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CAMES' goal is to enhance the understanding of the
Middle East and encourage informed scholarship on the region in all academic
disciplines. This is achieved through its program offerings, cooperative programs with
other universities, its publications and the lectures hosted by the center
throughout the year.
The center is an interdepartmental,
interdisciplinary unit with the educational aim of assisting students in
acquiring a sound grounding in an academic discipline and in the languages and
civilizations of the Middle East. CAMES achieves this objective through its
MA degree program -- a two year thesis program that is specifically designed
for students who wish to obtain a broad knowledge of the region.
The program focuses on current methodologies
and approaches to the general field of the Middle Eastern scholarship. Students
structure their own course of study in such areas as contemporary Middle Eastern
History and Archaeology, the Social Sciences, and Arabic Language and Literature. The
courses and the thesis requirement encourage the students' critical and independent
thinking and the undertaking of analytical in-depth research.
The Center is also committed to the study of
the Arabic language and offers courses at all levels in coordination with the
department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages as well as a six-week
intensive Arabic course in the summer.
CAMES also regularly hosts
research
affiliates from other universities working on doctoral or post-doctoral research.
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