Overview

Arabic is one of the world’s major languages and this Arabic and Islamic studies degree allows you to become proficient while you build your understanding of the cultural, religious, political and historical contexts that have shaped the region.

You’ll benefit from a firm grounding in spoken and written Arabic – which you’ll strengthen by spending a year in an Arabic-speaking country – while gaining insight into the religious, cultural, social and political issues that have shaped the Middle East and wider Muslim world.

This degree offers you teaching of the highest standard, in a research-intensive environment where leading scholars and students come together to explore the rich and variegated landscape of Islam, the Islamic ate, Muslim societies and cultures.

We combine a number of academic perspectives throughout the degree, including theology, history, philosophy, sociology and political science. The complex and evolving nature of our field of enquiry demands dynamic tools of analysis, meaning that you’ll study the conventional analytical tools applied in Islamic Studies alongside other approaches such as decoloniality and Critical Muslim Studies.

Part-time study

Can be studied part-time over four years through the Online Learning Centre.

Specialist facilities

At Global we have a wealth of resources to help you make the most of your studies.

You’ll have access to the University’s Language Zone with free learning resources, including space for personal study, language learning software, and video, audio, books and magazines.

With One libraries on campus, you’ll find space for study, group work and research.

Course Content

Core modules in your first year will include intensive Arabic language classes, which you will then build on and refine as you spend your second year in an Arabic-speaking country, and an introduction to Islamic Studies.

When you return from your year, you’ll be able to work on your language skills in areas such as essential skills in Arabic, advanced grammar and translation, and you’ll choose from a range of optional modules to focus on the areas that interest you. Topics such as Arabic media and Arabic stylistics are offered in years 4.

In Islamic Studies, you’ll study all the traditional subjects you would expect, with modules covering Muslim theology, Shari’a law, Islamism, Qur’anic Studies and contemporary intellectual trends.

You’ll also have the opportunity to explore intellectual traditions, social formations and political discourses that are too often marginalised or excluded altogether from the discipline. Examples include Sunni-Murji’ite theology, proto-Shi’i theology, Hanafi legal thought, sexual ethics, emancipatory readings of the Qur’an by women and Black Muslim liberation theology.

Throughout your degree, you’ll benefit from many opportunities to explore your own intellectual curiosities, especially from your second year onwards, when you will be able to formulate your own essay questions within certain modules.

In your final year, you’ll be able to put the research skills you have gained into practice in your Final Year Project – an independent piece of research on a topic of your own choosing. You’ll also have the option to develop your Arabic skills further by choosing a Final Year Translation project, where you can explore issues in translation studies in relation to an extended translation on a topic of your own choosing.

Overview

Global University offers the opportunity to take exciting new chemistry courses, such as Forensics and Biophysical Chemistry.

You will work on laboratory projects alongside our faculty, using state-of-the-art instrumentation.

You will gain analytical, critical thinking and writing skills required to succeed in whatever career you choose.

Highlights

Our students participate in at least one immersive research experience either on or off-campus.

Several of them were awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.

Plan of Study

General Education Requirements

Students who successfully complete these courses will have accomplished many of the General Education learning goals, in particular:

Generate, interpret, and evaluate quantitative information.

First-hand experience with both theoretical analysis and the collection of empirical data.

Admissions

International Admissions

A Global Learning Community

Rooted in the Quaker values of equality, justice, respect, and collaboration, an Global University education creates an unending desire to see the world differently and to bring about change. Global University prepares you for the challenges and decisions of your college career and for your life after college.

As an international student, you play a key role in bringing the world to university. We recognize and value the distinct perspectives you bring with you and how they can enrich experiences in and out of the classroom.

We look forward to welcoming you to campus, too!

Coursework and assessment

Assessment is by taught examinations, coursework, assignments, group assessment and presentations.

Requirements

The university is open to all students who fulfill the following requirements:

• Copy and original of secondary leaving certificate proved by the Minister of Education, Culture and Higher Education, Somalia
• Birth certificate
• Certificate of good conduct
• Application Letter
• Admission exam fee $
• Passport sized photos
• File
• Pass entry exams.

Overview

What You Need to Know

An educational management program may prepare you to work in many settings, including public and private schools, community and vocational colleges, or 4-year universities. These programs help aspiring school administrators learn how to establish school operating procedures, work with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards and enforce school rules. A relevant bachelor’s degree along with some teaching experience may be required for admission.

What Courses Will I Take to Become a Principal?

As an aspiring school principal, you may take a course specifically in principalship. Some of the other courses you take may include:

• Community relations
• Curriculum theory and development
• Multicultural education

What Courses Will I Take to Become an Administrator?

If you decide to study to be a school administrator, you may take some of the same courses you would while studying to be a principal as well as courses that focus on the financial and business aspects of managing a school or college, such as those that higher education funding, human resources management and organizational management. Other courses you may also take include:

• Community college administration
• Distance learning programs
• Personal leadership
• Institutional planning

Coursework and assessment

Assessment is by taught examinations, coursework, assignments, group assessment and presentations.

Requirements

The university is open to all students who fulfill the following requirements:

• Copy and original of secondary leaving certificate proved by the Minister of Education, Culture and Higher Education, Somalia
• Birth certificate
• Certificate of good conduct
• Application Letter
• Admission exam fee $
• Passport sized photos
• File
• Pass entry exams.

Introduction

The BA English Language and Literature is an innovative threefold degree programme that is comprised of English language teaching methodology, English literature and linguistics modules. The students will study the linguistic systems underlying language, exploring in detail how the language is structured, acquired, used and taught. In addition, the relationship between text, language, reader and author, society, economy, politics, culture and the individual will be explored.

Rationale

The courses of the linguistics component aim to provide students with a thorough grounding of the principles underpinning the study of language and the diversity of linguistic study. The teaching modules aim to provide students with knowledge and skills relevant to teaching English with an emphasis on classroom management and the use of technology. The courses in literature in English target the critical analysis of literary texts and films of different historical periods, geographical locations and genres.

Aim of the Programme

The aim of the programme is to provide students with a double major in the areas of English Literature and Linguistics, incorporating aspects of teaching methodology.

Scholarships and Funding

Global University considers candidates for a scholarship based on:

Academic qualifications:

Candidates should meet the entry requirements of the respective programme of study.

Financial ability:

Candidates should be in a position to pay a portion of the fees after the application for the Scholarship.

How it Works

First Complete the Application Form

This is part of the registration process and is not a commitment from your side.

After you submit the application form, a Student Adviser will contact you and discuss:

• Your qualifications for the course.
• The details about the degree.
• The eligibility criteria.
• If you want to study only online or at one of the Global University campuses.
• The documentation that you will need to provide for your administration.
• The level of scholarship you are eligible for.
• Possible payment plan that suits your budget.

Receive Final Approval & Start Studying

Finally, you will be contacted with the decision of the Admissions Officer and the Scholarship Committee. Students that study online, can also take advantage of our Learning Centers that are located at several locations.

For the ones that commence their studies, the Global University team will continue to be at your side every step of the way.

Program Outcome

Objectives of the Programme

The degree objectives target students’ ability to:

• Demonstrate critical thinking skills as a reader, writer and viewer to literature and film in English from different genres, geographical spaces and historical periods.
• Recognise, explain and apply current approaches in literary theory.
• Analyse and discuss a variety of literary texts and theories brought in dialogic interaction.
• Examine the relationship between text, reader, author and the socio-cultural and politico-economic context.
• Recognise linguistic resources that may be exploited in written texts.
• Combine descriptive analysis with more critical and theoretical work, which develops students’ understanding of texts and/or language systems.
• Describe, explain and interpret linguistic systems underlying language acquisition and development.
• Identify and apply language in use patterns.
• Demonstrate high proficiency in English.
• Combine teaching methodologies in order to facilitate learning.

Coursework and assessment

Assessment is by taught examinations, coursework, assignments, group assessment and presentations.

Requirements

The university is open to all students who fulfill the following requirements:

• Copy and original of secondary leaving certificate proved by the Minister of Education, Culture and Higher Education, Somalia
• Birth certificate
• Certificate of good conduct
• Application Letter
• Admission exam fee $
• Passport sized photos
• File
• Pass entry exams.

Overview

The B.A. are the Faculty’s staple undergraduate degrees. They differ from each other mainly in that the B.A. is spread equally over two areas of study, whereas the B.A. focuses on a single area, with a secondary area as subsidiary. All undergraduate students follow two areas of study during the first year, but those who wish and qualify to proceed to the honors track continue with one area of study, in addition to a limited number of credits in the subsidiary area to be taken during the second year. Undergraduates may choose a combination of any two areas of study, with some restriction imposed only by practical time-table requirements. The duration of the degree courses is four years. Honors students write research-based dissertations or long essays in the final stages of their studies. The weighting of the course components in establishing the final grade is biased in favour of the later parts of the course, on the principle that the fairest evaluation of a student is at the point of exit.

Part-time study

Can be studied part-time over four years through the Online Learning Centre.

Admission and progression requirements

The admission requirements are applicable for courses commencing in September.

For more detailed information pertaining to admission and progression requirements please refer to the bye-laws for the course available here.

Program of study

Last Updated: 30 September 2021

The University makes every effort to ensure that the published Courses Plans, Programmes of Study and Study-Unit information are complete and up-to-date at the time of publication. The University reserves the right to make changes in case errors are detected after publication.

Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice.

Unless for exceptional approved reasons, no changes to the programme of study for a particular academic year will be made once the students’ registration period for that academic year begins.

Course description

Our BSc Mathematics and Physics degree provides an opportunity to study two key subjects in depth – at a university with a fantastic reputation for both.

You will study a broad range of topics across both disciplines. In applied mathematics, for example, you can cover hydrodynamics, waves, elasticity and modelling of industrial processes. For theoretical physics you can study, among others, high energy particle physics, nuclear physics and quark matter, and field theory in curved space-time.

Our physics department is recognized as one of the very best in the UK, and we have one of the largest mathematics departments in the country – so you can explore a huge range of areas.

You will have access to an incredible array of facilities designed with input from mathematics staff and students alike – and will be taught by teachers with a wide variety of research interests.

Aims

• You will study two key disciplines, mathematics and physics, in depth – covering a broad range of topics in both.
• We will provide access to a fantastic array of facilities, and you will work with leading academics in both mathematics and physics.

Teaching and learning

The course is designed for students who wish to study both mathematics and physics in depth. You will attend lectures, tutorials, example classes and laboratory sessions, covering a broad range of topics in both subjects.

Coursework and assessment

Course units are normally assessed formally at the end of the semester via examinations. Laboratory or computer-based course units also employ assignments and other methods of continuous assessment.