Bachelor Oriental Studies (600 [4] - Version 2022)
- 140230 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)
- EXAM OR-1 STEOP-Introduction Middle Eastern Studies
- 141001 VO ( OV STEOP ) STEOP: 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)
- EXAM ON-SITE OR2/AO1 Introduction to Babylonian I
- 141022 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP Introduction to Babylonian I
OR-2b/AR-1 Introduction to Arabic I (7 ECTS)
- EXAM OR2/AR1 Introduction to Arabic I
- 141270 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Arabic Language I
OR-2c/TU-1 Introduction to Turkish I (7 ECTS)
- EXAM OR2/TU1 Introduction to Turkish I
- 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)
OR-4 Religious History of the Middle East (6 ECTS)
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)
- 090106 VO Byzantium and the Islamic world
- 141222 VO Political History of the Arab-Islamic Near East (from the beginnings of Islam to the present) - des arabisch-islamischen Orients in der Moderne bis zur Gegenwart
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)
- 141888 VO [ en ] Glyptics and Minor Arts of the Ancient Near East
AO-8 Cultural History of Mesopotamia (8 ECTS)
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 - Animals in Babylonian Scholarly Texts
- 141227 SE Philological Seminar - Mesopotamian Debates
AO-11-2 Seminars on History, Material Culture and Cultural History (10 ECTS)
- 141032 SE Philological Seminar - Animals in Babylonian Scholarly Texts
- 141227 SE Philological Seminar - Mesopotamian Debates
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 - Animals in Babylonian Scholarly Texts
AO-12-2 Seminar on Sumerology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)
- 141227 SE Philological Seminar - Mesopotamian Debates
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
- 141023 UE Reading of Classic Texts
AR-7 Arabic Dialect (Basic Level) (5 ECTS)
AR-8 Arabic Dialect (Intermediate Level) (5 ECTS)
- 141028 VU Arabic dialect: Intermediate: Moroccan
AR-9 Arabic Dialect (Advanced Level) (6 ECTS)
- 141014 UE Arabic Dialect - Advanced Level I: Syrian-Arabic
- 141139 UE ( MIXED ) Arabic Dialect - Advanced Level I: Iraqi-Arabic
- 141230 UE Arabic Dialect - Advanced Level II: Tunisian-Arabic
- 141234 UE Arabic Dialect - Advanced Level II: Iraqi-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)
- 141078 SE Philology seminar (with BA thesis)
AR-14 Seminar on Islamic Studies (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)
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)
TU-9 Ottoman I (8 ECTS)
- 141045 UE Ottoman Texts II
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 in the Ottoman Empire: Allographic Communities
TU-13 Society and Culture of Modern Turkey (6 ECTS)
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