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PD-ARTS Islamic Studies
Informal specialisationYear: 2024
PD-ARTS Islamic Studies
Overview
Please note that PD-ARTS Postgraduate Diploma in Arts will no longer be accepting new applications as of the 1st January 2015, the program from 2015 will be offered as GDA-ARTS Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced). Please refer to the correct handbook entry for program information for commencing students from 2015.
See program overview
Intended learning outcomes
Students who complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Arts should:
- methodological issues in several key areas of Islamic studies;
- the philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of Islamic perspectives on the social sciences such as education, economics, anthropology, politics and sociology;
- major trends of contemporary Islamic thought and the social, political, and historical context within which this thought is shaped;
- contemporary attempts at reform;
- how to design and write a preparatory research dissertation on an Islamic studies topic;
- key issues that arise in interdisciplinary contexts of research in Islamic studies.
Last updated: 30 January 2024
Structure
The Postgraduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires:
- thesis subject (50 points)
- one compulsory subject (12.5 points)
- minimum of two core subjects (25 points)
- maximum of one elective subject (12.5 points)
Total 100 points
Please note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.
Subject Options
Thesis Subject
50 points
Please note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ISLM40010 | No longer available |
Compulsory Subject
12.5 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ASIA90004 | Critical Asian Perspectives | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Core Subjects
minimum 25 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ISLM90008 | Islam and Politics: Interfaith Relations | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
ISLM90011 | No longer available | ||
ISLM90012 | |||
ISLM90013 | No longer available |
Elective Subjects
maximum 12.5 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HIST90027 | Middle Eastern Wars: Jihad & Resistance | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
ISLM40001 | Topics in Arabic & Islamic Studies |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ISLM90007 | Contemporary Middle East and South Asia | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT90002 | Supervised Reading (Asia Institute) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
POLS40004 | No longer available |
Links
http://www.asiainstitute.unimelb.edu.au/Last updated: 30 January 2024