Directorate of Studies 14 - Near Eastern Studies - African Studies - Tibetan Studies and Indology

African Studies

Bachelor African Studies (697 [2] - Version 2011)

Introductory and Orientation Period (15 ECTS)

Basics of African Studies (15 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung in die afrikanische Geschichtswissenschaft
• EXAM STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung in die afrikanische Literaturwissenschaft
• EXAM STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung in die afrikanische Sprachwissenschaft
• 140233 VO+UE ( STEOP ) STEOP - Introduction to African History
• 140239 VO+UE ( STEOP ) Introduction into African Literature
• 140240 VO+UE ( STEOP ) Introduction into African Linguistics - Lecture

Advanced Module (15 ECTS)

Advanced African Studies (15 ECTS)

• 140241 VO+UE Introduction to Scientific Work
• 140244 VO+UE Advanced Course African Linguistics
• 140309 VO+UE Advanced Course African Literature
• 140321 VO+UE Advanced Course African History

Basic Level African Language - Alternative Compulsory Modules (22 ECTS)

Alternative Compulsory Module Bambara (22 ECTS)

• 140207 VO+UE Bambara: Exercises 2
• 140235 VO+UE Bambara: Grammar 2

Alternative Compulsory Module Hausa (22 ECTS)

• 140293 VO+UE Hausa: Grammar 2
• 140311 VO+UE Hausa: Exercises 2

Alternative Compulsory Module Swahili (22 ECTS)

• 140271 VO+UE Swahili: Exercises 2
• 140313 VO+UE Swahili: Grammar 2

Advanced Level African Language - Alternative Compulsory Modules (22 ECTS)

Alternative Compusory Module Perfection Bambara (22 ECTS)

• 140314 SK Bambara Grammar 4
• 140315 SK Bambara: Texts 2
• 140327 SK Bambara: Conversation 2

Alternative Compulsory Module Perfection Hausa (22 ECTS)

• 140295 SK [ en ] Hausa: Texts 2
• 140319 SK Hausa: Grammar 4
• 140329 SK [ en ] Hausa: Conversation 2

Alternative Compulsory Module Perfection Swahili (22 ECTS)

• 140182 SK Swahili: Conversation 2
• 140333 SK Swahili Grammar 4 / Kiswahili: Sarufi 4
• 140334 SK Swahili: Texts 2

Specialisation - Alternative Groups of Compulsory Modules (46 ECTS)

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules African Linguistics (46 ECTS)

• 140216 VO [ en ] The African Diaspora in China: Topics in Sociocultural Linguistics and Beyond
• 140251 VO Conflict Management: Linguistic Stylistic Devices for Conflict Ability and Conflict Potential
• 140260 PS Introductory Seminar: Research Areas in Linguistics
• 140338 VO On History and Development of African Studies
• 140339 VO [ en ] Grammatical Description: Comparative Studies of Language Structures
• 140340 SE Bachelor Seminar: African Linguistics and Literature
• 140386 VO Introduction to Pragmatics of African Languages

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules African Literature (46 ECTS)

• 140223 VO [ en ] African Poetry Workshop
• 140265 VO Gender and Performance in Contemporary South African and Zimbabwean Literatures
• 140338 VO On History and Development of African Studies
• 140340 SE Bachelor Seminar: African Linguistics and Literature
• 140341 PS Transnational Writers and the Digital Space - New Genres and Transmedia Forms in Africa and the Diaspora
• 140382 VO The Arabic Literature of North Africa

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules African History (46 ECTS)

• 140232 SE Bachelor Seminar: Generation, Gender and Politics in Contemporary African History
• 140234 PS Youth and Expressive Culture in Ghana since the 1980s
• 140237 VO Postcolonial History of Africa
• 140338 VO On History and Development of African Studies
• 140345 VO Hostory of Central Africa 2
• 140346 VO History of Northeast Africa 2

Master African Studies (897 [2] - Version 2016)

Basic Module (28 ECTS)

• 140256 KU Scientific Texts: Writing and Editing

GM Basic Module (28 ECTS)

• 140209 KU Scientific Texts: Preparation and Performance
• 140220 KU [ de en ] Current Research Trends in African Studies

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules Specialisation: African Studies (58 ECTS)

SAS A Intermediate Module: Topics and Approaches (30 ECTS)

• 140208 SE [ en ] Advances in African Linguistic and Literary Studies
• 140219 SE Historical Comparative Linguistics
• 140230 KU Structure of a L 2/2 (Fulfulde)
• 140231 VO Amharic I
• 140247 VO Language and History in Africa: Semitohamitic Languages
• 140278 VO Language and History in the West African Sahel
• 160179 PS [ en wo ] Theory of Grammar and Structure of a Non-Indo-European Language, Introductory Proseminar - Wolof

SAS B Advanced Module: In-Depth Study and Research (28 ECTS)

• 140208 SE [ en ] Advances in African Linguistic and Literary Studies
• 140219 SE Historical Comparative Linguistics
• 140231 VO Amharic I
• 140247 VO Language and History in Africa: Semitohamitic Languages
• 140278 VO Language and History in the West African Sahel
• 140371 SE Master Coaching Seminar

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules Specialisation: African Literatures (58 ECTS)

SAL A Intermediate Module: Topics and Approaches (30 ECTS)

• 140208 SE [ en ] Advances in African Linguistic and Literary Studies
• 140264 VO Sexuality, Oppression, and Self-Actualization in African Diaspora's Women's Literature

SAL B Advanced Module: In-Depth Study and Research (28 ECTS)

• 140208 SE [ en ] Advances in African Linguistic and Literary Studies
• 140264 VO Sexuality, Oppression, and Self-Actualization in African Diaspora's Women's Literature
• 140371 SE Master Coaching Seminar

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules Specialisation: African History and Societies (58 ECTS)

SAG A Intermediate Module: Topics and Approaches (30 ECTS)

• 140283 VO The Empire of the Black Pharaohs: History and Chronology of the Empire of Kush
• 140255 KU [ de en ] Religion and Politics
• 140373 VO+UE ( MOB ) VM4 / VM5 - Civilizing Mission/s: Critical Reflections on a Category of Thought and Action
• 140227 KU On African Anthropology and Historiography
• 140316 VO A Transgenerational History of the Winter-Rawat Family in South Africa, 1847-2017
• 010065 VO Lecture Afroamerican Religions

SAB B Advanced Module: In-Depth Study and Research (28 ECTS)

• 140283 VO The Empire of the Black Pharaohs: History and Chronology of the Empire of Kush
• 140371 SE Master Coaching Seminar
• 140316 VO A Transgenerational History of the Winter-Rawat Family in South Africa, 1847-2017
• 010065 VO Lecture Afroamerican Religions

Master African Studies (897 [1] - Version 2008) - discontinued

Basic Module - Required Module

• 140209 KU Scientific Texts: Preparation and Performance
• 140256 KU Scientific Texts: Writing and Editing

Specialisation - Alternative Groups of Required Modules

African Linguistics

• 140208 SE [ en ] Advances in African Linguistic and Literary Studies
• 140219 SE Historical Comparative Linguistics
• 140231 VO Amharic I
• 140247 VO Language and History in Africa: Semitohamitic Languages
• 140278 VO Language and History in the West African Sahel
• 140371 SE Master Coaching Seminar

African History

• 140227 KU On African Anthropology and Historiography
• 140255 KU [ de en ] Religion and Politics
• 140283 VO The Empire of the Black Pharaohs: History and Chronology of the Empire of Kush
• 140316 VO A Transgenerational History of the Winter-Rawat Family in South Africa, 1847-2017
• 140371 SE Master Coaching Seminar

Extension Curriculum Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa (148)

Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa (15 ECTS)

• 140223 VO [ en ] African Poetry Workshop
• 140237 VO Postcolonial History of Africa
• 140265 VO Gender and Performance in Contemporary South African and Zimbabwean Literatures
• 140345 VO Hostory of Central Africa 2
• 140346 VO History of Northeast Africa 2
• 140382 VO The Arabic Literature of North Africa

Oriental Studies

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

Introductory and Orientation Phase (16 ECTS)

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

• EXAM OR-1 STEOP-Introduction Middle Eastern Studies
• 140001 VO ( OV STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies

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

• EXAM OR2/AO1 Introduction to Akkadian I
• 140108 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Akkadian I

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

• EXAM OR2/AR1 Introduction to Arabic I
• 140270 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Arabic Language I

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

• EXAM OR2/TU1 Introduction to Turkish I
• 140304 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Turkish Grammar I

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)

• 140047 VO Religious history of the Middle East prior to the advent of Islam
• 140172 VO Introduction to the History of Islam

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)

• 140013 VO History of Ideas and Culture of the Ottoman-Turkish Region (up to the present)

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

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

• 140044 VO Languages and scripts of the Middle East and North Africa

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

AO-2 Akkadian II (8 ECTS)

• 140097 VO Introduction to Akkadian II
• 140117 UE Exercises to Introduction to Akkadian II

AO-3 Akkadian III (10 ECTS)

• 140091 PS Akkadian Reading II

AO-4 Sumerian I (8 ECTS)

• 140048 UE Introduction to Sumerian
• 140136 VO Introduction to Sumerian I

AO-5 Sumerian II (5 ECTS)

• 140049 SE Sumerian Seminar - The dialogue in Sumerian narrations

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

• 140045 VO Near Eastern Archeology I: Introduction into Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East

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)

• 140002 PS Mesopotamian Literature: Reading - Akkadian Literary Texts - Reading of extracts from the Gilgamesh Epos
• 140003 PS Sumerian Literary Texts

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)

• 140363 SE Archaeological Seminar - Archaeology of Death in the Ancient Near East
• 020007 SE Biblical Archaeologiy and Chronologies

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

• 140032 SE Akkadian Seminar - Magic and divination in Babylonia and Assyria (first millennium BCE)
• 140049 SE Sumerian Seminar - The dialogue in Sumerian narrations

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

• 140032 SE Akkadian Seminar - Magic and divination in Babylonia and Assyria (first millennium BCE)
• 140049 SE Sumerian Seminar - The dialogue in Sumerian narrations
• 140363 SE Archaeological Seminar - Archaeology of Death in the Ancient Near East
• 020007 SE Biblical Archaeologiy and Chronologies

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

• 140032 SE Akkadian Seminar - Magic and divination in Babylonia and Assyria (first millennium BCE)

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

• 140049 SE Sumerian Seminar - The dialogue in Sumerian narrations

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

• 140363 SE Archaeological Seminar - Archaeology of Death in the Ancient Near East
• 020007 SE Biblical Archaeologiy and Chronologies

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

AR-2 Arabic II (12 ECTS)

• 140074 UE Arabic Language C
• 140116 UE Arabic Language C
• 140426 VO+UE Arabic Language B
• 140478 VO+UE Arabic Language B

AR-3 Arabic III (12 ECTS)

AR-4 Arabic IV (12 ECTS)

• 140008 UE Arabic Language G
• 140066 VO+UE Arabic Language F
• 140236 UE Arabic Language G

AR-5 Arabic V (6 ECTS)

AR-6 Arabic VI (6 ECTS)

• 140019 UE Arabic L - Readings in Arabic Literature - Modern Arabic Literature in the Gulf States
• 140106 UE Arabic Language M - Media 2

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

• 140067 VO Arabic Dialect A: Egyptian Arabic
• 140068 UE Arabic Dialect B: Egyptian Arabic

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

• 140028 VO Arabic Dialect - Course C: Moroccan Arabic
• 140029 UE Arabic Dialect: Moroccan Arabic D

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

• 140010 UE Arabic Dialect - Course F: Tunisian Arabic
• 140168 UE Arabic Dialect E: Conversations/Texts 1: Syrian Arabic

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

• 140037 PS Introductory Seminar: Islamic Studies
• 140429 PS Introductory Seminar: Arabic Studies

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)

• 140078 SE Seminar on Modern Islam

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

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

• 140156 VO Turkish Grammar II
• 140263 UE Turkish Conversation Class II

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

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

• 140036 VO Turkish Grammar IV
• 140171 UE Translating Turkish Texts
• 140221 UE Turkish Conversation Class IV

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

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

• 140051 UE Conversations, Advanced Level II
• 140055 UE Reading Subject-Specific Texts II

TU-7 Persian, Basic Level (8 ECTS)

• 140053 UE Persian Grammar II

TU-8 Persian, Intermediate Level (6 ECTS)

• 140084 UE Reading and Discussing Persian Texts II

TU-9 Ottoman Studies (12 ECTS)

• 140030 UE Ottoman II
• 140073 PS Ottoman Introductory Seminar

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)

• 140034 SE Historical-Cultural Seminar (and Bachelor's Paper)

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

• 140163 VO Lecture on Selected Aspects of Modern Turkey - Türkei zwischen Nationalismus, Kemalismus, Islamismus, Autoritarismus und Demokratie

Bachelor Oriental Studies (600 [2] - Version 2011) - discontinued

1. Orientation Period

OR-1: Introduction to Oriental Studies - Required Module

• EXAM OR-1 STEOP-Introduction Middle Eastern Studies
• 140001 VO ( OV STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies

OR-2: Introduction to Oriental Languages - Group of Elective Modules

OR-2/AO-1: Introduction to Akkadian I

• EXAM OR2/AO1 Introduction to Akkadian I
• 140108 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Akkadian I

OR-2/AR-1: Introduction to Arabic I

• EXAM OR2/AR1 Introduction to Arabic I
• 140270 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Arabic Language I

OR-2/TU-1: Introduction to Turkish I

• EXAM OR2/TU1 Introduction to Turkish I
• 140304 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Turkish Grammar I

2. Oriental Studies - Group of Required Modules

OR-3: Cultural and Economic Geography of the Near East and North Africa

OR-4: Religions and Institutions of the Near East

• 140047 VO Religious history of the Middle East prior to the advent of Islam
• 140172 VO Introduction to the History of Islam

OR-5: Ancient Near East

OR-6: History of the Arabs in the Near East and North Africa in Islamic Times

OR-7: History of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey

• 140013 VO History of Ideas and Culture of the Ottoman-Turkish Region (up to the present)

3. Alternative Groups of Required Modules (APMG)

3.1. APMG Ancient Oriental Philology and Oriental Archaeology

AO-2: Akkadian II

• 140097 VO Introduction to Akkadian II
• 140117 UE Exercises to Introduction to Akkadian II

AO-3: Akkadian III

• 140091 PS Akkadian Reading II

AO-4: Sumerian I

• 140048 UE Introduction to Sumerian
• 140136 VO Introduction to Sumerian I

AO-5: Sumerian II

• 140049 SE Sumerian Seminar - The dialogue in Sumerian narrations

AO-6: Near Eastern Archaeology I

• 140045 VO Near Eastern Archeology I: Introduction into Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East

AO-7: Near Eastern Archaeology II

AO-8: Mesopotamian Cultural History

AO-9: Mesopotamian Literature: Reading

• 140002 PS Mesopotamian Literature: Reading - Akkadian Literary Texts - Reading of extracts from the Gilgamesh Epos
• 140003 PS Sumerian Literary Texts

AO-10: Alternative Required Module

• 140363 SE Archaeological Seminar - Archaeology of Death in the Ancient Near East
• 020007 SE Biblical Archaeologiy and Chronologies

AO-11: Alternative Required Module

• 140032 SE Akkadian Seminar - Magic and divination in Babylonia and Assyria (first millennium BCE)
• 140049 SE Sumerian Seminar - The dialogue in Sumerian narrations

• 140363 SE Archaeological Seminar - Archaeology of Death in the Ancient Near East
• 140049 SE Sumerian Seminar - The dialogue in Sumerian narrations
• 140032 SE Akkadian Seminar - Magic and divination in Babylonia and Assyria (first millennium BCE)
• 020007 SE Biblical Archaeologiy and Chronologies

AO-12: Group of Elective Modules

• 140032 SE Akkadian Seminar - Magic and divination in Babylonia and Assyria (first millennium BCE)

• 140049 SE Sumerian Seminar - The dialogue in Sumerian narrations

• 140363 SE Archaeological Seminar - Archaeology of Death in the Ancient Near East
• 020007 SE Biblical Archaeologiy and Chronologies

3.2. APMG Arabic Studies and Islamic Studies

AR-2: Language Module Arabic II

• 140074 UE Arabic Language C
• 140116 UE Arabic Language C
• 140426 VO+UE Arabic Language B
• 140478 VO+UE Arabic Language B

AR-3: Language Module Arabic III

AR-4: Language Module Arabic IV

• 140008 UE Arabic Language G
• 140066 VO+UE Arabic Language F
• 140236 UE Arabic Language G

AR-5: Language Module Arabic V

AR-6: Language Moduel Arabic VI

• 140019 UE Arabic L - Readings in Arabic Literature - Modern Arabic Literature in the Gulf States
• 140106 UE Arabic Language M - Media 2

AR-7: Arabic Dialect: Basic Level

• 140067 VO Arabic Dialect A: Egyptian Arabic
• 140068 UE Arabic Dialect B: Egyptian Arabic

AR-8: Arabic Dialect: Intermediate Level

• 140028 VO Arabic Dialect - Course C: Moroccan Arabic
• 140029 UE Arabic Dialect: Moroccan Arabic D

AR-9: Arabic Dialect: Advanced Level

• 140010 UE Arabic Dialect - Course F: Tunisian Arabic
• 140168 UE Arabic Dialect E: Conversations/Texts 1: Syrian Arabic

AR-10: Introduction to Selected Fields of Arabic Studies and Islamic Studies

• 140037 PS Introductory Seminar: Islamic Studies
• 140429 PS Introductory Seminar: Arabic Studies

AR-11: Selected Issues of Modern Oriental Research

AR-12: Seminar on Philology (incl. Bachelor's Paper)

AR-13: Seminar on Islamic Studies (incl. Bachelor's Paper)

• 140078 SE Seminar on Modern Islam

3.3. APMG Turkish Studies

TU-2: Turkish, Basic Level II

• 140156 VO Turkish Grammar II
• 140263 UE Turkish Conversation Class II

TU-3: Turkish, Intermediate Level I

TU-4: Turkish, Intermediate Level II

• 140036 VO Turkish Grammar IV
• 140171 UE Translating Turkish Texts
• 140221 UE Turkish Conversation Class IV

TU-5: Turkish, Advanced Level I

TU-6: Tukish, Advanced Level II

• 140051 UE Conversations, Advanced Level II
• 140055 UE Reading Subject-Specific Texts II

TU-7: Persian, Basic Level

• 140053 UE Persian Grammar II

TU-8: Persian, Intermediate Level

• 140084 UE Reading and Discussing Persian Texts II

TU-9: Ottoman Studies

• 140030 UE Ottoman II
• 140073 PS Ottoman Introductory Seminar

TU-10: Linguistic or Literary Seminar (incl. Bachelor's Paper)

TU-11: Historical-Cultural Seminar (incl. Bachelor's Paper)

• 140034 SE Historical-Cultural Seminar (and Bachelor's Paper)

TU-12: Society and Culture of Modern Turkey

• 140163 VO Lecture on Selected Aspects of Modern Turkey - Türkei zwischen Nationalismus, Kemalismus, Islamismus, Autoritarismus und Demokratie

Master Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Oriental Archaeology (672)

Compulsory Modules (56 ECTS)

Akkadian Seminars incl. Seminar Paper (16 ECTS)

• 140032 SE Akkadian Seminar - Magic and divination in Babylonia and Assyria (first millennium BCE)

Archaeological Seminar I incl. Seminar Paper (8 ECTS)

• 140363 SE Archaeological Seminar - Archaeology of Death in the Ancient Near East
• 020007 SE Biblical Archaeologiy and Chronologies

History and Cultural History of Mesopotamia (8 ECTS)

• 140032 SE Akkadian Seminar - Magic and divination in Babylonia and Assyria (first millennium BCE)

Advanced Module on Philology I (8 ECTS)

• 140032 SE Akkadian Seminar - Magic and divination in Babylonia and Assyria (first millennium BCE)

Sumerological Seminars incl. Seminar Paper (16 ECTS)

• 140049 SE Sumerian Seminar - The dialogue in Sumerian narrations

Alternative Copulsory Modules (8 ECTS)

APM Semitisitcs (8 ECTS)

• 140093 VO [ en ] Introduction to a Hamitic Language II: Maltese

APM Archaeology (8 ECTS)

Group of Elective Modules(16 ECTS)

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

• 140363 SE Archaeological Seminar - Archaeology of Death in the Ancient Near East
• 020007 SE Biblical Archaeologiy and Chronologies

WM Advanced Module on Philology II (8 ECTS)

• 140049 SE Sumerian Seminar - The dialogue in Sumerian narrations

WM South Arabia, Past and Present (8 ECTS)

• 140042 VU [ en ] South Arabian History and Archaeology
• 140123 VU [ en ] Area and Cultural Studies of South Arabia

WM Sabean Studies (8 ECTS)

Master-Module (8 ECTS)

• 140096 SE Master Coaching Seminar

Master-Seminar (8 ECTS)

Master Turkish Studies (675)

Ottoman Literature I (8 ECTS)

Ottoman Literature II (14 ECTS)

• 140018 SE Seminar on Ottoman Literature
• 140281 UE Ottoman Poetry II

Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics (16 ECTS)

Ottoman-Historical Module I (10 ECTS)

• 140004 VO Lecture on Ottoman History and Cultural History

Ottoman-Historical Module II (10 ECTS)

• 140004 VO Lecture on Ottoman History and Cultural History
• 140063 SE Ottoman-Cultural Seminar

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

• 140205 UE Turkic Language

Modern Turkish, Literature and Languag (12 ECTS)

Theoretical and Methodological Advanced Studies (10 ECTS)

Mastercoaching-Module (10 ECTS)

• 140115 SE Master Coaching Seminar

Master The Arab World: Language and Society (676)

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)

• 140092 SE The Arab World in Modern Times: Political and Social Issues

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)

• 140279 SE Texts from Arab-Islamic Tradition

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

• 140212 SE Political and Social Movements in the Arab World

RP-4 The Arab World Online (8 ECTS)

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

AS-1 Arabic Dialectology (8 ECTS)

• 140213 VU Arabic Dialects in North Africa

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

• 140174 SE [ ar de ] Arabic as a Written Language - How modern Arabic adjusts to new developments

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)

• 140042 VU [ en ] South Arabian History and Archaeology
• 140123 VU [ en ] Area and Cultural Studies of South Arabia

KS-4 Modern South Arabia (8 ECTS)

Group of Elective Modules (32 ECTS)

WM-1 Arabian Popular Culture (8 ECTS)

• 140043 SE [ en ] Arabic Popular Culture: - Arabic Folk Literature

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

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

• 140388 SE [ en ] The Arab World: Cultural and Historical Perspectives

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

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

• 140276 SE The Arab World: Security and Political Perspectives

WM-6 The Arab World Transnationally (8 ECTS)

• 140176 SE The Arab World Transnationally

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)

• 140272 UE Listening Comprehension and Analysis of Current Media Texts in the Fields of Culture, Economy...

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

• 140417 UE [ de en ] Arabic Epigraphy

WM-11 Classical Arabian Language (8 ECTS)

• 140011 UE Arabic Lexicography

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

• 140093 VO [ en ] Introduction to a Hamitic Language II: Maltese
• 140231 VO Amharic I

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)

• 080099 SE Seminar: The Image in the Arts of Early Islamic Western Asia

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

WM-17 Arabic Dialect (16 ECTS)

• 140028 VO Arabic Dialect - Course C: Moroccan Arabic
• 140029 UE Arabic Dialect: Moroccan Arabic D
• 140067 VO Arabic Dialect A: Egyptian Arabic
• 140068 UE Arabic Dialect B: Egyptian Arabic

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)

• 140212 SE Political and Social Movements in the Arab World

WM-21 Arabic Dialectology (8 ECTS)

• 140213 VU Arabic Dialects in North Africa

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

• 140174 SE [ ar de ] Arabic as a Written Language - How modern Arabic adjusts to new developments

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)

• 140042 VU [ en ] South Arabian History and Archaeology
• 140123 VU [ en ] Area and Cultural Studies of South Arabia

WM-27 Modern South Arabia (8 ECTS)

Master-Degree Phase (10 ECTS)

MM-1 MA-Coaching (10 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 Studies of Religions

• 140172 VO Introduction to the History of Islam

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

• 140277 VO History of Iran from the Safavids to the present time

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

• 140382 VO The Arabic Literature of North Africa

SKAR-3

• 140038 VO Basic Course in Arabic 2

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)

• 140047 VO Religious history of the Middle East prior to the advent of Islam

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)

• 140097 VO Introduction to Akkadian II
• 140136 VO Introduction to Sumerian I

Extension Curriculum Iranian History and Culture (646)

Compulsory modules IRGK (15 ECTS)

IRGK-1 History of Iran (7 ECTS)

• 140277 VO History of Iran from the Safavids to the present time

IRGK-2 Cultural History of Iran (8 ECTS)

• 140089 VO Intellectual and cultural history of Iran from the 16th to the 20th centuries

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)

• 140001 VO ( OV STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies

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

• 140013 VO History of Ideas and Culture of the Ottoman-Turkish Region (up to the present)
• 140163 VO Lecture on Selected Aspects of Modern Turkey - Türkei zwischen Nationalismus, Kemalismus, Islamismus, Autoritarismus und Demokratie

Extension Curriculum Turkish History, Literature and Culture History (640 [1] - Version 2012) - discontinued

Compulsory modules EC-TU (15 ECTS)

EC-TU-1 PM Turkish cultural history within the framework of the civilisations of Asia Minor

• 140001 VO ( OV STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies
• 140172 VO Introduction to the History of Islam

EC-TU-2 PM Aspects of Turkish history past and present

• 140013 VO History of Ideas and Culture of the Ottoman-Turkish Region (up to the present)
• 140163 VO Lecture on Selected Aspects of Modern Turkey - Türkei zwischen Nationalismus, Kemalismus, Islamismus, Autoritarismus und Demokratie

South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies

Bachelor Languages and Culture of South Asia and Tibet (629 [2] - Version 2011)

Introductory and Orientation Period (15 ECTS)

PM1A Introduction to Indology (5 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Module Examination Introduction to Indology

PM1B Introduction to Buddhist and Tibetan Studies (5 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Module examination Introduction to Tibetology and Buddhist Studies

PM1C Introduction to Modern South Asian Studies (5 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Module examination Introduction to Modern South Asian Studies

Group of Compulsory Modules Fields of Work (15 ECTS)

PM3 Introduction to Selected Fields of Indology (5 ECTS)

• 140137 PS India's philosophical schools - a survey based on selected doxographies - Ein Überblick anhand ihrer Darstellung in ausgewählten Doxographien

PM4 Introduction to Selected Fields of Tibetology and Buddhist Studies (5 ECTS)

• 140165 PS Melting Pot of Inner Asian Cultures - Tibetan-Mongol-Muslim Coexistence in Amdo, Past and Present

PM5 Introduction to Selected Fields of Modern South Asian Studies (5 ECTS)

• 140050 PS The Ramayana in its (post-)modern adaptions

Alternative Groups of Compulsory Modules First Language (55 ECTS)

A1 Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules: Sanskrit as First Language (55 ECTS)

PM2a Classical Sanskrit as First Language I (15 ECTS)

PM6a Classical Sanskrit as First Language II (15 ECTS)

• 140119 SAK Introduction to Classical Sanskrit II

PM8a Advanced Module on Classical Sanskrit as First Language (10 ECTS)

PM12a Literary Genres and Forms of Language in Sanskrit I (10 ECTS)

• 140173 UE The seasons of the year in classical Ayurveda
• 140508 UE Nala and Damayanti

PM17a Literary Genres and Forms of Language in Sanskrit II (5 ECTS)

B1 Alternative Groups of Compulsory Modules Classical Tibetan as First Language (55 ECTS)

PM2b Classical Tibetan as First Language I (15 ECTS)

PM6b Classical Tibetan as First Language II (15 ECTS)

• 140180 SAK Introduction to Classical Tibetan II

PM8b Advanced Module on Classical Tibetan as First Language (10 ECTS)

PM12b Literary Genres and Forms of Language in Tibetan I (10 ECTS)

• 140052 UE Texts on how to understand and explain the words of the Buddha
• 140160 UE Atisa on Mantrayana

PM17b Literary Genres and Forms of Language in Tibetan II (5 ECTS)

C1 Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules Modern Indian Language as First Language (55 ECTS)

PM2c Modern Indian Language as First Language I (15 ECTS)

PM6c Modern Indian Language as First Language II (15 ECTS)

• 140120 SAK Introduction to Nepali II

PM8c Advanced Module on a Modern Indian Language as First Language (10 ECTS)

PM12c Modern Literary Genres and Forms of Language I (10 ECTS)

• 140133 UE [ de en hi ] Hindi Conversation
• 140148 UE [ de en hi ] Indian Cities: Story, History and Memoir
• 140419 UE Urdu 1

PM17c Modern Literary Genres and Forms of Language II (5 ECTS)

Alternative Groups of Compulsory Modules Second Language (30 ECTS)

A2 Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules Sanskrit as Second Language (30 ECTS)

PM7a Classical Sanskrit as Second Language I (15 ECTS)

PM11a Classical Sanskrit as Second Language II (15 ECTS)

• 140119 SAK Introduction to Classical Sanskrit II

B2 Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules Classical Tibetan as Second Language (30 ECTS)

PM7b Classical Tibetan as Second Language I (15 ECTS)

PM11b Classical Tibetan as Second Language II (15 ECTS)

• 140180 SAK Introduction to Classical Tibetan II

C2 Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules Modern Indian Language as Second Language (30 ECTS)

PM7c Modern Indian Language as Second Language I (15 ECTS)

PM11c Modern Indian Language as Second Language II (15 ECTS)

• 140120 SAK Introduction to Nepali II

D2 Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules Modern Tibetan as Second Language (30 ECTS)

PM7d Modern Tibetan as Second Language I (15 ECTS)

PM11d Modern Tibetan as Second Language II (15 ECTS)

• 140350 SAK Introduction to Modern Tibetan II

Group of Elective Modules Cultural History (10 ECTS)

WM9 Basics of Cultural History A (5 ECTS)

WM10 Basics of Cultural History B (5 ECTS)

WM13 Culture - Language - Society A (5 ECTS)

• 140153 VO [ en ] The Cult of Terrestrial Divinities in Tibet
• 140147 VO [ en ] Regional Cultures and Social History in Modern India
• 140158 VO The pluralistic dimension of Indian culture past and present - The contribution of some less examined traditions
• 140159 VO rGyud bzhi - the four Tantras of Tibetan Medicine
• 140188 VO From nonalignement to nuclear power: the foreign policy of independent India
• 140396 VO The Art of Buddhist Pilgrimage Sites
• 140122 VO [ en ] Historical Patterns of Buddhist Transmission
• 010078 VU [ en ] Buddhism and the West

WM14 Culture - Language - Society B (5 ECTS)

• 140125 PS Chinese Buddhist texts
• 140169 PS Manuscript Culture in South Asia between Orality and Print
• 140527 PS Technical instructions in ancient Indian drama - The value of empirical reenactment as a heuristic method

Alternative Compulsory Modules - Applied Cultural Studies (10 ECTS)

APM15a Field Trip (10 ECTS)

• 140211 EX Exkursion: Buddhist traditions in the Kathmandu Valley

APM15b Regional Cultures (10 ECTS)

APM16a Advanced Module on Classical Sanskrit as Second Language (10 ECTS)

APM16b Advanced Module on Classical Tibetan as Second Language (10 ECTS)

APM16c Advanced Module on a Modern Indian Language as Second Language (10 ECTS)

APM16d Advanced Module on Modern Tibetan as Second Language (10 ECTS)

Compulsory Module incl. Bachelor's Papers (15 ECTS)

PM18 Advanced Module on Philology and Culture Studies of South Asia and Tibet (15 ECTS)

• 140138 BA Online newspapers and blogs in India and Nepal - discourse analysis
• 140141 BA Online newspapers and blogs in India and Nepal - philological analysis
• 140145 BA Kong sprul's Commentary on Rang byung rdo rje's sNying po bstan pa
• 140503 BA How long should one sacrifice? Philological aspects of life-long rituals of the Mimamsa
• 140529 BA How long should one sacrifice? Religious aspects of life-long rituals of the Mimamsa
• 140539 BA Tibetan Interpretations of Buddha Nature - A Comparative Approach

Master Culture and Society in Modern South Asia (interdisciplinary) (685)

PM1 Modern South Asian Society (10 ECTS)

• 140211 EX Exkursion: Buddhist traditions in the Kathmandu Valley

PM2 Basics of Modern South Asian Cultural and Intellectual History (10 ECTS)

APM 3A Cultural Science of Modern South Asia in Practice (10 ECTS)

APM 3B Indian Language (10 ECTS)

PM 4 History of Modern South Asia (10 ECTS)

• 140157 SE Colonial capital cities: Calcutta and New Delhi
• 140211 EX Exkursion: Buddhist traditions in the Kathmandu Valley
• 080121 SE M110 Representation I: Fandom

APM 5A Basics of Contemporary South Asian Culture (10 ECTS)

• 140146 UE [ en ] Seminar on Regional Cultures and Social History in Modern India
• 140147 VO [ en ] Regional Cultures and Social History in Modern India
• 140188 VO From nonalignement to nuclear power: the foreign policy of independent India
• 140206 UE Visual popular culture in South Asia

APM 5B South Asia in Global Context (10 ECTS)

PM 6 Languages of Modern South Asia in Practice (10 ECTS)

• 140300 UE Hindi in Politics: Political Speeches in Hindi (B)

PM 7 Linguistic Traditions of Modern South Asia (10 ECTS)

• 140211 EX Exkursion: Buddhist traditions in the Kathmandu Valley

PM 8 Master´s Conservatorium (10 ECTS)

• 140344 KO Conversatorium for Master Candidates on Modern South Asian Culture and Society

Master Languages and Cultures of South Asia (697)

Compulsory Modules (20 ECTS)

M1 SLRV Language, Literature, and Religion of the Vedic Cultural Period (10 ECTS)

M2 ASLRP Aspects of the History of Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy in South Asia (10 ECTS)

Alternative Compulsory Modules Philology and Textual Hermeneutics (10 ECTS)

APM3a PT1 Philology and Textual Hermeneutics in the Field of the Philosophical-Religious Traditions of South Asia I (10 ECTS)

APM3b PT2 Ancient Indian Language Varieties and Literary Genres (10 ECTS)

Compulsory Modules (20 ECTS)

M4 SLRPV Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy of the non-Brahmanical Traditions of Premedieval South Asia (10 ECTS)

M5 SLRPKM Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy of the Classical and Medieval Cultural Periods of South Asia (10 ECTS)

• 140540 SE Proofs of the soul in Nyaya and Vaisesika

Elective Module Groups (10 ECTS)

M6 PR Philology, Textual Hermeneutics, and Cultural History for the Focus Philosophies and Religions of South Asia (10 ECTS)

• 140158 VO The pluralistic dimension of Indian culture past and present - The contribution of some less examined traditions
• 140396 VO The Art of Buddhist Pilgrimage Sites

M6a PTK1 Philology and Textual Hermeneutics in the Field of the Philosophical-Religious Traditions of South Asia II (10 ECTS)

• 140162 UE Readings in selected passages on religious practice in classical and medieval Nyaya

M6c PTK3 Philology and Textual Hermeneutics of Modern Indian Texts (10 ECTS)

M6d PTK4 Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy of South Asia in their Historical Development (10 ECTS)

• 140312 UE Moksa by tantric initation or pure knowledge? - Bhatta Ramakanthas commentary on Matangatantra kriyapada 1.1-3b

M6 SL Philology, Textual Hermeneutics, and Cultural History for the Focus Languages and Literatures of South Asia (10 ECTS)

M6b PTK2 Philology and Textual Hermeneutics of Middle Indic and Hybrid/Classical Texts (10 ECTS)

• 140151 UE [ en ] A First Introduction into Panini's Grammar
• 140299 UE A Woman's Case in Early Buddhism - Isidasi's Poetical (Auto-)Biography in the Pali Original as an Introduction to Pali

M6c PTK3 Philology and Textual Hermeneutics of Modern Indian Texts (10 ECTS)

• 140300 UE Hindi in Politics: Political Speeches in Hindi (B)

M6d PTK4 Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy of South Asia in their Historical Development (10 ECTS)

Compulsory Module (10 ECTS)

M7 SLRPN Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy of Modern South Asia (10 ECTS)

Alternative Compusory Modules Master's Colloquium (10 ECTS)

M8a MKPR Master's Colloquium on Philosophy and Religion of South Asia (10 ECTS)

• 140178 KO Colloquium on the Philosophies and Religions of South Asia for Advanced Students

M8b MKSL Master’s Colloquium on Language and Literature of South Asia (10 ECTS)

Master Tibetan and Buddhist Studies (698)

Compulsory Modules (20 ECTS)

M1 PM Philology and Methods (10 ECTS)

• 140087 UE Philosophy of Language in Santaraksita's Tattvasamgraha

M2 TH Textual Hermeneutics (10 ECTS)

• 140128 UE [ en ] Avadana, Jataka, and other Rebirth Narrative Genres in Literary and Visual Cultures
• 140181 UE [ en ] Epigraphy and Palaeography of Inscriptions in Northern Pakistan

Alternative Compulsory Modules (15 ECTS)

M3a EWS Alternative Compulsory Module: Introduction to an Additional Language of the Cultural Area of Buddhism (15 ECTS)

M3b SV Alternative Compulsory Module Advanced Philology (15 ECTS)

• 140164 UE [ bo ] Advanced Modern Tibetan I
• 140166 UE [ bo ] Advanced Modern Tibetan II
• 140299 UE A Woman's Case in Early Buddhism - Isidasi's Poetical (Auto-)Biography in the Pali Original as an Introduction to Pali

Compulsory Modules (35 ECTS)

M4 FV Special Lecture on Tibetan and Buddhist Studies (5 ECTS)

• 140122 VO [ en ] Historical Patterns of Buddhist Transmission
• 140153 VO [ en ] The Cult of Terrestrial Divinities in Tibet

M5 PRT1 Philosophical-Religious Traditions of Tibet and Buddhism I (10 ECTS)

• 140154 SE [ de en ] Candrakirti's Madhyamakavatarabhasya
• 140211 EX Exkursion: Buddhist traditions in the Kathmandu Valley

M6 LGK Literature, History, and Culture of Tibet and Buddhism (10 ECTS)

• 140144 SE Kamalasila's Bhavanakramas in the Context of the History of Ideas
• 140211 EX Exkursion: Buddhist traditions in the Kathmandu Valley

M7 PRT2 Philosophical-Religious Traditions of Tibet and Buddhism II (10 ECTS)

Master-Module (10 ECTS)

M8 MK Master's Colloquium in Tibetan and Buddhist Studies (10 ECTS)

• 140085 SE PhD Seminar in Tibetan and Buddhist Studies
• 140504 KO Colloquium in Tibetan and Buddhist Studies for Advanced Students

Extension Curriculum South Asian Studies, Tibetology and Buddhist Studies (145)

South Asian Studies, Tibetology and Buddhist Studies (15 ECTS)

M1 Basics of Contemporary South Asian Cultures (5 ECTS)

• 140147 VO [ en ] Regional Cultures and Social History in Modern India
• 140158 VO The pluralistic dimension of Indian culture past and present - The contribution of some less examined traditions
• 140188 VO From nonalignement to nuclear power: the foreign policy of independent India

M2 Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Tibet (5 ECTS)

• 140153 VO [ en ] The Cult of Terrestrial Divinities in Tibet
• 140159 VO rGyud bzhi - the four Tantras of Tibetan Medicine

M3 Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Buddhism (5 ECTS)

• 140122 VO [ en ] Historical Patterns of Buddhist Transmission
• 140396 VO The Art of Buddhist Pilgrimage Sites

Extension Curriculum South Asian Studies (146)

South Asian Studies (15 ECTS)

M1 Introduction to South Asian Studies (10 ECTS)

M2 Basics of Cultural History (5 ECTS)

Extension Curriculum Tibetology and Buddhist Studies (147)

Tibetology and Buddhist Studies (15 ECTS)

M1 Introduction to Tibetology and Buddhist Studies (5 ECTS)

M2 Basics of Cultural History (10 ECTS)

Extension Curriculum Modern Indian Language (641)

Modern Indian Language (30 ECTS)

M1 Modern Indian Language I (15 ECTS)

M2 Modern Indian Language II (15 ECTS)

• 140120 SAK Introduction to Nepali II

Development Studies

Extension Curriculum: International Development - Basics (149)

EF1 Introduction to International Development (3 ECTS)

KG1 International Development in a Historical Context (3 ECTS)

• 140290 VO KG1 - International Development in Historical Context

KP1 Political Aspects of International Development (3 ECTS)

KS1 Introduction to Development Sociology (3 ECTS)

KW1 Introduction to Development Economy (3 ECTS)

• 140294 VO [ en ] KW1 - Introductory Lecture: Development Economics

Extension Curriculum: International Development - Advanced (140)

EF2 Consortium: Introduction to International Development (5 ECTS)

• 140222 AG EC - EF2 - Introduction to Development Studies
• 140325 AG EC - EF2 - Introduction to Development Studies
• 140326 AG EC - EF2 - Introduction to Development Studies

EZ1 Development Policy and Development Cooperation (5 ECTS)

• 140296 VO EZ1 - Development Policies and Development Co-operation: Lecture Class

TEF A Transdisciplinary Development Research (5 ECTS)

• 140288 VO EC - TEFA Transdisziplinary Development Research - Problemformulierung, Problembearbeitung, Umsetzung

Master Development Studies (589)

GM Principles of Development Research (20 ECTS)

• 140369 VO GM1 - Principles of Development Research
• 140377 KU GM2 - Development Policy and Development Cooperation Architecture
• 140375 KU GM2 - Development Policy and Development Cooperation Architecture
• 140347 KU [ de en ] GM2 - Development Policy and Development Cooperation Architecture
• 140081 KU GM3 - Development Theories and Paradigms from a Transdisciplinary Perspective
• 140380 KU [ de en ] GM3 - Development Theories and Paradigms from a Transdisciplinary Perspective
• 140095 KU [ de en ] GM3 - Development Theories and Paradigms from a Transdisciplinary Perspective - Questioning global knowledge(s) and ‘World Society’
• 140348 KU GM3 - Development Theories and Paradigms from a Transdisciplinary Perspective
• 140364 VO GM4 - Theories of Science and Critique of Scientific Practices

MM Methods of Development Research (10 ECTS)

• 140351 UE MM1 - Methods of Quantitative Research
• 140328 UE [ de en ] MM1 - Methods of Quantitative Research
• 140381 UE MM1 - Methods of Quantitative Research
• 140358 UE MM2 - Methods of Qualitative Research
• 140352 UE MM2 - Methods of Qualitative Research
• 140353 UE [ de en ] MM2 - Methods of Qualitative Research

VM1-9 Block of Elective Modules: Emphasis Transdisciplinary Development Research (45 ECTS)

VM1 Political aspects of development research (15 ECTS)

• 140054 SE VM3 / VM1 - Approaches of Social Theory and Epistemology - concerning the society-nature-relationship
• 140342 SE ( NR ) VM1/VM4 - Economic Growth versus 'Good Life'? - Ressourcenkonflikte vor dem Hintergrund unterschiedlicher Entwicklungsdiskurse
• 140332 SE [ en ] ( SGU ) VM1 / VM2 - International Environment and Economic Development - Globalization and its implications, financial crises, trade liberalization, migration, foreign aid
• 140395 VO+UE VM1 / VM8 - SDGs Sustainable Development Goals - Global Development Agenda without Transformation?
• 140335 VO+UE VM1/VM8 - Global Peace and Security - International Crisis and Conflict Management Revisited
• 140365 VO+UE ( NR ) VM1 / VM2 - Ressources and Development - Sustainable Development on Basis of Ressources: Debates, Conflicts and Strategies
• 140360 SE [ en ] VM1 / VM6 - Southeast Asian States and Societies - Contestations in Transformed Politics
• 140349 SE [ en ] ( MOB ) VM3 / VM1 - Islam and the Muslim minorities in Europe
• 140064 SE [ en ] ( NR ) VM5 / VM3 - International history and politics of disaster
• 140065 SE [ en ] VM5 / VM1 - Ernesto Che Guevara and the global revolutionary process - Theory and practice 1954-1968
• 140069 SE ( MOB ) VM1 / VM6 - Crisis, Revolt and War in the Arab World
• 140384 SE ( NR ) VM1 / VM6 - Global social inequalities in the context of planetary urbanisation
• 140391 SE [ en ] ( SGU ) VM1 / VM7 - Gender, resources and violence in Latin America’s Political Economy
• 140072 SE [ en ] ( MOB ) VM1 / VM8 - Integrating human rights in the work of the United Nations
• 140415 VO ( MOB ) Mobility: Soccer and Migration
• 140152 VO ( NR ) Commodities and Development: Current Issues and Historical Context - Aktuelle Auseinandersetzungen im historischen Kontext
• 070093 VO Lecture - History of European Integration
• 040231 SE SOLV - Arbeit (neu) definieren
• 140188 VO From nonalignement to nuclear power: the foreign policy of independent India

VM2 Economic aspects of development research (15 ECTS)

• 140332 SE [ en ] ( SGU ) VM1 / VM2 - International Environment and Economic Development - Globalization and its implications, financial crises, trade liberalization, migration, foreign aid
• 140330 SE VM2 / VM7 - Global Reproduction-Chains: Patriarchy, Domestic Labour and Care-Debate
• 140069 SE ( MOB ) VM1 / VM6 - Crisis, Revolt and War in the Arab World
• 140083 VO+UE [ en ] VM2 / VM3 - 'Debt rules everything around me' - Introduction to the sociology of finance and debt.
• 140365 VO+UE ( NR ) VM1 / VM2 - Ressources and Development - Sustainable Development on Basis of Ressources: Debates, Conflicts and Strategies
• 140152 VO ( NR ) Commodities and Development: Current Issues and Historical Context - Aktuelle Auseinandersetzungen im historischen Kontext
• 140415 VO ( MOB ) Mobility: Soccer and Migration
• 010011 SE Economics and solidarity. New concepts in the ethics of economics
• 040066 SE [ en ] Philosophy-Politics-Economics - Epistemological and Methodological Positions in Economics
• 040231 SE SOLV - Arbeit (neu) definieren
• 041010 UK [ en ] Keynes for Beginners (BA)
• 070040 VO Lecture (PM4) - Growth and Business Cycle Theory for Historians

VM3 Sociological Aspects of Development Research (15 ECTS)

• 140054 SE VM3 / VM1 - Approaches of Social Theory and Epistemology - concerning the society-nature-relationship
• 140362 SE ( SGU ) VM3/VM8 - Social Security and Social Politics in the Global South
• 140392 SE [ en ] ( SGU ) VM8 / VM3 - Global Health and Development
• 140349 SE [ en ] ( MOB ) VM3 / VM1 - Islam and the Muslim minorities in Europe
• 140083 VO+UE [ en ] VM2 / VM3 - 'Debt rules everything around me' - Introduction to the sociology of finance and debt.
• 140059 VO+UE VM3 / VM8 - Power-sensitive educating & anti-discrimination
• 140086 VO+UE ( MOB ) VM3 / VM7 - Asylum, Migration, Intersectionality
• 140057 VO+UE [ de en ] ( SGU ) VM3 / VM8 - ‘The world’s largest minority’ - How dis/ability impacts human rights-based approaches to development intersectionally
• 140415 VO ( MOB ) Mobility: Soccer and Migration
• 140152 VO ( NR ) Commodities and Development: Current Issues and Historical Context - Aktuelle Auseinandersetzungen im historischen Kontext
• 070068 VU Lecture Series and Exercises - Abbau von exzessivem Nationalismus und Vorurteilen in unserer Gesellschaft interdisziplinäre Beiträge der Universität Wien
• 070220 VO Lecture (PM4) - (Flucht)migration Bilanz und Perspektiven
• 070222 SE Seminar (PM4) - (Flucht)migration gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen
• 140151 UE [ en ] A First Introduction into Panini's Grammar
• 230125 WS Diagnosis of Society: Migration Societies and their Images
• 230129 WS Diagnosis of Society: Postcolonial Sociology

VM4 Cultural Studies Aspects of Development Research (15 ECTS)

• 140342 SE ( NR ) VM1/VM4 - Economic Growth versus 'Good Life'? - Ressourcenkonflikte vor dem Hintergrund unterschiedlicher Entwicklungsdiskurse
• 140070 SE ( NR ) VM4 / VM7 - Multiple Ontologies, 'New Materialism' and Pluriversality
• 140060 SE ( NR ) VM4 / VM7 - Construction of Women* as a Natural Resource
• 140061 SE ( SGU ) VM4 / VM5 - Everything for everyone! Zapatism as paradigm
• 140373 VO+UE ( MOB ) VM4 / VM5 - Civilizing Mission/s: Critical Reflections on a Category of Thought and Action
• 140410 VO+UE [ en ] ( MOB ) VM4 / VM6 - The Postcolonial Debate in Latin America
• 140415 VO ( MOB ) Mobility: Soccer and Migration
• 140152 VO ( NR ) Commodities and Development: Current Issues and Historical Context - Aktuelle Auseinandersetzungen im historischen Kontext
• 070068 VU Lecture Series and Exercises - Abbau von exzessivem Nationalismus und Vorurteilen in unserer Gesellschaft interdisziplinäre Beiträge der Universität Wien
• 010023 VO Intercultural Philosophy: Latin American Philosophy in the Context of Global Modernity
• 010065 VO Lecture Afroamerican Religions
• 140147 VO [ en ] Regional Cultures and Social History in Modern India
• 140158 VO The pluralistic dimension of Indian culture past and present - The contribution of some less examined traditions
• 140234 PS Youth and Expressive Culture in Ghana since the 1980s
• 150224 VO [ en ] Intercultural Negotiation Patterns - (SoSe)
• 180022 VO Global Justice - Einführung in die Debatten zur Globalen Gerechtigkeit

VM5 Historical Aspects of Development Research (15 ECTS)

• 140061 SE ( SGU ) VM4 / VM5 - Everything for everyone! Zapatism as paradigm
• 140065 SE [ en ] VM5 / VM1 - Ernesto Che Guevara and the global revolutionary process - Theory and practice 1954-1968
• 140064 SE [ en ] ( NR ) VM5 / VM3 - International history and politics of disaster
• 140062 SE ( SGU ) VM5 / VM7 - Dubious entanglements and liberatory strategies - women’s movements and global inequality
• 140387 VO+UE ( NR ) VM5 / VM6 - Human influence on the global biosphere from about 1500
• 140373 VO+UE ( MOB ) VM4 / VM5 - Civilizing Mission/s: Critical Reflections on a Category of Thought and Action
• 140152 VO ( NR ) Commodities and Development: Current Issues and Historical Context - Aktuelle Auseinandersetzungen im historischen Kontext
• 140415 VO ( MOB ) Mobility: Soccer and Migration
• 070040 VO Lecture (PM4) - Growth and Business Cycle Theory for Historians
• 070076 VO Further Approaches (Sexual Violence - from ‘Modernity‘ to the Present)
• 140094 SE VM5 / VM6 - Che Guevara - Revolution from Cuba to Africa
• 140157 SE Colonial capital cities: Calcutta and New Delhi

VM6 Geographic and Regional Aspects of Development Research (15 ECTS)

• 140410 VO+UE [ en ] ( MOB ) VM4 / VM6 - The Postcolonial Debate in Latin America
• 140387 VO+UE ( NR ) VM5 / VM6 - Human influence on the global biosphere from about 1500
• 140384 SE ( NR ) VM1 / VM6 - Global social inequalities in the context of planetary urbanisation
• 140360 SE [ en ] VM1 / VM6 - Southeast Asian States and Societies - Contestations in Transformed Politics
• 140415 VO ( MOB ) Mobility: Soccer and Migration
• 140152 VO ( NR ) Commodities and Development: Current Issues and Historical Context - Aktuelle Auseinandersetzungen im historischen Kontext
• 010065 VO Lecture Afroamerican Religions
• 140255 KU [ de en ] Religion and Politics
• 140234 PS Youth and Expressive Culture in Ghana since the 1980s
• 010023 VO Intercultural Philosophy: Latin American Philosophy in the Context of Global Modernity
• 140094 SE VM5 / VM6 - Che Guevara - Revolution from Cuba to Africa
• 140147 VO [ en ] Regional Cultures and Social History in Modern India
• 140157 SE Colonial capital cities: Calcutta and New Delhi
• 140158 VO The pluralistic dimension of Indian culture past and present - The contribution of some less examined traditions

VM7 Gender-specific Aspects of Development Research (15 ECTS)

• 140330 SE VM2 / VM7 - Global Reproduction-Chains: Patriarchy, Domestic Labour and Care-Debate
• 140060 SE ( NR ) VM4 / VM7 - Construction of Women* as a Natural Resource
• 140062 SE ( SGU ) VM5 / VM7 - Dubious entanglements and liberatory strategies - women’s movements and global inequality
• 140070 SE ( NR ) VM4 / VM7 - Multiple Ontologies, 'New Materialism' and Pluriversality
• 140391 SE [ en ] ( SGU ) VM1 / VM7 - Gender, resources and violence in Latin America’s Political Economy
• 140071 VO+UE ( SGU ) VM7 / VM8 - Framing 'Gender' in international development cooperation and humanitarian aid - in der internationalen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und Humanitären Hilfe
• 140086 VO+UE ( MOB ) VM3 / VM7 - Asylum, Migration, Intersectionality
• 140152 VO ( NR ) Commodities and Development: Current Issues and Historical Context - Aktuelle Auseinandersetzungen im historischen Kontext
• 140415 VO ( MOB ) Mobility: Soccer and Migration
• 070076 VO Further Approaches (Sexual Violence - from ‘Modernity‘ to the Present)
• 140264 VO Sexuality, Oppression, and Self-Actualization in African Diaspora's Women's Literature
• 230129 WS Diagnosis of Society: Postcolonial Sociology

VM8 Areas of Practice and Applied Development Cooperation (15 ECTS)

• 140362 SE ( SGU ) VM3/VM8 - Social Security and Social Politics in the Global South
• 140392 SE [ en ] ( SGU ) VM8 / VM3 - Global Health and Development
• 140072 SE [ en ] ( MOB ) VM1 / VM8 - Integrating human rights in the work of the United Nations
• 140395 VO+UE VM1 / VM8 - SDGs Sustainable Development Goals - Global Development Agenda without Transformation?
• 140059 VO+UE VM3 / VM8 - Power-sensitive educating & anti-discrimination
• 140071 VO+UE ( SGU ) VM7 / VM8 - Framing 'Gender' in international development cooperation and humanitarian aid - in der internationalen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und Humanitären Hilfe
• 140335 VO+UE VM1/VM8 - Global Peace and Security - International Crisis and Conflict Management Revisited
• 140057 VO+UE [ de en ] ( SGU ) VM3 / VM8 - ‘The world’s largest minority’ - How dis/ability impacts human rights-based approaches to development intersectionally
• 230160 TR Project Management and Evaluation
• 140152 VO ( NR ) Commodities and Development: Current Issues and Historical Context - Aktuelle Auseinandersetzungen im historischen Kontext
• 140415 VO ( MOB ) Mobility: Soccer and Migration
• 140209 KU Scientific Texts: Preparation and Performance
• 140256 KU Scientific Texts: Writing and Editing

VM9 Transdisciplinary free elective Modul (15 ECTS)

• 230220 UE [ de en ] Science in Society Laboratories
• 230162 KU Job Orientation II
• 230160 TR Project Management and Evaluation
• 230161 TR Communication Culture at Universities and at Work II

FM Transdisciplinary Research Module (15 ECTS)

• 140075 FS [ de en ] FM1 - Research Seminar (Part 1) - Research Design - Transdisziplinäres Forschen
• 140076 FS FM1 - Research Seminar (Part 1) - Research Design - Critical Political Economy and Dependent Development
• 140077 FS FM1 - Research Seminar (Part 1) - Research Design - Alternatives to the current mode of 'using ressources'
• 140399 FS FM1 - Research Seminar (Part 1) - Research Design - Research Workshop Alternative (Regional) Development
• 140082 FS FM2 - Research Seminar (Part 2) - Racism and social inequality
• 140079 FS FM2 - Research Seminar (Part 2) - Globality and International Development in Vienna - an area for action research and transformative learning
• 140080 FS FM2 - Research Seminar (Part 2) - Economy of the Oppressed
• 140400 FS FM2 - Research Seminar (Part 2) - Body Politics, Food and Social Inequality

MA Master Module (5 ECTS)

• 140405 KU Writing Seminar for Master Thesis
• 140406 MAKU [ de en ] Master Course
• 140407 MAKU Master Course
• 140408 MAKU Master Course
• 140411 SE [ de en ] Dissertation Course
• 140412 SE [ de en ] Dissertation Course

Islamic Theology

Bachelor Islamic Theology (196)

Introductory and Orientation Phase (16 ECTS)

M01.1 STEOP-1: Plurality of Islam (8 ECTS)

• EXAM Written Module Exam STEOP-Modul1: Plurality of Islam

M01.2 STEOP-2: Introduction to Academic Research and Writing (8 ECTS)

• EXAM Written Module Exam STEOP-Modul 2: Basic Methods of Academic Writing

Language Competence (32 ECTS)

M02.1 Language Competence I (16 ECTS)

• 140006 VU Arabic II

M02.2A Alternative compulsory module: Language Competence IIa (16 ECTS)

M02.2B Alternative compulsory module: Language Competence IIb (16 ECTS)

Alternative group of compulsory modules 3A: Introduction to and Specialisation in Islamic Theological Studies (42 ECTS)

• 140009 VO Sciences of Hadith I (ulum al-hadit)

M03.1A Introduction to Islamic Theological Studies I (12 ECTS)

• 140007 VO Qur’an Exegesis I (tafsir)
• 140014 VO Islamic Jurisprudence and Its Doctrine of Sources, Methods and Reasoning I (fiqh und usul al-fiqh)

M03.2A Introduction to Islamic Theological Studies II (11 ECTS)

M03.3A Specialisation in Islamic Theological Studies (19 ECTS)

Alternative group of compulsory modules 3B: Introduction to and Specialisation in Alevi Theological Studies (42 ECTS)

M03.1B Introduction to Alevi Theological Studies I (12 ECTS)

M03.2B Introduction to Alevi Theological Studies II (11 ECTS)

M03.3B Specialisation in Alevi Theological Studies (19 ECTS)

Further Compulsory Modules (90 ECTS)

M04.1A Alternative compulsory module: Islamic History and Muslim Life-Worlds (10 ECTS)

• 140015 VO Islamic History II (tarih al-islam)
• 140016 VU An Introduction to Islamic Aesthetics, History of Arts and Civilization

M04.1B Alternative compulsory module: History of Alevi Islam (10 ECTS)

M04.2 Muslim Life-Worlds in Europe - Society, Politics, History and the Present (8/12 ECTS)

M05 Religious Education (13 ECTS)

M06 Religious Practice and Aesthetics (15 ECTS)

• 140020 VU Recitation of the Qur'an (tilawa)
• 140021 UE [ de en ] Practical Islamic Aesthetics

M07 Diversity and Plurality of Islamic Thought (13/17 ECTS)

M08 Religions and Societies in Dialogue (11 ECTS)

M09 Alternative compulsory module: Islamic Chaplaincy for Muslims in Europe (16/20 ECTS)

M10 Alternative compulsory module: Muslim Community Work (16/20 ECTS)

M11 Alternative compulsory module: Specialisation in Islamic Religious Education (16/20 ECTS)

M12 Alternative compulsory module: Specialisation in Islamic Theology (16/20 ECTS)

M13 Alternative compulsory module: Alevi Theological Studies (16/20 ECTS)

Master Islamic Religious Pedagogy (874)

Islamic professional sciences (30 ECTS)

M01 Quran, thinking and practice of the Prophet (10 ECTS)

• 140022 SE M1: Thinking and Practice of the Prophet

M02 Faith and Everyday Life in Islam (10 ECTS)

• 140023 SE M2: Faith

M03 Islamic ethics, anthropology and Muslim life (10 ECTS)

• 140090 SE+UE M3: Anthropology and Muslim Life

Educational-didactic-scientific training (35 ECTS)

M04 Islamic Religious Education (advanced course) and School Development (10 ECTS)

• 140024 SE+UE M4: Islamic Religious Pedagogy

M05 Islamic teaching methodology and practical training (10 ECTS)

• 140025 UE M5: Practical Training

M06 Interreligious and Intercultural Learning (7 ECTS)

• 140026 VO M6: Christian and Jewish Theologies

M10 Muslim community work (8 ECTS)

• 140027 SE+UE M10: Community Management and Organisational Development

Principles of Islamic Education (25 ECTS)

M07 European Cultural History and Islamic education in the European context (10 ECTS)

• 140031 SE+UE M7: Islamic Education in the European Context

M08 Theory of science and epistemology in religious education (5 ECTS)

• 140033 SE+UE M8: Theory of Science and Epistemology in Religious Education

M09 Empirical Research Methods in Religious Education (10 ECTS)

• 140039 SE+UE M9: Empirical Research Methods in Religious Education - part II

Master thesis (25 ECTS)

Master seminar (5 ECTS)

• 140040 SE Colloquium for Master Students