Graduates of the B.A. programme have a good grasp of the principal theories of religion, have a basic knowledge of the main religious traditions, and have a profound grounding in one of them. They have learnt to classify, process and critically analyse mainly textual sources. They speak one major foreign language and read texts in another one.

Graduates are specialists on the history and culture of the Middle East. They have a good practical knowledge of Arabic at B1 level, a grounding in the history and current geo-political situation of the region and the major approaches to its study, and the ability to work with secondary literature.