BA Arabic and .... (a language)

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.

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

• Arabic 1 Intensive

You must choose the 30 credit module below.

• Modern Hebrew Language: Elementary

Choose 30 credits from the list below.

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

• Arabic 2

Choose modules to the value of 30 credits from the list below.

• Introduction to IslamicTexts
• Introduction to Arabic Literature
• Introduction to Arabic Dialects

You should choose 60 credits in your second subject.

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

You should choose modules to the value of 30 to 60 credits from the list below.

• Arabic 4
• Arabic Womens' Writing
• 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)

You should choose 60 - 90 credits in your second subject.

Important notice regarding changes to programmes and modules