Hiya. I'm a prospective student thinking about coming here to major in graphic design. I was wondering; how are the classes and teachers? Do you think they're the same caliber as a hardcore art school? Thanks!

Champlain is nothing like a hardcore art school, at all! Which could possibly be a good or bad thing. The program is run like a business program, with a concentration in practical art. There are photography, drawing and illustration classes as well as a new conceptual art class that I JUST heard about. I'm not 100% sure of the details on this, but I know a few kids who took classes up at UVM this past semester. I'm sure you would be able to work something out if you wanted to take some serious art classes!

The teachers are amazing. I have to say : I have met quite a few graphic design teachers that have changed my life. I know it's corny and corny, but Eric Sample, David Lustgarten ( the director of the program) and Karen Klove (who has her own digital film program now) are all AMAZING professors that teach in the graphic design program. Also, in other classes, such as, CORE, and general electives, there are quite a few amazing professors.

BUT
Like everything, there are two sides. I've been lucky and I have had more amazing professors than dud professors, but the duds are there.

Classes, well, graphic design classes are epically fun. I'm taking a few design courses this semester which I love, one is a flash course called experience design, which ROCKS. The teacher is really cool: we get to essentially write our own syllabus and learn what we want to learn, which is appealing to me, but it's also a level 300 course ^_^

Well, I hope that helps! Let me know if you have any other questions ^_^

Peace!
Mollie