Editing Duke University (section)

====Trinity College of Arts and Sciences====
{{Main|Trinity College of Arts and Sciences}}
[[File:SocSci.jpg|thumb|Social Sciences building of the Trinity College]]

At Duke, the undergraduate experience centers around Trinity College, with Engineering students taking approximately half of their Duke common curriculum within Trinity.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 20, 2012 |title=The First Year |url=https://pratt.duke.edu/undergrad/students/first-year |access-date=March 21, 2019 |website=Duke Pratt School of Engineering |language=en}}</ref> Engineering students are able to enroll in any classes within the liberal arts college, and Trinity students are able to enroll in any classes within the engineering college. The undergraduate curriculum includes a focus on the humanities. All freshman students take a writing class and a current-issues seminar class.<ref>{{Cite web |title=First-Year Programs {{!}} Trinity College of Arts & Sciences |url=https://trinity.duke.edu/undergraduate/first-year-programs |access-date=March 21, 2019 |website=trinity.duke.edu}}</ref> [[Graduate School of Duke University|The Graduate School]] trains roughly 1200 doctoral and masters students in the arts and sciences as well as in [[Duke Divinity School|divinity]], [[Pratt School of Engineering|engineering]], [[Fuqua School of Business|business]], and [[Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences|environmental and earth sciences]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gradschool.duke.edu/about/|title=About the Graduate School|website=gradschool.duke.edu|access-date=January 1, 2025}}</ref>

Trinity's curriculum operates under the revised version of "Curriculum 2000".<ref name="Curr2000" /> The curriculum aims to help students develop critical faculties and judgment by learning how to access, synthesize, and communicate knowledge effectively. The intent is to assist students in acquiring perspective on current and historical events, conducting research and solving problems, and developing tenacity and a capacity for hard and sustained work.<ref name="Curr2000">{{cite web |url=http://www.aas.duke.edu/admin/curriculum2000/report.html |title=Curriculum 2000: Index of the Report |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610023640/http://www.aas.duke.edu/admin/curriculum2000/report.html |archive-date=June 10, 2007 |publisher=Duke University |access-date=June 12, 2011}}</ref> Freshmen can elect to participate in the [[FOCUS Program]], which allows students to engage in an interdisciplinary exploration of a specific topic in a small group setting in their first semesters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://focus.duke.edu/introduction/ |title=Focus: Introduction: What is Focus?|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420004952/http://focus.duke.edu/introduction/ |archive-date=April 20, 2009 |publisher=Duke University |access-date=June 12, 2011}}</ref>