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

• 141031 OV ( OV ) Orientation event for first-year students of the Bachelor's degree program in Oriental Studies

Introductory and Orientation Period (16 ECTS)

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

• 141001 VO ( STEOP ) OR-1 VO Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies

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)

• 141049 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Babylonian I

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

• 141270 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Arabic Language I

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

• 141304 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Turkish Grammar I

Group of Compulsory Modules Oriental Studies (43 ECTS)

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

• 141312 VO Cultural and Economic Geography of the Near East and North Africa

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

• 141172 VO Introduction to the History of Islam

OR-5 Ancient Near Eastern History (8 ECTS)

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

• 141018 VO Philosophers and their time: - Intellectual History and History of Philosophy of the Arabic-Islamic World up to the 15th cen. CE

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

• 141030 VO Political history of the Ottoman-Turkish area (up to the present)

OR-8 Cultural and Historical Continuities (8 ECTS)

• 141004 VO Socio-economic and cultural longue-durée phenomena in the Middle East and North Africa
• 141019 VO Linguistic and cultural encounters in the Central Mediterranean: Tunisia, Malta, Sicily.

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules (91 ECTS)

Ancient Near Eastern Philology and Archaeology (91 ECTS)

AO-2 Babylonian II (9 ECTS)

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

• 141111 PS Babylonian III and methodology - Old Babylonian Letters

AO-4 Sumerian I (9 ECTS)

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

• 141051 PS Sumerian II and methodology - Sumerian Dedicatory Inscriptions

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

• 141033 VO Introduction into Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East

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

AO-8 Cultural History of Mesopotamia (8 ECTS)

• 141020 VO Mesopotamian social, economic and legal history

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

• 141226 SE Mesopotamian Literature (Reading of Literary Texts) - The Babylonian creation myth Atrahasis

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)

• 141193 SE Philological seminar - Slavery and other forms of social coercion in Mesopotamia

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

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

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

• 141193 SE Philological seminar - Slavery and other forms of social coercion in Mesopotamia

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

• 141193 SE Philological seminar - Slavery and other forms of social coercion in Mesopotamia

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)

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

• 141043 UE Arabic Language E / Practical Training
• 141294 VO+UE Arabic Language D incl. Tutorial

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

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

• 141039 UE Arabic Texts and Conversations I
• 141118 UE Arabic Grammar and Linguistics I

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

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

• 141292 VU Arabic Dialect A: Maroccan Arabic

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

• 141002 VU Arabic Dialect - Intermediate Level: Iraqi Arabic
• 141291 VU Arabic Dialect - Intermediate Level: Syrian Arabic

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

• 141021 UE Arabic Dialect Advanced I: Tunesian Arabic
• 141228 UE Arabic Dialect Advanced II: Egyptian Arabic

AR-10 Introduction to Academic Methods (3 ECTS)

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

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

• 141183 VO Modern Arabic Politics and Society (Modern Arab History 1)

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

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

• 141120 SE Seminar in Islamic Studies (and Bachelor's Paper) - Muslims and the Quran in the past and present

Turkish Studies (91 ECTS)

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

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

• 141164 VU Turkish Grammar III
• 141168 UE Turkish Conversation Class III

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

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

• 141150 UE Conversations, Advanced Level I
• 141152 UE Reading Subject-Specific Texts I

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

TU-7 Persian, Basic Level (8 ECTS)

• 141037 UE Persian Grammar I

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

• 141044 PS Introduction to methodology and selected fields of work in Turkology

TU-9 Ottoman I (8 ECTS)

• 141166 UE Ottoman I

TU-10 Ottoman II (8 ECTS)

• 141007 UE Ottoman Texts

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

• 141026 SE Linguistics or Literary Seminar (and Bachelor's Paper)

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

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

• 141163 VO [ de en ] Ringvorlesung: Manuscript Cultures in Eurasia