page_title: Sterling College (Vermont)
section_title: Academics
hierarchical_section_title: Sterling College (Vermont) / Academics
caption_attribution_description: English: Sunflowers
context_page_description: Sterling College is a private college in Craftsbury, Vermont. Sterling is one of eight colleges in the Work College Consortium and its curriculum is focused on ecological thinking and action through majors in Ecology, Environmental Humanities, Outdoor Education, Sustainable Agriculture, and Sustainable Food Systems. The college is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and the Association for Experiential Education.
context_section_description: Besides its majors, Sterling College has minors in Sustainable Food Systems, Draft Horse Management, Natural History, and Climate Justice. Sterling College is the first college in the nation to offer a minor in Draft Horse Management.
  In 2013, Sterling College created the Rian Fried Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems. Named for the late Trustee, it is to be the center point for the college's focus on both sustainable agriculture and sustainable food systems.
  Sterling College also launched a continuing education program in 2013, with a series of 2- and 4-week short courses. The first course offered was a two-week cheese making intensive in partnership with the Cellars at Jasper Hill. Other courses feature guest faculty such as Sandor Katz, John Elder, Rowan Jacobsen, Ginger Strand, and Clare Walker Leslie.
  In 2014, Sterling College also announced a partnership with Yestermorrow Design/Build School.
caption: a solar panel at Sterling College
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