B. Master Degree Programmes in Oriental Studies

1. Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Oriental Archaeology

a. Required Modules

1.1. Akkadian Seminars incl. Seminar Paper

• 140032 SE Akkadian Seminar: Neo-Assyrian
• 140143 SE Akkadian Seminar: Administrative History of the First Millennium BC

1.2. Sumerological Seminars incl. Seminar Paper

• 140259 SE Sumerian Seminar: Sumerian Wisdom Texts; proverbs, a man and his god

1.3. Archaeological Seminar I incl. Seminar Paper

• 140363 SE Archaeological Seminar: Metropolis Uruk diachronic investigations

1.4. History and Cultural History of Mesopotamia

• 140150 SE [ en ] Canon and Standardization in Ancient Literatures - (mit Seminararbeit) Canon and Standardization in Ancient Literatures

1.5. Advanced Module on Philology I

• 140032 SE Akkadian Seminar: Neo-Assyrian
• 140143 SE Akkadian Seminar: Administrative History of the First Millennium BC

b. Alternative Required Module

APM Semitisitcs

• 140109 VO Introduction to a Modern South Arabic Language II
• 140308 UE [ en ] Introduction into Epigraphic South Arabic 2

APM Archaeology

c. Group of Elective Modules

WM Archaeological Seminar II incl. Seminar Paper

WM Advanced Module on Philology II

WM South Arabia, Past and Present

• 140123 VU [ en ] Area and Cultural Studies of South Arabia

WM Sabean Studies

• 140140 SE Seminar in Epigraphic South Arabian Studies

d. Master-Module

2. Arabic Studies

a. Required Modules

1.1. History and Cultural History of the Arab World I

• 140033 SE History and Cultural History of the Arab World - Gender und Feminismus in der Arabischen Welt

1.2. Arabic Language and Literature I

1.3. Dialectology

• 140065 SE Seminar on Arabic Dialectology - Beduinendialekte des Mashriq und des Maghrib

1.4. Classic Arabic Language

• 140040 UE Selected Issues of Classic Arabic - Geographische Literatur

b. Alternative Required Modules

APM Media or History of Arabic Script

APM Semitic Languages or Islam Religion

• 140109 VO Introduction to a Modern South Arabic Language II

c. Language, Literatue and Media in the Arab World

1.1. Language and Institutions of Arab Media

• 140043 UE Media Arabic 2

1.2. Current Trends in Culture, Politics and Religion

• 140039 VO+UE [ en ] Cultural History and Everyday Culture (selected issues)
• 140060 VO History, Politics and Islam (special themes)

1.3. Group of Elective Modules

WM Arabic Language and Literature II (8 ECTS)

WM History and Cultural History of the Arab World II (8 ECTS)

• 140033 SE History and Cultural History of the Arab World - Gender und Feminismus in der Arabischen Welt

WM Regional Specialisation (16 ECTS)

• 140129 SE+EX Excursion or Workshop
• 140258 SE+EX [ ar de ] Study Trip to Saudi-Arabia - Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Sprache, Ethnologie

d. Language and Culture of South Arabia

1.1. Ancient South Arab Language

• 140308 UE [ en ] Introduction into Epigraphic South Arabic 2
• 140367 UE [ en ] Readings in Epigraphic South Arabic Inscriptions

1.2. South Arabia, Past and Present

• 140123 VU [ en ] Area and Cultural Studies of South Arabia

1.3. Sabean Studies

• 140140 SE Seminar in Epigraphic South Arabian Studies

1.4. Alternative Required Module

APM History and Cultural History of the Arab World II

• 140033 SE History and Cultural History of the Arab World - Gender und Feminismus in der Arabischen Welt

APM Modern South Arabia

• 140124 SE [ en ] Seminar in Modern South Arabian Studies

e. Master-Module

3. Islamic Studies

a. Required Modules

1.1. History of Ideas

1.2. Islamic Law

1.3. Modern Islam I

1.4. Language and Institutions of Arab Media

• 140043 UE Media Arabic 2

1.5. Islam in the Non-Arab World

• 140127 VO Islam in Asia outside the Arab World

1.6. Older Islam I

1.7. Classic Arabic Language

• 140040 UE Selected Issues of Classic Arabic - Geographische Literatur

b. Alternative Required Module

APM Islam on the Internet

APM Media

c. Group of Elective Modules

WM Modern Islam II (8 ECTS)

WM Regional Specialisation (16 ECTS)

• 140129 SE+EX Excursion or Workshop
• 140258 SE+EX [ ar de ] Study Trip to Saudi-Arabia - Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Sprache, Ethnologie

WM Older Islam II (8 ECTS)

d. Module of Interest

e. Master-Module

4. Turkish Studies

a. Required Modules

1.1. Ottoman Literature I

1.2. Ottoman Literature II

• 140108 SE Seminar on Ottoman Literature
• 140281 UE Ottoman Poetry II

1.3. Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics

1.4. Ottoman-Historical Module I

1.5. Ottoman-Historical Module II

• 140004 VO Lecture on Ottoman History and Cultural History - History of Tukish Principalities in Asia Minor
• 140063 SE Ottoman-Cultural Seminar

1.6. Turkish and Turkic Languages, Past and Present

1.7. Modern Turkish, Literature and Language

1.8. Theoretical and Methodological Advanced Studies

b. Master-Module

• 140030 SE Master Coaching Seminar