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Languages and Cultures Study Abroad Course List

Most 'Full Year' courses are available to all Study Abroad students - whether at SOAS for the full year, term 1 only or terms 2&3 only.  However, full year language courses are not open to students at a beginner's level if they start in term 2.
Africa Department
Course TitleTerm
Taught
Course
Code
Advanced Somali: Formal UsageFull Year155901291
Advanced Somali: Literature And CultureFull Year155901292
African Language LiteraturesFull Year155900677
Amharic IFull Year155900832
Amharic IIFull Year155900378
Contemporary African LiteratureFull Year155900839
Culture In AfricaFull Year155900838
Extended Essay In African Studies (A)Term 1 only155900762
Extended Essay In African Studies (B)Terms 2&3155901188
Hausa IFull Year155900834
Hausa II(A) IntermediateFull Year155900324
History In African And Caribbean LiteratureFull Year155901013
Independent Study Project In African StudiesFull Year155900763
Language In AfricaFull Year155900867
Perspectives On African ExperienceFull Year155900933
Religion In AfricaFull Year155901151
Representation And Transformation In South African Drama And FilmFull Year155901165
Somali IFull Year155900831
Somali IIFull Year155900811
Swahili IFull Year155900985
Swahili IIA IntermediateFull Year155900986
Swahili IIB - Introduction To Swahili LiteratureFull Year155900987
Swahili IIIFull Year155900635
Swahili IVFull Year155900636
The Structure Of Bantu LanguagesFull Year155901257
Theory And Practice Of Swahili TranslationFull Year155901259
Yoruba IFull Year155900833
Yoruba IIFull Year155900935
Zulu IFull Year155900840
Zulu IIFull Year155900851
Department Of China And Inner Asia
Course TitleTerm
Taught
Course
Code
Chinese 103: History And Culture Of ChinaFull Year155901001
Chinese 301: Intermediate Modern Chinese Language IFull Year155901224
Chinese 302: Intermediate Modern Chinese Language IIFull Year155901225
Chinese 303: Modern Chinese Film And TheatreFull Year155901226
Chinese 304: Traditional Chinese Language And Literature IFull Year155901227
Chinese 305: Elementary CantoneseFull Year155901228
Chinese 401: Advanced Modern Chinese LanguageFull Year155901229
Chinese 403: Modern Chinese LiteratureFull Year155901231
Chinese 404: Traditional Chinese Language And Literature IIFull Year155901232
Chinese 405: Styles Of Modern Chinese Literary LanguageFull Year155901332
Cultural History Of TibetFull Year155901327
Elementary Classical TibetanFull Year155901275
Elementary Modern TibetanFull Year155901274
Intermediate Classical TibetanFull Year155901289
Intermediate Modern TibetanFull Year155901290
Special Course in Chinese IFull Year155900828
Special Course in Chinese IIFull Year155900829
Special Course in Chinese IIIFull Year155901097
Special Course in Chinese IVFull Year155901144
Special Course In Chinese: Elementary Spoken Hokkien (Minnanyu, Taiwanese)Full Year155901249
Department Of Japan And Korea
Course TitleTerm
Taught
Course
Code
Advanced Practical JapaneseFull Year155901285
Analysis of Japanese Media and Popular CultureFull Year155901328
Aspects Of Japanese Culture 1Term 1155901199
Aspects Of Japanese Culture 2Terms 2&3155901200
Basic Japanese IFull Year155900874
Basic Japanese IIFull Year155900875
Composition In KoreanTerm 1 Only155900722
Culture And Society In Twentieth Century KoreaFull Year155900809
Elementary KoreanFull Year155900842
Elementary Korean IIFull Year155901256
Extended Essay (Japanese Language And Culture) ITerm 1 Only155900853
Extended Essay (Japanese Language And Culture) IITerms 2&3155900854
Higher Intermediate JapaneseFull Year155901255
History And Culture Of Korea To The Late 19th CenturyFull Year155901263
History And Structure Of Korean LanguageFull Year155901272
Independent Study Project In Japanese Language And CultureFull Year155900883
Independent Study Project In Korean Language And CultureFull Year155900795
Intermediate Japanese 1Full Year155901345
Intermediate Japanese 2Full Year155901346
Intermediate KoreanFull Year155900843
Introduction To Mixed Script KoreanFull Year155900844
Introduction To Pre-Modern Japanese LanguageTerms 2&3155901294
Introduction To The Study Of Language Learning ITerm 1 only155901197
Introduction To The Study Of Language Learning IITerms 2&3155901198
Issues In Post-War Japanese Society ITerm 1 only155901262
Issues In Post-War Japanese Society IITerms 2&3155901330
J1: Accelerated Elementary JapaneseFull Year (x1.5)155901196
J1: Elementary JapaneseFull Year (x2)155901195
J2: Japanese ReadingsTerms 2&3155901235
J2: JapaneseFull Year (x2)155901215
JIV(B)I Readings in Japanese HistoryTerm 1 Only155900881
JIV(B)II Readings in Japanese Intellectual HistoryTerms 2&3155900882
Korean ConversationTerms 2&3155900915
Korean-English-Korean TranslationFull Year155901276
Readings In Modern Japanese LiteratureFull Year155901273
Readings In Modern Korean FictionFull Year155900841
Readings In Pre-Modern Japanese LiteratureFull Year155901284
Survey Of Modern Japanese Literature In TranslationFull Year155901214
Survey Of Premodern Japanese Literature In TranslationTerm 1 Only155901213
The Structure Of Japanese 1Term 1 Only155900747
The Structure of Japanese 2Terms 2&3155900748
Department Of Linguistics
Course TitleTerm
Taught
Course
Code
Advanced SyntaxTerms 2&3152900033
Dynamic SyntaxTerms 2&3152900093
Extended Essay in Linguistics (A)Term 1 Only152900097
Extended Essay in Linguistics (B)Terms 2&3152900098
General LinguisticsFull Year152900069
Historical LinguisticsTerm 1 Only152900037
Independent Study Project In LinguisticsFull Year152900009
Intermediate PhonologyTerms 2&3152900062
Intermediate SyntaxTerm 1 Only152900032
Introduction To Grammatical StructureFull Year152900071
Introduction To PhonologyFull Year152900070
Issues In SemanticsTerms 2&3152900021
Language and Meaning ITerm 1 Only152900086
Language, Society And CommunicationTerm 1 Only152900083
Linguistic TypologyTerms 2&3152900044
MorphologyTerm 1 Only152900036
PhoneticsTerm 1 Only152900094
Psychology Of LanguageTerms 2&3152900082
Topics In Lexical SemanticsTerms 2&3152900065
Topics In The Structure Of ChineseTerm 1 Only152900066
Department Of The Near And Middle East
Course TitleTerm
Taught
Course
Code
Reading Classical Arabic HistoriansFull Year155901334
20th Century Turkish Literature 2Full Year155900746
Advanced Turkish/English/Turkish TranslationFull Year155900913
Akkadian Texts IFull Year155900937
Arabic 100Full Year155901202
Arabic 2Full Year155900897
Arabic 200Full Year155901203
Arabic 300Full Year155901204
Arabic 4Full Year155900899
Arabic Cinema (I)Term 1 Only155901208
Arabic Cinema (II)Terms 2&3155901209
Arabic Popular LiteratureFull Year155901239
Classical Ottoman LiteratureFull Year155900744
Classical Persian Prose TextsFull Year155900334
Elementary HebrewFull Year155900916
Elementary Persian TextsFull Year155901155
Elementary Qur'anic ArabicFull Year155901365
Elementary Western ArmenianFull Year155901347
Elementary Written PersianFull Year155901053
Elementary Written TurkishFull Year155901051
Extended Essay in Hebrew and Israeli Studies (A)Term 1 Only155901335
Extended Essay in Hebrew and Israeli Studies (B)Terms 2&3155901336
Extended Essay in Turkish Studies ATerm 1 Only155901340
Extended Essay in Turkish Studies BTerms 2&3155901341
History Of ZionismFull Year155901168
Independent Study Project (Turkish Literature)Full Year155901052
Independent Study Project In Ancient Near Eastern StudiesFull Year155900990
Independent Study Project In Arabic StudiesFull Year155900733
Independent Study Project in Georgian StudiesFull Year155901216
Independent Study Project in Islamic StudiesFull Year155901339
Independent Study Project In Persian StudiesFull Year155901184
Intensive Modern HebrewFull Year (x2)155900894
Intensive Turkish LanguageFull Year (x2)155901194
Intermediate Modern Turkish LanguageFull Year155900547
Introduction To Arabic CultureFull Year155901205
Introduction to Armenian CultureTerm 1 Only155901350
Introduction to Armenian HistoryFull Year155901348
Introduction to Armenian Literature in TranslationTerms 2&3155901349
Introduction To Classical Arabic LiteratureFull Year155901236
Introduction To Israeli CultureFull Year155900947
Introduction To Israeli LiteratureFull Year155901248
Introduction To Modern Arabic LiteratureFull Year155900901
Introductory AkkadianFull Year155900426
Introductory HittiteFull Year155900109
Israeli History And The Israel-Palestine ConflictFull Year155901167
Literatures Of The Near And Middle EastFull Year155900991
Modern Hebrew Language: AdvancedFull Year155900714
Modern Hebrew Language: IntermediateFull Year155900713
Modern Palestinian LiteratureFull Year155901119
Modern Persian Prose LiteratureFull Year155900336
Persian Language IFull Year (x2)155901242
Persian Language IIFull Year155900801
Persian Language IIIFull Year155900802
Persian Poetry IFull Year155900845
Persian Poetry IIFull Year155900804
Quran And Hadith StudiesFull Year155900734
Sufism: Studies in the Mystical Dimension of IslamFull Year155901241
The Muslim World: Unity In DiversityFull Year155901258
Department Of South Asia
Course TitleTerm
Taught
Course
Code
Basic PaliFull Year155900948
Bengali Language 1Full Year155900491
Bengali Language 2Full Year155900492
Cinema and Society in South AsiaFull Year155900826
Classical Sanskrit Court Literature IFull Year155900860
Directed Readings In A South Asian Literature Or Culture (Hindi)Term 1 Only155901299
Directed Readings In SanskritTerm 1 Only155901302
Extended Essay In South Asian StudiesTerm 1 Only155901101
Hindi CFull Year155901143
Hindi Language 1Full Year155900501
Hindi Language 2Full Year155901183
Hindi Language 3Full Year155901269
Independent Study Project In South Asian StudiesFull Year155900955
Introduction to PrakritTerm 1 Only155901323
Literature & Colonialism In North IndiaTerm 1 Only155901295
Modern Bengal: The Evolution Of Bengali Culture & Society From 1690 To The PresentFull Year155901271
Modern Bengali TextsFull Year155900186
Narratives Of Mobility In Contemporary Hindi LiteratureTerms 2&3155901296
Nepali Language 1Full Year155900535
Nepali Language 2Full Year155900609
Readings In Contemporary HindiFull Year155901185
Readings in PrakritTerms 2&3155901324
Sanskrit Language 1Full Year155901303
Sanskrit Language 2Full Year155901304
Selected Texts From The Sanskrit EpicFull Year155900787
Sinhala Language IFull Year155900520
South Asian CultureFull Year155900812
Tamil Language 1Full Year155900526
Tamil Language 2Full Year155900527
Urdu Language 1Full Year155900512
Urdu LiteracyFull Year155901247
Department Of South East Asia
Course TitleTerm
Taught
Course
Code
Burmese Language 1Full Year155900910
Burmese Language 2Full Year155900997
Burmese Language and TextsFull Year155900998
Cultural Foundations Of IndonesiaTerm 1 Only155901308
Extended Essay In South East Asian StudiesTerm 1 Only155901307
Independent Study Project In South East Asian StudiesFull Year155901243
Indonesia on ScreenFull YearTBC
Indonesian Language 1Full Year155900448
Indonesian Language 2Full Year155901022
Indonesian Language 3Full Year155901023
Indonesian Language 4Full Year155901024
Indonesian Literature: Literature of The RevolutionTerms 2&3155901309
Indonesian Literature: Writing in the Age of the New OrderTerms 2&3155901311
Introduction To South East AsiaTerm 1 Only155901320
Jawi And The Malay Manuscript TraditionTerms 2&3155901312
Cambodian (Khmer) Language 1ATerm 1 Only155901359 
Cambodian (Khmer) Language 1BTerms 2&3155901360
Pre-Modern Historical Texts Of Java, Bali And The Malay World In English TranslationTerm 1 Only155901313
Sex And The City In South East Asian FilmTerms 2&3155901319
South East Asia On FilmTerms 2&3155901318
Thai 210: Readings in Contemporary Thai Society and CultureFull Year155901034
Thai Language 1Full Year155901031
Thai Language 2Full Year155901033
Thai Language 3Full Year155901035
Thai Language 4Full Year155901042
Traditional Malay Literature: Adventure Romances In Texts And FilmTerm 1 Only155901314
Vietnamese 2: Vietnamese Language IIFull Year155900705
Vietnamese Language And TextsFull Year155901049