Digital Intelligence Certificate

Program Code: U-DQ-C
Plan Type: Certificate
Department: Science & Society
Website: scienceandsociety.duke.edu/learn/undergraduate-programs/ss-certificate/digital-intelligence

Program Summary

The Digital Intelligence Certificate is an undergraduate, interdisciplinary course of study that equips students to develop foundational knowledge in computational technologies and their relationship to society. The certificate is targeted at all Duke students.

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Academic Requirements

At least 6 units total to complete the certificate. At least 34 units total to earn a degree.

• Required Courses (2 units)

  • SCISOC 256

  • SCISOC 498S

• Electives (4 units)

  • Must represent all elective areas: computational thinking; ethics and policy; representations, translation & communication; computation in practice

  • A comprehensive list of elective courses is available to students in the degree audit system.

Certificate details. Together, the core and electives will provide students with a broad understanding of emerging computational and data technology as well as the policy and ethics issues they raise. The capstone course will provide students a way to integrate what they have learned across the different core and elective areas, with a culminating project and a course that helps them learn to present the findings in a compelling and accessible way.

Before enrolling in the Capstone course, students must participate in a substantial, summer-long or semester-long experiential research project, also known as their Capstone Project. This can be accomplished either through participation in existing Duke programs such as Applied Ethics+, Climate+, Code+, CS+, Data+, Math+, DukeEngage, or through a substantial independent project, equivalent to a semester in length, developed in consultation with Certificate faculty and supervised by a faculty mentor.