Minor MAMES (30 ECTS)

Requirements for obtaining the degree: at least 12 ECTS credits, including the compulsory lecture (6 ECTS)

• Compulsory: Colonialism, Nationalism, Globalisation: Asia and the Middle East (lecture), 6 ECTS; graded, every fall
• Core elective: Asia and the Middle East in Current Debates (exercise), 6 ECTS; graded, every spring
• Core elective: Anthropology of Asia and the Middle East (seminar), 6 ECTS; graded, every second spring
• Core elective: Culture and Society in Asia and the Middle East (seminar), 6 ECTS; graded, every second spring
• Core elective: Core Readings MAMES (self-study), 6 ECTS; graded, every semester (To be booked upon individual agreement; for further details see the Guidelines right-hand side)

Requirements for obtaining the degree: at least 6 ECTS credits. Modules can be chosen from the offer of core electives and electives of the course catalogue of the respective semester.  

• Core elective: Kulturelle Transformationen (Arabische Welt und Naher Osten) (seminar), 6 ECTS; graded, every second spring
• Core elective: Geschichte Indiens/Südasiens [History of India/South Asia] (lecture), 3 ECTS; graded, every second fall
• Core elective: Hinduismus [Hinduism] (lecture), 3 ECTS; graded, every second spring
• Core elective: Moderne und zeitgenössische chinesische Literatur (Einführung) [Introduction to modern and contemporary Chinese literature] (lecture), 3 ECTS; graded, every spring
• Further electives crosslisted by other disciplines of the IAOS and UZH in the respective semester

Requirements for obtaining the degree: at least 6 ECTS credits. Modules can be chosen from the offer of core electives and electives of the course catalogue of the respective semester.  

• Core elective: Research Seminar on Transformation and Development (seminar); 9 ECTS, graded; two semesters, start in fall
• Core elective: Majorities and Minorities in South Asia (seminar), 6 ECTS, graded; every second spring
• Core elective: Democracy and Citizenship in Modern India (lecture), 3 ECTS, graded; every second fall
• Core elective: Geschichte der islamischen Welt ab ca. 1800 [History of the Islamic World from 1800] (lecture); 6 ECTS, graded; every second spring
• Core elective: Gesellschaft Chinas (Einführung) [Introduction to Chinese Society] (lecture); 3 ECTS, graded; every spring
• Core elective: Japanische Gesellschaft nach 1945 [Japanese society after 1945] (lecture); 3 ECTS, graded, every spring
• Core elective: Japanische Politik und Wirtschaft nach 1945 [Japanese politics and economy after 1945] (lecture); 3 ECTS, graded, every fall
• Further electives crosslisted by other disciplines of the IAOS and UZH in the respective semester

Requirements for obtaining the degree: at least 3 ECTS credits. Modules can be chosen from the offer of core electives and electives of the course catalogue of the respective semester.  

• Core elective: Research Project MAMES (Master thesis) (colloquium), 3 ECTS, pass/fail; every semester
• Core elective: Theories of Society and Religion in Asia and the Middle East (self-study), 3 ECTS, graded; every semester
• Core elective: Theories in Anthropology (seminar), 6 ECTS, graded; every fall
• Core elective: Introduction to Research Methods (exercise), 3 ECTS, pass/fail; every spring
• Core elective: Qualitative Methoden/Qualitative methods (seminar), 6 ECTS, graded; every spring
• Further electives crosslisted by other disciplines of the IAOS and UZH in the respective semester