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Spring Breakthrough Courses The Week at Duke {in 60 Seconds}
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Welcome to the week at Duke in 60 seconds.
Over spring break, around 100 first-and second-year students stayed on campus to participate in a new program called Spring Breakthrough. Over five days, students took part in small group classes with some of Duke’s most popular professors. The program was designed to give participants a chance to explore a new subject, just for the fun of learning. There was no pressure and best of all, no grades!
In one of the classes, the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton” provided a backdrop for students to combine learning about history and politics with composing lyrics and performing spoken word.
And one class featured a subject popular with students everywhere: Puppies! While exploring cognitive neuroscience, veterinary science, evolution, and behavioral economics, the class played with puppies and older dogs, visited a shelter, a goat farm, and the North Carolina Zoo.
For more Duke news every day, visit Duke Today.
Welcome to the week at Duke in 60 seconds.
Over spring break, around 100 first-and second-year students stayed on campus to participate in a new program called Spring Breakthrough. Over five days, students took part in small group classes with some of Duke’s most popular professors. The program was designed to give participants a chance to explore a new subject, just for the fun of learning. There was no pressure and best of all, no grades!
In one of the classes, the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton” provided a backdrop for students to combine learning about history and politics with composing lyrics and performing spoken word.
And one class featured a subject popular with students everywhere: Puppies! While exploring cognitive neuroscience, veterinary science, evolution, and behavioral economics, the class played with puppies and older dogs, visited a shelter, a goat farm, and the North Carolina Zoo.
For more Duke news every day, visit Duke Today.
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