The Center for Christianity and Scholarship offers a Certificate in Christian Studies to students who complete at least four program requirements, including at least two Duke courses. The Certificate in Christian Studies equips Duke undergraduates to be faithful witnesses for Christ in your academic studies and future vocations. Certificate programs help students develop a well-rounded Christian mind that includes knowledge of Scripture and theology, formation in the historic Christian tradition, and practice "thinking Christianly" across many domains of life. To earn the Certificate, complete four requirements, including at least two CCS-affiliated Duke courses and up to two CCS-led extracurricular experiences.
Duke courses toward the certificate are taught by Christian professors. The Certificate offers full-credit courses and half-credit House courses. Courses include topics such as "The Christian Story," and "Not-So-Old Testament" Check out some of our upcoming courses below.
This course serves two fundamental purposes: (1) to explore how businesses make money and how shifts in the environment change opportunities to do so and (2) to connect effective responses to those changes with fundamental principles in Christian theology. To accomplish these objectives, students will be asked to consider the present-day challenges confronting twelve firms spanning a range of industries. Firms will be drawn from around the world to highlight critical issues in global management.
CCS offers travel experiences over spring break and in the summer to immerse students in Christian learning in other contexts around the world. Stay tuned for our 2026 offerings!
CCS-affiliated courses are taught by Christian faculty within their Duke departments, engage with big questions, and are open to Christian answers.
CCS's Faith & Work Summer Internship program gathers students to explore the theology of work and how to integrate faith with daily life in the office, lab, workshop, or clinic. What’s work for? Does my work have to be a calling? How am I responsible to my family, my education, my gifts and talents, my desires, and my faith? What if these are in competition? Participants will learn with one another and from CCS staff and Christian leaders in various fields.
To learn more about the Certificate in Christian Studies, get in touch with Derek Witten, our Director of Academic Programming
