New Joint Islamic Studies program at Monash University and Australian Catholic University (ACU) In an exciting new initiative between Monash University’s Faculty of
Arts and the Australian Catholic University (ACU), students will be able to study a diverse and well-researched range of units in all aspects of Islamic studies from 2011.
Units will cover Arabic language, Qur’an and Hadith studies, Islamic history, law, contemporary thought, art, and comparative studies. A limited range of units will be available in 2010 including:

•        Arabic language (Monash) http://arts.monash.edu.au/lcl/arabic.php
•        Islam: Principles, civilisations, and influences (Monash and it is elective unit)
•        Introduction to Islam (ACU)
•        Approaches to the Qur’an and Hadith (ACU)

For more information, go to: Bachelor of Arts with a major in Islamic Studies
http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/aos/arts-ug-islamic-studies.html

Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Research) in Islamic Studies
http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2010handbooks/courses/3937.html

Course coordinator:
Dr. Salih Yucel
Lecturer, Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology
Monash University
salih.yucel@arts.monash.edu.au

Prof. Ismail Albayrak
Fethullah Gulen Chair in the Study of Muslim-Catholic Relations,
Australian Catholic University (ACU)
ismail.albayrak@acu.edu.au