Duke Kunshan University’s Freshman Orientation to Social Science happens soon after each fall semester begins. The center organizes a nearly all-day teaching session for freshmen with an interest in the social sciences. The session introduces Duke Kunshan University undergraduates to fundamental concerns and selected important topics in empirical research in the social sciences. It offers undergraduate students the opportunity to learn the steps of conducting rigorous and systematic research in social science. Students would participate in three 45-minute topic modules—one in the morning, two in the afternoon. They assemble together for lunch and a presentation by an invited speaker that traces step-by-step progress on a particular puzzle from his or her social science research agenda.