The Duke Graduate Academy offers free, online short courses that introduce Duke graduate and professional students and postdocs to skills, tools and knowledge that augment their regular coursework and research. There are no prerequisites or fees.
This summer’s courses, offered during Duke’s Summer Sessions I and II (May 15 – August 11), include:
Business & Entrepreneurship
- Business & Organizational Fundamentals for Entrepreneurial Action (FULL – waitlist available)
- Interdisciplinary Project Management
- Leading Teams: Foundations of Teamwork & Leadership
Communication & Pedagogy
- Best Practices in Mentoring
- Communicating Research
- Narrative Design (FULL – waitlist available)
- Navigate Scholarly Publishing
- Start-Up Universities: Reports from the Global Frontiers
Interpretive Research Methods
- Asking Questions
- Community-Engaged Research
- Designing Digital Research
- Evaluation: Understanding Impact & Improving Effectiveness
- Introduction to Qualitative & Mixed Methods Research
- Zero-Code Digital Humanities Text Analysis
Societal & Policy Contexts
- Exploring Race & History Through Southern Historic Places
Registration is currently open via DukeHub for all Duke graduate and professional students, and via Qualtrics for all postdocs. Further details on registration and course descriptions are available here.
