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Focus Program

Duke's Focus Program for first-year students provides clusters of courses designed around an interdisciplinary theme. Students explore such issues as engineering and the urban environment, the performing arts, genomics, migration and globalization, global health, and social ideals. Focus faculty from diverse academic departments are leading researchers in their fields.

Clusters for 2009–2010

Fall 2009

  • Between Europe & Asia: Explorations in Culture, Law & Congnitive Science
  • Engineering Frontiers: Living Systems for a Living Planet