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Convener: Dr Abdullah Saeed (MIALS)
The Faculty of Arts offers an interdepartmental program in Islamic Studies housed in the Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies (MIALS). The program allows students to study the development of Islam as a religion and civilisation from its origins to the present. The program will provide students opportunities to study Islam and Muslim societies particularly in the modern period from a broad multi-disciplinary perspective relying on several core and relevant subjects available in Anthropology, Arabic Studies, Cultural Studies, History, Indonesian Studies, Islamic Studies, Philosophy and Politics.
The strength of the program lies in the fact that it allows students to study Islam and Muslim societies from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Students in this program are encouraged to develop their interests in Islamic Studies and in another area of study which would provide them with skills to analyse issues relevant to Islam and Muslim societies with a reasonable understanding of Islamic world view, its value system, and particular historical experiences.
The Islamic Studies program commences in second year. The general prerequisite for entry is the completion of 50 points of first year from any area of study within the Arts Faculty. Unless otherwise stated there are no specific prerequisites and subjects do not presuppose knowledge of the Arabic language.
A Major in Islamic Studies usually consists of nine 12.5 point subjects, totalling 112.5 points. It comprises:
Two first-year subjects from any area of study (25 points), and;
Seven second/third-year subjects totalling 87.5 points. These must include:
110-089 Harems and Heroes? Understanding the Muslim World, the program's compulsory subject (12.5 points), and;
Four subjects from the list of core subjects below (50 points), and;
Two subjects from the list of optional subjects below (25 points).
Students must take four of the following core subjects at second/third year towards their Islamic Studies Major in addition to the program's compulsory subject 110-089 Harems and Heroes? Understanding the Muslim World.
| Core subjects (Second/third year) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Compulsory subject | Semester | |
| 110-089 Harems and Heroes? Understanding the Muslim World | 1 | |
| Islamic Studies | ||
| 110-091 Islam and Political Activism: The Twentieth-Century Experience | 1 | |
| 110-018 Questioning Modernity: Rediscovering Islam | 2 | |
| 110-090 Gender and Islam: The Struggle for Rights in the Muslim World | 2 | |
| 110-093 Islamic Banking and Finance | 2 | |
| 110-092 The Media Portrayal of Islam | Not Offered | |
| 110-094 The Sufi Way: A Journey Through Divine Love | Not Offered | |
| 110-014 Crime Politics and Law in Islamic Society | Not Offered | |
| History | ||
| 131-069 God Through History: Judaism, Christianity and Islam | 1 | |
| 131-046 Great Empires of Islamic Civilisation | 1 | |
| 131-066 Islam, Modernity and the Middle East Since 1798 | Not Offered | |
Students must take two of the following optional subjects at second/third year toward their Islamic Studies Major. Students must consult the relevant area of study entries in this handbook to make sure that they meet the prerequisites, in any for entry to these subjects.
| Optional Subjects (Second/third year) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Anthropology | Semester | |
| 136-013 Culture Change and Protest Movements | Not Offered | |
| Arabic studies | ||
| 110-010 Arabic 3A | 1 | |
| 110-012 Arabic 4A | 1 | |
| 110-011 Arabic 3B | 2 | |
| 110-013 Arabic 4B | 2 | |
| Cultural Studies | ||
| 106-064 Contemporary Cultural Studies | 1 | |
| 106-042 Postcolonial Cultural Studies | 1 | |
| English | ||
| 106-047 Art/Pornography/Blasphemy/Propaganda | 1 | |
| 106-036 Postmodernism | 2 | |
| History | ||
| 131-036 Indonesian Nationalism: Ethnicity and Religious Change in the Twentieth Century | 1 | |
| 131-034 Gender, Culture and Society | 2 | |
| 131-025 Race and Colonisation in Western Discourse | Not Offered | |
| Political Science | ||
| 166-009 Politics and the Postcolonial World | 2 | |
| Philosophy | ||
| 161-034 Asian Traditions of Philosophy: Nature, Ethics and Culture | 1 | |
| 161-017 Does God Exist? | 2 | |
| 161-023 Medieval Philosophy: Love, Death and the Body | Not Offered | |
| 161-031 Metaphysics and the Nature of God | Not Offered | |
| Sociology | ||
| 166-085 Culture, Power, Action: The Sociology of Social Movements | Not Offered | |
Currently there is no Honours program in Islamic Studies.
The program is expected to be particularly attractive to students interested in working in an area where success depends at times on their understanding of Islam and Islamic Culture. Examples of such areas include Foreign Affairs, International Trade, Immigration, Ethnic Affairs, Journalism, Social Work and Teaching.
Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies
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Tel: +61 3 9344 0160 or +61 3 9344 5555
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Email: enquiries@asian.unimelb.edu.au
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110-090 Gender and Islam: The Struggle for Rights in the Muslim World
110-089 Harems and Heroes? Understanding the Muslim World
110-091 Islam and Political Activism: The Twentieth-Century Experience
110-018 Questioning Modernity: Rediscovering Islam
110-093 Islamic Banking and Finance
110-019 Researching Islam and Muslim Societies: Sources and Methods
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