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COMBINED DEGREE PROGRAMS >Combined-Degrees Programs with TheFletcher School of Law and DiplomacyCollege of Liberal ArtsThe combined-degree program is conducted jointlyby the undergraduate college and The FletcherSchool of Law and Diplomacy. It offers an opportunityfor a limited number of highly qualified Tuftsundergraduates in Arts and Sciences to earn boththe bachelor’s degree in their selected major and theMaster of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD)degree on completion of a total of five to six yearsof study. Students may apply for the program oncethey have completed and received grades in at leasttwenty undergraduate credits.A total of sixteen Fletcher course credits arerequired for the MALD degree. As many as four ofthese courses may be used to fulfill requirements forthe bachelor’s degree. Fletcher courses will be takenover a period of two and a half to three years, duringwhich time the student will complete his or heracademic work for the bachelor’s degree. No morethan a combined total of five undergraduate andFletcher courses may be taken during any onesemester, no more than four of which may beFletcher courses. The student’s program must becoordinated to satisfy both the Fletcher requirementsand those of the undergraduate department.Credit toward the MALD degree will not beallowed for Fletcher courses taken through crossregistrationor Fletcher Summer School beforebeginning the combined-degrees program. Crossregistrationfor courses at Harvard or other institutionswill not be approved until the student hascompleted at least eight Fletcher courses. Uponadmission to this combined-degree program, thestudent must work with both his or her major advisor,respective academic dean and the Fletcher registrarto ensure that he/she is meeting allrequirements for both the bachelor’s and MALDdegrees. These meetings must take place beforebeginning coursework toward the MALD degree.The normal length of this program is six years.Students who are completing this combined-degreeprogram in a total of six years will be required tosatisfy the residency requirement of eight semesterstoward the bachelor’s degree and four semesterstoward the MALD degree. Tuition will be assessedso that during semesters 1-8, they will pay Artsand Sciences tuition and then during semesters 9-12, they will pay tuition at The Fletcher School.Some students opt for an accelerated programwhere they complete the combined-degree programin a total of five years. In this scenario, studentswould satisfy the residence requirement ofthe bachelor’s degree upon completion of 7 semesters,after which they would begin paying tuition toFletcher for 3 semesters.Those wishing to apply for the program shoulddo so during the semester following the one inwhich they complete twenty undergraduate credits.If admitted to the program, they will begin takingFletcher courses at the start of the followingsemester, whether it begins in January or September.The application deadlines are October 15 forJanuary admission and January 15 for Septemberadmission.Eligibility for financial aid will be based uponwhere the student is charged tuition for a particularsemester. When students are charged and paytuition to Arts and Sciences, they would be eligibleto apply for undergraduate financial aid and whenthey are charged and pay tuition to The FletcherSchool, they would be eligible to apply for financialaid from The Fletcher School. Students should beaware that financial aid eligibility may vary significantlybetween the undergraduate program andThe Fletcher School program.The application fee is not required for combined-degreeprogram applicants. Applicationforms, requests for interviews, and information onthe The Fletcher School may be obtained from theFletcher School Admissions Office (Goddard 213)or by calling 617-627-3040.School of EngineeringThe Engineering-Fletcher degrees (EFL) programis conducted jointly by the School of Engineeringand the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.Highly qualified high school students will beadmitted to the School of Engineering and conditionallyadmitted to the Fletcher School duringtheir senior year. These students will earn a bachelorof science in their selected ABET-accredited degreefrom the School of Engineering in four years.The curriculum consists of a total of thirty-ninecredits of which eight pre-Fletcher courses shouldbe chosen. The required courses are Political Science51, International Relations; Economics 5,Principles of Economics. The remaining five electivecourses should either be foreign languagecourses or other courses with international focus.These elective courses should be approved by theFletcher program adviser. Foreign language compe-57