Course Content
The Bachelor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies (Honours) requires the completion of 48 units, which must consist of:
Students must complete a minimum of 18 units of coursework in the first semester of study.
This Honours specialisation requires the completion of 48 units, which must consist of:
12 units of research training, comprised of:
6 units from the compulsory research training course:
- MEAS4002 Ways of Reading the Middle East, Central Asia and their Diasporas: the Big Issues
AND 6 units from the completion of the following research training courses:
- LING4100 - Quantitative Research Methods in Linguistics (6 units)
- POLS4038 - Comparative Political Institutions (6 units)
- SOCR4001 - Statistics for Social Scientists (6 units)
- SOCR4002 - Survey Data Analysis (6 units)
- SOCR4003 - Qualitative Research Analysis (6 units)
- SOCR4006 - Online Research Methods (6 units)
- SOCR4008 - Qualitative Social Research (6 units) )
- SOCR4009 - Quantitative Social Research (6 units)
OR 12 units from the completion of the following research training course:
- SOCY4010 - Sociology Honours Methods Seminar (12 units)
12 units from the completion of the following research project courses:
- MEAS4001 Special Topics in Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies (may be taken twice)
- MEAS4102 Islamic Radicalism
- MEAS4109 Energy and Security in Central Asia and the Caucasus
- MEAS4111 Drivers of Violent Extremism: The Local and the Global in the Middle East
- MEAS4113 The Gulf Strategic Environment
- MEAS4115 Islam in World Politics
- MEAS4116 Authoritarianism, Democratisation and Protest in the Muslim Middle East
- MEAS4117 Islam in Central Asia
24 units from completion of THES4103 Thesis
Elective units
Once you have met the program requirements of your degree, you may have enough electives to complete an additional elective major, minor or specialisation.
