The Islamic civilisation, to which one in five people across the world belong, regardless of their ethnicity, culture or place of origin, remains a mystery for many of us, despite the studies conducted by orientalists and scholars of Islam in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Europe is currently witnessing a decline in the courses offered on Islamic studies and Arabic language study. In the Muslim world itself, learning is subject to ideological considerations or limited to the traditional approach.

 

Over at least five centuries (from the eighth to the thirteenth), Islam has taken part in the formation of the Mediterranean civilisation. The Muslim world, constantly affected by controversy and disputes concerning political conflicts and security issues – with which we share many goals and interests – deserves to be made the object of scientific study.

 

The origin of the conflict is often ignorance, the cause of the "clash of civilisations" and poor cultural exchange. Experiences such as the Barcelona process, which led to the Barcelona-based Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, or the crisis of modernity (which is not limited to finance), and issues such as immigration, globalisation, the geographical proximity of the two cultures and the need to relearn how to work and live together are just some of the reasons why it is interesting to study the religion, civilisation, societies, cultures, language, arts, economics and geopolitics of the Muslim world.

 

The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya seeks to contribute to this task of education, research and acquisition of knowledge through its interdisciplinary scientific programme and the support and participation of international experts.

Mustapha Chérif
Directeur Académique

During the course of this Master's, students can acquire the following skills:

 

• Identify and interpret the main foundations of Islam, its pillars and their impact on the life and civilisation of Muslims.

• Analyse the development of Muslim thought with the study of classical and reformist thinking.

• Obtain an overview of the cultural diversity and some of its products in different fields.

• Know the bases of Islamic law and economics.

• Understand the development of science in the Muslim world and its contribution and impact on European civilisation.

List of topics

• The Koran

• History of science in the Muslim world

• Islamic law

• Classical Islamic thinking

• The Prophet

• Sufism and spirituality

 

See complete academic programme

Price

2.395 euros

Consult the financial aid that the UOC offers to international students.

 

The programme fees should be confirmed on enrolment.