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Oriental Studies

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Bachelor Oriental Studies (600 [4] - Version 2022)

Introductory and Orientation Period (16 ECTS)

Compulsory Module OR-1 Introduction to Oriental Studies (2 ECTS)

Group of Elective Modules Einführung in die orientalischen Sprachen (14 ECTS out of 2 Elective Modules)

OR-2a/AO-1 Introduction to Babylonian I (7 ECTS)
OR-2b/AR-1 Introduction to Arabic I (7 ECTS)
OR-2c/TU-1 Introduction to Turkish I (7 ECTS)

Group of Compulsory Modules Oriental Studies (43 ECTS)

OR-3 Cultural and Economic Geography of the Middle East and North Africa (5 ECTS)

OR-4 Religious History of the Middle East (6 ECTS)

OR-5 Ancient Near Eastern History (8 ECTS)

OR-6 History of the Middle East and North Africa after the Rise of Islam (8 ECTS)

OR-7 History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey (8 ECTS)

OR-8 Cultural and Historical Continuities (8 ECTS)

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules (91 ECTS)

Ancient Near Eastern Philology and Archaeology (91 ECTS)

AO-2 Babylonian II (9 ECTS)
AO-3 Babylonian III and Academic Research and Writing (7 ECTS)
AO-4 Sumerian I (9 ECTS)
AO-5 Sumerian II and Academic Research and Writing (7 ECTS)
AO-6 Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology I (5 ECTS)
AO-7 Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology II (5 ECTS)
AO-8 Cultural History of Mesopotamia (8 ECTS)
AO-9 Mesopotamian Literature (Reading of Literary Texts) (5 ECTS)
AO-10 Alternative Compulsory Module (10 ECTS out of one of the following Modules)
AO-10-1 Languages of Mesopotamia’s Neighbouring Regions (10 ECTS)
AO-10-2 Material Culture of Mesopotamia (10 ECTS)
AO-11 Alternative Compulsory Module (10 ECTS out of one of the following Modules)
AO-11-1 Philology Seminars (10 ECTS)
AO-11-2 Seminars on History, Material Culture and Cultural History (10 ECTS)
AO-12 Elective Modules (16 ECTS out of 2 Elective Modules)
AO-12-1 Seminar on Akkadian (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)
AO-12-2 Seminar on Sumerology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)
AO-12-3 Seminar on Archaeology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

Arabic and Islamic Studies (91 ECTS)

AR-2 Language Module: Arabic II (12 ECTS)
AR-3 Language Module: Arabic III (12 ECTS)
AR-4 Language Module: Arabic IV (12 ECTS)
AR-5 Language Module: Arabic V (6 ECTS)
AR-6 Language Module: Arabic VI (6 ECTS)
AR-7 Arabic Dialect (Basic Level) (5 ECTS)
AR-8 Arabic Dialect (Intermediate Level) (5 ECTS)
AR-9 Arabic Dialect (Advanced Level) (6 ECTS)
AR-10 Introduction to Academic Methods (3 ECTS)
AR-11 Introduction to Selected Fields of Arabic and Islamic Studies (4 ECTS)
AR-12 Selected Fields of Modern Middle Eastern Studies (4 ECTS)
AR-13 Seminar on Philology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)
AR-14 Seminar on Islamic Studies (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

Turkish Studies (91 ECTS)

TU-2 Turkish, Basic Level II (8 ECTS)
TU-3 Turkish, Intermediate Level I (6 ECTS)
TU-4 Turkish, Intermediate Level II (10 ECTS)
TU-5 Turkish, Advanced Level I (7 ECTS)
TU-6 Turkish, Advanced Level II (8 ECTS)
TU-7 Persian, Basic Level (8 ECTS)
TU-8 Introduction to Academic Methods and Selected Fields of Turkish Studies (6 ECTS)
TU-9 Ottoman I (8 ECTS)
TU-10 Ottoman II (8 ECTS)
TU-11 Seminar on Linguistics or Literature (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)
TU-12 Seminar on Turkish History and Cultural History (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)
TU-13 Society and Culture of Modern Turkey (6 ECTS)

Bachelor Oriental Studies (600 [3] - Version 2017) - auslaufend

Introductory and Orientation Phase (16 ECTS)

OR-1 Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies (2 ECTS)

OR-2a/AO-1 Elective Module Introduction to Babylonian I (7 ECTS)

OR-2b/AR-1 Elective Module Introduction to Arabic I (7 ECTS)

OR-2c/TU-1 Elective Module Introduction to Turkish I (7 ECTS)

Middle Eastern Studies (45 ECTS)

PM OR-3 Cultural and Economic History of the Middle East (5 ECTS)

PM OR-4 Religious History of the Middle East (6 ECTS)

PM OR-5 Ancient Near Eastern History (8 ECTS)

PM OR-6 History of the Middle East and North Africa after the Rise of Islam (8 ECTS)

PM OR-7 History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey (8 ECTS)

PM OR-8 Cultural and Historical Continuities (6 ECTS)

PM OR-9 Middle Eastern Philology: Basics and Methods (4 ECTS)

Alternative groups of compulsory modules: Ancient Near Eastern Philology and Archaeology (89 ECTS)

AO-2 Babylonian II (8 ECTS)

AO-3 Babylonian III (10 ECTS)

AO-4 Sumerian I (8 ECTS)

AO-5 Sumerian II (5 ECTS)

AO-6 Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology I (5 ECTS)

AO-7 Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology II (4 ECTS)

AO-8 Ancient Near Eastern Cultural History (8 ECTS)

AO-9 Ancient Near Eastern Literature: Reading of Literary Texts (5 ECTS)

AO-10-1 Alternative compulsory module: Languages of Mesopotamia’s Neighbouring Regions (10 ECTS)

AO-10-2 Alternative compulsory module: Ancient Near Eastern Material Culture (10 ECTS)

AO-11-1 Alternative compulsory module: Philology Seminars (10 ECTS)

AO-11-2 Alternative compulsory module: Seminars on History, Material Culture and Cultural History (10 ECTS)

AO-12-1 Group of elective modules: Seminar on Akkadian (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

AO-12-2 Group of elective modules: Seminar on Sumerology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

AO-12-3 Group of elective modules: Seminar on Archaeology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

Alternative group of compulsory modules: Arabic and Islamic Studies (89 ECTS)

AR-2 Arabic II (12 ECTS)

AR-3 Arabic III (12 ECTS)

AR-4 Arabic IV (12 ECTS)

AR-5 Arabic V (6 ECTS)

AR-6 Arabic VI (6 ECTS)

AR-7 Arabic Dialect (Basic Level) (6 ECTS)

AR-8 Arabic Dialect (Intermediate Level) (6 ECTS)

AR-9 Arabic Dialect (Advanced Level) (4 ECTS)

AR-10 Introduction to Selected Fields of Arabic and Islamic Studies (3 ECTS)

AR-11 Selected Fields of Modern Middle Eastern Studies (6 ECTS)

AR-12 Seminar on Philology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

AR-13 Seminar on Islamic Studies (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

Alternative group of compulsory modules: Turkish Studies (89 ECTS)

TU-2 Turkish, Basic Level II (8 ECTS)

TU-3 Turkish, Intermediate Level I (6 ECTS)

TU-4 Turkish, Intermediate Level II (10 ECTS)

TU-5 Turkish, Advanced Level I (7 ECTS)

TU-6 Turkish, Advanced Level II (7 ECTS)

TU-7 Persian, Basic Level (8 ECTS)

TU-8 Persian, Intermediate Level (6 ECTS)

TU-9 Ottoman Studies (12 ECTS)

TU-10 Seminar on Linguistics or Literature (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

TU-11 Seminar on Turkish History and Cultural History (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

TU-12 Society and Culture of Modern Turkey (9 ECTS)

Ancient Oriental Philology and Oriental Archaeology (672)

Compulsory Modules (56 ECTS)

Akkadian Seminars incl. Seminar Paper (16 ECTS)

Archaeological Seminar I incl. Seminar Paper (8 ECTS)

History and Cultural History of Mesopotamia (8 ECTS)

Advanced Module on Philology I (8 ECTS)

Sumerological Seminars incl. Seminar Paper (16 ECTS)

Alternative Copulsory Modules (8 ECTS)

APM Semitisitcs (8 ECTS)

APM Archaeology (8 ECTS)

Group of Elective Modules(16 ECTS)

WM Archaeological Seminar II incl. Seminar Paper (8 ECTS)

WM Advanced Module on Philology II (8 ECTS)

WM South Arabia, Past and Present (8 ECTS)

WM Sabean Studies (8 ECTS)

Master-Module (8 ECTS)

Master-Seminar (8 ECTS)

Master Turkish Studies (675 [2] - Version 2020)

Groups of compulsory modules I-II (62 ECTS)

GCM I: History, Culture and Politics of the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey (52 ECTS)

M1 CM: Archives, Sources and Research Approaches in Ottoman Studies (10 ECTS)
M2 CM: Transformation in the Ottoman Empire: From Empire to Nation (16 ECTS)
M3 CM: Archives, Sources and Research Approaches in Turkish Studies (10 ECTS)
M4 CM: Turkey in a Global World: The Republic of Turkey in Transition (16 ECTS)

GCM II: Language, Literature, Society (10 ECTS)

M5a Alternative CM: Ottoman Literature (10 ECTS)
M5b Alternative CM: Modern Turkish Literature and Society (10 ECTS)

Groups of elective modules I-III (30 ECTS)

GEM I: Regional and Thematic Focus

M5.1a Ottoman Literature (10 ECTS)
M5.1b Modern Turkish Literature and Society (10 ECTS)
M6 Advanced Turkish: Languages for Specific Purposes and Everyday Use (10 ECTS)
M7 Reading Primary Sources: Ottoman / Turkish (10 ECTS)
M8 Individual Specialisation (10 ECTS)
M9 Central Asia (10 ECTS)
M10 Digital Humanities for Orientalist Scholars (10 ECTS)
M11 International Contextualisation (30 ECTS)

GEM II: Interdisciplinarity Transottomanica

M12 History of South-Eastern Europe, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Alevi Theological Studies, Islamic Art History (10 ECTS)

GEM III: Interdisciplinarity History, DH, Comparative Literature

M13 Digital Humanities, Comparative Literature, Contemporary History, History of Science, Global History, History of South-Eastern Europe, Gender History, Media History, Public History (10 ECTS)

CM: Master’s Module

M14 CM Master’s Thesis Coaching (4 ECTS)

Master Turkish Studies (675 [1] - Version 2008) - discontinued

Ottoman Literature I (8 ECTS)

Ottoman Literature II (14 ECTS)

Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics (16 ECTS)

Ottoman-Historical Module I (10 ECTS)

Ottoman-Historical Module II (10 ECTS)

Turkish and Turkic Languages, Past and Present (6 ECTS)

Modern Turkish, Literature and Languag (12 ECTS)

Theoretical and Methodological Advanced Studies (10 ECTS)

Mastercoaching-Module (10 ECTS)

Master Arab World Studies: Language and Society (676 [2] - Version 2022)

Group of Compulsory Modules Common Core (16 ECTS)

GK-1 Basics of Arabic Linguistics and Philology (8 ECTS)

GK-2 Basics of Societies in the Modern Arab World (8 ECTS)

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules (32 ECTS)

Religion and Politics (32 ECTS)

RP-1 Islam in the Arab World and Beyond (8 ECTS)
RP-2 Arabic-Islamic Heritage (8 ECTS)
RP-3 Social, Political and Religious Movements in the Arab World (8 ECTS)
RP-4 The Arab World and the Internet (8 ECTS)

Arabic Linguistics with Emphasis on Spoken Varieties (32 ECTS)

AS-1 Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Arabic Linguistics (8 ECTS)
AS-2 Geographical and Typological Classification of Arabic Dialects (8 ECTS)
AS-3 Selected Topics of Arabic Dialectology and Linguistics I (8 ECTS)
AS-4 Selected Topics of Arabic Dialectology and Linguistics II (8 ECTS)

Arabic Texts from the Classical and Post-Classical Periods (32 ECTS)

AT-1 Texts: Their Materiality and Content (8 ECTS)
AT-2 Texts from a Synchronic Perspective (8 ECTS)
AT-3 Texts from a Diachronic Perspective (8 ECTS)
AT-4 Reading of Classical and Post-Classical Texts (8 ECTS)

Group of Elective Modules (32 ECTS) - freely selectable, unless included in the chosen alternative compulsory module

WM-1 Arabic Popular Culture (8 ECTS)

WM-2 History of Culture and Science in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-3 Security Policy in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-4 Internet Structures in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-5 Modern Written Arabic Language: Conversation and Translation (8 ECTS)

WM-6 Media Arabic: Listening Comprehension, Analysis (8 ECTS)

WM-7 Paleography and Codicology (8 ECTS)

WM-8 Afroasiatic Language I (8 ECTS)

WM-9 Afroasiatic Language II (8 ECTS)

WM-10 South Arabia in the Past and Today (8 ECTS)

WM-11 Regional and Thematic Focus: Workshop or Excursion (16 ECTS)

WM-12 Urbanisation in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-13 Art and Architecture in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-14 Current Discussions in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-15 Digital Humanities in Arabic Studies (8 ECTS)

WM-16 Arabic Dialect (16 ECTS)

WM-17 Islam in the Arab World and Beyond (8 ECTS)

WM-18 Arabic-Islamic Heritage (8 ECTS)

WM-19 Social, Political and Religious Movements in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-20 The Arab World and the Internet (8 ECTS)

WM-21 Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Arabic Linguistics (8 ECTS)

WM-22 Geographical and Typological Classification of Arabic Dialects (8 ECTS)

WM-23 Selected Topics of Arabic Dialectology and Linguistics I (8 ECTS)

WM-24 Selected Topics of Arabic Dialectology and Linguistics II (8 ECTS)

WM-25 Texts: Their Materiality and Content (8 ECTS)

WM-26 Texts from a Synchronic Perspective (8 ECTS)

WM-27 Texts from a Diachronic Perspective (8 ECTS)

WM-28 Reading of Classical and Post-Classical Texts (8 ECTS)

Master The Arab World: Language and Society (676 [1] - Version 2015) - discontinued

Group of Compulsory Modules Basics (16 ECTS)

GK-1 Methods of Cultural and Linguistic Research (8 ECTS)

GK-2 Politics & Society in the modern Arab World (8 ECTS)

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules - Religion and Politics (32 ECTS)

RP-1 Islam in the Arab World and beyond (8 ECTS)

RP-2 Arabic-Islamic Tradition (8 ECTS)

RP-3 Islamic and other Political and Social Movements in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

RP-4 The Arab World Online (8 ECTS)

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules - Arabic Language (32 ECTS)

AS-1 Arabic Dialectology (8 ECTS)

AS-2 Modern Arabic as a written Language (8 ECTS)

AS-3 Arabic Philology in a diachronic perspective (8 ECTS)

AS-4 The Arab World Online (8 ECTS)

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules - Language and Culture of Southern Arabia (32 ECTS)

KS-1 Ancient South Arabic (8 ECTS)

KS-2 Sabean Studies (8 ECTS)

KS-3 History and Present Age of South Arabia (8 ECTS)

KS-4 Modern South Arabia (8 ECTS)

Group of Elective Modules (32 ECTS)

WM-1 Arabian Popular Culture (8 ECTS)

WM-2 Media and Language of Media in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-3 Cultural History of the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-4 The Arab World and other Regional Powers (8 ECTS)

WM-5 The Arab World: Security and Political Perspectives (8 ECTS)

WM-6 The Arab World Transnationally (8 ECTS)

WM-7 The Arab World from an Economic Perspective (8 ECTS)

WM-8 Conversation and Translation (8 ECTS)

WM-9 Listening Comprehension and Analysis of Media (8 ECTS)

WM-10 Epigraphy, Palaeography and Calligraphy (8 ECTS)

WM-11 Classical Arabian Language (8 ECTS)

WM-12 Afroasiatic Languages (Amharic, Aramaic, Sabaean...) (8 ECTS)

WM-13 Regional or thematic Focus: Workshop or Exkursion (16 ECTS)

WM-14 Minorities in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-15 Arts and Architecture in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-16 Recent Discourses in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-17 Arabic Dialect (16 ECTS)

WM-18 Islam in the Arab World and beyond (8 ECTS)

WM-19 Arabic-Islamic Tradition (8 ECTS)

WM-20 Islamic and other Political and Social Movements in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-21 Arabic Dialectology (8 ECTS)

WM-22 Modern Arabic as a written Language (8 ECTS)

WM-23 Arabic Philology in a diachronic perspective (8 ECTS)

WM-24 Ancient South Arabic (8 ECTS)

WM-25 Sabean Studies (8 ECTS)

WM-26 History and Present Age of South Arabia (8 ECTS)

WM-27 Modern South Arabia (8 ECTS)

Master-Degree Phase (10 ECTS)

MM-1 MA-Coaching (10 ECTS)

Extension Curriculum Turkish History, Literature and Cultural History (640 [2] - Version 2017)

Compulsory modules TU (15 ECTS)

EC-TU-1 Turkish cultural history within the framework of Middle Eastern cultures (5 ECTS)

EC-TU-2 Aspects of Turkish culture, history and literature in past and present (11 ECTS)

Extension Curriculum Religion and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa (642)

Compulsory modules RPAR (15 ECTS)

RPAR-1 Selected Topics of Modern Oriental Studies (6 ECTS)

RPAR-2 Study of Religions

RPAR-3-1 Politics and History: Iran (5 ECTS)

RPAR-3-2 Politics and History: Turkey (6 ECTS)

Extension Curriculum Language and Culture of the Arab World (643)

Compulsory modules SKAR (15 ECTS)

SKAR-1

SKAR-2

SKAR-3

Extension Curriculum Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture (644)

Compulsory modules AOGK (15 ECTS)

AOGK-1 Ancient Near Eastern History (8 ECTS)

AOGK-2 Ancient Near Eastern Cultural History and Archaeology (7 ECTS)

Extension Curriculum Ancient Near Eastern Philology (645)

Compulsory modules AOP (15 ECTS)

AOP-1 Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern philology (7 ECTS)

AOP-2 Ancient Near Eastern philology: Advanced Module (8 ECTS)

Extension Curriculum Iranian History and Culture (646)

Compulsory modules IRGK (15 ECTS)

IRGK-1 History of Iran (7 ECTS)

IRGK-2 Cultural History of Iran (8 ECTS)

Extension curriculum Society and Law in the Islamic World (648)

Compulsory modules GRIW (15 ECTS)

GRIW-1 Introduction to Islamic Jurisprudence (7 ECTS)

GRIW-2 Specialisation (8 ECTS)

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