B.5.c. Academic Resources

Academic Resource Center

Being a Duke student can be inspiring, rewarding, and demanding. There are challenging classes and many exciting opportunities in and out of the classroom. The Academic Resource Center (ARC) offers resources to maximize students’ capabilities so they can cultivate successful academic experiences at Duke. ARC services are free to all Duke undergraduate students, in any year, studying in any discipline.

Learning Consultations give students an opportunity to meet one-on-one with a professional staff member to enhance their academic skills and learn strategies tailored to how they learn and to their specific courses. Consultations can address many of the challenges students may face, including time management; procrastination and motivation; how to balance study, work, and co-curricular activities; effective note-taking; exam preparation; and more.
Peer Tutoring involves small groups of 2-5 students in the same course who meet weekly with a Peer Tutor to receive additional support for course content questions while being part of a community of fellow learners.
STEM Advancement through Group Engagement (SAGE) learning communities provide opportunities for students to enhance their course experience, build community, and develop scholarship and leadership skills in certain STEM courses. Students work in small groups facilitated by upper-level undergraduate students. Currently, SAGE learning communities support many introductory STEM courses. See the ARC website for the current course list.
Study Connect facilitates connecting students with their classmates to form course study groups. Students can also find other students for general study groups, the GRE and MCAT.
LD/ADHD Support for students with learning and attention challenges provides course specific and tailored learning strategies through learning consultations and ADHD coaching.

For more information, call the ARC at (919) 684-5917, visit arc.duke.edu, or email ARC@duke.edu.

Duke Testing Center

The Duke Testing Center provides a secure, comfortable, and minimally distractive testing environment for Duke undergraduates who qualify and are enrolled in a course with an instructor who uses the Testing Center. Students who qualify include those granted testing accommodations by the Student Disability Access Office, or who need to complete make-up exams due to an approved absence. Students will schedule in advance to take their Duke course exams in the proctored environment at the Center. For more information about the Testing Center, visit testingcenter.duke.edu.

Undergraduate Research

Duke University encourages connections between the academic experience and the research endeavors of its faculty scholars and investigators. More than half of Duke undergraduate students complete faculty-mentored research projects in both individual and collaborative settings, working with professors from every department across campus. The Undergraduate Research Support (URS) Office in Trinity College promotes student involvement in research by working closely with Trinity academic departments and by providing financial support for research engagements in many disciplines. The office provides research assistantships and grants through the academic year, research grants and fellowships for the summer, and travel grants for presentations at professional conferences. The URS Office also organizes symposia of undergraduate research and it administers summer research programs. For detailed information, visit undergraduateresearch.duke.edu.

Graduate and Professional School Advising

Students planning to enter a graduate or professional school should consult published information from the relevant advising programs or offices at advising.duke.edu/preprofessional-advising. For specific information regarding courses and curriculum choices, students should seek input from their faculty advisors and pregraduate or preprofessional advisors where appropriate.

Engineering — for careers in engineering, consult the associate dean of Pratt School of Engineering or the director of graduate studies in one of the engineering departments
Pregraduate — contact Director of Undergraduate Studies in department of interested area of study
Prehealth — for careers in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine and other health care fields
Pre-Law — for careers in law

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