
| Program name: | Eastern Studies |
| Study Level: | Undergraduate |
| Program leader: | Alexander Chulukhadze |
| Study language: | Georgian |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Near or/and Middle East Studies |
| Program permission: | Enrollment of students at the first level of academic higher education (undergraduate programs) is carried out based on the results of unified national exams or the order of the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia No. 224/N (December 29, 2011), passing administrative registration and the order of the presidents. |
| Program goals: | The program aims at training a qualified specialist of Middle East studies, a qualified specialist of one of the three main languages of the Middle East (Arabic, Persian, Turkish), a citizen with high social awareness and democratic values, who can understand and respect different cultures; an individual with analytical, critical and communication skills. At the same time, the program provides knowledge about the history of the Middle East region, economic, political, legal, religious systems and culture, political trends and factors leading to various types of conflicts considering the peculiarities of the countries of the region, the dynamics of political relations with each other and with Georgia, the current situation, and perspectives. The program develops the student's ability to critically understand the past and present of the Middle East; in general, the ability to identify the main characteristics of the Middle East as a large region and the separate countries within it, and a general understanding of the characteristics of the regional development and diachronic framework. The undergraduate of the program will be employed in almost all areas related to various aspects of the acquired competences: public service, international organizations, scientific-research institutes, foreign relations service, Eastern private or state trade / economic missions, macro and microeconomic international companies, diplomatic missions of the relevant countries, etc. |
| Methods for Attaining Learning Outcomes: | • the method of working on the book; • explanatory method; • using video-audio material; • interactive lectures; • Dislike news; • team working; • Practical working; • Written working • make a presentations; • Verbal or oral method • Discussion-debates |
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| Date of approval: | 12-03-2012 |
| Approval protocol number: | 43-12 |
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| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| LAWB1155 | Debates and Critical Thinking | 6 | 2 |
| STEM0002 | Ingenuity, entrepreneurship and technology | 6 | 2 |
| STEM0013 | Basics of Cyber Hygiene | 6 | 2 |
| STEM0014 | Hiking - Field Practice | 6 | 2 |
| STEM0018 | AI in Everyday Life | 6 | 2 |
| Total ECTS to be taken: | 6 | ||
| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| STEM1009 | Great scientific experiments | 6 | 1 |
| STEM0003 | Experiments that changed the world | 6 | 1 |
| STEM0004 | Game theory | 6 | 1 |
| STEM0007 | Mathematics and Civilizations | 6 | 1 |
| STEM0011 | Computational reasoning | 6 | 1 |
| STEM0012 | Biology and Health of the Human | 6 | 1 |
| MATH1414 | Analytical and Quantitative Reasoning | 6 | 1 |
| STEM0005 | Modern technologies | 6 | 1 |
| STEM0010 | Logic | 6 | 1 |
| Total ECTS to be taken: | 6 | ||
| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| ENGL1214 | 6 | 1 | |
| HIST1118 | Civilizations and Mankind Development | 6 | 1 |
| ORST2526 | 6 | 1 | |
| KART1515 | Special Course in the Official Language | 6 | 2 |
| ORST1210 | History of The Middle East I (Ancient and Middle Periods) | 6 | 2 |
| ORST2527 | 6 | 2 | |
| IREL4013 | Introduction to Political Economy | 6 | 3 |
| ORST2110 | History of The Middle East II (New and Contemporary Periods) | 6 | 3 |
| ORST2120 | Islam (Region, History, Civilization) | 6 | 3 |
| ORST2222 | Arts and Culture of The Middle East | 6 | 3 |
| JMMB3120 | Media and Politics | 6 | 4 |
| ORST1115 | Geopolitics of ethnic and religious conflicts in the Near East | 6 | 4 |
| ORST2132 | Political and Economic Geography of the Near East | 6 | 4 |
| ORST1116 | 6 | 5 | |
| ORST2524 | 6 | 5 | |
| ORST4210 | The Contemporary Middle East (Ideology, Politics and Security) | 6 | 5 |
| ORST1117 | Political relations of Georgia and the Near East | 6 | 6 |
| ORST2217 | State Structure and Law of The Middle East | 6 | 6 |
| ORST4232 | Bachelor Thesis in Oriental Studies | 12 | 6 |
| Total ECTS to be taken: | 120 | ||
| Code | Subject | ECTS | |
| ARAB4142 | 6 | ||
| ARAB4242 | 6 | ||
| HIST1222 | History of Russian occupation in Georgia | 6 | |
| HIST1230 | Introduction to the History of Georgia | 6 | |
| JMMB1210 | Understanding of Media and its Content | 6 | |
| KART1220 | Academic Writing | 6 | |
| PERS4142 | 6 | ||
| PERS4242 | 6 | ||
| TURK4142 | 6 | ||
| TURK4242 | 6 | ||
| Total ECTS to be taken: | 12 | ||
| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| ARAB1140 | Arabic Language I (A1) | 6 | 1 |
| ARAB1240 | Arabic Language II (A2) | 6 | 2 |
| ARAB2141 | Arabic language (B1/1) | 6 | 3 |
| ARAB2241 | Arabic language IV(B1/2) | 6 | 4 |
| ARAB3142 | Arabic language V (B2/1) | 6 | 5 |
| ARAB3242 | Arabic language VI (B2/2) | 6 | 6 |
| Total ECTS to be taken: | 36 | ||
| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| TURK1140 | Turkish Language I (A1) | 6 | 1 |
| TURK1240 | Turkish Language II (A2) | 6 | 2 |
| TURK2141 | Turkish Language III(B1/1) | 6 | 3 |
| TURK2241 | Turkish language IV (B1/2) | 6 | 4 |
| TURK3142 | Turkish language V(B2/1) | 6 | 5 |
| TURK3242 | Turkish language VI (B2/2) | 6 | 6 |
| Total ECTS to be taken: | 36 | ||
| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| PERS1140 | Persian Language I (A1) | 6 | 1 |
| PERS1240 | Persian Language II (A2) | 6 | 2 |
| PERS2141 | Persian language III(B1/1) | 6 | 3 |
| PERS2241 | Persian language IV(B1/2) | 6 | 4 |
| PERS3142 | Persian language V (B2/1) | 6 | 5 |
| PERS3242 | Persian language VI (B2/2) | 6 | 6 |
| Total ECTS to be taken: | 36 | ||
| Point | GPA | The university assessment | The general assessment in Georgia | |
| 97-100 | 4,00 | A+ | A | Excellent |
| 94-96 | 3,75 | A | ||
| 91-93 | 3,50 | A- | ||
| 87-90 | 3,25 | B+ | Very good | |
| 84-86 | 3,00 | B | B | |
| 81-83 | 2,75 | B- | ||
| 77-80 | 2,50 | C+ | C | good |
| 74-76 | 2,25 | C | ||
| 71-73 | 2,00 | C- | ||
| 67-70 | 1,75 | D+ | D | Satisfactory |
| 64-66 | 1,50 | D | ||
| 61-63 | 1,25 | D- | ||
| 51-60 | 1,00 | E | E | Sufficient |
| Not passed | ||||
| 41-50 | FX | FX | Insufficient | |
| <40 | F | F | Failed | |