Bachelor Oriental Studies (600 [4] - Version 2022)

Introductory and Orientation Period (16 ECTS)

Compulsory Module OR-1 Introduction to Oriental Studies (2 ECTS)

Group of Elective Modules Einführung in die orientalischen Sprachen (14 ECTS out of 2 Elective Modules)

OR-2a/AO-1 Introduction to Babylonian I (7 ECTS)

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

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

Group of Compulsory Modules Oriental Studies (43 ECTS)

OR-3 Cultural and Economic Geography of the Middle East and North Africa (5 ECTS)

OR-4 Religious History of the Middle East (6 ECTS)

• 141047 VO Religious history of the Middle East prior to the advent of Islam
• 141172 VO Introduction to the History of Islam

OR-5 Ancient Near Eastern History (8 ECTS)

• 141088 VO Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture II: From Mitanni to the Sassanides

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

OR-7 History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey (8 ECTS)

OR-8 Cultural and Historical Continuities (8 ECTS)

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules (91 ECTS)

Ancient Near Eastern Philology and Archaeology (91 ECTS)

AO-2 Babylonian II (9 ECTS)

• 141097 VO Introduction to Babylonian II
• 141117 UE Exercises to Introduction to Babylonian II

AO-3 Babylonian III and Academic Research and Writing (7 ECTS)

AO-4 Sumerian I (9 ECTS)

• 141048 UE Introduction to Sumerian
• 141136 VO Introduction to Sumerian

AO-5 Sumerian II and Academic Research and Writing (7 ECTS)

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

AO-7 Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology II (5 ECTS)

AO-8 Cultural History of Mesopotamia (8 ECTS)

• 141192 VO History of Mesopotamian Literature

AO-9 Mesopotamian Literature (Reading of Literary Texts) (5 ECTS)

• 141226 SE Mesopotamian Literature (Reading of Literary Texts) - Philological Seminar on Akkadian Studies (Literature)

AO-10 Alternative Compulsory Module (10 ECTS out of one of the following Modules)

AO-10-1 Languages of Mesopotamia’s Neighbouring Regions (10 ECTS)

AO-10-2 Material Culture of Mesopotamia (10 ECTS)

AO-11 Alternative Compulsory Module (10 ECTS out of one of the following Modules)

AO-11-1 Philology Seminars (10 ECTS)

• 141032 SE Philological Seminar

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

• 141032 SE Philological Seminar

AO-12 Elective Modules (16 ECTS out of 2 Elective Modules)

AO-12-1 Seminar on Akkadian (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

• 141032 SE Philological Seminar

AO-12-2 Seminar on Sumerology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

AO-12-3 Seminar on Archaeology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

Arabic and Islamic Studies (91 ECTS)

AR-2 Language Module: Arabic II (12 ECTS)

• 141074 UE Arabic Language C
• 141426 VO+UE Arabic Language B

AR-3 Language Module: Arabic III (12 ECTS)

AR-4 Language Module: Arabic IV (12 ECTS)

• 141008 UE Arabic Language G
• 141066 VO+UE Arabic Language F

AR-5 Language Module: Arabic V (6 ECTS)

AR-6 Language Module: Arabic VI (6 ECTS)

• 141000 UE AR-6 Arabic Grammar and Linguistics II
• 141004 UE AR-6 Arabic Texts and Conversation II

AR-7 Arabic Dialect (Basic Level) (5 ECTS)

• 141067 VU Arabic Dialect - Basic Level: Syrian-Arabic

AR-8 Arabic Dialect (Intermediate Level) (5 ECTS)

• 141028 VU Arabic Dialect - Intermediate Level: Tunisian Arabic

AR-9 Arabic Dialect (Advanced Level) (6 ECTS)

• 141014 UE Arabic Dialect - Advanced Level I: Egyptian-Arabic
• 141016 UE Arabic Dialect - Advanced Level II: Moroccan-Arabic

AR-10 Introduction to Academic Methods (3 ECTS)

• 141040 PS Proseminar I

AR-11 Introduction to Selected Fields of Arabic and Islamic Studies (4 ECTS)

• 141017 PS Proseminar II

AR-12 Selected Fields of Modern Middle Eastern Studies (4 ECTS)

• 141044 VO AR-12 Gender Studies / Muslim World

AR-13 Seminar on Philology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

AR-14 Seminar on Islamic Studies (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

• 141078 SE Seminar in Islamic Studies (and Bachelor's Paper)

Turkish Studies (91 ECTS)

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

• 141156 VU Turkish Grammar II
• 141263 UE Turkish Conversation Class II

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

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

• 141036 VU Turkish Grammar IV
• 141171 UE Translating Turkish Texts
• 141221 UE Turkish Conversation Class IV

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

TU-6 Turkish, Advanced Level II (8 ECTS)

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

TU-7 Persian, Basic Level (8 ECTS)

• 141053 UE Persian Grammar II

TU-8 Introduction to Academic Methods and Selected Fields of Turkish Studies (6 ECTS)

• 141073 PS Introduction to Academic Methods andSelected Fields of Turkish Studies

TU-9 Ottoman I (8 ECTS)

• 141045 UE Reading of Ottoman Literary Texts I

TU-10 Ottoman II (8 ECTS)

• 141030 UE Ottoman II

TU-11 Seminar on Linguistics or Literature (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

TU-12 Seminar on Turkish History and Cultural History (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

• 141034 SE Historical-Cultural Seminar (and Bachelor's Paper) - Minorities

TU-13 Society and Culture of Modern Turkey (6 ECTS)

• 141163 VO Ringvorlesung Literature and History of Turkey - Contemporary trends in the study of modern Turkish literature