No more than one of the two physical education credits may be earned from participation in a single sport. Two-sport athletes may satisfy both physical education credits through participation on varsity and junior varsity intercollegiate teams. The requirements must be completed by the end of the sophomore year. Courses that count toward the major and the minor may also be used to satisfy distribution requirements. The Major Students select majors by the end of their third semester.
Most departmental majors have great flexibility and encourage interdisciplinary work.
Students may choose to explore two different areas as double majors. There are also established interdisciplinary programs, such as environmental studies, international studies, and women's and gender studies. Students may also design a joint major, which combines two fields of study. In addition, Middlebury has an independent scholar program for those students whose talents and interests clearly can best be developed through programs they design themselves. There are 38different established majors in all the academic departments and in the interdisciplinary programs.