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 [ en ] 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)

• 141011 SE Texts in synchronous perspective: Christian authors in 10th-11th century Baghdad.

RP-3 Social, Political and Religious Movements in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

• 141212 SE [ en ] Social, political, and religious movements in the Arab world - The Spring and Winter of Politics in the Middle East between Sufism and Salafism

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 [ 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)

• 141019 SE [ en ] Selected Topics II: From Dialect Contact to Mixed Varieties: Case Studies from Jordan

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

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

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

• 141011 SE Texts in synchronous perspective: Christian authors in 10th-11th century Baghdad.

AT-3 Texts from a Diachronic Perspective (8 ECTS)

AT-4 Reading of Classical and Post-Classical Texts (8 ECTS)

• 141011 SE Texts in synchronous perspective: Christian authors in 10th-11th century Baghdad.

Group of Elective Modules (32 ECTS) - freely selectable, unless included in the chosen alternative compulsory module

WM-1 Arabic Popular Culture (8 ECTS)

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

• 141002 SE [ en ] Feminism: History, Concepts, Approaches

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)

• 141046 UE Translation from and into Arabic

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 2: Old South Arabic
• 141141 VO Afroasiatic Language 1: Ge'ez
• 141175 VO Afroasiatic Language 2: Maltese
• 141266 VO ( REMOTE ) Afroasiatic Language 2: Somali

WM-9 Afroasiatic Language II (8 ECTS)

• 141056 VO ( REMOTE ) Afroasiatic Language 3: Amharic
• 141141 VO Afroasiatic Language 1: Ge'ez
• 141175 VO Afroasiatic Language 2: Maltese
• 141266 VO ( REMOTE ) Afroasiatic Language 2: Somali
• 141272 VO ( REMOTE ) Afroasiatic Language 1: Amharic

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)

• 141042 SE+EX Excursion to Egypt: Cairo and Alexandria - Urban Egyptian Culture over the Centuries

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)

• 141002 SE [ en ] Feminism: History, Concepts, Approaches

WM-15 Digital Humanities in Arabic Studies (8 ECTS)

WM-16 Arabic Dialect (16 ECTS)

• 141028 VU Arabic Dialect - Intermediate Level: Tunisian Arabic
• 141067 VU Arabic Dialect - Basic Level: Syrian-Arabic

WM-17 Islam in the Arab World and Beyond (8 ECTS)

WM-18 Arabic-Islamic Heritage (8 ECTS)

• 141011 SE Texts in synchronous perspective: Christian authors in 10th-11th century Baghdad.

WM-19 Social, Political and Religious Movements in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

• 141212 SE [ en ] Social, political, and religious movements in the Arab world - The Spring and Winter of Politics in the Middle East between Sufism and Salafism

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

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

• 141196 VU [ 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)

• 141019 SE [ en ] Selected Topics II: From Dialect Contact to Mixed Varieties: Case Studies from Jordan

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

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

• 141011 SE Texts in synchronous perspective: Christian authors in 10th-11th century Baghdad.

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

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

• 141011 SE Texts in synchronous perspective: Christian authors in 10th-11th century Baghdad.