MA Ancient Near Eastern Languages

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 180 credits, 60 of which are a dissertation and a 120 from taught modules. Of the taught modules, 90 credits are from the approved list of options below and a further 30 credits may be selected from this list or from the open options list.

At SOAS (NB: modules run in alternating years).

Instead of one of these SOAS modules, students may, if qualified, take one of the following topics from MA programmes run by University College London:

• Hebrew and other North-West Semitic languages (MA in Hebrew and Jewish Studies)
• Ancient history, currently Change and Continuity in the Ancient Near East (MA in Ancient History, 91AHG003)
• Archaeology (MA in Archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East)

Not all the modules listed are available every year. Entry to modules run by University College is subject to the approval of the academic department in question (the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, the Department of History, and the Institute of Archaeology).

Students must take the Dissertation.

Students must take 90 credits from the list below.

• Mesopotamian Languages and Literature A: the third millennium
• Mesopotamian Languages and Literature B: the second millenium BC
• Mesopotamian Languages and Literature C: the first millenium bc
• Introductory Akkadian (Masters)
• Introductory Hittite (Masters)
• Introductory Sumerian (Masters)

Students take a further 30 credits from the list above or from the open options list.

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

• MA Ancient Near Eastern Languages - 2017-18 Programme Specs (pdf; 129kb)

Important notice regarding changes to programmes and modules