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:

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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

Thesis Subject:

Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.

Core Subjects:

Students need to refer to the structure above

Elective Subjects: