General Course Registration Information

Courses listed on the Course Advising web pages are not an exhaustive list. Please e-mail us about other courses you find that may interest MPP students. Be sure to check on prerequisites.

Permission

If a Duke or non-Duke course requires permission to enroll, it will be indicated on the course listing online system. You are to contact the instructor to obtain permission. Staff assistants may be handling the logistics of assigning the permission numbers.

Inter-Institutional Registration and Information

If you are interested in taking a course at another institution (i.e., UNC,  NCSU, etc.) please download the Inter-Institutional Approval Form (pdf). Some classes may require you to obtain permission or instructor consent as noted in the course listings. Both UNC and NCSU have online e-mail directories that may be accessed as needed to contact the appropriate instructor(s). Write the permission number you are given in the “Visited Inst. Approval” column, or have the instructor sign here. You may also attach an e-mail from the instructor granting you permission to take the course. Once the form is filled out, obtain the appropriate approval signature from the MPP Director of Graduate Studies (178 Rubenstein Hall). Take the completed form to the University Registrar’s Office, 705 Broad Street, Room 202, 684-2813. You may also bring completed forms to the MPP Program Coordinator’s Office (172 Rubenstein Hall) to be faxed to the Registrar. The Registrar will process your registration form and make arrangements to enroll you in the requested course(s). Please note that Inter-Institutional registration requests should be made as early as possible prior to semester drop/add deadlines.

Additional Inter-Institutional Registration Information

To find a course description of a course at UNC visit the Graduate Catalog. To find a course description of a course at NCSU, click on the link associated with the course number listed on the course listing. Remember that courses listed under Special Topics are not established courses, so, if you need more information than is provided by the description on the course listings then contact the instructor (often you will have already received a notice of special topics courses from one of your Duke professors).

To find a syllabus online, go to the department Internet site and look for a category such as, “Courses with Web Links,” or search under “Faculty” to lead you to instructors’  pages. To find a department Internet site at UNC, click on the link at the top of a department course listing. To find a department page at NCSU, click on the link associated with the course number, which will take you to the departmental course description page.  For some NCSU and UNC departments, it may be necessary to locate departmental Internet pages through the NCSU and UNC home pages.

Registration for Fuqua Business and Duke Law Schools

FUQUA:
To request enrollment in a course at the Fuqua School of Business, you must fill out a Grad/Prof Course Registration Permission form. Your request must be approved by the professor teaching the course and by the Fuqua Registrar. The completed form should be returned to the Fuqua Registrar, 342 East Wing, Keller Center, Science Drive, Fuqua School of Business.

The academic calendar for Fuqua differs from Duke’s course calendar.

LAW:
To register for Law School courses, contact the Duke Law School’s Registrar.

Registrar’s contact information:
Phone: 613-7027
Address: Room 2028 Law School