"Midland educates kids about real issues in the world that all citizens should know about, and helps them decide what they want to do with their lives." ~Blaze Elation, `09 (UC Berkeley)

Midland's Academic Program provides authentic, experiential learning opportunitites that give students the chance to use their minds, hands, and in some cases, their feet. We use our 2,860-acre campus endlessly, with classes that involve field studies, solar energy explorations, camping, and just getting outside. A Midland education attempts to teach environmental stewardship, self-reliance, and scholarship for the sake of scholarship. By the senior year, students are writing 15-page theses about a topic of their choice, making presentations about environmental issues, and enrolling in small class seminars about subjects like Film Studies, Naturalist Studies, and Water in the West. In its uniqueness, a Midland education sets students apart by giving them the chance to think, and care, deeply about their subjects. Midland's curriculum is aligned with the UC and CSU systems, meaning that every graduate will be eligible for admission to UC and CSU schools, so long as they've passed their classes.

A Midland graduate must fulfill the following graduation requirements (18.5 academic credits):
• Four years of English
• Three years of mathematics (including Algebra II and Geometry)
• Two years of history, including one year of U.S. and one year of world history
• Two years of laboratory sciences (including Chemistry & Biology)
• Three years of a foreign language
• One year in the visual or performing arts
• Two elective courses
• One year of Midland 101 (if entered as a freshman)
• Senior thesis; a semester long research project that results in a scholarly paper and project (if applicable).