Programme Options
List of Turkish and related courses
Please note that not all options are available every year and that the list below is offered subject to availability. Students are advised to consult the Turkish tutors before selecting units.
List A. Turkish courses (language, literature and culture)
- Intensive Turkish language (2 units)
- Intermediate modern Turkish language
- Advanced modern Turkish language
- Ottoman Turkish language
- Classical Ottoman literature
- Literature of the Tanzimat and the late nineteenth century
- Twentieth-century Turkish literature I
- Twentieth-century Turkish literature II
- Advanced Turkish/English/Turkish translation
- History and development of the Turkish language
- Independent study project in Turkish literature(ISP)
- Elementary written Turkish(a non-intensive "open option" course for students enrolled on other degrees)
- Extended Essay in Turkish Studies A
- Extended Essay in Turkish Studies B
List B. Approved options in the NME department
- Introduction to Arabic culture
- Elementary written Persian
- Arabic 100
- Introduction to Sufism
- The Muslim World: Unity in Diversity
- Nation and nationalism in Middle Eastern fiction (in translation)
List C. Other Turkish and Middle East-related courses
- These are taught by the Departments of History, Study of Religions, Art and Archaeology, Music, Law, Politics and International Studies, and Economics. At present the list of such courses is as follows:
- Introduction to the history of the Near and Middle East
- The making of the modern Middle East
- The Middle East in the period of the crusades, 1050-1291
- Turks, Mamluks and Mongols
- Cities of paradise and empire: Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal politics, 1453-1797
- Reform, resistance and revolution: the Ottoman empire, 1876-1909
- Introduction to Islam
- Eastern Christianity
- Orthodox Christianity
- Introduction to the art and archaeology of the Near and Middle East (half unit)
- Islamic architecture
- Islamic painting
- The sources of Islamic art and architecture
- The decorative arts of Islam
- Art and material culture of the Islamic world: 7th to 14th centuries
- Mosaics, manuscripts and wall-paintings in Islamic art
- Music of the Middle East and North Africa
- Aspects of Jewish music
- Islamic law
- Government and politics of the Middle East
- Economic development of the modern Middle East
- Islam and Democracy
- States, People and Power in Asia and Africa
N.B. Permission to take any optional course is at the discretion of the course convenor.
