What You’ll Learn

With Vermont’s growing focus on climate change, you’ll become a thinker and doer in our program, capable of finding solutions through: 

• Varied Technologies: You’ll work with and design solar PV, biomass, wind, and renewable heating systems in small classes where you’ll know your professors and peers. 
• A Comprehensive Approach: You’ll use a broad range of techniques and tools, including math, science, engineering, and technology, to solve problems and broaden your perspective. Strong critical-thinking skills will strengthen your green energy career options, too. 

Outside the Classroom, In the Community

Through internships, co-ops, career coaching, and other opportunities, you’ll expand your professional network as you gain cutting-edge skills for your career. Here’s a sample of what our students have been learning and doing, as reported in these capstone articles in Green Energy Times: 

• High “Performing” Energy Down Under  
• Wind Energy Training Program at VTC 
• Vermont Tech Renewable Energy Students Make Connections to Industry 
• Renewable Energy Program at Vermont State University 

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

You’ll learn how to motivate high school students to think critically, observe the world around them, and to affect change – skills that will become increasingly important with the social and environmental impacts of the changing climate. 

Environmental science draws on biology, chemistry, ecology, and statistics, offering a full understanding of the environment. Your science coursework will build your core scientific knowledge through classwork and hands-on practical experience in the lab and field, while your education courses and student teaching experience will prepare you to reach all your students. 

Research and project-based learning in lab courses will encourage you to think like a scientist and prepare you for careers in both science and education. 

Outside the Classroom, In the Community

Vermont State emphasizes the real-world application of coursework throughout your program, and you may participate in ongoing research with faculty exploring such topics as water quality, forest and ecosystem health, and microbiology in the environment. As part of your education focus, you may construct your own project to bring science to the classroom in innovative ways. Examples include a campus energy audit or helping to build a campus rain garden for stormwater management. In addition, students are encouraged to participate in campus sustainability groups and initiatives that aim to create change within the campus community.

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. 

Program specific admission requirements are located at: https://vermontstate.edu/admission/program-admission-requirements/.

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

Core courses will introduce you to the fundamentals of chemistry and physics. You can also study topics like biomechanics, human anatomy, cellular biology, genetics, and modern experimental techniques to analyze cellular functions. You’ll also learn how to conduct, write, and present research.

Outside the Classroom, In the Community

If you plan to pursue medical school, we’ll help you complete an internship or volunteer experience in a hospital, clinic, or other medical settings. This major also allows you to take advantage of the outside, natural laboratory as much as possible in both your lab and travel courses. Some courses also offer the opportunity to visit natural ecosystems across Vermont, the U.S., the Caribbean, Scandinavia, and more.

Special Facilities

The Jeffords Science Center at Castleton recently underwent a million-dollar renovation to upgrade teaching laboratories and independent research space. Castleton also provides access to all that the Green Mountains has to offer, as well as being home Lake Bomoseen, the largest lake within the borders of Vermont. The Johnson campus is home to the Babcock Nature Preserve, teaching laboratories, a greenhouse, an artificial stream laboratory, a cellular and molecular laboratory, and extensive herbarium and vertebrate museum collections.

Certifications

You’ll be eligible to earn your initial licensure in secondary education.

Access To

As a Molecular Biology and Biomedicine student, you will have access to the Vermont Biomedical Research Network, which provides research and networking opportunities with faculty and other students all across the state of Vermont.

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.