参加该计划的学生可以通过讲座，研讨会，教程，实践，现场工作（实习），非正式但有计划的一对一支持以及自主学习（例如研究，阅读和写作）来学习。研讨会和辅导班的规模要比讲座小得多，辅导班通常不超过8名与教授或讲师一起工作的学生，研讨会规模较大，但规模仍然很小，可以与导师进行一对一互动。所有这些都由虚拟学习环境Durham University Online（DUO）支持。对小组教学的强调反映了有意识地选择以提高学习体验的质量，而不是正式会议的数量。实际上，学位课程的设计目的是减少学生从第一年到最后一年的正式会议
Students on this programme learn through a combination of lectures, seminars, tutorials, practicals, fieldwork (placements), informal but scheduled one-on-one support, and self-directed learning, such as research, reading, and writing. Seminars, and tutorials, are much smaller groups than lectures, with tutorials often involving no more than eight students working with a professor or lecturer, seminars can be larger but are still small enough to allow one-on-one interaction with tutors. All of these are supported by a virtual learning environment, Durham University Online (DUO). This emphasis on small-group teaching reflects a conscious choice to enhance the quality of the learning experience rather than the quantity of formal sessions. In fact, the degree programme is designed to feature fewer formal sessions and more independent learning as students move from their first to their final year. Small-group teaching and one-on-one attention from the personal academic advisor (provided for all students when they enter the programme) are part of the learning experience throughout, but by the final year classroom time gives way, to some extent, to independent research, including a capstone dissertation?supported by one-on-one supervision?that makes up a third of final year credits. Optional foundation year, Optional sandwich year, Optional year abroad