Islamic Studies

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:

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).