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The Tufts University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences offers students graduate-level education in 21 different departments, enrolling 829 full-time and 227 part-time students. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Tufts GSAS) is one of the eight schools within Tufts University that grants graduate-level degrees, and is home to over 22 doctoral and 30 master’s level degree programs, as well as multiple interdisciplinary or joint degrees. The strengths of GSAS are individual attention to graduate students in career preparation and professional development, ensuring that students are well prepared for futures in academia, public service, industry and other arenas. Tufts combines a liberal arts focus with the resources and caliber of a state-of-the-art research institution.

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is located on Tufts's Medford-Somerville campus, which houses libraries, classrooms, student centers and research facilities available for the graduate student population. GSAS also offers a number of interdisciplinary programs within GSAS departments, across Tufts’s other graduate-level schools as well as with several other universities in the area.

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is one of the ten schools into which Tufts University is organized, which included eight graduate divisions (of which GSAS is one) and two undergraduate degree programs. The university emphasizes active citizenship and public service in all of its disciplines. GSAS has affiliations and joint or dual degree programs with almost all of the other graduate divisions within Tufts University, including the School of Engineering, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and the Friedman School of Nutrition.

History
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences was officially founded in 1909, although Tufts University had already awarded graduate degrees prior to the official establishment of a separate graduate program. Already in 1875, the faculty and administration had approved the creation of a program for a Master of Arts degree. Tufts graduates, as well as graduates from equivalent schools, were eligible for the program, which consisted of either one year of study at the institution or its equivalent completed away from campus. Following the decision, the first MA from Tufts was awarded in the spring of 1876 to a student working in the Departments of Chemistry and Physics.

In response to increased general interest in graduate education, Tufts University’s graduate programs’ enrollment grew over the next few decades. In response, in 1892 Tufts established a committee of seven faculty members who would be responsible for graduate admissions and enrollment. This committee immediately began to be referred to as the graduate department and was recognized officially as such in 1903.

Tufts established a preliminary PhD program in 1892 as well, in the Biology and Chemistry departments, with others to be added later as faculty saw fit. In 1897 Tufts added a Master of Sciences program to the graduate curriculum. However, several years later faculty had begun to be concerned about the size of the graduate program in relation to the available resources; after committee review the PhD program was discontinued in 1907 until its reestablishment almost 50 years later.

The faculty committee for graduate education was made official as the graduate department in 1903 and the position of Dean of the Graduate Faculty was established as a full-time role. At this time degree requirements were also finalized; students were to complete 30 credit hours for a master’s degree, in one main department with related work in another. In 1909 the school was formalized as the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, as it is known today.

Organization
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is led by a Dean appointed by the Trustees of Tufts University. The current Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is Robert G. Cook, who has served in this position since 2013. Dean Cook is also a professor and former chair of the Psychology department. Former Deans of Tufts GSAS include Lynne Pepall (2006-2013), Robin Kanarek (2002-2006), Robert Hollister (1996-2001) and Robert Guertin (1985-1996). The Graduate School of Arts and Science's leadership team also includes Associate Dean Sinaia Nathanson and Assistant Dean Sarah Herchel.

The Office of the Dean is located in Ballou Hall on the main Tufts University campus green, one of the oldest buildings on the Tufts campus (completed in 1854), which also houses the offices of the President, Provost and other university officials. GSAS is closely affiliated with the graduate programs offered by the School of Engineering, which is also located on the Medford-Somerville campus.

Campus
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is located on Tufts's main campus, on Walnut Hill in Medford and Somerville, about 5 mi from Boston. In addition to GSAS, the Medford-Somerville campus houses all the undergraduates in Arts and Sciences, the undergraduates and graduate students in the School of Engineering, and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. While the majority of the campus is in Medford, the Somerville line intersects it. Almost all graduate students live off-campus in the residential neighborhood surrounding the university, or elsewhere in the Boston area. The campus is located less than a mile from the commercial district Davis Square, which is served by the Red Line of the MBTA and features many restaurants, bars and retail offerings. The campus is also within two miles of both Porter Square and Harvard Square in neighboring Cambridge, MA, other important business, commercial and residential centers in the Cambridge-Somerville area.

Academics
The largest master's degree programs in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences include Occupational Therapy, which enrolled 136 students in 2015-2016; Education and School Psychology, and the MFA program offered with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. The Chemistry department is the largest Ph.D. program at GSAS, enrolling 70 students in the 2015-2016 academic year. Chemistry comprises 15 research groups focusing on topics such as fiber-optics chemical sensors, field analytics of hazardous chemicals, and planetary chemical analysis. The department also offers a joint graduate program with the Tufts University Biotechnology Center. Graduate students have access to world-class research facilities, and the department is a frequent recipient of external grants from institutions such as the NIH, NSF, NASA and the Department of Energy among others.

The Department of Philosophy is the largest master's-level program offered by GSAS in a humanities field. The department offers one of the most esteemed terminal master's programs in the United States, and a particular strength is placement in doctoral programs for students continuing in academia. The department's faculty includes the noted philosopher, writer and cognitive science Daniel Dennett as well as Ray Jackendoff, distinguished in the field of natural language cognition and linguistics.

Tufts's Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development is another notable department, enrolling 78 students in 2015-2016. Founded by Abigail Eliot in 1922 as a nursery school with a focus on integrating scholarship and practice in child education, it became a department at Tufts in 1964. The department is known for the Eliot-Pearson Award for Excellence in Children's Media, notable recipients of which include Sesame Street, Levar Burton and Blue's Clues. The program has a strong focus on the integration of research and practice, and has many close connections with local agencies and organizations that facilitate the program's mentored fieldwork component. Graduate alumni of Eliot-Pearson go on to work in children's media, as well as in public policy, research, and educational settings.

Tufts's departments of Occupational Therapy, Education, and Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning are distinctive in that they only offer graduate-level degrees, providing students with resources and faculty mentorship that is exclusively devoted to graduate education. In particular, the Department Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning is noted for its joint and dual degree offerings, which take advantage of the resources of other schools at Tufts as well as in the greater Boston area. With GSAS, dual degrees are offered with Biology, Child Study and Human Development, and Economics, as well as with Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Tufts School of Engineering. Students can also pursue dual degree options such as the M.A./M.A.L.D. with the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, M.A./M.S. with the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, M.A./M.P.H. with the Tufts School of Medicine, as well as two degrees with Boston College. The joint M.A./J.D. with Boston College's School of Law is the only program of its kind in New England, and dual degree students can also pursue an M.A./M.B.A. via Boston College's Carroll School of Management. The Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts is ranked #3 in the country out of all such master's level degree programs.

Programs of Study
Master’s Level Programs


 * Art History; Art History and Museum Studies (M.A.)
 * Biology (M.S.)
 * Chemistry; Chemistry/Biotechnology; Chemical Physics (M.S.)
 * Child Study and Human Development (M.A., M.A.T.)
 * Classics; Classical Archaeology (M.A.; M.A. with Teaching Licensure)
 * Economics (M.S.)
 * Education (M.A., M.A.T., M.S. in STEM Education)
 * Education: School Psychology (M.A., Ed.S.)
 * French (M.A.)
 * German (M.A.; M.A. with Teaching Licensure)
 * History (M.A.)
 * History and Museum Studies (M.A.)
 * Mathematics (M.S.)
 * Museum Education (M.A.)
 * Music (M.A.)
 * Occupational Therapy (M.S.)
 * Philosophy (M.A.)
 * Physics (M.S.)
 * Studio Art (M.F.A)
 * Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning; Public Policy (M.A., M.P.P., various dual and joint degrees)

Doctoral Programs


 * Biology (Ph.D.)
 * Chemistry; Chemistry/Biotechnology; Chemical Physics (Ph.D.)
 * Child Study and Human Development (Ph.D.)
 * Cognitive Science (Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program including Departments of Psychology, Computer Science, and Child Development and Human Development)
 * Drama (Ph.D.)
 * Education (Ph.D. in STEM Education)
 * English (Ph.D.)
 * History (Ph.D.)
 * Interdisciplinary Doctorate (Ph.D.)
 * Mathematics (Ph.D.)
 * Occupational Therapy (O.T.D.)
 * Physics; Astrophysics; Physics Education (Ph.D.)
 * Psychology (Ph.D.)
 * Soft Materials Robotics Interdisciplinary Program (Ph.D.)

Certificate Programs


 * Community Environmental Studies
 * Early Childhood Technology
 * Engineering Education
 * Environmental Management
 * Human-Computer Interaction
 * Management of Community Organizations
 * Museum Studies (Art History, Classics, Education, History)
 * Occupational Therapy
 * Program Evaluation
 * Water: Systems, Science and Society

More information about these programs is available on the Tufts University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Website.

Affiliated programs and initiatives at Tufts University

 * Soft Materials Robotics IGERT
 * Water: Systems, Science and Society (WSSS)
 * Graduate Institute for Teaching (GIFT)
 * Graduate Research Excellence At Tufts (GREAT)

Boston Consortium
Tufts participates in the Boston Area Graduate Consortium, along with Brandeis University, Boston College, and Boston University. Through this agreement, Tufts graduate students may enroll in course at any of these schools during the academic year, as well as at other Tufts graduate schools. Tufts is also a member of the Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies at MIT.

Distinguished Alumni
Fawzia Afzal-Khan M.A., Ph.D., English. Author and professor.

Dick Berggren Ph.D., Psychology, 1970. Former race car driver, professor and motorsports announcer.

Vannevar Bush M.S., Mathematics, 1913. Founder of the National Science Foundation; pioneer of public service in science and technology.

Christopher Castellani M.A., English, 1996. Author, 2014 Guggenheim Fellow.

Jie-Qi Chen Ph.D., Child Development, 1992. Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty, Erikson Institute.

Charles Ernest Fay M.A., 1872. Co-founder, Appalachian Mountain Club and American Alpine Club; alpinist; professor of mathematics and modern languages.

Matt Glaser M.Mus., 1989. Jazz and bluegrass violinist; professor of music.

Mary Hagedorn M.S., Biology, 1976. Marine biologist; coral researcher.

James Hershberg Ph.D., History, 1989. Cold War historian; professor of history and international affairs.

Gail Levin M.A., Fine Arts, 1970. Art historian, artist and curator.

Julia Lisella Ph.D., English, 2001. Poet and literary scholar.

Stephen Macht M.A., Drama, 1967. Television and film actor.

Gregory Maguire Ph.D., English and American Literature, 1990. Novelist, best known for Wicked.

Raymond J. Saulnier M.A., Economics, 1931. Economist and political advisor; inventor of the concept of economic indicators.

Robyn Silverman Ph.D., Child Development, 2004. Body image and teen development expert; professional speaker.

Debra H. Sowell M.A., Drama, 1980. Dancer, dance historian and scholar.

Eric Strauss Ph.D., Biology, 1990. Biologist and environmental researcher.