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microwave components and improved digital communications,
these opportunities have few limits.
Radar, satellite, wireless radio and optical communications,
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few areas which utilize microwave technology.
In addition, computer hardware researchers and
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concepts are necessary to develop faster
computer circuits. As engineers explore low microwave
frequencies and even lower radio frequencies,
this technology will be applied to cable, broadband,
television, medical, and other commercial uses.
In collaboration, the Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering and the Department of
Computer Science offer this five-course, graduatelevel
certificate in microwave and wireless engineering.
The certificate program educates professionals
in the exciting new uses of microwave and wireless
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advanced development and training or as an
intermediate step to a master’s degree. In most
cases, courses taken as part of a certificate program
can be transferred into a graduate-degree program
in electrical engineering. The program is open to
students with a bachelor’s degree in electrical
engineering or physics or with equivalent preparation,
including a background in general physics and
intermediate circuit theory.
For more information, contact the Program
Administrator, Angela Foss, at 617-627-2320, or
visit http://gradstudy.tufts.edu/certificates.
Middle Eastern Studies
DIRECTOR:
Hugh Roberts, Edward Keller Professor of North African and
Middle Eastern History
FACULTY:
Professor Ina Baghdiantz-McCabe, History
Professor Leila Fawaz, History
Professor Bruce Hitchner, Classics
Professor Ayesha Jalal, History
Professor Beatrice Manz, History
Professor Malik Mufti, Political Science
Professor Enrico Spolaore, Economics
Associate Professor Gloria Ascher, Judaic Studies
Associate Professor Steven Hirsch, Classics
Associate Professor Richard Jankowsky, Music
Associate Professor Christina Maranci, Art and Art History
Associate Professor Hugh Roberts, History
Associate Professor Joel Rosenberg, Judaic Studies
Assistant Professor Amahl Bishara, Anthropology
Assistant Professor Elizabeth Foster, History
Assistant Professor Kenneth Garden, Religion
Assistant Professor Eva Hoffman, Art and Art History
Assistant Professor Nimah Mazaheri, Political Science
Assistant Professor Kamran Rastegar, Arabic Language
and Literature
Lecturer Rana E. Abdul-aziz, Arabic Language and
Literature
Lecturer Rabab El Nady, Arabic Language
Lecturer Hedda Harari-Spenser, Hebrew Language and
Literature
Lecturer Fadi Jajji, Arabic Language
Lecturer Haci Osman Gunduz, Arabic Language
Lecturer Souhad Zendah, Arabic Language
Middle Eastern Studies is an interdisciplinary
program that encourages breadth and significant
immersion in one or more Middle Eastern cultures.
The program gives students an opportunity to
study the history and culture of the Middle East
and of areas of the world whose territories were
part of Middle Eastern empires or were under the
influence of Middle Eastern civilizations in
pre-modern and modern times. Study abroad is
highly recommended.
UNDERGRADUATE concentrATION
REQUIREMENTS
Major in Middle Eastern Studies
The Middle Eastern studies major comprises ten
courses:
a. Two courses in a Middle Eastern language
(level 121-122, or equivalent). Students who
have demonstrated language competence
through level 121-122 by a placement test must
take two advanced language courses, two
semesters of a second Middle Eastern language,
or two other courses listed in section b for a total
of ten courses.
b. Six courses in Middle Eastern studies—chosen
in consultation with an advisor—from an
approved list updated by the Middle Eastern
Studies program annually. These courses must
include at least one course in premodern and
one course in modern Middle Eastern studies.
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