Islamic Studies (M.A.)

The Master of Arts (M.A.) in Islamic Studies (Thesis) offered by the Institute of Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Arts is a research-intensive program that emphasizes contemporary and advanced learning opportunities. The program's objective is to equip students with skills in critical thinking, literature review, and research dissemination to either continue their studies or pursue professional opportunities.

The program may also be taken with a Gender and Women's Studies option where students focus their coursework on gender and women’s studies, and issues in feminist research and methods. The student’s master’s thesis must be on a topic centrally relating to issues of gender or women’s studies.

Keywords: Arabic, Persian, Islamic Studies, Women’s Studies, Middle Eastern, Urdu, Turkish, South Asia, Islamic theology, Islamic philosophy, Anthropology of Islam, Qur'an, Sufism, Safavid, Shi’i, Islam and Politics, Ottoman, Africa.

• An eligible Bachelor's degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA out of a possible 4.0 GPA. For this program, the eligible Bachelor's degree should be in the Humanities or Social Sciences, preferably with a Major in Islamic Studies or Middle Eastern Studies
• English-language proficiency

Each program has specific admission requirements including required application documents. Please visit the program website for more details.

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