Bachelor Asian & Middle Eastern Studies

Courses in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies cover the major languages and cultural history of East Asia and the Middle East, broadly defined. The major languages offered are Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese and Persian. Arabic, Hebrew and Persian may be combined with each other or with subjects from other faculties such as a modern European language. Chinese and Japanese cannot ordinarily be combined, except with each other at Part II level. All subjects in the Faculty involve intensive study of the language or languages taken and a range of courses on the literature, culture and history. For full details of possible combinations see the Faculty website. In several of these subjects there is an essential continuity between the ancient culture and contemporary life. For this reason courses include both classical and modern languages and literatures, together with the study of the cultural achievements of the area.