October 2026 / Course Co-Pilot
3,405 Duke courses, out from behind the login
DukeHub lists 3,405 open courses for Spring 2027, in 6,560 sections across 220 departments. You need a Duke NetID to see any of them.
That's fine for registering. It's a problem for everyone else: a high school senior comparing Duke with three other schools, an admitted student picking a program, or a Duke student who has only ever searched their own department. They're all making decisions about a course list they can't read.
So I took a snapshot of every open course on 22 October 2026 and put it on one page anyone can browse and filter. It's unofficial, it leaves out instructor emails and class numbers, and it links back to DukeHub for anything that matters.
The best courses hide
589 sections have their own topic, and 245of those sit under a generic title like "Special Topics". FINANCE 894 reads "Special Topics" in the list. Section 301 is Campbell Harvey teaching stablecoins and tokenization. PUBPOL 890 has 10 topics, from food policy to security in the Western Hemisphere with a former US Ambassador to Venezuela. Each topic is its own row in the explorer, because each one is a different course.
There's just as much in the half-credit house courses. There are 17 this spring, from NeetCode 75 to Pink Floyd and the Concept LP to an astrobiology course taught by Duke's Executive Vice Provost.
Filters DukeHub doesn't have
The explorer can filter by what a course teaches. Sixteen skill tags (negotiation, writing, programming, lab work, fieldwork and more) come from rules that read every description. A tag only shows when the rules find it in the title, in the department, or more than once in the description. Anything weaker goes to review instead of onto the page.
The first reviewer is a model. OpenAI's GPT-6 Luna read the 1,812 weaker descriptions and could add a tag only by quoting the line that supports it, word for word. That pass cost about 8 cents. It added 816 tags and removed 232 leadership tags the rules had mostly guessed from the word "team". Every tag it added shows its quote on the course page, and the 1,758 rows that are still unsure stay on a review list for me.
That's the same design as Course Co-Pilot, the transfer-credit agent I scoped earlier: read the catalog, grade your own confidence, and hand the hard cases to review. This is the first piece of it running on real data.
How the AI-resilient score works
The filter I wanted most is the one I trust least, so it shows its working. "AI-resilient" scores each course from 0 to 5, one point each for physical, lab or field work; live work with people; judgment someone is accountable for; a practiced craft; and a small, in-person format.
It leans on Microsoft Research's 2025 study of where generative AI applies to real occupations. It found the least applicability in work with a physical component and hands-on work with people, and its authors are careful to say applicability isn't job loss. So this is a signal, not a promise, and every course page shows which checks passed and the word that triggered each one.
Notable faculty works the same way. A professor gets the label only when I could find a source for the credential, and the source is linked. 63courses have one. Several claims I started with didn't survive that check, so they aren't there.
Taught by people who shaped their field
Every credential here links to its source.
- The History of Hip-Hop AAAS 335
Taught by the producer 9th Wonder. Cross-listed in five departments.
- Opinion Writing ETHICS 390S-20
Frank Bruni wrote op-eds for The New York Times from 2011. This seminar is about making an argument short.
- Everything Happens: Themes in American Religion AMXTIAN 701
Kate Bowler's Divinity course. She hosts the Everything Happens podcast.
- Wikipedia, AI and the Future CMAC 390S-10
Bill Adair founded PolitiFact. His seminar this spring is Wikipedia, AI and the Future.
- Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Strategy HLTHMGMT 717
David Ridley co-proposed the FDA priority review voucher in 2006. Congress enacted it the next year.
- Financial Markets and Investments ECON 671
Financial markets with Tim Bollerslev, known for the GARCH volatility model.
- Technology & National Security POLSCI 590-3-01
Technology and national security with a former Assistant Secretary of State.
- Climate and Society ECS 550
Climate and society with an IPCC chapter lead.
- Constructal Theory and Design ME 438
Constructal theory, taught by Adrian Bejan, who developed it.
- Human Cognitive Evolution EVANTH 260
Human cognitive evolution with the founder of the Duke Canine Cognition Center.
- Topics in Moral Artificial Intelligence PHIL 515
Moral AI with Walter Sinnott-Armstrong.
- Sports Business MANAGEMT 741
Sports business, taught by Duke's Director of Athletics.
- Religion, Race and Politics in American Life BCS 807
Religion, race and politics, co-taught by Benjamin Chavis.
- Business Journalism JAM 362S
Business journalism from the creator of the Wall Street Journal's Middle Seat column.
Hidden under "Special Topics"
DukeHub shows a generic title. The section number is a different course.
- Stablecoins & Tokenization FINANCE 894-301
Listed in DukeHub as "Special Topics". Section 301 is Campbell Harvey on stablecoins and tokenization.
- Evolving Security Issues in the Western Hemisphere PUBPOL 890-11
One of ten topics under PUBPOL 890, taught by a former US Ambassador to Venezuela.
- Cybersecurity, Risk & Incident Response PUBPOL 590-1-01
Cyber incident response with the person who ran federal privacy policy at the White House.
- Global Value Chain Analysis PUBPOL 790-05
Global value chain analysis, co-taught by one of the people who built the framework.
- Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition FINANCE 898-301
Buying an existing company instead of starting one. Another Fuqua "Special Topics" section.
- Commercializing Deep Tech STRATEGY 898-301
Commercializing deep tech, 12 seats, filed under "Special Topics".
Hard to automate
High AI-resilient scores: hands, people, judgment, craft, small rooms.
- The View Camera: Black and White Large Format Photography ARTSVIS 368S
4x5 film, a darkroom and silver gelatin prints. Nine seats left in the snapshot.
- Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine ANESTH 430C
A School of Medicine elective based at Duke's Hyperbaric Center. Six seats.
- Negotiation MANAGEMT 745
Negotiation is live work with people, three times a week.
- Machining & Manufacturing HOUSECS 59-17
Half a credit of machining and manufacturing.
Half credit, very specific
House courses and electives that sound made up and aren't.
- NeetCode 75: Algorithmic Thinking HOUSECS 59-02
NeetCode 75: half credit, pass/fail, Monday evenings, with Susan Rodger.
- Transforming U.S. Healthcare HOUSECS 59-07
A house course with Ralph Snyderman, who led Duke's medical school and health system from 1989 to 2004.
- Astrobiology: Alien Anatomy HOUSECS 59-11
Astrobiology, taught by Duke's Executive Vice Provost.
- Pink Floyd and the Concept LP HOUSECS 59-09
A half-credit course on Pink Floyd and the concept album.
- History of Hell HISTTHEO 811
Exactly what it says: a 15-seat Divinity seminar.
- The Physics of Sports PHYSICS 133
Force, momentum and energy, explained through football, baseball, hockey, soccer and swimming.
- Asking Dumb Questions I&E 251
"Most courses teach students answers. This one teaches students questions." That is the actual description.
What it can't tell you
It only has classes that were open on 22 October, so anything already full is missing. Seats move every day. Special-topic sections often carry only the generic course description. And the tags come from words, not from sitting in the room.
If you're choosing a school, filter by the skill you want to leave with and see who teaches it. If you're already at Duke, try no prerequisites plus no Friday.