Students participating in the Focus Program during their first semester at Duke live in the same residence hall but not the same rooms. Focus isn't worth it just so you can make friends; trust me, you'll make friends no matter what. I was so excited to talk to them about it; I decided I was going to blog about it. They also share the residence hall with other Focus is OK if you are interested in the topics, but the Focus program knows that p-frosh are worried about making friends and tries to play on this insecurity. So what’s the Focus Program really like?
Learn More. Alumni Stories. The Focus Program (FOCUS) is one such opportunity. To help you navigate through these, we offer a number of signature opportunities that promote active inquiry and engagement. The Focus Program is an interdisciplinary learning and living experience with benefits that last a lifetime.
With that in mind, I'd absolutely say FOCUS as a whole is worth it, and a great introduction to academic community and interdisciplinary study at Duke.
The Focus Program offers these extraordinary opportunities to first-year, first-semester students: Interdisciplinary seminar clusters that nurture the Your first year at Duke will include many experiences. Duke Faculty find that teaching in the Focus Program is a rewarding experience. Building relationships with professors early on will help you over time, and go a long way to making you feel at home here. FOCUS students belong to a virtual family of up to 36. During Blue Devil Days, a number of people asked me about the Focus Program. The Focus Program (FOCUS) is an exciting opportunity for students to be exposed to ideas from the vantage point of different disciplines across the humanities, sciences and social sciences during their first semester at Duke. They share the excitement of the engaged, collaborative learning while taking part in a close-knit intellectual and social community. If you would like to be a part of this innovative program, or you would like to teach in a particular cluster, we would like to hear from you.