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Oriental Studies

Bachelor Oriental Studies (600 [3] - Version 2017)

Introductory and Orientation Phase (16 ECTS)

OR-1 Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies (2 ECTS)

EXAM OR-1 STEOP-Introduction Middle Eastern Studies

140001 VO (OVSTEOP) OR-1 VO Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies

OR-2a/AO-1 Elective Module Introduction to Akkadian I (7 ECTS)

EXAM OR2/AO1 Introduction to Akkadian I

140049 VO (STEOP) STEOP: Introduction to Akkadian I

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

EXAM OR2/AR1 Introduction to Arabic I

140270 VO (STEOP) STEOP: Arabic Language I

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

EXAM OR2/TU1 Introduction to Turkish I

140304 VO (STEOP) STEOP: Turkish Grammar I

Middle Eastern Studies (45 ECTS)

PM OR-3 Cultural and Economic History of the Middle East (5 ECTS)

140312 VO Cultural and Economic Geography of the Near East and North Africa

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

PM OR-5 Ancient Near Eastern History (8 ECTS)

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

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

140025 VO Political History of the Ottoman-Turkish Region (up to the present)

PM OR-8 Cultural and Historical Continuities (6 ECTS)

140004 VO Socio-economic and cultural longue-durée phenomena in the Middle East and North Africa

140113 VO [en] Culture and History of South Arabia

PM OR-9 Middle Eastern Philology: Basics and Methods (4 ECTS)

Alternative groups of compulsory modules: Ancient Near Eastern Philology and Archaeology (89 ECTS)

AO-2 Akkadian II (8 ECTS)

AO-3 Akkadian III (10 ECTS)

140111 PS Akkadian Reading I: Old Babylonian Letters

AO-4 Sumerian I (8 ECTS)

AO-5 Sumerian II (5 ECTS)

140051 PS Sumerian Reading I: Sumerian Votive Inscriptions

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

AO-7 Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology II (4 ECTS)

140389 VO Near Eastern archaeologie II

AO-8 Ancient Near Eastern Cultural History (8 ECTS)

140063 VO Social, Economic and Legal History of Mesopotamia

AO-9 Ancient Near Eastern Literature: Reading of Literary Texts (5 ECTS)

AO-10-1 Alternative compulsory module: Languages of Mesopotamia’s Neighbouring Regions (10 ECTS)

140143 VU Introduction to minor languages of the Ancient Near East: Elamic

020001 VO-L Biblical Hebrew I

140135 UE Aramaic Reading

AO-10-2 Alternative compulsory module: Ancient Near Eastern Material Culture (10 ECTS)

140064 SE Archaeological Seminar: The Near East and Egypt in the Late Bronze Age

140124 EX Archaeological Excursion: Field Trip - Excavation in Quarayyah

AO-11-1 Alternative compulsory module: Philology Seminars (10 ECTS)

140398 SE Akkadian Seminar (and Seminar Paper): Family firms and longdistance trade

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

140064 SE Archaeological Seminar: The Near East and Egypt in the Late Bronze Age

140398 SE Akkadian Seminar (and Seminar Paper): Family firms and longdistance trade

AO-12-1 Group of elective modules: Seminar on Akkadian (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

140398 SE Akkadian Seminar (and Seminar Paper): Family firms and longdistance trade

AO-12-2 Group of elective modules: Seminar on Sumerology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

AO-12-3 Group of elective modules: Seminar on Archaeology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

140064 SE Archaeological Seminar: The Near East and Egypt in the Late Bronze Age

Alternative group of compulsory modules: Arabic and Islamic Studies (89 ECTS)

AR-2 Arabic II (12 ECTS)

AR-3 Arabic III (12 ECTS)

140294 VO+UE Arabic Language D incl. Tutorial

140043 UE Arabic Language E / Practical Training

140055 UE Arabic Language E / Practical Training

AR-4 Arabic IV (12 ECTS)

AR-5 Arabic V (6 ECTS)

140118 UE Arabic H: Conversations and Translations

140039 UE Arabic Language I - Media

AR-6 Arabic VI (6 ECTS)

AR-7 Arabic Dialect (Basic Level) (6 ECTS)

140292 VO Arabic Dialect A: Moroccan Arabic

140024 UE Arabic Dialect B: Moroccan - Arabic

AR-8 Arabic Dialect (Intermediate Level) (6 ECTS)

140028 VO Arabic Dialect - Course C: Syrian Arabic

140290 UE Arabic Dialect D: Syrian Arabic

AR-9 Arabic Dialect (Advanced Level) (4 ECTS)

140057 UE Arabic Dialect - Course E: Tunisian Arabic

140041 UE Arabic Dialect F: Conversations / Texts 2: Egyptian Arabic

AR-10 Introduction to Selected Fields of Arabic and Islamic Studies (3 ECTS)

140035 PS Introductory Seminar 1

140040 PS Introductory Seminar 1

AR-11 Selected Fields of Modern Middle Eastern Studies (6 ECTS)

140022 VO Gender Studies / Muslim World

140183 VO Modern Arabic Politics and Society (Modern Arab History 1)

AR-12 Seminar on Philology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

140120 SE Philological Seminar (with BA-Thesis)

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

Alternative group of compulsory modules: Turkish Studies (89 ECTS)

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

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

140164 VO Turkish Grammar III

140168 UE Turkish Conversation Class III

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

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

140150 UE Conversations, Advanced Level I

140151 UE Reading Subject-Specific Texts I

TU-6 Turkish, Advanced Level II (7 ECTS)

TU-7 Persian, Basic Level (8 ECTS)

140037 UE Persian Grammar I

TU-8 Persian, Intermediate Level (6 ECTS)

140036 UE Reading and Discussing Persian Texts I

TU-9 Ottoman Studies (12 ECTS)

140166 UE Ottoman I

TU-10 Seminar on Linguistics or Literature (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

140026 SE Linguistics or Literary Seminar (and Bachelor's Paper)

TU-11 Seminar on Turkish History and Cultural History (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

TU-12 Society and Culture of Modern Turkey (9 ECTS)

Bachelor Oriental Studies (600 [2] - Version 2011) - discontinued

1. Orientation Period

OR-1: Introduction to Oriental Studies - Required Module

EXAM OR-1 STEOP-Introduction Middle Eastern Studies

140001 VO (OVSTEOP) OR-1 VO Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies

OR-2: Introduction to Oriental Languages - Group of Elective Modules

OR-2/AO-1: Introduction to Akkadian I

EXAM OR2/AO1 Introduction to Akkadian I

140049 VO (STEOP) STEOP: Introduction to Akkadian I

OR-2/AR-1: Introduction to Arabic I

EXAM OR2/AR1 Introduction to Arabic I

140270 VO (STEOP) STEOP: Arabic Language I

OR-2/TU-1: Introduction to Turkish I

EXAM OR2/TU1 Introduction to Turkish I

140304 VO (STEOP) STEOP: Turkish Grammar I

2. Oriental Studies - Group of Required Modules

OR-3: Cultural and Economic Geography of the Near East and North Africa

140312 VO Cultural and Economic Geography of the Near East and North Africa

OR-4: Religions and Institutions of the Near East

OR-5: Ancient Near East

140113 VO [en] Culture and History of South Arabia

OR-6: History of the Arabs in the Near East and North Africa in Islamic Times

OR-7: History of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey

140025 VO Political History of the Ottoman-Turkish Region (up to the present)

3. Alternative Groups of Required Modules (APMG)

3.1. APMG Ancient Oriental Philology and Oriental Archaeology

AO-2: Akkadian II

AO-3: Akkadian III

140111 PS Akkadian Reading I: Old Babylonian Letters

AO-4: Sumerian I

AO-5: Sumerian II

140051 PS Sumerian Reading I: Sumerian Votive Inscriptions

AO-6: Near Eastern Archaeology I

AO-7: Near Eastern Archaeology II

140389 VO Near Eastern archaeologie II

AO-8: Mesopotamian Cultural History

140063 VO Social, Economic and Legal History of Mesopotamia

AO-9: Mesopotamian Literature: Reading

AO-10: Alternative Required Module

AO-10/1: Selected Languages of Mesopotamian Neighbouring Regions

140143 VU Introduction to minor languages of the Ancient Near East: Elamic

140135 UE Aramaic Reading

AO-10/2: The Material Culture of Mesopotamia

140064 SE Archaeological Seminar: The Near East and Egypt in the Late Bronze Age

140124 EX Archaeological Excursion: Field Trip - Excavation in Quarayyah

AO-11: Alternative Required Module

AO-11/1: Seminars on Philology

140398 SE Akkadian Seminar (and Seminar Paper): Family firms and longdistance trade

AO-11/2: Seminars on the History of Science and Culture

140064 SE Archaeological Seminar: The Near East and Egypt in the Late Bronze Age

140398 SE Akkadian Seminar (and Seminar Paper): Family firms and longdistance trade

AO-12: Group of Elective Modules

AO-12/1: Akkadian Seminar incl. Bachelor's Paper

140398 SE Akkadian Seminar (and Seminar Paper): Family firms and longdistance trade

AO-12/2: Sumerological Seminar incl. Bachelor's Paper

AO-12/3: Archaeological Seminar incl. Bachelor's Paper

140064 SE Archaeological Seminar: The Near East and Egypt in the Late Bronze Age

3.2. APMG Arabic Studies and Islamic Studies

AR-2: Language Module Arabic II

AR-3: Language Module Arabic III

140294 VO+UE Arabic Language D incl. Tutorial

140043 UE Arabic Language E / Practical Training

140055 UE Arabic Language E / Practical Training

AR-4: Language Module Arabic IV

AR-5: Language Module Arabic V

140039 UE Arabic Language I - Media

140118 UE Arabic H: Conversations and Translations

AR-6: Language Moduel Arabic VI

AR-7: Arabic Dialect: Basic Level

140292 VO Arabic Dialect A: Moroccan Arabic

140024 UE Arabic Dialect B: Moroccan - Arabic

AR-8: Arabic Dialect: Intermediate Level

140028 VO Arabic Dialect - Course C: Syrian Arabic

140290 UE Arabic Dialect D: Syrian Arabic

AR-9: Arabic Dialect: Advanced Level

140057 UE Arabic Dialect - Course E: Tunisian Arabic

140041 UE Arabic Dialect F: Conversations / Texts 2: Egyptian Arabic

AR-10: Introduction to Selected Fields of Arabic Studies and Islamic Studies

140035 PS Introductory Seminar 1

140040 PS Introductory Seminar 1

AR-11: Selected Issues of Modern Oriental Research

140022 VO Gender Studies / Muslim World

140183 VO Modern Arabic Politics and Society (Modern Arab History 1)

AR-12: Seminar on Philology (incl. Bachelor's Paper)

140120 SE Philological Seminar (with BA-Thesis)

AR-13: Seminar on Islamic Studies (incl. Bachelor's Paper)

3.3. APMG Turkish Studies

TU-2: Turkish, Basic Level II

TU-3: Turkish, Intermediate Level I

140164 VO Turkish Grammar III

140168 UE Turkish Conversation Class III

TU-4: Turkish, Intermediate Level II

TU-5: Turkish, Advanced Level I

140150 UE Conversations, Advanced Level I

140151 UE Reading Subject-Specific Texts I

TU-6: Tukish, Advanced Level II

TU-7: Persian, Basic Level

140037 UE Persian Grammar I

TU-8: Persian, Intermediate Level

140036 UE Reading and Discussing Persian Texts I

TU-9: Ottoman Studies

140166 UE Ottoman I

TU-10: Linguistic or Literary Seminar (incl. Bachelor's Paper)

140026 SE Linguistics or Literary Seminar (and Bachelor's Paper)

TU-11: Historical-Cultural Seminar (incl. Bachelor's Paper)

TU-12: Society and Culture of Modern Turkey

Master Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Oriental Archaeology (672)

Compulsory Modules (56 ECTS)

Akkadian Seminars incl. Seminar Paper (16 ECTS)

140398 SE Akkadian Seminar (and Seminar Paper): Family firms and longdistance trade

Archaeological Seminar I incl. Seminar Paper (8 ECTS)

140064 SE Archaeological Seminar: The Near East and Egypt in the Late Bronze Age

History and Cultural History of Mesopotamia (8 ECTS)

140398 SE Akkadian Seminar (and Seminar Paper): Family firms and longdistance trade

Advanced Module on Philology I (8 ECTS)

140398 SE Akkadian Seminar (and Seminar Paper): Family firms and longdistance trade

Sumerological Seminars incl. Seminar Paper (16 ECTS)

Alternative Copulsory Modules (8 ECTS)

APM Semitisitcs (8 ECTS)

140009 VO [en] Ge'ez II

140047 VO [en] Introduction into Epigraphic South Arabic I

APM Archaeology (8 ECTS)

140389 VO Near Eastern archaeologie II

140124 EX Archaeological Excursion: Field Trip - Excavation in Quarayyah

Group of Elective Modules(16 ECTS)

WM Archaeological Seminar II incl. Seminar Paper (8 ECTS)

140064 SE Archaeological Seminar: The Near East and Egypt in the Late Bronze Age

WM Advanced Module on Philology II (8 ECTS)

WM South Arabia, Past and Present (8 ECTS)

WM Sabean Studies (8 ECTS)

Master-Module (8 ECTS)

Master-Seminar (8 ECTS)

Master Turkish Studies (675)

Ottoman Literature I (8 ECTS)

140173 UE Reading Ottoman Poetry I

Ottoman Literature II (14 ECTS)

140048 SE Literary Seminar

Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics (16 ECTS)

Ottoman-Historical Module I (10 ECTS)

140160 VO Turkish Regional Studies

140165 SE Ottoman-Historical Seminar

Ottoman-Historical Module II (10 ECTS)

Turkish and Turkic Languages, Past and Present (6 ECTS)

140318 VO Turkic Peoples and Languages

Modern Turkish, Literature and Languag (12 ECTS)

140044 UE Reading difficult Texts

Theoretical and Methodological Advanced Studies (10 ECTS)

140298 UE Ottoman Studies - Subjects and Methods

Mastercoaching-Module (10 ECTS)

140402 SE Master Coaching Seminar

Master The Arab World: Language and Society (676)

Group of Compulsory Modules Basics (16 ECTS)

GK-1 Methods of Cultural and Linguistic Research (8 ECTS)

140188 VU Cultural Research: Methods and Approaches

140190 VU Linguistic Research: Methods and Approaches

GK-2 Politics & Society in the modern Arab World (8 ECTS)

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules - Religion and Politics (32 ECTS)

RP-1 Islam in the Arab World and beyond (8 ECTS)

140192 VU Islam: Phenomena, Developments and Analyses I

140195 VU Islam: Phenomena, Developments and Analyses II

RP-2 Arabic-Islamic Tradition (8 ECTS)

140196 SE Texts from Arab-Islamic Tradition

RP-3 Islamic and other Political and Social Movements in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

RP-4 The Arab World Online (8 ECTS)

140197 SE The Arab World Online

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules - Arabic Language (32 ECTS)

AS-1 Arabic Dialectology (8 ECTS)

140199 VU Arabic Dialects in Southwest Asia

AS-2 Modern Arabic as a written Language (8 ECTS)

AS-3 Arabic Philology in a diachronic perspective (8 ECTS)

140200 SE Arabic Philology - Agreement with plural heads, and diminutives in a diachronic perspective

AS-4 The Arab World Online (8 ECTS)

140197 SE The Arab World Online

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules - Language and Culture of Southern Arabia (32 ECTS)

KS-1 Ancient South Arabic (8 ECTS)

140047 VO [en] Introduction into Epigraphic South Arabic I

KS-2 Sabean Studies (8 ECTS)

KS-3 History and Present Age of South Arabia (8 ECTS)

KS-4 Modern South Arabia (8 ECTS)

Group of Elective Modules (32 ECTS)

WM-1 Arabian Popular Culture (8 ECTS)

140236 SE Arabic Popular Culture: Dimensions, Analyses, and Sources

WM-2 Media and Language of Media in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-3 Cultural History of the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-4 The Arab World and other Regional Powers (8 ECTS)

WM-5 The Arab World: Security and Political Perspectives (8 ECTS)

WM-6 The Arab World Transnationally (8 ECTS)

WM-7 The Arab World from an Economic Perspective (8 ECTS)

WM-8 Conversation and Translation (8 ECTS)

WM-9 Listening Comprehension and Analysis of Media (8 ECTS)

140250 UE [ar en] Listening Comprehension and Analysis of Current Media Texts in the Fields of Politics and Society

WM-10 Epigraphy, Palaeography and Calligraphy (8 ECTS)

140070 UE Calligraphy

WM-11 Classical Arabian Language (8 ECTS)

140267 UE Lectures and Analysis of Classical Literature

WM-12 Afroasiatic Languages (Amharic, Aramaic, Sabaean...) (8 ECTS)

140067 VO Introduction to a Cushitic Language I: Somali

140266 VO Introduction to a Cushitic Language II: Somali

140090 VO [en] Introduction to a Hamitic Language I: Maltese I

140009 VO [en] Ge'ez II

WM-13 Regional or thematic Focus: Workshop or Exkursion (16 ECTS)

140275 SE+EX Excursion Jordan

WM-14 Minorities in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

140084 SE The Arab World and Minorities

WM-15 Arts and Architecture in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-16 Recent Discourses in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-17 Arabic Dialect (16 ECTS)

140292 VO Arabic Dialect A: Moroccan Arabic

140024 UE Arabic Dialect B: Moroccan - Arabic

140028 VO Arabic Dialect - Course C: Syrian Arabic

140290 UE Arabic Dialect D: Syrian Arabic

WM-18 Islam in the Arab World and beyond (8 ECTS)

140192 VU Islam: Phenomena, Developments and Analyses I

140195 VU Islam: Phenomena, Developments and Analyses II

WM-19 Arabic-Islamic Tradition (8 ECTS)

140196 SE Texts from Arab-Islamic Tradition

WM-20 Islamic and other Political and Social Movements in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-21 Arabic Dialectology (8 ECTS)

140199 VU Arabic Dialects in Southwest Asia

WM-22 Modern Arabic as a written Language (8 ECTS)

WM-23 Arabic Philology in a diachronic perspective (8 ECTS)

140200 SE Arabic Philology - Agreement with plural heads, and diminutives in a diachronic perspective

WM-24 Ancient South Arabic (8 ECTS)

140047 VO [en] Introduction into Epigraphic South Arabic I

WM-25 Sabean Studies (8 ECTS)

WM-26 History and Present Age of South Arabia (8 ECTS)

WM-27 Modern South Arabia (8 ECTS)

Master-Degree Phase (10 ECTS)

MM-1 MA-Coaching (10 ECTS)

140029 SE Master Coaching Seminar

Extension Curriculum Religion and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa (642)

Compulsory modules RPAR (15 ECTS)

RPAR-1 Selected Topics of Modern Oriental Studies (6 ECTS)

140022 VO Gender Studies / Muslim World

140183 VO Modern Arabic Politics and Society (Modern Arab History 1)

RPAR-2 Studies of Religions

RPAR-3-1 Politics and History: Iran (5 ECTS)

RPAR-3-2 Politics and History: Turkey (6 ECTS)

Extension Curriculum Language and Culture of the Arab World (643)

Compulsory modules SKAR (15 ECTS)

140312 VO Cultural and Economic Geography of the Near East and North Africa

140050 VO Basic Course in Arabic 1

Extension Curriculum Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture (644)

Compulsory modules AOGK (15 ECTS)

AOGK-1 Ancient Near Eastern History (8 ECTS)

AOGK-2 Ancient Near Eastern Cultural History and Archaeology (7 ECTS)

140063 VO Social, Economic and Legal History of Mesopotamia

Extension Curriculum Ancient Near Eastern Philology (645)

Compulsory modules AOP (15 ECTS)

AOP-1 Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern philology (7 ECTS)

140049 VO (STEOP) STEOP: Introduction to Akkadian I

AOP-2 Ancient Near Eastern philology: Advanced Module (8 ECTS)

Extension Curriculum Iranian History and Culture (646)

Compulsory modules IRGK (15 ECTS)

IRGK-1 History of Iran (7 ECTS)

140006 VO VO History of Iran from antiquity to the end of Mongol rule

IRGK-2 Cultural History of Iran (8 ECTS)

140010 VO Cultural contacts in Iran, Central Asia, and India

Extension Curriculum Turkish History, Literature and Cultural History (640 [2] - Version 2017)

Compulsory modules TU (15 ECTS)

EC-TU-1 Turkish cultural history within the framework of Middle Eastern cultures (5 ECTS)

140001 VO (OVSTEOP) OR-1 VO Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies

140312 VO Cultural and Economic Geography of the Near East and North Africa

EC-TU-2 Aspects of Turkish culture, history and literature in past and present (11 ECTS)

140025 VO Political History of the Ottoman-Turkish Region (up to the present)

Extension Curriculum Turkish History, Literature and Culture History (640 [1] - Version 2012) - discontinued

Compulsory modules EC-TU (15 ECTS)

EC-TU-1 PM Turkish cultural history within the framework of the civilisations of Asia Minor

140001 VO (OVSTEOP) OR-1 VO Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies

140312 VO Cultural and Economic Geography of the Near East and North Africa

EC-TU-2 PM Aspects of Turkish history past and present

140022 VO Gender Studies / Muslim World

140025 VO Political History of the Ottoman-Turkish Region (up to the present)

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