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Islamic Studies

Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours)Specialisation (formal)Year: 2025

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Overview

The minimum entry requirement for Islamic studies honours is completion of all the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts, with a major in Islamic studies and an average of at least H2A (75%) in second and third-year subjects within the major, or equivalent.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this specialisation, students should be able to:

  • Apply advanced research skills in the analysis of critical issues in Islamic Studies
  • Utilise interdisciplinary frameworks to engage critically with key issues in contemporary Islam
  • Evaluate and apply rigorous methods of inquiry and theories and methodologies appropriate to Islamic Studies
  • Construct and sustain an argument based on research. 

Last updated: 14 January 2025

Structure

100 credit points

Students undertaking pure honours in Islamic studies must complete:

  • Islamic Studies Thesis (50 points), consisting of subjects ISLM40011 Islamic Studies Thesis Part 1 and ISLM40012 Islamic Studies Thesis Part 2; and
  • compulsory subject ASIA90004 Critical Asian Perspectives (12.5 points); and
  • three elective subjects (37.5 points), to total 100 points.

Students undertaking combined honours in Islamic studies must complete:

  • Islamic Studies Thesis (50 points), consisting of subjects ISLM40011 Islamic Studies Thesis Part 1 and ISLM40012 Islamic Studies Thesis Part 2; and
  • compulsory subject ASIA90004 Critical Asian Perspectives (12.5 points); and
  • three subjects in the combining discipline (37.5 points).

Or

  • Honours thesis in the combining discipline (50 points); and
  • one subject in the combining discipline (12.5 points); and
  • compulsory subject Critical Asian Perspectives (12.5 points); and
  • two core Islamic studies subjects (25 points).

Total 100 points

Subject Options

Compulsory subjects

Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.

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 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 25
ASIA90004 Critical Asian Perspectives
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Elective Subjects:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ISLM90007 Politics of the Modern Middle East
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
ISLM90008 Islam and Politics: Interfaith Relations
July (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MULT90002 Supervised Reading (Asia Institute)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
 

Links

http://www.asiainstitute.unimelb.edu.au/study/islamic_studies

Last updated: 14 January 2025