Overview

The curriculum is rigorous but flexible, preparing students for professional employment in business, education or government, or for the pursuit of doctoral work involving NELC languages in the study of the dynamically changing societies of the Near East.

Students may specialize in one NELC language or in two coherently combined NELC languages, in consultation with the faculty advisor.

Key Facts

The Near Eastern Languages and Cultures program from The Ohio State University is distinguished among its peers by its versatile, genuinely interdisciplinary curriculum and the breadth of its language offerings.

Our MA and PhD program curricula are designed to foster innovative projects in the study of the Near East that arise when materials from different established specialties are put together in productive ways. New avenues of research are discovered through training in more than one area or set of methods that may not have been brought together before. This prepares students to answer questions in Near Eastern studies that fall between traditionally configured sub-fields.

Our students are not restricted to one area or track. This is by design. Here you will benefit from the combinatory possibilities made available by the shared expertise of our fourteen professors in widely-ranging fields. Together our research materials range from ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform inscriptions to modern Near Eastern novels, our geographic range runs from the Maghrib to Central Asia and India, and our methods in themselves represent a history of modern scholarship in the humanities and beyond, from philology, historical linguistics and manuscript studies to folklore, critical theory, and anthropology.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Elementary Modern Standard Arabic

Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic

Colloquial Arabic

Contemporary Arab Cultures: Arts, Mass Media, Society

Classical and Medieval Arabic Literature in Translation

Arabic Philosophy

Advanced Arabic Grammar

Arabic Qur'an

Translation: Theory and Practice

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-30 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Columbus, United States

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General requirements

A baccalaureate or professional degree (or equivalent foreign credential) from an accredited college or university, earned by the expected date of entry into your graduate program.

A minimum of a 3.0 cumulative GPA (on a 4.0 scale) for the last degree earned.

Prerequisite training that will enable you to pursue your program. Evidence usually comes in the form of transcripts or other credentials documenting that you have completed prerequisite academic work.

Standardized test score (GRE or GMAT) if the score is required by your program. Scores must be sent electronically from the testing agency; faxed or emailed scores are not considered. Note: Scores are valid for five years after your test date.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

44310 USD / year

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Out-of-State

44310 USD / year

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14318 USD / year

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Living costs

Columbus

United States

940 - 1520 USD / month

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