation Requirements
Technical Requirements & Assistance
Campus Facilities
BOOKSTORE
Textbooks
Ordering textbooks for your online course(s) is easy and
convenient. To access the OnLine Bookstore CLICK
HERE
Software
Your courses may require the use of special
software. All can be purchased at an academic
discount through the Champlain College Bookstore. Contact
us for more information via e-mail at bkstore@champlain.edu
or by calling 802-863-8961.
Clothing or Gift Items
The Champlain College Bookstore carries many great clothing
and gift items. For more information, contact them via
e-mail at bkstore@champlain.edu
or by phone at 802-863-8961.
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CAREER SERVICES
As a Champlain College student, you’ll
benefit from the top-notch services provided by our Career
Services Office. Champlain has been cited by the Kaplan/Newsweek
College Catalog as one of the U.S. colleges offering “the
best career services.” Services and resources include:
- Self-assessment (including the Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator®)
- Individual career advising
- Assistance developing and editing
resumes, cover letters and other job-search documents
- Interviewing practice
- Referrals to jobs (full-time, part-time,
temporary, seasonal, work-study), internships and volunteer
opportunities
- Strategies for conducting a successful
job search
- Career Resource Library
While a number of these services and
resources are available through e-mail or the Internet,
others may require that you visit the Career Services
Office in person.
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LIBRARY
The Champlain College library, the Miller
Information Commons (MIC), offers a wide array of research
tools for your use, including an extensive collection
of full-text electronic journals, as well as electronic
books, print books and periodicals. You may also easily
access online books, journals and other resources from
the MIC Web site at cosmos.champlain.edu/library,
which also lists library services, hours and staff information,
and provides several starting points to help you find
what you need.
The MIC subscribes to several online
databases that are available only to currently enrolled
students, such as InfoTrac Searchbank, ProQuest and EBSCOhost
Business Premier periodical databases, as well as Facts
on File, JStor and Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. In addition,
the MIC Web site offers access to several thousand full-text
books through netLibrary, Safari Books and ebrary.
The Miller Information Commons
catalog is also available on the Web. Those students living
far from campus may borrow books from the MIC by requesting
an interlibrary loan through their local library. Students
visiting the College library in person must have a valid
Champlain College ID to check out books. For more information,
visit cosmos.champlain.edu/library.
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Program Specifics & Graduation Requirements
ADVISORS
Champlain College places a high priority
on student advising and considers it an integral part
of the college experience. Because you are a graduate
student at Champlain College, one of the two co-directors
of the program will serve as your advisor. You may meet
with your advisor throughout the year via phone, e-mail,
fax or in person if you live within commuting distance.
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ATTENDANCE
Students are expected to participate
in all of their classes. Not doing so may jeopardize their
academic success. If illness, accident or similar circumstances
make it impossible for a student to participate, the student
should make arrangements with the appropriate faculty
member(s) to make up his or her work. This does not constitute
an excused absence. Instructors give each student a written
class-participation policy approved by the appropriate
division chairperson at the beginning of the semester.
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GRADES
Term Grades
At the end of each term, faculty members submit
to the Advising & Registration Center a final grade
for each student. (See chart, below.)
Grade Notification Policy
Each student may access an official record of
their grades at the end of each eight-week term.
Incomplete Work
A student may request a grade of incomplete (“I”)
in a course before the last class using the following
procedures: A student requesting an incomplete grade must
first inform the faculty member in writing. If the reason
for failing to complete a course is medical, a note is
needed from the student’s doctor that indicates
the student’s care, the duration of that care and
the physician’s office phone number. This note should
be submitted to the faculty member for each course in
which the incomplete is being requested. If approval is
granted, the faculty member will outline the remaining
coursework, which must be completed before the end of
the next successive term. If course work is not completed
by the end of the term following that in which the
incomplete was given, a grade of “F” will
appear on the student’s record. The student is responsible
for making sure that the faculty member receives all required
coursework.
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GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
To be eligible for a Master's
degree from Champlain College, you must meet the following
requirements:
- Earn at least 42 credit hours at
the graduate level, 36 of which must be earned at Champlain
College.
- Have an overall grade point average
of 3.0 in graduate-level courses completed at Champlain
College.
- Complete satisfactorily all requirements
for the program selected, including the final project.
- Submit your Application for Graduation Form (go to my.champlain.edu - log into WebAdvisor - Student Section - and click on the "Application for Graduation" link)
- Complete Residential Experience campus workshop
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PERSONAL TIME INVESTMENT
Since this is a graduate program, the
level of work is intense. You should expect to spend approximately
13-14 hours per week per course during the term. Please
weigh this time commitment against your family needs and
other professional commitments. If you have significant
other obligations, you may choose, for example, to take
one course per semester rather than two and spend longer
than 18 months in the program. You may choose the pace
that fits your life best, but the graduate program must
be completed within six years.
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REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
You must formally apply to Champlain
College in order to be admitted into a graduate program.
See the Admission page for more information about the
application process. Registering for classes and applying
for Admission are two different activities. You register
for classes prior to the start of each quarter, but you
cannot register without applying and being admitted to
the program through the formal admission process. Students
must be admitted to the program through the formal admission
process before registering for any graduate level classes.
How to register: Visit
the Registration Page
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Residential Experience REQUIREMENT - MBA 500
As part of beginning your studies, you will participate in an engaging on-campus workshop experience. This three-credit fun and transformative course, located on the beautiful Champlain College campus, will set you on a path for success in the program. Through a series of intensive classes, workshops and dynamic presentations by noted guest speakers, you will leave the workshop with new skills, knowledge and motivation – energized and ready for the demands of pursuing your degree. Getting started right is a primary ingredient in achieving your goal of an MSMIIT or MBA. Ensuring that you achieve your goal is our mission.
MBA 500, the course that comprises your residential experience, must be completed in the first year of either the MBA or MSMIIT program. The course sets the stage by providing you with the philosophical and technical basis for all of your subsequent courses. Through a mixture of individual and team assignments you will:
- Create a personal learning roadmap that will serve as a guideline for the entire program.
- Demonstrate an understanding of Action Research techniques and the process of Field- Based Learning Projects within each course
- Develop the ability to apply the Integrated Reflective Practice Model of Learning to challenging case studies.
This course emphasizes the importance of practice and experience as the basis for your personal and professional development.
You will also learn how to leverage the online format and tools to their greatest advantage, and we’ll show you how these programs’ experientially based learning process can mean more ingrained learning that will have a more immediate impact on your career.
An underlying benefit to any graduate degree grows from maintaining the contacts and connections you will make with faculty and classmates. You’ll have ample opportunities to make those lasting connections through face-to-face team projects and one-on-one conversations during your time on our hillside campus and in Burlington, Vermont, one of America’s great small cities.
MBA 500 is offered is offered three times per year-fall, winter, and summer. You must take the course at some point during your first year, although we recommend that you take it as early as possible in your studies.
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RETAKING CLASSES
A student may retake no more than two
courses throughout the program and only once for any given
course. Any grade below a “C” is unacceptable
and must be retaken. If a student retakes a course, the
higher grade becomes part of the cumulative grade point
average. Both grades appear on the student’s academic
transcript.
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Technical Requirements &
Assistance
BROWSER INFORMATION
- Please verify your browser version
and settings by going to http://my.champlain.edu/pages/?/SupportServices/orient.htm
- Browser must support Java and JavaScript
and they must be enabled.
- Browser must support file uploads.
If you are not sure if your browser supports file uploads
please review the following suggestions:
- Use Netscape Navigator 6.x or higher,
or Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.
- If you are still not sure if your
browser supports file uploads, contact your Internet Service
Provider or browser software dealer.
If your ISP is America Online (AOL), the software package
version must be 4.0 or higher. You must also have a separate
browser such as Netscape or Microsoft Internet Explorer
to allow you to do file uploads. If you need to download
one of these browsers, you may visit the following link:
http://www.browsers.com/.
(Having the separate browser will aid you in uploading
files to the CCOL server as well as allow you access to
the College Library and database services.)
If you are still not sure if your browser supports file
uploads, contact your Internet service provider or browser
software dealer
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HARDWARE/SOFTWARE
Your system should be at least:
- Pentium III Processor: 600MHz for
PCs, or 733 MHz G4 for Macs
- Operating System: Windows 98 SE or
higher for PCs, or a System 10.2.5 or higher for Macs
- RAM: 256 megabytes
- Hard Drive Size: at least 20 gigabytes
- 56K baud rate modem, cable modem,
or DSL modem for all graduate programs and for the MS in Mediation & Applied Conflict Studies, a camera and a microphone for VOIP is also required.
Internet Service Provider
Please Note
- Mac Users: You must contact us prior
to registering to ensure that we can accommodate your
choice of course(s).
- Windows Millennium Users: You must
contact us prior to registering to ensure we can accommodate
your choice of course(s).
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HELP DESK
If you experience any technical difficulties
on campus, or with your online course, please contact
the staff at the Champlain College Help Desk.
Help Desk contact information:
Phone: 802-860-2710
E-mail: helpdesk@champlain.edu
Web: http://my.champlain.edu/pages/?/SupportServices/
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