As an environmental liberal arts college, Sterling College currently provides students opportunity to self-design majors in broad Areas of Study:
Conservation Ecology
Sustainable Agriculture
Outdoor Education and Leadership
Northern Studies
Natural History
Environmental Humanities
Students who design their own majors work closely with faculty advisors to choose a path through the curriculum tailored to the students’ specific interests and learning goals. Students ordinarily complete major proposals by the first semester of their junior year, and transfer students may be able to apply courses completed at another institution toward their self-designed major degree requirements.
Recent Self-Designed Majors:
Agroecology
Agroforestry
Anthrozoology
Aquatic Ecology
Circumpolar Studies
Circumpolar Studies/Education
Conservation Ecology and Agricultural Education
Conservation Education
Draft Horse Management
Ecology/Tourism
Ecological Anthropology
Ecotourism
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Education and the Media
Environmental Humanities
Environmental Justice
Handcrafts and Folklore
Human Ecology
Integrated Forestry and Woodworking
International Agriculture and Business
Natural History
Northern Ecology
Northern Studies
Sustainable Development/Agricultural Practices and Politics
