Minor MAMES (30 ECTS)

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

Compulsory:

• Colonialism, Nationalism, Globalisation: Asia and the Middle East (lecture), 6 ECTS credits; graded, every Fall.

Core electives:

• Asia and the Middle East in Current Debates (exercise), 6 ECTS credits; graded, every Spring.
• Anthropology of Asia and the Middle East (seminar), 6 ECTS credits; graded, every second Spring.
• Culture and Society in Asia and the Middle East (seminar), 6 ECTS credits; graded, every second Spring.
• Core Readings MAMES: Regions (self-study), 6 ECTS credits; graded, every semester (To be booked upon individual agreement; for further details see the Guidelines right-hand side).
• Core Readings MAMES: Transregional Topics (self-study), 6 ECTS credits; 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. 

Core electives:

• Geschichte Indiens/Südasiens [History of India/South Asia] (lecture), 3 ECTS credits; graded, every second Fall.
• Hinduismus [Hinduism] (lecture), 3 ECTS credits; graded, every second Spring.
• Chinesische Literatur [Chinese Literature] (lecture), 3 ECTS credits, graded, every Fall.
• Geschichte muslimischer Kulturen und Gesellschaften [History of Muslim Cultures and Societies], 3 ECTS credits, 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 6 ECTS credits.

Core electives:

• Majorities and Minorities in South Asia (seminar), 6 ECTS credits, graded; every second Spring.
• Democracy and Citizenship in Modern India (lecture), 3 ECTS credits, graded; every second Fall.
• Gesellschaft Chinas (Einführung) [Introduction to Chinese Society] (lecture); 3 ECTS credits, graded; every Spring.
• Japanese society after 1945 (lecture); 3 ECTS credits, graded, every Spring.
• Japanese politics and economy after 1945 (lecture); 3 ECTS credits, 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.

Core electives:

• Research Project MAMES (Master thesis) (colloquium), 3 ECTS credits, pass/fail; every semester.
• Theories of Society and Religion in Asia and the Middle East (self-study), 3 ECTS credits, graded; every semester.
• Current Debates in Social Anthropology (seminar), 6 ECTS credits, graded; every Fall.
• Introduction to Research Methods (exercise), 3 ECTS credits, pass/fail; every Spring.
• Qualitative Methoden/Qualitative methods (seminar), 6 ECTS credits, graded; every Spring.

Further electives crosslisted by other disciplines of the IAOS and UZH in the respective semester.