COURSES, TRAVEL, & RESEARCH

Oceans students and Faculty in Galapagos

Women on tiller demonstrating to Duke students

Students climbing with mountain vistas behind them

Student leading a classroom of students in a lesson

Duke Immerse is a semester-long program in which undergraduates enroll in a cluster of four courses designed by Duke faculty around a central theme. Immerse themes take a deep dive into a significant global challenge focused with a multidisciplinary lens.

Small Cohorts

Each Immerse cohort is fewer than 18 students making for ideal seminar discussions and mentoring relationships.

Campus and Beyond

Immerse programs are based in Durham on Duke’s campus and include travel to U.S. and international sites for experiential learning opportunities.

Four Courses

Duke faculty design a set of four interrelated seminar courses for each Immerse semester, focused on a central theme or issue.

Central Theme

Immerse programs focus on global challenges facing the world. Themes include ‘Imagining the Future of Food’, ‘Oceans, Humans and Environmental Health’, and ‘Civil Discourse and Democracy’.

Mission

Duke Immerse offers a fundamentally different learning environment, bringing faculty and students together to explore a significant global challenge, in the field and in the classroom, through a multidisciplinary lens.

Recent Program Themes

Student Experience

“One of my favorite memories from Duke Immerse was touring a salmon farm on our hands-on learning trip in the Faroe Islands. Being out on the water, surrounded by the islands’ distinct cliffs and open sea, was refreshing and gave me a unique look at the aquaculture process. […] The whole experience was a great mix of learning about sustainable aquaculture in an impressive setting.”