Islamic Studies // Structure

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Structure

100 credit points

Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time

The Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) in this area of specialisation requires:

  • one compulsory subject (12.5 points)
  • thesis subject (50 points)
  • minimum of two core subjects (25 points)
  • maximum of one elective subject (12.5 points)

 

Total 100 points

Please note: Students must enrol in the thesis ISLM40011 Islamic Studies Thesis Part 1 and ISLM40012 Islamic Studies Thesis Part 2 over two consecutive semesters

Subject Options

Compulsory Subject

12.5 points

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ASIA90004 Critical Asian Perspectives
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Thesis Subject

50 points

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ISLM40011 Islamic Studies Thesis Part 1
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 25
ISLM40012 Islamic Studies Thesis Part 2
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 25

Core Subjects

minimum 25 points

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ISLM90008 Islam and Politics
July (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ISLM90011 Reason and Revelation in Islam
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ISLM90013 Human Rights and Islam Not available in 2017 12.5

Elective Subjects

maximum 12.5 points

Code Name Study period Credit Points
HIST90027 Middle Eastern Wars: Jihad & Resistance
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ISLM40001 Topics in Arabic & Islamic Studies
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ISLM90007 Contemporary Middle East & Central Asia
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MULT90002 Supervised Reading (Asia Institute)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
POLS40004 Justice, Democracy and Difference Not available in 2017 12.5

Links

http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/asiainstitute

Last updated: 4 March 2025