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Combined-Degrees Programs >
to earn both the bachelor’s degree in their selected
major and the Master of Arts in Law and
Diplomacy (MALD) degree on completion of a
total of five to six years of study. Students may
apply for the program once they have completed
and received grades in at least twenty
undergraduate credits.
A total of sixteen Fletcher course credits are
required for the MALD degree. As many as four of
these courses may be used to fulfill requirements for
the bachelor’s degree. Fletcher courses will be taken
over a period of two and a half to three years,
during which time the student will complete his or
her academic work for the bachelor’s degree. No
more than a combined total of five undergraduate
and Fletcher courses may be taken during any one
semester, no more than four of which may be
Fletcher courses. The student’s program must be
coordinated to satisfy both the Fletcher
requirements and those of the undergraduate
department. Credit toward the MALD degree will
not be allowed for Fletcher courses taken through
cross registration or Fletcher Summer School
before beginning the combined-degrees program.
Cross registration for courses at Harvard or other
institutions will not be approved until the student
has completed at least eight Fletcher courses. Upon
admission to this combined-degree program, the
student must work with both his or her major
advisor, respective academic dean, and the Fletcher
registrar to ensure that he/she is meeting all
requirements for both the bachelor’s and MALD
degrees. These meetings must take place before
beginning coursework toward the MALD degree.
The normal length of this program is six years.
Students who are completing this combined-degree
program in a total of six years will be required to
satisfy the residency requirement of eight semesters
toward the bachelor’s degree and four semesters
toward the MALD degree. Tuition will be assessed
so that during semesters 1-8, they will pay Arts and
Sciences tuition and then during semesters 9-12,
they will pay tuition at The Fletcher School.
Some students opt for an accelerated program
where they complete the combined-degree program
in a total of five years. In this scenario, students
would satisfy the residence requirement of the
bachelor’s degree upon completion of 7 semesters,
after which they would begin paying tuition to
Fletcher for 3 semesters.
Those wishing to apply for the program should
do so during the semester following the one in
which they complete twenty undergraduate credits.
If admitted to the program, they will begin taking
Fletcher courses at the start of the following
semester, whether it begins in January or September.
The application deadlines are October 15 for
January admission and January 15 for September
admission.
Eligibility for financial aid will be based upon
where the student is charged tuition for a particular
semester. When students are charged and pay
tuition to Arts and Sciences, they would be eligible
to apply for undergraduate financial aid and when
they are charged and pay tuition to The Fletcher
School, they would be eligible to apply for financial
aid from The Fletcher School. Students should be
aware that financial aid eligibility may vary
significantly between the undergraduate program
and The Fletcher School program.
The application fee is not required for
combined-degree program applicants. Application
forms, requests for interviews, and information on
The Fletcher School may be obtained from the
Fletcher School Admissions Office (Goddard 213)
or by calling 617-627-3040.
School of Engineering
The Engineering-Fletcher degrees (EFL) program
is conducted jointly by the School of Engineering
and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
Highly qualified high school students will be
admitted to the School of Engineering and
conditionally admitted to the Fletcher School
during their senior year. These students will earn a
bachelor of science in their selected ABET, Inc.-
accredited degree from the School of Engineering
in four years.
The curriculum consists of a total of thirty-nine
credits of which eight pre-Fletcher courses should
be chosen. The required courses are Political
Science 51, International Relations; and Economics
5, Principles of Economics. The remaining five
elective courses should either be foreign language
courses or other courses with international focus.
These elective courses should be approved by the
Fletcher program advisor. Foreign language
competence equal to the intermediate level (the
equivalent of four semesters) is a minimum
prerequisite for enrollment at Fletcher. Students are
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