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)

• 140088 VO Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture II: From Mitanni to the Sassanides

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

• 140005 VO History of Ideas and Culture of the Arab-Islamic Near East

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)

• 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)

AO-4 Sumerian I (8 ECTS)

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

AO-5 Sumerian II (5 ECTS)

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

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

• 060100 VO The Urban Revolution(s): - On the formation of the first city and urban settlements in the Greater Near East and the Arabian Peninsula

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

• 140192 VO History of Mesopotamian Literature

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

• 140002 PS Mesopotamian Literature: Akkadian Literary Texts - The Akkadian myth of Adapa

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

• 020004 UE Biblical Hebrew II
• 140143 VU [ en ] Introduction to minor languages of the Ancient Near East: Syriac

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

• 020012 SE Biblical Archaeologiy and Chronologies - Mit Bibel und Spaten? Beiträge der biblischen Archäologie für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
• 060110 UE Applied and experimental Archaeometallurgy of the Mediterranean and the Arabian Peninsula

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

• 140032 SE Philological Seminar Akkadian
• 140049 SE Philological Seminar Sumerian - Selected topics of Sumerian narrative literature

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

• 140032 SE Philological Seminar Akkadian
• 140049 SE Philological Seminar Sumerian - Selected topics of Sumerian narrative literature
• 020012 SE Biblical Archaeologiy and Chronologies - Mit Bibel und Spaten? Beiträge der biblischen Archäologie für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

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

• 140032 SE Philological Seminar Akkadian

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

• 140049 SE Philological Seminar Sumerian - Selected topics of Sumerian narrative literature

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

• 020012 SE Biblical Archaeologiy and Chronologies - Mit Bibel und Spaten? Beiträge der biblischen Archäologie für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

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

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 - Moderne ägyptische Prosaliteratur
• 140106 UE Arabic Language M - Media 2

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

• 140009 VO Arabic Dialect - Course A: Iraqi Arabic
• 140014 UE Arabic Dialect - Course B: Iraqi Arabic
• 140067 VO Arabic Dialect A: Syrian Arabic
• 140068 UE Arabic Dialect B: Syrian Arabic

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

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

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

• 140010 UE Arabic Dialect - Course F: Moroccan Arabic
• 140168 UE Arabic Dialect E: Conversations/Texts 1: Egyptian 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)

• 140035 VO History of Literature of Modern Turkey
• 140163 VO [ de en ] Lecture on Selected Aspects of Modern Turkey - Turkish Studies in and around Europe