The Trinity School of Arts and Sciences
From Duke Wiki
Arts & Sciences, which comprises Trinity College and many programs in the Graduate School, is the heart of Duke. More than 580 faculty members in 34 departments and programs teach courses ranging from theoretical physics and African dance to post-colonial studies and applied ethics. Many of these faculty are breaking down the boundaries between traditional academic disciplines and investigating important questions from a variety of points of view in such interdisciplinary units as the Center for Child and Family Policy, the Center for Geometric Computing, and the John Hope Franklin Institute for Interdisciplinary and International Studies.
The 5,300 Trinity College undergraduates learn from world-class teachers in courses in the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences. Another 1,000 undergraduates from the Pratt School of Engineering take about half their courses in Trinity College, while the Graduate School trains some 1,200 students for professions in the arts and sciences as well as divinity, business, environmental and earth sciences, and engineering.
Trinity College students have the opportunity for faculty-student interaction from their very first day on campus, and maintain close contact with distinguished professors in seminars, independent studies, and capstone courses. Students are welcomed into faculty laboratories and research groups, have faculty-in-residence as neighbors in dormitories, and share meals with faculty in various extracurricular programs. Many students develop and maintain friendships with their professors that endure beyond their years at Duke.
