Bachelor's Programme Islamic-Theological Studies
Curriculum (2023W)
Bachelor of Arts
Duration/ECTS-Credits
6 semesters/180 ECTS-Credits
Mode of Study
Full-time
Language
German
Requirements
Secondary school completion certificate or equivalent and Language Certificates
Faculty
Faculty of Teacher Education
Level of Qualification
Bachelor (First Cycle)
ISCED-11: Level 6, EQF/NQF: Level 6
ISCED-F
0114 Teacher Training with Subject Specialisation
Study code
UC 033 674
The curriculum is the basis of a degree programme. A look at the curriculum for the Bachelor's Programme Islamic-Theological Studies gives you a detailed overview of the structure, content, examination regulations and qualification profile of this Bachelor's degree.
The curriculum can clarify several important questions before you start your studies. For example, which criteria must be fulfilled for enrolment in the Bachelor's Programme Islamic-Theological Studies, how long the programme lasts, which modules must be completed and much more.
The 2023W curriculum currently applies to the Bachelor's Programme Islamic-Theological Studies.
Information on the Curriculum (2023W)
The complete version of the curriculum reflects the currently valid version of the curriculum. It is for informational purposes only and is not legally binding. The legally binding version of the curriculum, including any amendments, may be found in the University of Innsbruck Bulletins.
In order to determine which version of the curriculum is applicable in your case, see the Catalogue of Studies
available at: https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_meinestudien.studienblatt
Section: Current curriculum version
- English version of the curriculum (from October 1st, 2023) in progress
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin Ocgtober 19th, 2023, Issue 3, No. 77 (Equivalence list)
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin May 30th 2023, Issue 41, No. 532 (Curriculum)
Studies Induction and Orientation Stage (STEOP)
(1) Within the scope of the Studies Induction and Orientation Stage, which takes place in the first semester, the following course examinations must be passed:
Recommended Course Sequence
The exemplary course sequence given below is recommended for full-time students beginning their study programme in the winter semester. The table shows one possible course sequence for the bachelor's programme and is not compulsory. Delays resulting from repeated examinations are not taken into account.
The standard duration of the study programme is 6 semesters or 180 ECTS-Credits, whereby according to the Universities Act of 2002, a workload of 1,500 (real) hours per academic year must be fulfilled, corresponding to 60 ECTS-Credits (one ECTS-Credit is equivalent to a workload of 25 hours).
2.0 ECTS-Credits: PS Introduction to Scientific Working
3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Theories, Methods and Sources of Islamic Theology
3.5 ECTS-Credits: VO Introduction to Islamic Theology
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Introduction to Qur’anic Studies
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Introduction to Religious Studies
2.5 ECTS-Credits: VO Introduction to Islamic Religious Education
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Teaching and Learning
4.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Biography of the Prophet (sīra)
4.0 ECTS-AP: SE Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh) I
2.5 ECTS-AP: VU Arabic 1
2,5 ECTS-Credits: VU Arabic 2
2,5 ECTS-Credits: VU Qur’an Recitation
3,0 ECTS-Credits: VO Introduction to Hadith Studies
4,0 ECTS-Credits: VO Genesis and Exegesis of the Qur’an
3,5 ECTS-Credits: VO Introduction to Islamic Philosophy
4,0 ECTS-Credits: SE Islamic Anthropology
4.0 ECTS-Credits: VU Islamic Ethics (aḫlāq)
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO History of the Islam I
3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Islamic Art and Cultural History
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Islamic Schools of Faith and Movements of Faith
3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Fundamentals of Religious Plurality in Islam
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Classical Hadith Hermeneutics
3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Classical Qur’an Exegesis (tafsīr)
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VU Qur’an Recitation with taǧwīd
3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Methods of Islamic Jurisprudence (uṣūl al-fiqh)
4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh) II
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Introduction to Islamic Mysticism (taṣawwuf)
4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Foundations of Islamic Faith (ʿaqīda)
Interdisciplinary skills covering 10 ECTS-Credits are to be passed between semester 3 and semester 6.
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Islamic Schools of Faith and Movements of Faith
3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Fundamentals of Religious Plurality in Islam
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Classical Hadith Hermeneutics
3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Classical Qur’an Exegesis (tafsīr)
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VU Qur’an Recitation with taǧwīd
3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Methods of Islamic Jurisprudence (uṣūl al-fiqh)
4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh) II
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Introduction to Islamic Mysticism (taṣawwuf)
4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Foundations of Islamic Faith (ʿaqīda)
Interdisciplinary skills covering 10 ECTS-Credits are to be passed between semester 3 and semester 6.
Specialisation: Islamic Theology
2.5 ECTS-Credits: VU Arabic for Islamic Theology I
2.5 ECTS-Credits: VU Arabic for Islamic Theology II
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Qur’an Research in the Present
4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Contemporary Discourses is Islamic Theology - Introduction
Specialisation: Islamic Religious Education
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Fundamentals of Religious Education
3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Fundamentals of Religious Education
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Developmental Psychology: Childhood and Youth
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Primary Education
Interdisciplinary skills covering 10 ECTS-Credits are to be passed between semester 3 and semester 6.
Specialisation: Islamic Theology
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO History of Islam II
3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Reform Theological Approaches in the Islamic World in the 19th and 20th Century
4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Fundamental Questions in Islamic Medical and Bioethics
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VU Islamic Spiritual Guidance in Hospitals, Prisons and the Military
3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Project Development (Islamic Theology)
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VU Introduction to Islamic Community Work
4.0 ECTS-Credits: PR Education in Mosque and Community
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VU Qur’anic Arabic I – Text Reading
4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Qur’anic Arabic II – Hermeneutics
Specialisation: Islamic Religious Education
3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Subject Didactics for Primary Schools
2.0 ECTS-Credits: PR Basic Practice: School Teaching and Learning Settings
3.0 ECTS-Credits: PR Primary School Teaching Practice
3.5 ECTS-Credits: SE Special Subject Didactics: Didactics of the Qur’an
4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Special Subject Didactics: Didactics of Hadith
4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Educational Approaches in Islamic Mysticism
4.0 ECTS-Credits: VU Aesthetic Learning and Spiritual Music
3.5 ECTS-Credits: SE Interreligious Learning from an Islamic Perspective
3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Project Development (IRP)
2.5 ECTS-Credits: VO Introduction to Christianity
3.5 ECTS-Credits: SE Cooperative Didactics of Religious Education
1.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Seminar with Bachelor’s Thesis
9.0 ECTS-Credits: Bachelor’s Thesis
Interdisciplinary skills covering 10 ECTS-Credits are to be passed between semester 3 and semester 6.
Specialisation: Islamic Theology
4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Contemporary Movements in Islamic Philosophy
4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Islamic Mysticism – History of Ideas and Institutionalisation
Specialisation: Islamic Religious Education
4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Subject Didactics Secondary Level I
4.0 ECTS-Credits: PR Practice Secondary Schools I
Work in progress
| Semester | ECTS-AP | Titel |
|---|---|---|
Information about examination regulations, assessment and grading
Examination regulations
The examination regulation is an integral part of the curriculum, detailed information can be found under the paragraph examination regulations.
The grade distribution table is a statistical representation of the distribution of all successfully completed examinations in a given programme of study or subject (based on all registered students for the programme or subject). The grade distribution table is updated in regular intervals.
| A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austrian grading scheme | Definition | %-age | ||
| 1 | EXCELLENT: Outstanding performance | 51.9 | = 100% | |
| 2 | GOOD: Generally good, but with some errors | 29.8 | ||
| 3 | SATISFACTORY: Generally sound work with a number of substantial errors | 13.3 | ||
| 4 | SUFFICIENT: Performance meets the minimum criteria | 5 | ||
| 5 | INSUFFICIENT: Substantial improvement necessary; requirement of further work |
December 2021
Overall classification of the qualification
Not applicable
Explanation: An overall classification (mit Auszeichnung bestanden/pass with distinction, bestanden/pass, nicht bestanden/fail) – is awarded only for examinations that conclude a programme of study and consist of more than one subject (an examination of this type is not specified in the curriculum of this programme of study).
Information about the Programme (in German only)
Contact and Information
Examination Office
Location Innrain 52d
Associate Dean of Studies (from 01.03.2024)
Dr. Asligül Aysel, BA MA
Dean of Studies (from 01.03.2024)
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Markus Ammann