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)

• 141092 SE The Arab World in Modern Times: Political and Social Issues

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)

• 141212 SE Political and Social Movements in the Arab World

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)

• 141196 VU [ de en ] Practical aspects of Arabic dialectology (field studies, transcription, DH)

AS-2 Geographical and Typological Classification of Arabic Dialects (8 ECTS)

• 141213 VU Arabic Dialects in North Africa

AS-3 Selected Topics of Arabic Dialectology and Linguistics I (8 ECTS)

AS-4 Selected Topics of Arabic Dialectology and Linguistics II (8 ECTS)

• 141027 SE [ en ] Selected topics II - Bedouin dialects in North Arabia and Jordan

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

AT-1 Texts: Their Materiality and Content (8 ECTS)

• 141308 VU Textual and intellectual history

AT-2 Texts from a Synchronic Perspective (8 ECTS)

• 141011 SE Important Figures and their times - al-Qalqashandi as a proponent of Arabic state manuscripts of the Mamluk period

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)

• 141388 SE Arab Popular Culture: Music of the Orient: Musical Instruments

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

• 141002 SE Cultural and Scientific History of the Arab World

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)

• 141109 VO Afroasiatic Language 1: Amharic
• 141175 VO [ en ] Afroasiatic Language 2: Syriac-Aramaic
• 141266 VO Afroasiatic Language 2: Somali
• 141272 VO [ en ] Afroasiatic Language 1: Modern South Arabian

WM-9 Afroasiatic Language II (8 ECTS)

• 141109 VO Afroasiatic Language 1: Amharic
• 141141 VO [ en ] Afroasiatic Language 3: Ge'ez
• 141175 VO [ en ] Afroasiatic Language 2: Syriac-Aramaic
• 141266 VO Afroasiatic Language 2: Somali
• 141272 VO [ en ] Afroasiatic Language 1: Modern South Arabian

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

• 141070 VO+UE History and Archaeology of South Arabia

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)

• 141009 VU Arabic Dialect - Basic Level: Iraqi Arabic
• 141028 VU Arabic Dialect - Intermediate Level: Tunisian Arabic

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)

• 141212 SE Political and Social Movements in the Arab World

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

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

• 141196 VU [ de en ] Practical aspects of Arabic dialectology (field studies, transcription, DH)

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

• 141213 VU Arabic Dialects in North Africa

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

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

• 141027 SE [ en ] Selected topics II - Bedouin dialects in North Arabia and Jordan

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

• 141308 VU Textual and intellectual history

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

• 141011 SE Important Figures and their times - al-Qalqashandi as a proponent of Arabic state manuscripts of the Mamluk period

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

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