MA Islamic Studies

SOAS, University of London

Master

In City of London

£ 9,225 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    City of london

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Start of programme: September intake only
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
The MA offers the students the opportunity to concentrate on the Qur'an, the Hadith and other Islamic texts, and so provides a unique training in the translation of Islamic religious material. The degree is designed to benefit academics, teachers of Islam in other institutions, translators of Islamic material into English in research centres, government departments and da'wa centres. It provides excellent research training and is a useful qualification for those who wish to progress to higher postgraduate degrees.
Convenors
Muhammad A S Abdel Haleem, OBE

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City of London (London)
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2018

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Subjects

  • Arabic
  • Translation
  • IT
  • English
  • Islam
  • Cultures
  • Hadith studies
  • Sufism
  • Islamic
  • Intercultural awareness
  • Intellectual training
  • Islamic Studies
  • IslamicTexts
  • Language Skills
  • Legal Texts

Course programme

Students take 180 credits, 60 of which are a dissertation and a 120 from taught modules. From the taught modules, 60 credits are selected as a major from List A, a further 60 credits are selected as the minor from List A or List B or 30 credits from List A or List B and 30 credits of an approved open option.

  • Dissertation in the Languages and Cultures of the Near and Middle East
List A
  • Early and Medieval Arabic Linguistic Thought: Scholarship and Literature
  • Qur'an and Hadith Studies
  • The Qur'an:Language,Style and Translation in English
  • Islamic Legal Texts in Arabic
  • Islamic Texts
  • Translation of Islamic Texts (a project)
  • Sufism
  • Early and Classical Qur'anic Exegesis: Literature and Thought
List B
  • Medieval Arabic Thought
  • Modern Trends in Islam
  • Islamic Law (MA/LLM)
  • Art and Architecture of the Fatimids
  • Islam and the West: Artistic and Cultural Contacts
  • Christians and Muslims in Syriac Texts

This is the structure for 2018/19 applicants

If you are a current student you can find structure information on Moodle or through your Department.

Programme Specification
  • MA Islamic Studies- Programme Specifications 2012/13 (pdf; 28kb)
  • MA Islamic Studies - Programme Specifications 2017-18 (pdf; 132kb)
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