Duke Summer Session offers courses from across the arts and sciences so you can get ahead in you major, minors, and certificates; complete general education requirements, and delve into your interests. Courses are primarily offered in-person with a selection of online courses available. Learn how to register for Summer Session.
For more information about available courses:
- Please see the Projected Course Listings for courses that departments are
currently planning to offer. - February 16, 2026 – The summer course schedule will be available on DukeHub and will include the most up-to-date course information.
For more information, email summer@duke.edu.
Maximum Enrollment
- Trinity College students and visiting college students may enroll in two courses per 6-week term of Summer Session. One of these courses may be a laboratory science course.
- Pratt School of Engineering students must make an appointment with their Academic Dean in order to discuss taking more than one laboratory course in a 6-week term of Summer Session.
Students may also enroll in a physical education activity course for one-half course credit or an applied music course for one-quarter or one-half course credit, not to exceed a total of 2.5 course credits in a 6-week term.
A greater course load may be possible on rare occasions with the approval of your Academic Dean or the appropriate Director of Graduate Studies.
If a course must be cancelled due to low enrollment, this decision is made as early as possible in an attempt to avoid undue hardship on students. Students already enrolled in a cancelled course will be notified immediately. If possible, courses are offered as scheduled.
General Information about Course Levels
- 0 - 99 – Advanced Placement credit; House Courses; First-Year Seminars, First-Year Writing
- 100 - 199 – Introductory-level undergraduate courses; basic skills / activity courses
- 200 - 399 – Undergraduate courses above introductory level
- 400 - 499 – Advanced undergraduate, senior seminars, capstone courses, honors thesis courses
- 500 - 699 – Graduate courses open to advanced undergraduates