Language Requirements
Admissions Language Requirements for Master's Programs
Middle Eastern Studies (MA)
Applicants may enter the program at any level in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian or Turkish. Most applicants will have at minimum one year of college-level instruction if not much more.
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Admissions Language Requirements for Ph.D.
As doctoral scholarship requires a high degree of language proficiency, students normally complete a Master of Arts in the discipline or area of concentration before acceptance into the Ph.D. program.*
Hebrew Bible/Ancient Near East*
1) Three years of Biblical Hebrew (or equivalent) and
2) Knowledge of Biblical Aramaic or experience with a second Semitic language
Middle Eastern History
Arabic and Persian applicants must demonstrate proficiency at least at the Advanced-Low level. Modern Hebrew applicants must be at the Intermediate-High level for the master's program and Advanced-Low for the doctoral program.
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Arabic and Persian applicants must demonstrate proficiency at least at the Advanced-Low level.
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Arabic and Persian applicants must demonstrate proficiency at least at the Advanced-Low level. Modern Hebrew applicants must be at the Intermediate-High level for the master's program and Advanced-Low for the doctoral program.