BA Turkish

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.

This module must be passed in order to proceed to the following year of study.

• Intensive Turkish Language

• Ottoman Turkish Language

• Literatures of the Near and Middle East

or the current compulsory Department-wide introductory course.

Choose introductory modules to the value of 30 credits in Middle Eastern history, politics or culture from List B1 or an Open Option.

Year Abroad at Boğaziçi University

This module must be passed in order to proceed to the following year of study.

• Advanced Turkish Language

Choose one of the following modules.

• Ottoman Turkish Language
• Nation and Nationalism in Middle Eastern fiction (in Translation)

Choose 30 credits from List B1, B2, C or from the list of year 3 compulsory modules.

Choose 30 credits from List B1, B2, C or from the list of year 3 compulsory modules or an Open Option.

• Advanced Turkish/English/Turkish Translation

Choose 30 credits from List A.

Choose 30 credits from List A, B2, B3 or C.

Choose 30 credits from List A, B2, B3, C or an Open Option.

• Twentieth Century Turkish Literature
• Ottoman Turkish Language
• Classical Ottoman Literature
• Independent Study Project (Turkish Literature)
• Extended Essay in Turkish Studies a
• Extended Essay in Turkish Studies b

• Introduction to Arabic Culture

• H130 Introduction to the History of the Near and Middle East

• R170 Introduction to the Religions of East and Central Asia
• R130 Introduction to Islam

• Themes in the Art and Archaeology of the Near and Middle East

• States, people, and power in Asia and Africa

Some modules require successful attendance of a relevant introductory module; students are advised to check the relevant module descriptions for prerequisites and consult the relevant module tutor before selecting modules.

• The Muslim World: Unity in Diversity
• Classical Persian Poetry

• H248 The Making of the Modern Middle East
• H241 The Middle East in the Period of the Crusades, 1050-1291
• H247 Medieval Iran: Nomads, Settlers and Dynasts
• H246 Cities of Paradise and Empire

• Eastern Christianity
• Orthodox Christianity
• Messianic Movements in Muslim History
• Shi'a Islam: Religious Authority and Community Identity
• Islam in Britain

• Mosaics, Manuscripts, and Wall Painting in Islamic Art
• Islamic Art & Architecture of the Medieval Mediterranean (12th-15th centuries)
• Ottoman Art and Architecture (14th-17th centuries)
• War and Peace in the Eastern Mediterranean: Art and Architecure of Medieval Syria and Palestine

• Government and politics of the Middle East

• Islamic Law

Some modules require successful attendance of a relevant introductory module; students are advised to check the relevant module descriptions for prerequisites and consult the relevant module tutor before selecting modules.

• Politics and Aesthetics in Modern Arabic Literature
• Reading Classical Arabic historians
• Modern Persian Poetry
• Cinemas of the Middle East and North Africa 1
• Cinemas of the Middle East and North Africa 2

• H343 Reform, Resistance and Revolution: the Ottoman Empire 1876-1909 (I)

• Economic development of the modern Middle East

• Arabic 100
• Arabic 200
• Arabic 300
• Arabic 2
• Arabic 4
• Elementary Written Persian
• Elementary Persian Texts
• Intermediate Persian Language
• Advanced Persian Language
• Modern Hebrew Language: Intermediate
• Modern Hebrew Language: Advanced

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• Programme Specification, BA Turkish 2017-18.pdf (pdf; 142kb)

Important notice regarding changes to programmes and modules