What You’ll Learn

You’ll gain experience in creating safe, respectful spaces for restorative dialogue and in designing and facilitating a variety of restorative practices. Courses are designed to be highly experiential and activity-based, providing students with many opportunities to engage directly with the learning material, and you’ll learn how to conceptualize, design, and facilitate restorative practices for victim-offender mediation, circle processes, and community-based reparative panels. 

In your core courses, you will trace the history of the American criminal legal system and explore the historical roots of peacemaking. You’ll study Circle processes, restorative justice theory and applications, and how to facilitate restorative practices. Electives allow you to explore topics of interest, such as alternatives to violence; race, class, gender, and crime; juvenile justice; and victim advocacy. 

Outside the Classroom, In the Community

Spending time in different areas of the field is critical to your learning, with some of these opportunities woven directly into your courses. These may include:  

• Observing and participating in restorative processes within the local community through our connections with state-wide Community and Restorative Justice Centers.  
• Completing an internship to develop your skills, learn how to apply knowledge, and build professional experience. 
• Delivering a restorative justice training or educational program about restorative practices. 

Participating in a Circle process with justice-impacted individuals and CoSA (Circle of Support and Accountability) volunteers. 

Special Facilities

Our program provides “learning labs” for students to engage directly in restorative justice practices. Students have access to a specially designed pre-conference room and a Circle room where students design and facilitate restorative Circle processes and gain experience conducting pre-conference sessions.

Program Outcomes

Students graduating with restorative justice credentials work in the following areas:  

• Victim-offender mediation   
• Diversion and delinquency prevention  
• Restorative justice practice in schools and universities  
• Victim assistance/supporting survivors of violence   
• Trauma and resiliency work  
• Conflict resolution  
• Anti-violence work  
• Restorative re-entry  
• Community organizing 
• Youth advocacy and outreach  

What You’ll Learn

In this innovative program, you’ll gain direct experience in creating safe, respectful spaces for restorative dialogue and in designing and facilitating a variety of restorative practices. Courses are designed to be highly experiential and activity-based, providing students with many opportunities to engage directly with the learning material.

In your core courses, you will trace the history of the American criminal legal system and explore the historical roots of peacemaking. You’ll study Circle processes, restorative justice theory and applications, and how to facilitate restorative practices. Electives allow you to explore topics of interest, such as alternatives to violence; race, class, gender, and crime; and victim advocacy.

An internship with one of the organizations or individuals we partner with will build your on-the-ground experience with restorative justice practices. You’ll also learn how to teach restorative practices to groups and individuals.

Outside the Classroom, In the Community

Spending time in different areas of the field is critical to your learning, with some of these opportunities woven directly into your courses. These may include:  

• Observing and participating in restorative processes within the local community through our connections with state-wide Community and Restorative Justice Centers.  
• Completing an internship to develop your skills, learn how to apply knowledge, and build professional experience. 
• Delivering a restorative justice training or educational program about restorative practices. 
• Participating in a Circle process with justice-impacted individuals and CoSA (Circle of Support and Accountability) volunteers. 
• Co-facilitating restorative community-building Circle process with our first-year students. 

Recent internship placements have included: 

• Northeast Correctional Facility  
• Northeast Kingdom Youth Services  
• The St. Johnsbury Community and Restorative Justice Center 
• Lamoille Restorative Center 

Special Facilities

Our program provides “learning labs” for students to engage directly in restorative justice practices. Students have access to a specially designed pre-conference room and a Circle room where students design and facilitate restorative Circle processes and gain experience conducting pre-conference sessions.

Program Outcomes

Students graduating with restorative justice credentials work in the following areas:  

• Victim-offender mediation   
• Diversion and delinquency prevention  
• Restorative justice practice in schools and universities  
• Victim assistance/supporting survivors of violence   
• Trauma and resiliency work  
• Conflict resolution  
• Anti-violence work  
• Restorative re-entry  
• Community organizing 
• Youth advocacy and outreach  

What You’ll Learn 

You’ll build diverse skills to help you stand out in your career, from the combination of classes, real-world experience, and other opportunities the program provides:     

• State-of-the-Art Equipment: In our engineering labs, you’ll use cutting-edge tools equal to those used at the best universities.       
• Real-World Capstone Projects: You’ll develop important technical and team-building abilities and make professional connections while working on a student team to solve problems for real businesses and organizations.     
• Concentrations to Focus In: You may choose to concentrate in manufacturing or renewable energy to focus your learning and gain critical skills and experience in either of these important fields, or you may choose to continue your studies in the broader field.

Outside the Classroom, In the Community 

Our faculty and the VTSU Career Center will help connect you to internship opportunities to strengthen your skills and work with professionals in the field. You’ll learn how to communicate across the industry and will be prepared to create a strong network for your mechanical engineering career when you finish the program.

This program is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Mechanical Engineering Technology.

What You’ll Learn 

As a student in the associate degree in Fine Arts program, you’ll gain a foundation in the artistic disciplines of drawing, sculpture, and media arts, and then choose from a wide variety of elective studio arts courses. Supportive faculty and artist mentors will help you to grow your confidence and studio skills and will open you to professional opportunities in the field.  

Outside the Classroom, In the Community 

Art is meant to be shared! You’ll find many opportunities to network with the larger art community and display your work.   

• Showcase your work at regional galleries such as The Castleton University Bank Gallery, the Christine Price Gallery and the Calvin Coolidge Library Gallery on the Castleton campus and the Visual Arts Center on the Johnson Campus.  
• Visit major cities to soak up arts and culture. You might travel to Boston or New York City for lessons in art history with your senior seminar.  
• Expand your community through the Student Art Club, which sponsors visiting artists, film series, studio visits, collaborative projects, and trips.  
• Engage with world-class art within easy reach at venues such as the Hood Museum, Williams College Museum, Clark Museum, Mass MOCA, Middlebury College Museum, and Fleming Museum, to name a few.  

Special Facilities 

You’ll find professional art facilities at each of our three campuses that host our Fine Arts program. 

• Castleton: Explore a variety of artistic mediums with major studio workspaces in the Fine Arts Center dedicated to printmaking, painting, sculpture and ceramics, drawing, and photography. The Wooldridge House provides a unique venue for woodworking, welding, carving, and outdoor sculpture installations. It also houses dedicated studio space for art majors to work on independent projects.   
• Johnson campus: Enjoy a hub of artistic endeavor in the Visual Arts Center. The large facility houses multiple studios for painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, woodworking, and photography. You’ll also find a computer lab for digital art, a quiet room for focused study, a dedicated community art room, and two public art galleries.  

What You’ll Learn 

Vermont State’s criminal justice associate degree program is designed to prepare you for a variety of career paths with a broad, practically-oriented curriculum. You will study the core areas of criminal justice, including criminology, law enforcement, corrections, the court system, and ethical considerations in the field.  

A generous selection of electives allows you to deepen your professional knowledge and competence in areas that will strengthen your qualifications and skills for a particular career trajectory.   

What You’ll Learn 

You’ll learn multiple programming languages, how to develop and maintain web pages, and best practices for testing and troubleshooting code. We’ll also introduce you to social and historical contexts that influence software development, which will help you identify user problems and find appropriate solutions. You’ll become a competent, ethical professional ready to jump into your career. 

Outside the Classroom, In the Community 

Internship opportunities, connections with local businesses, and student clubs will allow you to explore your interests and develop skills in real-world settings. 

Special Facilities 

State-of-the art technology in our dedicated computer and electronics labs will let you practice using technology currently in use across industries. 

What You’ll Learn 

Core courses include Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Statistics. We’ll teach you how to apply predicate logic and construct mathematical proofs using proper grammar and precise notation, as well as develop the ability to effectively communicate complex mathematical ideas orally and in writing. 

Outside the Classroom, In the Community 

You’ll have numerous internship opportunities. Recent students have interned the following local organizations:  

• Rutland City Police Department 
• Vermont Department of Education 
• Vermont Department of Disabilities and Aging 

What You’ll Learn 
You’ll study a range of topics to develop a solid foundation of skills and knowledge. Courses in music production and engineering, music theory, songwriting, and marketing will prepare you for what’s next. You’ll learn about the management, financial, and legal sides of the industry, or you can focus on pre- and post-production for television and film. We also offer courses in music distribution, publishing, and event management. You’ll graduate ready for your next chapter, whether that’s further study or jumping into your dream job. 

Outside the Classroom, in the Community 
You’ll have numerous opportunities to participate in internships, co-ops, and student-run activities, and you’ll benefit from personalized career coaching, alumni networking, and faculty connections. 

Students regularly collaborate with renowned recording studios like Paramount and Old Mill Road; support famous music festivals like Bonnaroo and Wanderlust; and work at regional music venues such as The Palladium and Higher Ground. 

Students have also worked for these companies: 

• SiriusXM 
• Big Night Entertainment Group 
• Apogee Electronics 
• Audio Visual Design Group 
• Venue Coalition 
• Skyline Artist Agency 
• Darkstar Lighting and Production 

Students have interned with: 

• James Taylor 
• Funkadelic Studios 
• Mojo Recording Studios 
• 99 Rock (WFRD) 
• Saratoga Performing Arts Center