Burlington College

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Burlington College is an independent liberal arts, progressive college located in Burlington, Vermont, offering two-year Associate and four-year Bachelor of Arts degrees, as well as several professional certificate programs. The College, originally the Vermont Institute of Community Involvement, is fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and is a non-profit institution.

Our founders' intention was to create an undergraduate institution firmly rooted in concern for individual students and their interaction with the community. The College continues to offer rich and diverse opportunities for students to participate in arts related events, the natural environment, and civic and humanitarian projects.

The College's mission affirms the innate dignity of every human being and gives direction to a program of education that addresses learners as individuals and helps them increase their awareness, knowledge and competence. Students are actively engaged in planning and implementing their education in an atmosphere of open communication and shared responsibility. This collaborative approach is valued by our students, many of whom are balancing their need for higher learning with the demands of family and work.

Creative adaptation of strong liberal arts curricula in Humanities, Fine Arts and the Social Sciences has led to the focused development of majors in Transpersonal Psychology, Cinema Studies and Film Production, Legal and Justice Studies, Inter-American Studies, Writing and Literature and many other majors. Students carry out service to the community as an integral component of their education at Burlington College, and the Institute for Civic Engagement was inaugurated in 2005 to better enable the College to research, educate, publish, and take action on issues of importance to Vermont and the wider world.

The College has, from the outset, developed a distinctly social, community-based mission and shared governance system that sets it apart from most colleges and universities. An alternative institution committed to individualized education, the College has a pedagogy based on mutual respect, small classes, dialogue, and experiential learning.

Burlington College treats students as individuals – individuals with important contributions to make to the intellectual spirit of the College community. Working in discussion-centered classes that usually range from eight to fifteen members, students come to know each other and themselves very well as they balance academic rigor and mutual support while being challenged to discover what truly matters to them. In this stimulating environment, classes can take on lives of their own as students direct the discussions and instructors become equal participants in the learning process.

1 History
2 Location
3 Admissions
4 Programs
5 Related resources
6 External links

[edit] History

Burlington College is an independent liberal arts college located in Burlington, Vermont, offering two-year Associate and four-year Bachelor of Arts degrees, as well as Certificate programs in Paralegal Studies, Cinema Studies and Film Production, and Medical Transcription. The College, originally the Vermont Institute of Community Involvement, was registered in the State of Vermont as a 501(c)3 corporation on August 31, 1972, and began instruction in October of that year.

The founding president, Dr. Steward LaCasce, served the college for 22 years. In 1994, Dr. Daniel Casey was chosen as president. He was succeeded by Mary Clancy eight years later. In April 2004, Dr. Jane O’Meara Sanders was selected to be the fourth – and current – president of the College.

[edit] Location

Burlington College is located in Burlington, Vermont, a city rated one of the ‘most livable cities’ in the United States and rich in cultural and professional resources. Panoramic views of Lake Champlain to the west and the south provide magnificent open vistas from the modest campus.

Most of the classrooms are housed in a turn-of-the-century building on the edge of the Old North End, a neighborhood rich in history and growing diversity. A pedestrian lane connects the College to the downtown waterfront community and the bike-path that stretches along the shores of Lake Champlain and up through the islands. A community sailing center, boathouse, marina and boardwalk can also be found here. Public transportation stops almost at our door.

The Green Mountains, the Catamount Trail, and some of the best wind-surfing in the northeast are close-by. Burlington is home of Burton Snowboards, where snowboarding was born, and several mountains to ride and ski, including Stowe, Sugarbush, Bolton, Jay Peak, and Killington are only a short drive away.

Burlington’s downtown, filled with sidewalk cafés, restaurants, clubs, galleries and shops, is the place to meet up with friends. Mardi-Gras, the Discover Jazz Festival, First Night, the Winter Festival, the South End Art Hop, and the Ramble in the Old North End are only a few of the events offered during a year-round arts scene unrivaled anywhere! For folks interested in big-city life, Montreal is only an hour and a half away, Boston four hours, and New York, less than six hours.

Burlington is our campus. Consistently noted as one of the best places to live by many publications, read what people are saying about our hometown, Burlington, Vermont!
• Ten College Towns Worth a Visit—Princeton Review
• "Burlington is a vibrant college town…It's no wonder that Burlington has become a magnet for those seeking an alternative to big-city life."—Frommer's
• 50 "Places of a Lifetime."—National Geographic Traveler
• Top 25 Art Destinations—AmericanStyle
• #6 "Best 'family-friendly' place in the nation—Reader's Digest
• #1 "Top 10 Cities to Have It All" —A&E cable television
• #1 "Place for Families that Love Outdoor Sports"—Outdoor Explorer
• 50 Best Places to Live and "Editor's Pick in the Northeast"—Men's Journal
• Five Best Places to Live and Ride—Bike

[edit] Admissions

admissions@burlington.edu

Burlington College’s application process is highly personalized and holistic. The College believes that the best assessment of an individual's ability to succeed and benefit from our programs results not only from an evaluation of written materials that are part of an application file, but through meaningful communication with the applicant.

Burlington College accepts applications on a rolling basis. In general, this means that an application is evaluated and a decision is made within two weeks of the application becoming complete. Freshman and transfer applicants may be considered for both the fall and spring semesters. In some cases, summer start dates may be considered. There is no official deadline for the submission of applications. However, scholarships, college financial aid, and spaces in each class are limited, so students are encouraged to apply no later than May 1 for the fall semester and no later than December 15 for the spring semester. An application for admission is required of anyone who wishes to matriculate and enroll in a program of study leading to an academic degree or certificate.

[edit] Programs

Bachelor's Degrees—Campus-based
• Cinema Studies & Film Production
• Fine Arts
• Gender Studies
• Human Services
• Individualized Major
• Inter-American Studies
• Legal and Justice Studies
• Photography
• Psychology
• Transpersonal Psychology
• Writing & Literature
Bachelor's Degrees—Independent Degree Program
• Individualized Major
• Psychology
• Transpersonal Psychology
• Writing & Literature
Associate's Degrees
• General Studies
Certificates
• Documentary Filmmaking
• Film Studies
• Paralegal Studies
• Screenwriting

**Burlington College**
President	Jane O'Meara Sanders
School type	Private (Selective)
Religious affiliation	None
Founded	1972
Location	Burlington, Vermont
Enrollment	230 undergraduates
Campus surroundings	Urban, Lake Champlain