The Cabot Intercultural Center of The Fletcher School at Tufts University

The Fletcher School (also called The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy) is the oldest graduate school of international relations in the United States. It is one of the eight schools and colleges that comprise Tufts University. The Fletcher School, along with the School of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering occupies the university's main campus in Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts. In 2004, the school enrolled approximately 400 full-time students (excluding Ph.D. candidates not enrolled in courses) and employed 31 tenured or tenure-track faculty. International relations (IR), a branch of political science, is the study of foreign affairs of and relations among states within the international system, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations (IGOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and multinational corporations (MNCs). ... Tufts University is a private university located in Medford, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. ... The School of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is the largest of the eight schools and colleges that comprise Tufts University. ... The School of Engineering is one of the eight schools and colleges that comprise Tufts University . ... Medford is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts just a few miles north of Boston on the Mystic River. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Degree programs

Founded by what was then-Tufts College in conjuction with Harvard University in 1933, The Fletcher School offers multi-disciplinary instruction leading to the degrees of master of arts, master of arts in law and diplomacy (MALD), and doctor of philosophy. In 2000, the school launched the Global Master of Arts Program (GMAP), a year-long combined residency and Internet-mediated master's degree program for mid-career professionals. In 2006, the school will introduce a masters degree in international management. The school does not award undergraduate degrees. Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ... Doctor of Philosophy, or Ph. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the remainder of this article may require cleanup. ...

The Fletcher School currently has formal joint degree programs with the other Tufts schools including Arts and Sciences, Engineering, the School of Medicine and Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and_Policy, and the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. Beyond Tufts, the school also maintains joint degree programs with Harvard Law School, Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business, the Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, the University of California at Berkeley, and the Institut supérieur des affaires (graduate school of management) at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales in France. The Tufts University School of Medicine and Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences are two of the eight schools that comprise Tufts University. ... Tufts University School of Dental Medicine is a private dental school, and one of seven graduate/professional schools offered by Tufts University. ... The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy (also called the Friedman School) at Tufts University brings together biomedical, clinical, social, and behavioral scientists to conduct research, educational, and community service programs in the field of human nutrition. ... The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, one of the eight colleges and schools that comprise Tufts University, is the only school of veterinary medicine in the New England region of the United States. ... Harvard Law School (HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. ... Dartmouth College is a small private university in Hanover, New Hampshire, and a member of the Ivy League. ... The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, founded in 1900 at Dartmouth College is the worlds oldest graduate school of management and commonly regarded as one of the top business schools in the world. ... Northwestern University is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian university, located in Evanston, Illinois and Chicago, Illinois. ... The University of California (UC) is a public university system within the State of California. ... The Institut supérieur des affaires is the department of the École des Hautes Études Commerciales that manages its MBA program. ... The École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) is a business school, one of the most prestigious French Grandes Écoles. ...

The school is home to various research programs, institutes, and centers dealing with human rights and conflict resolution, international business relations, international security studies, human security, international environmental affairs, media and communication, and technology.

Organization and faculty

The Fletcher School is under supervision of a dean, appointed by the president and the provost, with the approval of the Trustees of Tufts College (the university's governing board). The dean has responsibility for the overall administration of the school, including faculty appointments, curriculum, admissions and financial aid, student affairs, development, and facilities. Unlike other graduate schools of international relations at other universities, the Fletcher School has a separate faculty, its own budget, and its own set of government documents. There are, however, a few professors who hold joint appointments with departments in the School of Arts and Sciences. Furthermore, Fletcher professors occasionally offer courses in the College of Liberal Arts or allow undergraduates to enroll in the graduate classes. The undergraduate international relations program, the largest major in the College, has its offices in the Cabot Intercultural Center, the main building of the Fletcher School complex. In an educational setting, a dean is a person with significant authority . ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... This article is about the higher education title of provost. ...

The full-time Fletcher faculty comprise economists, international lawyers, historians, and political scientists who hold the academic ranks of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, and lecturer. All faculty members hold terminal degrees in their respective fields (Ph.D's in the case of historians, political sciences, and economists; and JD's and LLMs in the case of lawyers). A professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) (prof for short) is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... A professor is a senior teacher and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... A professor is a senior teacher and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... Lecturer is the name given to university teachers in most of the English-speaking world (but not at most universities in the US or Canada) who do not hold a professorship. ...

External links

• The Fletcher School website
• The Fletcher Ledger (student publication)
• The Fletcher Forum on World Affairs (student publication)
• The Edwin Ginn Library (Fletcher's library)