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Kurdish Academy: 128 courses in 17 schools. Courses in Kurdish languages, history, heritage, civic life and the professions, from Foundations to Scholar. 38 outlines are ready; none is open yet.
The Academy: courses in every field and every Kurdish variety, from first letters to research, for learners in the homeland, the region and the diaspora.
The catalogue
128 courses 4 faculties, 17 schools (A curriculum grouping, a proposal until decision D17)
38 outlines ready No course is open yet. Each planned course shows its status in the catalogue, and registration opens when its outline passes review.
Open edX: in-preparation study.kurds.global
Courses with an outline
KCO-LNG-01 Kurmanji A1 (Latin) First steps in spoken and written Kurmanji, using the Latin alphabet. 40 hours KCO-LNG-04 Sorani A1 First steps in spoken and written Sorani, using the Arabic-based Kurdish script. 40 hours KCO-LNG-07 Kurdish scripts bridge (Latin, Arabic-based, Cyrillic) Reading Kurdish in all three scripts it is written in, so readers can cross between communities. 12 hours KCO-LNG-12 Kurdish teacher training Teaching Kurdish to children and adults in community and weekend schools. 30 hours KCO-LNG-14 Kurdish languages 101 The Kurdish language varieties, their scripts, and how linguists and speakers classify them. 6 hours KCO-HIS-01 Kurds in world history (survey) Kurdish history from antiquity to today, across the four states and the diaspora. 30 hours KCO-HIS-14 History 101: how we know the past How historians work with sources, and why accounts of the same past differ. 6 hours KCO-HIS-15 Kurdish heritage and archaeology 101 Archaeological sites, monuments and living heritage in the region, from UNESCO lists and scholarship. 6 hours KCO-MEM-01 Anfal and Halabja The Anfal campaign and the chemical attack on Halabja: what happened, how it is documented and remembered. 12 hours KCO-DIA-01 Waves of Kurdish migration Why Kurds left home in each era, where they went, and how their communities formed. 16 hours KCO-DIA-09 Diaspora studies 101 What a diaspora is, how scholars study it, and how to read the numbers. 6 hours KCO-LIT-01 Dengbêj and oral tradition The dengbêj singers and the Kurdish oral tradition of epic, lament and song. 12 hours KCO-LIT-06 Kurdish literature and poetry 101 Kurdish oral and written literature, from dengbêj to the novel, read in translation and in the original. 6 hours KCO-FTH-06 Studying religion 101 How scholars study religions and beliefs from the outside, with respect and without endorsing any. 6 hours KCO-FTH-07 Religions and beliefs of Kurdistan 101 An academic introduction to every faith tradition among Kurds, in each community's own terms. 6 hours KCO-FOD-01 Kurdish cuisine by region Kurdish food from the mountains to the cities, and what it carries of history and family. 10 hours KCO-FOD-02 Newroz and the Kurdish calendar Newroz, its customs and meanings, and the calendars Kurds use. 6 hours KCO-FOD-04 Kurdish cultures 101 Everyday Kurdish cultures: food, music, dress, crafts, festivals and calendars, across regions and the diaspora. 6 hours KCO-CIV-07 Civic participation in Germany How German democracy works at federal, Land and local level, and how Kurds living in Germany can take part lawfully and safely. 10 hours KCO-CIV-08 Civic participation in Sweden How Swedish democracy works at national, regional and municipal level, and how Kurds in Sweden can take part lawfully and safely. 10 hours KCO-CIV-15 Citizenship and civic life 101 What citizenship means, how people take part in public life, and how rules differ between countries. 6 hours KCO-CIV-16 Political systems 101 How states are governed, compared without taking sides. 6 hours KCO-CIV-17 Human rights 101 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the core UN human rights treaties, in plain language. 6 hours KCO-DIG-01 Digital safety for families Practical steps for Kurdish families who may be watched, phished or pressured, here or in the homeland. 8 hours KCO-DIG-05 Digital skills 101 Everyday digital skills: devices, the web, files, communication and safety basics. 6 hours KCO-MIG-05 Migration 101 Why people move, how migration is counted and which words mean what. 6 hours KCO-MIG-06 Education systems 101 How school and adult education are organised in different countries, and how to find your way in them. 6 hours KCO-WRK-01 Career transition for skilled migrants Putting a profession learned in Kurdistan or elsewhere to work in a new country. 18 hours KCO-WRK-06 Economics and remittances 101 Basic economics for households and communities, and what remittances are and how they are measured. 6 hours KCO-WRK-07 Development 101 What development means, how it is measured, and the Sustainable Development Goals. 6 hours KCO-WRK-08 Work and careers 101 How labour markets work, and how to plan a career in a new country. 6 hours KCO-WEL-04 Public health and wellbeing 101 How populations stay healthy, how health is measured, and where to find reliable health information. 6 hours KCO-RSK-04 Climate and environment 101 The science of climate change and the state of the environment, from the IPCC and UNEP. 6 hours KCO-RSK-05 Risk and hazards 101 How hazards become disasters, how risk is measured, and how families and communities prepare. 6 hours KCO-RES-05 Research methods and data literacy 101 How research questions are asked and answered, and how to read data and charts honestly. 6 hours KCO-SSC-01 Sociology 101 How sociologists study groups, institutions and social change. 6 hours KCO-SSC-02 Anthropology 101 How anthropologists study culture through fieldwork, and the ethics of studying people. 6 hours KCO-SSC-03 Human geography and maps 101 How people and places shape each other, and how to read and question a map. 6 hours
Pathways
Heritage Learner (teen) Teens of the second and third generation
Kurdish Teacher Volunteer and professional teachers
Community Organiser Chapter and association volunteers
Newcomer Professional Skilled newcomers
Pages of the network
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