Duke’s Select Interdisciplinary Education Initiatives
Undergraduate Students:
Focus Program*, 360 students
Courses, 1240 students
Interdisciplinary Majors & Minors, 270 students
Interdepartmental Majors, 50 students
Interdisciplinary Honors Theses, 30 students
Certificates, 480 students
Bass Connections**, 460 students
Summer Programs, 460 students
Internships, 30 students
TOTAL: 3,380 undergraduate students
52% of all undergraduates
Graduate & Professional Students:
Ph.D. Programs, 40 students
Dual-Degree Programs, 80 students
Master’s Programs, 450 students
Courses, 410 students
Certificates, 420 students
Bass Connections**, 270 students
Summer Programs, 120 students
Internships & Fellowships, 60 students
Graduate Working Groups, 30 students
TOTAL: 1,880 graduate and professional students
17% of all graduate/professional students
Interdisciplinary educational offerings are widespread across Duke; these are just a sampling of opportunities. The approximate number of students participating in one year above includes some duplicate counts of students who took part in more than one component.
*The Focus Program exposes first-semester students to a wide range of topics through multidisciplinary clusters and community engagement.
**Bass Connections engages students of all levels in the exploration of major societal challenges through interdisciplinary research teams.