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Certificate Program Requirements

In addition to majors and minors, Trinity College offers a number of interdisciplinary certificate programs of study. A certificate program is a course of study not available within any single academic unit. If you elect to satisfy the requirements of a certificate program, please bear the following requirements in mind:

  • All such programs consist of at least six (6) course, four of which are at the 100-level or above, including an introductory and a capstone course;
  • No more than half (50%) of the courses taken to satisfy the certificate requirements may originate in any one department or program;
  • You may use no more than two courses that are also used to satisfy the requirements of any major, minor, or other certificate program (but individual certificate programs may prohibit such double counting or restrict it to one course); and
  • At least half the courses taken to satisfy a certificate program must be taken at Duke (but individual programs may require a greater proportion taken at Duke).

For information on the various individual certificate programs available to undergraduates, please click here.

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