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Most courses offer the opportunity to spend time in the region being studied. The Arabic course includes a year in the Middle East, the Persian and Turkish courses a year in Iran or Turkey respectively, the Hebrew course an optional year in Israel. The Chinese and Japanese courses also include a year in China and Japan respectively.

Arabic and Islamic Studies (T601) Arabic with subsidiary language (T6T9) Persian with Islamic Art and Archaeology (QT46) Persian with Islamic Studies/History (QT96) Persian with subsidiary language (T6TX) Turkish (T600) Turkish with Islamic Art and Archaeology (TQP9) Turkish with subsidiary language (T6TY)
1st year	2nd year	3rd and 4th years
Courses Elementary language Islamic history and culture	Courses Year abroad: approved course of language instruction	Project Core work on language and literature History Specialisation or subsidiary language
Assessment First University examinations (preliminary) After term 3: Three written papers; an oral exam, in Arabic	Assessment Qualifying examination at the end of the course	Assessment Final University examinations Oral exam and eight or nine written papers (one of which may be a thesis)

Chinese (T101)
1st year	2nd year	3rd and 4th years
Courses Elementary language in classical and modern Chinese History and culture	Courses Year abroad at Peking University	Courses Extended language classes and historical study Options: Ancient history; Literature; Modern society and politics; or subsidiary languages: Tibetan, Japanese, or Korean
Assessment First University examinations		Assessment Final University examinations Oral examination; eight written papers; dissertation

Egyptology (Q400), Egyptology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies (Q401)
1st year	2nd year	3rd year
Courses Broad survey of civilisations of Egypt and the Ancient Near East Language teaching in Egyptian or Akkadian	Courses Addition of second language, or Archaeology and Anthropology Options: Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic and Syriac, Archaeology, Classical Greek, Coptic, Hebrew (Biblical and Mishnaic), Old Iranian, Sumerian or Hittite (if available) Literary and historical topics through study of texts and essay writing Intensive class work	Courses Essay writing and dissertation work Intensive classes in the first and second terms Artefact classes Field of concentration
Assessment First University examinations Four written papers		Assessment Final University examinations Ten units

Hebrew Studies: (primarily languages, literature, culture and history) (Q480)
1st year	2nd year	3rd and 4th years
Courses Intensive study in Hebrew language in all periods Introduction to ancient and modern Jewish history	Courses Handling Hebrew texts and developing knowledge of historical and cultural background Choice of options from Jewish Studies	3rd year can optionally be spent abroad Courses Texts Historical and cultural background
Assessment First University examinations Four written papers		Assessment Final University examinations Seven written papers; dissertation 4-year course only: oral examination

Japanese (T201)
1st year	2nd year	3rd and 4th years
Courses Elementary Japanese language History and culture	Courses Year abroad at Kobe University	Courses Extended language classes Options (five subjects to be chosen): Classical Literature; Modern Literature; Linguistics; History; Politics, Economics; additional language (counts as three subjects): either Chinese, Korean, or Tibetan
Assessment First University examinations	Assessment Test at end of course	Assessment Final University examinations Oral examination; eight written papers; dissertation

Jewish Studies: (primarily focused on the history, religion and culture of the Jews from biblical to modern times) (QV91)
1st year	2nd year	3rd year
Courses Intensive study in Hebrew language in all periods Introduction to ancient and modern Jewish history	Courses Options (three subjects to be chosen) One tutorial a week, with essay	Courses Options (two subjects to be chosen) One tutorial a week, with essay
Assessment First University examinations Four papers		Assessment Final University examinations Six written papers; dissertation

Sanskrit (Q450)
1st year	2nd year	3rd and 4th years
Courses Intensive language teaching	Courses Preparation for Final University examinations in final year Study of Sanskrit grammar Subsidiary language options: Old Iranian, Pali, Prakrit and Tibetan	Courses Sanskrit literature Special subject
Assessment First University examinations		Assessment Final University examinations Nine papers: seven in Sanskrit and two in subsidiary languages

UCAS Course Codes: see Course outline

Brief Course Outline

Duration of Course: 3 or 4 years (see individual subjects)
Degree awarded: BA in Oriental Studies

Course statistics for 2011 entry

Intake: 41
Applications shortlisted for interview: 86.2%
Successful applications:27.3%

Open days

5 May and 28 June 2012

Booking is required by contacting undergraduate.admissions@orinst.ox.ac.uk

Contact details

Oriental Institute, Pusey Lane, Oxford OX1 2LE
+44 (0) 1865 278312
Please email us at undergraduate.admissions@
orinst.ox.ac.uk
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Institute for Chinese Studies,
Clarendon Institute Building,
Walton Street, Oxford OX1 2HG
+44 (0) 1865 280387
Please email us at enquiries@chinese.ox.ac.uk