Islamic Theology

Bachelor Islamic Theology (196)

Introductory and Orientation Phase (16 ECTS)

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

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

Language Competence (32 ECTS)

M02.1 Language Competence I (16 ECTS)

• 144001 VU Arabic I

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

• 144009 VU Arabic III

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

• 141156 VU Turkish Grammar II

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

• 144003 VO Sciences of Hadith I (ulum al-hadit)

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

• 144002 VO Qur’an Exegesis I (tafsir)
• 144004 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)

• 144006 VO Sufism II (tasawwuf)
• 144010 VO Sciences of Hadith II (ulum al-hadit)

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)

• 144025 VO Alevi Teachings

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)

• 144005 VO Islamic History II (tarih al-islam)
• 144011 VU An Introduction to Islamic Aesthetics, History of Arts and Civilization

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

• 144027 VO History of Alevism

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

• 144015 SE Muslims in Europe: Society, Politics, History and the Present

M05 Religious Education (13 ECTS)

M05 Religious Education (13 ECTS)

• 144012 VO Islamic Religious Education
• 144013 VO Didactics and teaching research in Islamic Theology
• 144021 VU Special Didactics of Islamic Education
• 490002 VO ( REMOTE ) Historical and Systematic Principles of Educational Theory and Educational Research

M06 Religious Practice and Aesthetics (15 ECTS)

M06 Religious Practice and Aesthetics (15 ECTS)

• 144007 VU Recitation of the Qur'an (tilawa)
• 144008 UE Practical Islamic Aesthetics

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

• 144016 SE Contemporary Approaches to Islamic-Theological Studies

M08 Religions and Societies in Dialogue (11 ECTS)

• 144014 VO Contemporary Philosophical, Political and Ethical Discourses
• 144031 VO Approaches to Dialogue in Alevism

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)

• 144017 VO Religious Educational Thought and Practice in the Context of the Basics of the Educational Sciences
• 144018 SE Current Issues in Islamic Religious Education
• 144019 VU Specialist Didactic of Islamic Education Deepening and Specialized Teachers'
• 490033 PR ( MIXED ) Orientation Practicum

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

• 144020 KU Reading Course
• 144022 SE ( MIXED ) Islamic Philosophy
• 144023 SE Contemporary Debates of Islamic-Theological Studies in Europe
• 144030 SE Muslima Theology

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

Individual Bachelor Alevi Theological Studies (196 [2] - Version 2022)

Introductory and orientation period (StEOP) (16 ECTS)

PM 1 StEOP-1 Introduction to Alevi Theological Studies (8 ECTS)

PM 2 StEOP-2 Method of Alevi Theological Studies (8 ECTS)

PM 3 Language Competence I (15 ECTS)

PM 4 Language Competence II (12 ECTS)

• 141036 VU Turkish Grammar IV
• 141221 UE Turkish Conversation Class IV

PM 5 Historical Theology in Alevism (10 ECTS)

• 144027 VO History of Alevism

PM 6 Systematic Alevi Theology (8 ECTS)

• 144025 VO Alevi Teachings
• 144026 VO Ethics in Alevism

PM 7 Practical Theology in Alevism (8 ECTS)

• 144032 UE Practical Tutorial

PM 8 Poetry and Music in Alevism (8 ECTS)

• 144024 VO ( REMOTE ) Music in Alevism

PM 9 Alevi Life Worlds in European Contexts (10 or 13 ECTS)

• 144029 VO Migration and Religion: Alevis in Europe

PM 10 Alevi Religious Education (10 bzw. 13 ECTS)

• 144033 SE Alevi Religious Education and Didactics

PM 11 Alevism and Diversity (10 bzw. 13 ECTS)

• 144031 VO Approaches to Dialogue in Alevism

PM 12 Specialisation (10 ECTS)

Specialisation Language (10 ECTS)

• 141051 UE Conversations, Advanced Level II
• 141053 UE Persian Grammar II
• 141055 UE Reading Subject-Specific Texts II

Specialisation Religious Diversity (10 ECTS)

• 010091 VO Introducing Hindu Religions
• 010093 VO Introducing Buddhism
• 010105 VO Introduction to the General History of Religions

Specialisation Religious Education (10 ECTS)

Specialisation Gender (10 ECTS)

Specialisation History (10 ECTS)

Specialisation Islamic Diversity (10 ECTS)

Specialisation Sociology (10 ECTS)

Master Islamic Religious Education (874)

Islamic professional sciences (30 ECTS)

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

• 144034 SE M1: Thinking and Practice of the Prophet

M02 Faith and Everyday Life in Islam (10 ECTS)

• 144035 SE ( MIXED ) M2: Faith

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

• 144036 SE+UE M3: Anthropology and Muslim Life

Educational-didactic-scientific training (35 ECTS)

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

• 144037 SE+UE M4: Islamic Religious Pedagogy

M05 Islamic teaching methodology and practical training (10 ECTS)

• 144038 UE M5: Practical Training

M06 Interreligious and Intercultural Learning (7 ECTS)

• 144039 VO M6: Christian Theologies

M10 Muslim community work (8 ECTS)

• 144043 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)

• 144040 SE+UE M7: Islamic Education in the European Context

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

• 144041 SE+UE ( MIXED ) M8: Theory of Science and Epistemology in Religious Education

M09 Empirical Research Methods in Religious Education (10 ECTS)

• 144042 SE+UE M9: Empirical Research Methods in Religious Education - part II

Master thesis (25 ECTS)

Master seminar (5 ECTS)

• 144044 SE Colloquium for Master Students

Extension Curriculum Alevis in European Migration Contexts (141 [2] - Version 2023)

Alevis in European Migration Contexts (16 ECTS)

Extension Curriculum Alevi Theological Studies: Religion and Culture (649)

Religion and Culture in Alevism (16 ECTS)