Islamic Studies

Major/Minor/Specialisation !D23-AA-SPC+1024 (2009)

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Year and Campus: 2009
Overview:
  • Thesis 12,000 words (37.5 points)
  • one compulsory subjects (12.5 points)
  • four core/elective subjects, two of which must be core (50 points)

Total 100 points - subjects are 12.5 points each, unless indicated otherwise.

Objectives:

Students who complete the postgraduate diploma will have an understanding of:

  • 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.
Subject Options:

Thesis subject

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
37.50

Compulsory subject

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

Core subjects

Students must select two of the following subjects
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Semester 2
12.50

Elective subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Related Course(s): Postgraduate Diploma in Arts

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