BA Arabic and Islamic Studies

SOAS, University of London

Bachelor's degree

In City of London

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    City of london

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Programme Code: QT96 BA/ArlslSt
Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings
Mode of Attendance: Full-time
This four-year programme is intended to give students a solid grounding in Modern Standard and classical Arabic, familiarity with the core textual tradition of Islam, a broad knowledge of Islamic history and some insight into the methodology of religious studies. The third year is spent at a university in the Middle East.
Course Information
Modern language teaching involves class work, language-laboratory teaching, computer-assisted learning (CALL) and independent study. Introductory and intermediate modules in Arabic language use a wide variety of learning experiences and techniques in large and small groups. Most other modules are taught in small classes. Assessment is by a combination of written examination, oral examination (where appropriate) and coursework.
Convenors
Muhammad A S Abdel Haleem, OBE
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Subjects

  • Project
  • Teaching
  • Politics
  • Arabic
  • IT
  • University
  • Islam
  • Literature
  • Quran
  • Vernacular
  • Langauge
  • Dialects
  • Historians
  • Hadith studies
  • Islamic Texts
  • Islamic Studies

Course programme

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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.

Year 11. Core Module

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

  • Arabic 1 Intensive
2. Compulsory Module

Choose one of the following modules:

  • Introduction to Arabic Culture
  • Literatures of the Near and Middle East
  • H130 Introduction to the History of the Near and Middle East
Year 21. Core Module
  • Arabic 2
2. Compulsory Modules
  • Introduction to IslamicTexts
  • The Muslim World: Unity in Diversity
3. Optional Module

Choose modules to the value of 30 credits from List A or another approved open option at an appropriate level to the value of 30 credits.

Year 3

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

Year 4

Students who wish to specialise in Islamic studies are able to opt for further text-reading courses in this field. There is also an opportunity to write an extended essay (ISP).

1. Core Module
  • Arabic 4
2. Compulsory Modules

Choose one of the following modules:

  • Quran and hadith Studies
  • Islamic Texts
  • Reading Classical Arabic historians
3. Optional Modules

Choose modules to the value of 60 credits from the list above and/or List B (Year 4 Arabic related options) OR List C. You may choose 30 credits from the open option list

List A: Second Year Options
  • Introduction to Arabic Literature
  • Introduction to Sufism
  • Introduction to Arabic Dialects
  • Persian for Readers of Arabic Script
  • Elementary Written Turkish
  • Introductory Akkadian
  • Modern Hebrew Language: Elementary
  • 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
  • Government and politics of the Middle East
  • Economic development of the modern Middle East
  • Islamic Law
List B: Year 4 Arabic and Islamic Related Options
  • Politics and Aesthetics in Modern Arabic Literature
  • Language and Oral Literature of an Arabic Vernacular
  • Sufism: Texts and History
  • Medieval Arabic Thought
  • Culture Society and Politics in Classical Arabic Literature
  • Arabic Womens' Writing
  • Art and Material Culture of the Islamic World: 7th to 14th Centuries
  • Mosaics, Manuscripts, and Wall Painting in Islamic Art
  • Islamic Law
List C: Other Approved Options
  • Cinemas of the Middle East and North Africa 1
  • Cinemas of the Middle East and North Africa 2
  • Independent Study Project in Arabic Studies (using Language sources)
  • Independent Study Project in Islamic Studies
  • Independent Study Project in Arabic Studies
  • Introductory Akkadian
  • Elementary Written Turkish
  • Persian for Readers of Arabic Script
  • Modern Hebrew Language: Elementary
  • H248 The Making of the Modern Middle East
  • Government and politics of the Middle East
  • Economic development of the modern Middle East
Programme Specification
  • BA Arabic and Islamic Studies - Programme Specifications 2012/13 (pdf; 39kb)
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