MA Islamic Studies
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (required: no specific A level subjects required) IB: 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) in Islamic Studies, a Hebrew and Jewish Studies degree centred on the religious, historical and cultural dimensions of the Islamic world. Students learn elementary Arabic with options to study Persian or Turkish. The first year covers Islamic History and Modern Middle Eastern History alongside broader subject options. The second year explores the religion of Islam and Islamic and Middle Eastern Cultures, with continued language study and further historical courses. The third year offers further study in history, politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations, religion, and history of art and cultural studies.
Modules
- Islamic History - a survey of the formation of the Islamic world, from its pre-Islamic origins to the foundation of the first Muslim world empire
- Modern Middle Eastern History - an introduction to the Middle East's political, economic, social and cultural history from 1950 until the present day
- European languages and cultures
- Asian studies
- business, economics and informatics
- politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
- art and architectural history
- history, classics and archaeology
- Celtic and Scottish ethnology
- linguistics and language sciences
- philosophy, divinity and law
- the religion of Islam - an exploration of the religion's branches, key texts, central beliefs and rituals
- Islamic and Middle Eastern Cultures - an introduction to the literary, aesthetic and intellectual culture of the Middle East, from the eve of Islam to the modern period
- continue to study Arabic
- learn Persian or Turkish
- take a further course in Islamic History
- take a further course in Modern Middle Eastern History
- history
- politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
- religion
- history of art and cultural studies