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interdisciplinary training. Completion of the certificate should enable a student to teach and conduct research in the field
of political economy. Work in this field should also be sufficiently compatible with the student’s departmental training
to enable students to present themselves on the market with the disciplinary credentials to secure an academic
appointment.
To earn the certificate in political economy, a student must successfully complete a minimum of five courses, three
of which are to be drawn from the core courses and two from a specialized area. One of the three core courses and two
of the five courses overall must be in economics, taken in the Department of Economics, the Fuqua School of Business,
or the Sanford Institute of Public Policy. All of these courses must be at the graduate level, unless an exception is
approved by the program director.
All students seeking the certificate are also required to complete successfully at least two courses within the
following fields of specialization: individual and social choice; normative political theory and the history of economic
thought; and governments and markets.
For additional information about a certificate, contact Professor John Aldrich or Professor Michael Munger, Duke
University, Department of Political Science, 214 Perkins Library, Box 90204, Durham NC 27708-90204, 919/660-
430F0.
Developmental and Stem Cell Biology (Certificate Program)
The Developmental and Stem Cell Biology (DSCB) Training Program provides broad interdepartmental
consortium of students and faculty doing developmental research at the molecular, cellular, genetic, evolutionary, and
system levels. Each of the commonly used animal modes is investigated, as well as plant developmental models. The
curriculum is designed to provide a strong core of knowledge in developmental biology, while allowing students the
flexibility to explore individual interests in particular fields, such as Developmental Genetics, Mechanisms of
Development, Stem Cells and Regeneration, or Evolution and Development. In the fall of the first year, DSCB
students take the Developmental Biology course. It provides a comprehensive introduction to developmental
strategies and mechanisms, and key tools to analyze them. DSCB students are also required to take a full-semester
graduate-level course in either Cell Biology or Genetics along with the weekly student-organized informal research
seminar series, in which Program students present short talks on their research projects. In the spring of the first and
second years, students will be required to take the Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Colloquium. Finally, a key
component provided by the Program is a teaching experience.
Students entering the Graduate School through the DSCB Training Program usually declare by the end of the first
year a department in which to earn their PhD degree. The student must then fulfill all of the normal graduation
requirements of the chosen department to complete their PhD studies. This includes additional course work and the
successful passing of a qualifying or preliminary exam. The student then focuses on thesis research leading to a
doctoral degree from that department, with a certificate in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology. For more
information contact: Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Box 103855, Duke University Medical Center, Durham,
MC 27710; telephone (919) 684-6629 or e-mail: devbio@biochem.duke.edu.
Developmental Psychology (Certificate Program)
Associate Professor Klingensmith, Director of Graduate Studies (4027 GSRBII Building)
The facilities in developmental psychology at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill (UNC) offer a collaborative approach to graduate training in developmental psychology: the UNC-Duke
Collaborative Graduate Certificate Program in Developmental Psychology. Graduate students in the doctoral
programs in Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke and students in UNC’s Department of Psychology can apply to this
program that offers training opportunities in addition to those of their home department. Students in the certificate
program attend developmental talks at both universities and have opportunities to take developmental seminars or
engage in supplemental research training with the faculty of their non-home university. Among the research emphases
of the participating faculty are cognitive development, social development, applied development and developmental
psychobiology. Students apply to the program by the beginning of their third year of graduate study.
For more information, contact: Director, UNC-Duke Collaborative Program in Developmental Psychology, Duke
University, Box 90086, Durham, NC 27708-0085; telephone: (919) 660-5715.
Earth and Ocean Sciences
Professor Lozier, Chair (333G Old Chemistry); Professor Boudreau, Director of Graduate Studies (305 Old
Chemistry); Professors Baker, Boudreau, Chameides, Corliss, Haff, Jackson, Klein, Lozier, Pratson; Associate
Professors Murray and Vengosh; Assistant Professor Li; Adjunct Faculty Erickson, Hegerl, Isaksen, Malin, Molnia,
Stanislaw; Professors Emeriti Barber, Heron, Perkins, Pilkey, and Schlesinger
The Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences of the Nicholas School of the Environment (formerly the Department
of Geology, School of Arts and Sciences) offers graduate work leading to the MS and PhD degrees in earth and ocean
sciences. Active research areas of the staff include: aquatic geochemistry, biogeochemistry, carbonate diagenesis,
clastic and carbonate facies analysis, continental margin and deep-sea sedimentation, coastal and near-shore
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