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<section> <p>The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures currently offers degree programs in Near Eastern Languages & Cultures, and Islamic Studies. The following specializations are identified with the Near Eastern Languages & Cultures degree: (1) Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations, (2) Arabic, (3) Near Eastern Archaeology, (4) Armenian, (5) Assyriology, (6) Egyptology, (7) Hebrew Bible, (8) Iranian Studies, (9) Jewish Studies, (10) Semitics, and (11) Turkic Studies</p> <h5 style="text-align: center;">Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Specializations</h5> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="/ancient/" class="btn">Ancient Near Eastern</a> <a href="/arabic" class="btn">Arabic</a> <a href="/archaeology" class="btn">Archaeology</a> <a href="/armenian" class="btn">Armenian</a> <a href="/assyriology" class="btn">Assyriology</a> <a href="/egyptology" class="btn">Egyptology</a> <a href="/hebrew" class="btn">Hebrew Bible</a> <a href="/iranian" class="btn">Iranian Studies</a> <a href="/jewish" class="btn">Jewish Studies</a> <a href="/semitics" class="btn">Semitics</a> <a href="/turkic" class="btn">Turkic</a> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>For each option, concentration may be on the linguistic or the literary.</em></p> <h5 style="text-align: center;">Islamic Studies</h5> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="/islamic" class="btn">Islamic Studies</a> <p style="text-align: center;"> </section> </article> <ul class="program-list"> <li class="program"> <h2> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/ancient/"> Ancient Near East Civilizations </a> </h2> <p>The graduate program in Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations allows students to explore the depths of the Ancient Near East through one of two emphases: (1) language or (2) literature. Students electing to focus on language can choose from a variety of languages to complete their studies such as Egyptian, Hebrew, Akkadian, Sumerian, and Aramaic. All students, regardless of which emphasis they choose, will acquire rigorous training allowing them to receive a wide breadth of knowledge in the historical, literary, and cultural background on the area, language, and civilization of their choice. Students completing the program will have substantial proficiency in the languages they choose as well as the intellectual capacity to excel in academia.</p> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/ancient/" class="btn">Learn More<span class="hidden"> About Ancient Near East Civilizations</span></a> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/ancient/graduate/" class="additional"> Requirements </a> </li> <li class="program"> <h2> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/arabic/"> Arabic </a> </h2> <p>Arabic is spoken by over 300 million people around the world and is used as the main language for Islamic scholarship, literature, and philosophy. Graduate students in Arabic will not only advance their aptitude in Arabic, but gain a literary and cultural understanding of its importance in the Near East region and the Islamic world. The Arabic program can either be completed by pursuing a M.A. or continuing on to a PhD. Courses range from Advanced Studies in Islamic Art to Middle Eastern Politics.</p> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/arabic/" class="btn">Learn More<span class="hidden"> About Arabic</span></a> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/arabic/graduate/" class="additional"> Requirements </a> </li> <li class="program"> <h2> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/archaeology/"> Archaeology </a> </h2> <p>Archaeology enriches our knowledge of past people and culture through artifacts and material culture. Near Eastern Archaeology narrows this endeavor by focusing on the study of the past peoples and cultures who resided in the Near East. Graduate students who choose to specialize in Near Eastern Archaeology will learn about the political, economic, and ideological landscape throughout the Near East as they relate to societal changes.</p> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/archaeology/" class="btn">Learn More<span class="hidden"> About Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/archaeology/near-eastern-archeology-graduate/" class="additional"> Requirements </a> </li> <li class="program"> <h2> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/armenian/"> Armenian Studies </a> </h2> <p>Armenian has a 3,000 year history of cultural and literary preservation for the Armenian people. Students can choose on either a language emphasis or a literature emphasis in order to advance their knowledge and proficiency of Armenian. Students in the graduate program can learn classical Armenian and Armenian Film and Culture. The small class setting and dedicated faculty will provide excellent guidance for graduate students to continue in their academic endeavors.</p> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/armenian/" class="btn">Learn More<span class="hidden"> About Armenian Studies</span></a> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/armenian/graduate/" class="additional"> Requirements </a> </li> <li class="program"> <h2> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/assyriology/"> Assyriology </a> </h2> <p>Assyriology is the study of the languages and civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia. Our PhD program allows students to engage in research concerning what was arguably the first—certainly the best documented—high civilization in history. The Babylonian writing system, cuneiform, spans thousands of years of use, with hundreds of thousands of clay tablets and inscriptions on other media today housed in public and private collections around the world, and many thousands more of these unique historical records becoming available for research each year.</p> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/assyriology/" class="btn">Learn More<span class="hidden"> About Assyriology</span></a> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/assyriology/graduate/" class="additional"> Requirements </a> </li> <li class="program"> <h2> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/egyptology/"> Egyptology </a> </h2> <p>Ancient Egypt and Nubia represent sites of early complex cultural developments characterized by extraordinary continuity, geographic diversity, colossal architecture, divine kingship, material preservation, and hieroglyphic scripts. UCLA offers one of the few graduate programs in ancient Egyptian and Nubian studies in the United States. We provide graduate students with holistic and rigorous training in the language, literature, religion, archaeology, history, art and architecture of ancient Egypt and Nubia.</p> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/egyptology/" class="btn">Learn More<span class="hidden"> About Egyptology</span></a> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/egyptology/graduate/" class="additional"> Requirements </a> </li> <li class="program"> <h2> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/hebrew/"> Hebrew Bible </a> </h2> <p>Hebrew is spoken by nearly 7 million people around the world and has been the lingua franca for Jews all over the world. Since the 10<sup>th</sup> century BC, Hebrew has played a central role in preserving and expressing the literary, religious, and cultural traditions of Judaic followers. Students in this program can either choose a language emphasis or a literature emphasis during their studies. Students will engage in Hebrew poetry and prose and explore the history and significance of the Hebrew language.</p> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/hebrew/" class="btn">Learn More<span class="hidden"> About Hebrew Bible</span></a> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/hebrew/graduate/" class="additional"> Requirements </a> </li> <li class="program"> <h2> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/jewish/"> Jewish Studies </a> </h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">UCLA’s graduate program in Jewish Studies offers a variety of specialties including Second Temple Judaism and Rabbinic and Late Antique Judaism. Engaging with relevant Jewish sources of a variety of languages, including Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Arabic, students will gain a rich understanding of the literature, philosophy, history, religion, languages, and culture of Jewish communities past and present. The program is primarily designed for those pursuing a career in academia, who wish to research and teach Jewish Studies in the future.</span></p> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/jewish/" class="btn">Learn More<span class="hidden"> About Jewish Studies</span></a> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/jewish/graduate/" class="additional"> Requirements </a> </li> <li class="program"> <h2> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/islamic/"> Islamic Studies </a> </h2> <p>This interdisciplinary program focuses on the study of Islamic civilization in its diverse historical and regional contexts. Subfields of concentration include Islamic law, theology, history, Islamic education, gender and women’s history, contemporary Muslim political and social movements, Sufism, and Quranic studies. The program offers both terminal MA and PhD degrees.</p> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/islamic/" class="btn">Learn More<span class="hidden"> About Islamic Studies</span></a> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/islamic/graduate/" class="additional"> Requirements </a> </li> <li class="program"> <h2> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/iranian/"> Iranian Studies </a> </h2> <p>The Program of Iranian Studies at UCLA, one of the oldest doctoral programs in the field, was established half a century ago, in 1963. Bestowed with a number of endowed chairs, fellowships, and lecture series, and commanding several hundred enrollments per annum, it remains the largest and most comprehensive program of its kind in the Americas. It covers the entire spectrum of Iranian studies across disciplines, linguistic boundaries, and periods. Among its distinctive strengths is the focus on Old and Middle Iranian philology, ancient Iranian history and religions, archaeology, as well as the study of classical and modern Persian literature. In addition, courses in Judeo-Persian literature and Baha¹i history and religion are regularly read in the Program.</p> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/iranian/" class="btn">Learn More<span class="hidden"> About Iranian Studies</span></a> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/hebrew/graduate/" class="additional"> Requirements </a> </li> <li class="program"> <h2> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/semitics/"> Semitics </a> </h2> <p>Semitics refers to the study the languages, literature, culture, and history of the language families are most commonly found in Southwest Asia and North Africa. Semitic languages such as Arabic, Ethiopic, and Hebrew still continue to be utilized as a primary languages for over 500 million people today across the world. Other languages such as neo-Aramaic are dying out, while others such as Ugaritic or Akkadian are long extinct. The languages store important ideas and values that have been carried for thousands of years. UCLA offers a wide variety of courses in Semitic languages including Akkadian, Aramaic, Arabic, Hebrew, Ugaritic, and Syriac. In addition, related languages such as Sumerian, Hittite, Luwian, and Egyptian are also offered. Students are expected to reach a high proficiency level in one of the main Semitic languages with a secondary competence in at least two other related languages.</p> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/semitics/" class="btn">Learn More<span class="hidden"> About Semitics</span></a> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/semitics/graduate/" class="additional"> Requirements </a> </li> <li class="program"> <h2> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/turkic/"> Turkish Studies </a> </h2> <p>The graduate program in Turkic Studies at UCLA offers both a language emphasis and a literature emphasis. The language emphasis requires students to know either Turkic or Uzbek as a primary language, a second Turkic language, and know the history and literature of their primary language. 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