Degree Requirements

Exact course requirements vary by concentration. See course requirements by concentration for details.

All first-year graduate students at Dartmouth are required to participate in an institution-wide training program in the basics of professional ethics.

• Learn more about the ethics requirement.

Every student is required to be in residence for at least one summer and enroll in MALS 120 (summer symposium).

• Learn more about the Summer Symposium.

All MALS students are required to complete at least one independent study course while in residence.

• Learn more about independent study.

All MALS students are required to complete a thesis under the supervision of three faculty advisors.

• Learn more about the thesis requirement.

All degree requirements must be completed within six academic years of program entry.