Islamic Studies

Major/Minor/Specialisation !104-AA-SPC+1026 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Year and Campus: 2010
Overview:

The minimum entry requirement for Islamic studies honours is completion of all the requirements for the BA, with a major in Islamic studies or a related discipline and an average grade over the second/third year subjects within the major equivalent to at least an H2A (75%). Honours consists of study totalling 100 points, as follows:


Objectives: See course objectives
Structure & Available Subjects:

Students undertaking pure honours in Islamic studies must complete:

  • Islamic Studies Thesis (37.5 points); and
  • compulsory subject Critical Asian Perspectives (12.5 points); and
  • at least two core subjects (25 points); and
  • a maximum of two elective subjects, to total 100 points.

Students undertaking combined honours in Islamic studies must complete:

  • Islamic Studies Thesis (37.5 points); and
  • compulsory subject Critical Asian Perspectives (12.5 points); and
  • one core subject in Islamic studies (12.5 points); and
  • three subjects in the combining discipline (37.5 points).

Or

  • Honours thesis in the combining discipline (37.5 points); and
  • two subjects in the combining discipline (25 points); and
  • compulsory subject Critical Asian Perspectives (12.5 points); and
  • two core Islamic studies subjects (25 points).
Total 100 points
Subject Options:

Core Subjects:

Students need to refer to the structure above
Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
18.75

Elective Subjects:

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2010
12.50
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Links to further information: http://www.asiainstitute.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours)

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