Honors Seminar

Description from DukeHub

Honors seminars are two semesters of guided research on a student-selected and developed topics using economics research tools and techniques. 495/496 can be taken in either order. A thesis is planned, researched, drafted, and revised over two semesters. Includes iterative presentations and writing assignments. First of two-semester sequence requires completion of a research proposal culminating in a substantive research project. Second of two-semester sequence requires the completion of a substantive research project suitable for submission as honors thesis. Open to juniors and seniors.

Skills

• research methodsAI review: "guided research on a student-selected and developed topics"
• writingAI review: "A thesis is planned, researched, drafted, and revised over two semesters"
• public speakingAI review: "Includes iterative presentations and writing assignments"

AI-resilient: 1 of 5 1/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• No: Live work with people
• No: Judgment someone is accountable for
• No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
• ✓Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 12 seats per section

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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