BA Arabic

Learn a language as part of this programme

Degree programmes at SOAS - including this one - can include language courses in more than forty African and Asian languages. It is SOAS students’ command of an African or Asian language which sets SOAS apart from other universities.

Students take modules to the value of 120 credits per year. There is some element of choice to develop special interests.

Language modules at an advanced level are also available to students who have the necessary background.

Must be passed with an overall mark of 50 to proceed to the following year of study.

• Arabic 1 Intensive

• Introduction to Arabic Culture
• Literatures of the Near and Middle East
• H130 Introduction to the History of the Near and Middle East

• Arabic 2

• Introduction to Arabic Literature

Choose 30 to 60 credits from the list below.

• Introduction to IslamicTexts
• Introduction to Arabic Dialects

Depending on the choices made from the list above you may choose a further 30 credits from the list below or an open option.

• The Muslim World: Unity in Diversity
• Introduction to Sufism

Please click the "Teaching & Learning" tab above for more information on the Arabic Year Abroad.

• Arabic 4

Choose modules to the value of 60 credits from the following

• Arabic Womens' Writing
• Medieval Arabic Thought
• Sufism: Texts and History
• Politics and Aesthetics in Modern Arabic Literature
• Culture Society and Politics in Classical Arabic Literature
• Reading Classical Arabic historians
• Language and Oral Literature of an Arabic Vernacular
• Quran and hadith Studies
• Islamic Texts
• Independent Study Project in Arabic Studies (using Language sources)
• Independent Study Project in Arabic Studies
• Intensive Turkish Language
• Intensive Persian Language
• Persian for Readers of Arabic Script
• Cinemas of the Middle East and North Africa 1
• Cinemas of the Middle East and North Africa 2

Modules to the value of 30 credits from the list above OR from the list of Arabic related options OR an open option

Before selecting a module, student's must first check that the module is at the correct level. They must also ensure that they meet any pre-requisites.

• Elementary Written Turkish
• Modern Hebrew Language: Elementary
• Persian for Readers of Arabic Script
• Introductory Akkadian
• Economic development of the modern Middle East
• Government and politics of the Middle East
• H248 The Making of the Modern Middle East
• Mosaics, Manuscripts, and Wall Painting in Islamic Art
• Art and Material Culture of the Islamic World: 7th to 14th Centuries
• Islamic Law

• BA Arabic- Programme Specifications 2012/13 (pdf; 39kb)

Important notice regarding changes to programmes and modules