The Middlebury curriculum will challenge you for the rest of your life. Our students lead rewarding lives of ongoing intellectual and spiritual growth, and they leave Midd prepared to meet the challenges of responsible citizenship in a complex, changing world.

Our curriculum is designed to ensure that each student's education includes a certain breadth of experience, as well as in-depth study in one area defined by the major. Curricular breadth is achieved through a set of distribution requirements that encompass seven academic categories, and four courses in different cultures and civilizations. There are also other general requirements—which we see as opportunities—providing the chance to explore new areas of inquiry. In all of these areas, you'll have a broad range of choices, and a great deal of freedom to set your own academic path.

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