The MA Area Studies (research): Asia and the Middle East is discontinued as from 1 September 2012. Students having started before this date are able to finish their studies until 31 December 2014 at the latest.
Alternative programmes starting from 1 September 2012 onwards are:
After the completion of their first year students may opt to spend the summer or a complete semester (semester 3) to study abroad at one of the institutions affiliated with the programme or to do fieldwork. Students who want to go abroad need to contact a potential supervisor of their project early in the second semester (of the first year) to write a sound proposal. This proposal needs to be submitted to the Board of Examiners for approval at least two months before the student leaves (preferably before the end of the second semester).
Students who are staying in Leiden are obliged to take the Thesis Writing Seminar and choose two (or more) courses from the list of specialisation courses.
| Course | EC | Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Semester 1 (Fall semester) |
|||
|
Common Core Course |
|||
| Thesis Writing Seminar (Area Studies, Asian Studies and Middle Eastern Studies (research)) | 10 | ||
|
Specialisation courses Students choose two or more specialisation courses up to a minimum of 20 EC from the list. |
|||
|
Semester 2 (Spring semester) |
|||
| Thesis Writing Seminar (Area Studies, Asian Studies and Middle Eastern Studies (research)) | 10 | ||
| Research MA Thesis (Area Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Asian Studies) | 30 | ||
The courses listed are, in principle, open to all students admitted to the MA Area Studies: Asia and the Middle East. However, some of them may have additional entry requirements such as, for example, a particular level of language sufficiency. Please, see the course descriptions for further details.