For more information contact:

Academic Program Coordinator
Center for European Studies
Duke University
Box 90406
Durham, North Carolina 27708-0406
919.684.6449
Email: samp@duke.edu

Degree offered: A graduate certificate program is offered.

Program Requirements

The advances of interdisciplinarity have made it essential to provide a formal structure through which students from various disciplines in arts and sciences and the professional schools can obtain some grounding in other academic disciplines. The Center for European Studies aims to be a pioneer in the interdisciplinary configuration of area studies work towards an area-based, but not area-bound, perspective. In this context, the Center for European Studies offers a Graduate Certificate in Interdisciplinary European Studies.

To receive the Graduate Certificate, the following criteria must be met:

• Five core courses with at least a 75% European Studies content taken in at least three different departments;

• Two-year participation in the European Studies Graduate Student Colloquium; (“participation in this context means that involvement in at least four Graduate Colloquium-sponsored activities per semester must be documented);

• Attain competency in one European language other than English equivalent to at least four semesters of college level study (advanced proficiency). Certification of language competency will be approved by the Executive Committee.

• Attain competency in a second European language other than English equivalent to at least two semesters of college level study (intermediate proficiency). Certification of language competency will be approved by the Executive Committee.

• A significant focus on European Studies-related issues in dissertation work.

• It will also be required that a faculty member with European expertise be appointed to the students dissertation committee from outside the student’s home department.

You may view a list of eligible courses for the program by clicking here.

How to Apply

The Graduate Certificate is open to all doctoral degree students who meet the necessary requirements. The Graduate Certificate Program Application form must be completed and forwarded to the DUCES Academic Program Coordinator for appropriate signature.

Click here to download the Graduate Certificate Program Application