New Masters program - focused on Islamism in the digital and cyber age
A one year program that focuse on Islamism in the digital and cyber age.
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Course |
credits |
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Semester 1+2 |
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Persian |
2 |
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Intelligence issues in the Middle East |
2 |
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Practical internship in digital Middle East studies |
2 |
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Islam and Radicals in the Cyber Age |
2 |
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Seminar: Useful computer and artificial intelligence in information analysis in the Middle East context |
2 |
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Persian: Exercise |
2 |
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Summer Semester |
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Seminar: The post-revolutionary Iran in the media and networks without thesis track only |
2 |
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Spoken Colloquial Arabic for Beginners |
2 |
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Seminar: Israeli Islam in cyberspace without thesis track only |
2 |
Prerequisite courses
- Elementary Arabic + Elementary Arabic courses (or matriculation exam of 4 units in Arabic with a grade of 80 or 5 units with a grade of 75)
- Introduction to the History of Islam - an online course
- Introduction to the History of the Modern Middle East - an online course
- Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies - an exam
Foreign Language Requirement
M.A. Students studying in the track without thesis are exempt from the Foreign Language courses requirement.
For information about the track with thesis please contact English as a Foreign Language Unit here
Basic Jewish/General Studies Courses for M.A. students
Students who hold an undergraduate degree from Bar-Ilan will take two additional hours of coursework in Jewish Studies. Students who come from other institutions of higher learning will take four hours of coursework in Jewish Studies. Students who are not Jewish may request to take General Studies courses in lieu of Jewish Studies- click here for more information.
For more information contact us:
Phone: 03-5317407
E-mail: Mideast.dept@biu.ac.il
