Exploring Majors and Certificates

Broadly conceived, the humanities disciplines use historical, philosophical, and artistic approaches to study the human condition in all its facets. Humanistic and artist knowledge plays a crucial part in the education of the individual; the pursuit, creation, and theorization of meaning; and qualitative analyses of social systems and cultural practices. Whether you are searching for how to integrate your interests across fields, maximize opportunities in separate and time-intensive interests, find research mentors, develop your own portfolios, or strategize about how best to represent your unique Duke journey, the arts and humanities DAE can provide clarity, spur more productive questions, and leave you with a specific to-do list that makes next steps more tangible.

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Natural Sciences are the branches of study that explore natural phenomena using data and other evidence from observations and experiments to understand the world, and it includes both life and physical sciences. In order the understand the natural science field (and many others), quantitative approaches using statistical, computational, or mathematical methods are often utilized.

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The social sciences explore the patterns of human behavior, and researchers in these disciplines study a wide array of topics from the intricacies of complex social structures to the grand mechanisms of intercultural exchange. With such a vast scope of study, the social sciences make use of several methodological approaches and analyze both qualitative and quantitative data sets. Our Social Sciences DAE, Dr. Michael Domeracki, a comparative religiousist by training, advises students as they explore majors, minors, and certificates, research, and experiential opportunities within the broad umbrella of social scientific inquiry. He has spent his career helping students compose competitive applications for undergraduate research, co-curricular experiences, and post-baccalaureate options like fellowships or graduate school. Dr. Domeracki offers majors discernment and general social sciences advising appointments to students of any class year, at any time of the year, at this link.

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Certificate programs offer students an opportunity to pursue a subject they are passionate about and gain skills and training. Students take six courses to earn a certificate and the courses often span multiple disciplines or departments.

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