Programs and Opportunities

In addition to the academic majors and minors you can choose, Middlebury provides an evolving breadth of academic options to enhance your undergraduate experience.

  • California Climate Semester

    Spend the winter and spring at the Middlebury Institute in Monterey learning from climate leaders at the graduate level.

  • Conflict Transformation Academic Cluster

    Courses and experiences that build the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to foster constructive conflict.

  • Enterprise and Business Program

    Interdepartmental courses taught by professors with real-world experience in areas of business.

  • First-Year Seminar

    Small discussion-based courses designed to prepare incoming students for undergraduate-level liberal arts studies.

  • Middlebury Institute Programs

    Several program options for student who want to pursue studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.

  • Museum Ambassadors

    Trains Middlebury College students to lead in-person and virtual tours of the Middlebury College Museum of Art.

  • Oratory Now!

    Training in oral expression across a range of disciplines with customized workshops and activities.

  • Preprofessional Programs

    Prepare for a career or further studies in health professions, law, medicine, engineering, or architecture.

  • Physical Education

    A degree requirement, the physical education program concentrates on lifetime sports and activities for all students.

  • Privilege & Poverty Academic Cluster

    Integrating coursework with experiential learning to critically examine the causes and consequences of economic inequality.

  • Rohatyn Global Fellows

    Explore career options and connect with experts around complex global issues.

  • Rohatyn Global Scholars

    Bringing select first-year students together to explore, accelerate, and deepen their understanding of complex global issues.

  • School of the Environment

    Six-week summer session exploring the world’s most pressing needs at the Middlebury Institute in Monterey.

  • Spring Student Symposium

    An all-campus event for students to showcase their academic research projects in a professional conference setting.

  • Study Abroad

    A cornerstone of the Middlebury experience, whether at the 40-plus Schools Abroad or our numerous externally sponsored programs.

  • Summer Opportunities

    A range of summer options specifically for Middlebury students—whether you want to catch up, get ahead, or learn something new.

  • Winter Term

    Opportunities for students and faculty to focus intensely on one area of interest for the January term.

  • Writing and Rhetoric Program

    An interdisciplinary program with faculty whose areas of expertise include composition, linguistics, rhetoric, and literature.