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London, England school of oriental and african studiescourses/credit Students earn 12–16 semester/18–24 quarter hour credits during the fall term, 16–20 semester/24–30 quarter hour credits during thespring term, and 28–36 semester/48–54 quarter hour credits during the academic year. Each course is worth between four and six semester hour credits.A typical course load during the semester is 4 courses and during the academic year, 8–10 courses.faculty All courses are taught by faculty from SOAS.Interested in immersing yourself in another culture, while in the heart of London? The School of Oriental and African Studies offers courses in the arts andhumanities, languages and cultures, and law and social sciences. Study Chinese archaeology, the origins of Islam, or the legal systems of Africa. Learn Chinese,Turkish, or Thai. If you’d like to extend your study of one of these regions, consider spending your second semester at any one of the many CIEE Study Centersin Asia, Africa, or the Middle East. Go to www.ciee.org/study for more information.course listingDepartmental ListingsBelow is a list of departments available atthe School of Oriental and African Studies.For course listings, please refer towww.soas.ac.uk/studying/index.cfm?navid1486(all regionally-focused)Anthropology/SociologyAfrican and Asian Cultures in DiasporaEthnography of South AsiaNear and Middle East Ethnographic FilmArt/ArchaeologyChinese Archaeology: Emergenceand Formation of Chinese CivilizationIntroduction to the Artand Archaeology of AfricaThe Sources of Islamic Artand ArchitectureCultural StudiesAspects of Japanese CultureContemporary African LiteratureMyth and Ritual inthe Ancient Near EastDevelopment StudiesEconomicsForeign LanguagesAmharicHausaSomaliSwahiliYorubaZuluChineseCantoneseJapaneseKoreanTibetanArabicGeorgianHebrewKurdishPersianTurkishBengaliGujaratiHindiNepaliPaliSanskritSinhalaTamilUrduBurmeseCambodianIndonesian/MalayThaiVietnameseHistoryCultural Nationalismin 20th Century ChinaThe Making of AfricaThe Origins and EarlyDevelopment of IslamLaw and Social SciencesDevelopment Conditionsand ExperienceLegal Systems of Asia and AfricaStates, People and Power in Asiaand AfricaMusicEthnomusicology: Theoryand MethodsMusic in the Culturesof East AsiaReligionsBuddhism: FoundationIntroduction to JainismThis course listing is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a contract between CIEE and any applicant, student, institution, or other party. The courses, as described, may be subject to changeas a result of ongoing curricular revisions, assignment of lecturers and teaching staff, and program development. Courses may be cancelled due to insufficient enrollment. Syllabi for the CIEE courses listedabove are available upon request.Learn more online: Updated course listings, student photos and essays, the most current program information, and a list of schools with alumni from this program are available.www.ciee.org 1.800.40.STUDY studyinfo@ciee.orgpg/28