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Arabic and ...

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Award Attendance Study Duration Start Domestic fees International fees
BA On-Campus Full-time 4 find out £20350 per year £9250 per year

About Arabic and ..., BA - at SOAS University of London

The BA Arabic and... (combined degree) at SOAS means that the study of Arabic can be combined with an unparalleled range of disciplines and languages. Combined honours degrees in Arabic are intended to give students a solid grounding in Modern Standard and Classical Arabic, as well as conversational ability in Colloquial Arabic, in combination with a second subject. Intensive study of a wide range of Arabic language and literature is a compulsory feature of combined-honours degrees in Arabic.

Students are required to spend the third year of study at a university in the Middle East.

See Near and Middle East Department

Combine Arabic with other subjects

Arabic and a discipline: Arabic can be combined with Development Studies, Economics, English, History, History of Art/Archaeology, International Relations, Languages and Cultures, Law, Linguistics, Music, Politics, Social Anthropology and World Philosophies.


Entry requirements

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