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Arabic Studies
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Abdul-Samad Abdullah
Email: abdulsa@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
100 credit points
Students undertaking pure honours in Arabic Studies must complete:
- Arabic Studies Thesis (50 points), consisting of subjects ARBC40007 Arabic Thesis Part 1 and ARBC40008 Arabic Thesis Part 2; and
- Critical Asian Perspectives (12.5 points); and
- Honours Arabic A (12.5 points); and
- Honours Arabic B (12.5 points); and
- One elective subject: either Supervised Reading (Asia Institute), or one other Arabic Studies related honours or post-graduate subject agreed to by the Arabic Studies convenor, or any fourth year elective from the National Centre of Excellence in Islamic Studies. All listed electives are worth 12.5 points.
Students undertaking combined honours in Arabic Studies must complete:
- Arabic Studies Thesis (50 points), consisting of subjects ARBC40007 Arabic Thesis Part 1 and ARBC40008 Arabic Thesis Part 2; and
- Critical Asian Perspectives (12.5 points); and
- Three Honours subjects from the combining discipline (totalling 37.5 points).
Or
- Honours thesis in the combining discipline (50 points); and
- One honours subject in the combining discipline (12.5 points); and
- Three subjects in Arabic Studies (37.5 points), normally Honours Arabic A, Honours Arabic B and Supervised Reading (Asia Institute).
Subject Options
Compulsory subjects:
87.5 points for students in pure Arabic Studies honours
Combined honours students need to refer to the structure above.
Note: The thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ARBC40007 | Arabic Studies Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
ARBC40008 | Arabic 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 |
ARBC40001 | Honours Arabic A | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ARBC40002 | Honours Arabic B | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective subjects:
Students must complete one 12.5 point elective subject from the list below:
- MULTI90002 Supervised Reading (Asia Institute) (12.5 points); or
- One Arabic Studies related honours or post-graduate subject agreed to by the Arabic Studies convenor (12.5 points); or
- Any fourth year elective from the National Centre of Excellence in Islamic Studies (12.5 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MULT90002 | Supervised Reading (Asia Institute) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
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 |
Links
http://www.asiainstitute.unimelb.edu.au/study/arabic
Last updated: 10 February 2025