AAAS 335Notable faculty
The History of Hip-Hop
Patrick Douthit
Taught by the producer 9th Wonder. Cross-listed in five departments.
Courses / Schools
School / Spring 2027
Undergraduate (Trinity and Pratt)
Courses open to Trinity and Pratt undergraduates, from first-year seminars to 400-level capstones.
- open courses
- 1,177
- departments
- 91
- open seats
- 38,521
Top skills
Notable faculty teaching
- Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
2018 president of the American Sociological Association. AAAS 246. Source - Omid Safi
Former director of the Duke Islamic Studies Center. AAAS 249, AMES 209S. Source - Charmaine D. Royal
Geneticist who studies race, ancestry and health. AAAS 261D. Source - Patrick Douthit
The record producer 9th Wonder, CEO of Jamla Records. AAAS 330, AAAS 335. Source - Susan C. Alberts
Co-directs the Amboseli Baboon Research Project. BIOLOGY 267. Source - Sheila Patek
Studies the biomechanics of ultra-fast animal movement. BIOLOGY 329L. Source - William R. Adair
Founder of PolitiFact. CMAC 390S-10, JAM 367S. Source - Michael P. Hardt
Co-author, with Antonio Negri, of Empire (2000). CULANTH 203. Source - Michael Munger
Political economist; 2008 Libertarian candidate for governor of North Carolina. ECON 236, POLSCI 318. Source - Erika Weinthal
Scholar of environmental peacebuilding and global environmental politics. ENERGY 394T-08, ENERGY 394T-09, GLHLTH 396T-11. Source - Toril Moi
Directs Duke's Center for Philosophy, Arts, and Literature. ENGLISH 285S. Source - Frank Anthony Bruni
New York Times op-ed columnist from 2011; at Duke Sanford since 2021. ETHICS 390S-20. Source - Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Philosopher of ethics, neuroethics and artificial intelligence. ETHICS 497S, PHIL 105CC-01. Source - Brian Hare
Founded and co-directs the Duke Canine Cognition Center. EVANTH 260. Source - Gavin Yamey
Directs the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health. GLHLTH 306. Source - Thavolia Glymph
Historian; author of Out of the House of Bondage. HISTORY 290-04. Source - Ralph Snyderman
Chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, 1989 to 2004; Duke University Health System was created under him. HOUSECS 59-07. Source - Mohamed Noor
Duke's Executive Vice Provost and an evolutionary geneticist. HOUSECS 59-11. Source - Peter D. Feaver
Scholar of civil-military relations. HOUSECS 59-14, POLSCI 497S-3-01. Source - Scott McCartney
Created and wrote The Wall Street Journal's Middle Seat column for 20 years. JAM 362S. Source - Michael Tomasello
Developmental and comparative psychologist. LINGUIST 207. Source - Adrian Bejan
Developed the constructal law; author of Design in Nature. ME 438. Source - Kate Scholberg
Neutrino physicist who works on detecting supernova neutrinos. PHYSICS 465D. Source - John F. Hillen
Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, 2005 to 2007. POLSCI 118CNS. Source - Edmund Malesky
Directs the Duke Center for International Development. POLSCI 403. Source
Courses
1,177 courses
Cross-listed codes share one row, each special topic gets its own, and independent study stays hidden unless you ask for it.
ETHICS 390S-20Notable facultySpecial topic
Opinion Writing
Frank Anthony Bruni
Frank Bruni wrote op-eds for The New York Times from 2011. This seminar is about making an argument short.
CMAC 390S-10Notable facultySpecial topic
Wikipedia, AI and the Future
William R. Adair
Bill Adair founded PolitiFact. His seminar this spring is Wikipedia, AI and the Future.
ME 438Notable faculty
Constructal Theory and Design
Adrian Bejan
Constructal theory, taught by Adrian Bejan, who developed it.
EVANTH 260Notable faculty
Human Cognitive Evolution
Brian Hare
Human cognitive evolution with the founder of the Duke Canine Cognition Center.
JAM 362SNotable faculty
Business Journalism
Scott McCartney
Business journalism from the creator of the Wall Street Journal's Middle Seat column.
ARTSVIS 368S
The View Camera: Black and White Large Format Photography
Thomas S. Rankin
4x5 film, a darkroom and silver gelatin prints. Nine seats left in the snapshot.
HOUSECS 59-17Special topic
Machining & Manufacturing
Kip Coonley
Half a credit of machining and manufacturing.
HOUSECS 59-02Special topic
NeetCode 75: Algorithmic Thinking
Susan H. Rodger
NeetCode 75: half credit, pass/fail, Monday evenings, with Susan Rodger.
HOUSECS 59-07Notable facultySpecial topic
Transforming U.S. Healthcare
Ralph Snyderman
A house course with Ralph Snyderman, who led Duke's medical school and health system from 1989 to 2004.
HOUSECS 59-11Notable facultySpecial topic
Astrobiology: Alien Anatomy
Mohamed Noor
Astrobiology, taught by Duke's Executive Vice Provost.
HOUSECS 59-09Special topic
Pink Floyd and the Concept LP
Susan L. Fancher
A half-credit course on Pink Floyd and the concept album.
PHYSICS 133
The Physics of Sports
Steffen A. Bass
Force, momentum and energy, explained through football, baseball, hockey, soccer and swimming.
I&E 251
Asking Dumb Questions
Aaron Philip Dinin
"Most courses teach students answers. This one teaches students questions." That is the actual description.
HOUSECS 59-14Notable facultySpecial topic
Napoleon Revolution and Empire
Christopher John Coome, Peter D. Feaver
AMES 209SNotable faculty
Love, Spirit, and Mysticism: The Path of Love in Middle East and South Asia
Omid Safi