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Juris Doctor/Master Of Arts In Arab Studies

J.D. /M.A.A.S. degree candidates must satisfactorily complete course requirements for both the J.D. and M.A.A.S. degrees. In addition to the J.D. and M.A.A.S. degrees, a Joint Program Certificate will be awarded upon satisfactory completion of the program. Students undertake a four-year course of study comprising a minimum of 109* credit hours (79* hours of Law Center courses and 30 hours of MAAS work, with 6 hours from the Law Center counted toward the MAAS degree and 6 hours of MAAS coursework counted toward the JD). Candidates for this joint degree must satisfy the academic standards of the two programs: (maintain a minimal B (3.0/4.0) average, demonstrate advanced language ability through successful completion of the MAAS Arabic language oral and written proficiency examinations, and successfully complete the oral comprehensive examination of the MAAS Program (or the thesis option).

Students may pursue the joint program toward the MA in Arab Studies/Juris Doctor from a number of different MAAS concentrations:

  • MAAS concentration in Women/Gender (with law focus on Family Law or International/Comparative Law - Human Rights)
  • MAAS concentration in Politics (with law focus on International/Comparative Law - Human Rights, or on International/National Security Law)
  • MAAS concentration in Culture/Society - especially Islam/Islamic societies (with law focus on International/Comparative Law, Family Law, or Law and Other Disciplines)

Curriculum Outline

  • 24 hours of MAAS coursework, or 18 hours plus intensive Arabic if necessary, taken during the first¹ year of the joint program;
  • 31* hours of the traditional first-year domestic law courses taken during the second¹ year of the joint program;
  • 29 hours in further domestic law courses including Professional Responsibility and the legal writing requirement. These courses are distributed among the third and fourth years;
  • 19 hours in international law courses including: 3 hours in the required course: International Law I: Introduction to International Law; 4 hours in further international law courses; and 12 other hours in international law or international law-related courses which complement the student's area of concentration. These courses are taken in the third and fourth years.   Students should center their electives around their MAAS divisional concentration, integrating their interests in law and the Arab world; and
  • 6-12 hours (depending on how many hours were completed in the first or second year) of MAAS coursework, taken in the second, third, and/or fourth years or during summer sessions.

¹Language Requirement

The MA in Arab Studies program is distinct from the other SFS Master's programs in that it builds intensive study of Arabic language (for those who need it) into its curriculum. Thus, the Arabic language requirement will have some bearing on the proposed joint MAAS/JD program.

The first year may be pursued at either Law Center or Main Campus, primarily depending on student's Arabic status. In most cases, first year will be at Law Center; in those cases in which the student has just completed a course of intensive Arabic language study prior to matriculation, such that a disruption in study of the language would be counterproductive, the student should start at the Main Campus in the appropriate level of Arabic. In all cases, before starting main campus course work, student should be at LEAST at intermediate level of Arabic (i.e. have completed 1 year or summer - 12 credits - intensive beginning Arabic.

 

Juris Doctor/Master Of Arts In Russian and East European Studies

J.D. /M.A.R.E.E.S. degree candidates must satisfactorily complete course requirements for both the J.D. and M.A.R.E.E.S. degrees. In addition to the J.D. and M.A.R.E.E.S. degrees, a Joint Program Certificate will be awarded upon satisfactory completion of the program. Students undertake a four-year course of study comprising a minimum of 109* credit hours (76* hours of Law Center courses and 33 hours of MAREES work), with 9 hours from the Law Center counted toward the MAREES degree and 9 hours of MAREES coursework counted toward the JD. Candidates for this joint degree must satisfy the academic standards of the two programs including: maintain a minimal B 3.0/4.0) average, complete the two required courses, Introduction to Area Studies and the Capstone Seminar, demonstrate advanced relevant foreign language ability through successful completion of two advanced language courses, and make a public presentation of research completed in the Capstone Seminar .

Curriculum Outline

  • 24 hours of MAREES coursework, including two advanced language courses, Introduction to Area Studies and the Capstone Seminar;
  • 31* hours of the traditional first-year domestic law courses (taken in the second year of the joint program);
  • 29 hours in further domestic law courses including Professional Responsibility and the legal writing requirement. These courses are distributed among the third and fourth years;
  • 16 hours in international law courses including: 3 hours in the required course: International Law I: Introduction to International Law; 4 hours in further international law courses; and 9 other hours in international law or international law-related courses which complement the student's area concentration. These courses are taken in the third and fourth years; and
  • 9 hours of additional MAREES coursework, taken in the second, third, and/or fourth years or during summer sessions.

 

Juris Doctor/Master Of Arts in German and European Studies

J.D. /M.A.G.E.S. degree candidates must satisfactorily complete course requirements for both the J.D. and M.A.G.E.S. degrees. In addition to the J.D. and M.A.G.E.S. degrees, a Joint Program Certificate will be awarded upon satisfactory completion of the program. Students undertake a four-year course of study comprising a minimum of 115* credit hours: 76* hours of Law Center courses and 39 hours of MAGES work, with 9 hours from the Law Center counted toward the MAGES degree and 9 hours of MAGES coursework counted toward the JD. Candidates for this joint degree must satisfy the academic standards of the two programs including: maintain a minimal B (3.0/4.0) average, demonstrate relevant foreign language ability through successful completion of the MAGES written and oral language examinations, and successfully complete the oral examination of the MAGES Program.

Curriculum Outline

  • 31* hours of required first-year domestic law courses (normally taken in the first year of the joint program);
  • 21 credits of required M.A.G.E.S. course work normally taken in the second year of the joint program: GERM 510 Theorizing Culture, INAF 590 International Relations in Europe, HIST 541 Modern German and European History, ECON 547 The European Economy, GOVT 593 Comparative European Politics, GOVT 590 The European Union, and INAF 980 MAGES Master’s Project Seminar;
  • 29 hours in further domestic law courses including Professional Responsibility and the legal writing requirement. These courses are distributed among the third and fourth years;
  • 16 hours in international law courses including: 3 hours in the required course: International Law I: Introduction to International Law; 4 hours in further international law courses; and 9 other hours in international law or international law-related courses which complement the student's area concentration. These courses are taken in the third and fourth years;
  • 18 credits of additional M.A.G.E.S. course work, taken in the second, third, and/or fourth years which includes 3 MAGES Directed Elective courses chosen from the disciplines of Comparative Politics, Cultural Studies, Economics, International Relations, or History and 3 MAGES Elective Courses; and
  • MAGES first and second foreign language exams and MAGES oral examination.

 

Juris Doctor/Master Of Arts In Latin American Studies

J.D. /M.A.L.A.S. degree candidates must satisfactorily complete course requirements for both the J.D. and M.A.L.A.S. degrees.  In addition to the J.D. and M.A.L.A.S. degrees, a Joint Program Certificate will be awarded upon satisfactory completion of the program.  Students undertake a four-year course of study comprising a minimum of 109* credit hours (79* hours of Law Center courses and 30 hours of MALAS work).  Six hours from the Law Center will satisfy MALAS degree requirements and 6 hours of MALAS coursework will satisfy JD requirements.  Candidates for this joint degree must satisfy the academic standards of the two programs: maintain a minimum B (3.0/4.0) average; demonstrate advanced foreign language ability through successful completion of a Spanish or Portuguese oral proficiency examination; and successfully complete the written comprehensive examination of the MALAS Program.

Curriculum Outline

  • 24 hours of MALAS coursework, ordinarily taken in the first year of the joint program. 
  • 6 hours of additional MALAS coursework, in the second, third, and/or fourth years or during summer session;
  • 31* hours of the traditional first-year domestic law courses, ordinarily taken in the second year of the joint program;
  • 32 hours in further domestic law courses including Professional Responsibility and the legal writing requirement. These courses are distributed among the third and fourth years; and
  • 16 hours in international law courses including: 3 hours in the required course: International Law I: Introduction to International Law and 13 hours in further international law courses at least 6 of which should focus on Latin America. These courses are taken in the third and fourth years of the joint program

Juris Doctor/Master Of Arts In Security Studies

J.D. /M.A.S.S.P. degree candidates must satisfactorily complete course requirements for both the J.D. and M.A.S.S.P. degrees. In addition to the J.D. and M.A.S.S.P. degrees, a Joint Program Certificate will be awarded upon satisfactory completion of the program. Separately, the JD program requires 85* credits over three years and the MASSP requires 36 credits over two years. Students in the joint degree program undertake a four-year course of study comprising a minimum of 109* credit hours (79* hours of Law Center courses and 30 hours of MASSP work). Six hours from the Law Center will satisfy MASSP degree requirements, and 6 hours of MASSP coursework will satisfy JD requirements.

Curriculum Outline

  • 24 hours of MASSP coursework taken in the first year of the joint program, including completion all of all core classes for the program.   Students will also be responsible for completing most of the MASSP requirements in this first year, specifically:
    • Completion of SEST-500, Theory and Practice of Security;
    • Completion of SEST-501, Grand Strategies and Military Operations;
    • Completion of SEST-502, Analytical Methods of Security;
    • Selection and completion of a concentration – either Intelligence, Military Operations, Science and Technology, Terrorism and Substate Violence, Unconventional Weapons and Non-proliferation, U.S. National Security, or a customized concentration negotiated with the Director of the SSP.  This concentration includes: a core class for the concentration, three electives within the concentration, and SEST-700, Thesis Seminar;
    • Completion of distribution requirements in three of the following areas: Science and Technology, Area Security Studies, and Economics and Security;
  • 31* hours of the traditional first-year domestic law courses (taken in the second year of the joint program);
  • 32 hours in further domestic law courses including Professional Responsibility and the legal writing requirement. These courses are distributed among the third and fourth years;
  • 16 hours in international law courses, including three hours in International Law I and 13 hours in further international law courses, at least 3 of which need to be in international/national security law;
  • 3 hours of additional MASSP coursework, taken in the third, and/or fourth years or during summer sessions; and
  • Passage of a four-hour comprehensive exam to be taken in the final semester of M.A.S.S.P.

*NOTE: 1 fewer credit is required for students who completed the first year law curriculum prior to 2007-2008.

Revised October 28, 2009 (DB)