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Master of Arts (Honours) Modern Languages (Arabic and Persian) and Middle Eastern Studies


MA (Hons) Arabic (Triple Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
Arabic for Beginners 1 20 AND
Arabic for Beginners 2 20

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

MA (Hons) Persian (Triple Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
Persian for Beginners 1 20 AND
Persian for Beginners 2 20

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year


MA (Hons) Arabic (Triple Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
^ Intermediate Arabic 1 20 AND
^ Intermediate Arabic 2 20

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass and have an average grade 11 or better in modules marked ^
MA (Hons) Middle East Studies (Triple Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 20 credits from Module List: ME1003, MO1008 AND
The Fall of Rome and the Origins of Europe (400-1000) 20
Themes in Late Modern History (c. 1776 - 2001) 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
Introduction to Middle Eastern History 20 AND
View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: ME1003, ME2003, MO1008, HI2001
The Fall of Rome and the Origins of Europe (400-1000) 20
Medieval Europe (11th - 15th c.) 20
Themes in Late Modern History (c. 1776 - 2001) 20
History as a Discipline: Development and Key Concepts 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

First and Second Year Middle East Studies Triple Honours Programme Requirements.
20 credits: ME1003 or MO1008
20 credits: MH2002
40 further credits from ME1003, ME2003, MO1008 or HI2001

Not more than 90 Honours credits may be chosen from modules taught by any one member of staff.

MA (Hons) Middle East Studies (Triple Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 20 credits from Module List: ME1003, MO1008 AND
The Fall of Rome and the Origins of Europe (400-1000) 20
Themes in Late Modern History (c. 1776 - 2001) 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
Introduction to Middle Eastern History 20 AND
View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: ME1003, ME2003, MO1008, HI2001
The Fall of Rome and the Origins of Europe (400-1000) 20
Medieval Europe (11th - 15th c.) 20
Themes in Late Modern History (c. 1776 - 2001) 20
History as a Discipline: Development and Key Concepts 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

First and Second Year Middle East Studies Triple Honours Programme Requirements.
20 credits: ME1003 or MO1008
20 credits: MH2002
40 further credits from ME1003, ME2003, MO1008 or HI2001

Not more than 90 Honours credits may be chosen from modules taught by any one member of staff.

MA (Hons) Persian (Triple Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
Intermediate Persian 1 20 AND
Intermediate Persian 2 20

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • An average grade of 11 in all Persian modules taken

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

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MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.


MA (Hons) Arabic (Triple Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
Media Arabic 1 15 AND
Media Arabic 2 15 AND
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: AR3411, AR3420 - AR3499, AR4421 - AR4422, AR4461 - AR4462
AR3411 Modern Arab Culture and Society 15
Arabic Short Stories 1 15
Arabic Short Stories 2 15
Fannanat: Arab Women's Creativity in Modern Arab Culture 15
Modern Arab Culture and Society 15
Key Texts in Classical Arabic Literature and Culture 1 15
Key Texts in Classical Arabic Literature and Culture 2 15
Exile and Identity 15
Palestinian Fiction 15
Classical Arabic Poetry 15
Classical Arabic Prose 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

MA (Hons) Middle East Studies (Triple Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 30 and 60 credits from Module List: Various Groupings of AH, IR, ME and MO Modules
A Survey of Islamic Art 30
AH4050 Approaches to Persian Painting and the Arts of the Book 30
Conflict in the Middle East 30
IR3301 Politics and State Formation in the Middle East 30
IR3302 Democracy and Revolution in North Africa 30
The Arab - Israeli Conflict 30
The International, Modernity and Contemporary Gulf Politics 30
The Medieval Castle 30
The Imperial City: Byzantine and Ottoman Constantinople 30
ME3164 Archaeology of Late Antiquity and the Early Islamic Middle East: Architecture and Representations of Power (C4th-C12th) 30
ME3602 The Crusades viewed from the other side: Muslim perspectives 30
ME3608 Eastern Approaches: Early Medieval Armenia c. 500 - 750 30
The Eastern Roman Empire in the Reign of Justinian 527 - 565 30
ME3612 Cataclysm and Consolidation: the Reconfiguration of the Middle East in the Seventh Century 30
Arabs, Persians and Turks in the Early Islamic East in the Age of the Caliphates (600 - 1200) 30
Missionaries, Assassins and State-builders: Militant Shiæism in the Medieval Muslim World 30
The Mamluks And The Mamluk Sultanate 30
The Iranian World from the Timurids to the Safavids (1370 - 1722) 30
The Ottoman Empire 1300 - 1700 30
Persia in the 18th Century, 1722-1834 (Age of the Warlords) 30
MO3381 French Algeria (1830-1962) 30
Modern Iran from 1834-1941: Enlightenment, Nationalism & Revolution 30
MO3386 Religion and State in Iran from the Rise of the Safavid dynasty until the Constitutional Movement (1501-1911) 30
Gender and Sexuality in South Asia (1800s-2000s) 30
From World War 2 to Thermidor: Iran in the Short 20th Century 30
From Second World War to Cold War and Coup d'Etat: Iran Between 1941 and 1953 30
A Survey of Islamic Art 30
AH4050 Approaches to Persian Painting and the Arts of the Book 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

IR3300 - IR3320: IR modules outwith this range may also be allowed, with the permission of the Director of Teaching of Middle East Studies.
Admittance to 3000- and 4000-level IR modules requires permission from the Honours Advisers in Middle East Studies and International Relations.
Students will normally be expected to have met the requirements for Honours entry to the School of International Relations.

MA (Hons) Persian (Triple Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
Higher Intermediate Persian 1 15 AND
Higher Intermediate Persian 2 15 AND
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: PR3000 - PR4095,PR4098 or PR4099,ML3201,ML4794, ID4002
Higher Intermediate Persian 1 15
Higher Intermediate Persian 2 15
Key Texts in Modern Persian Literature 15
Modern Iran through Cinema 15
Modernity and Iranian Drama 15
Songs of Love and Revolution 15
Advanced Persian 1 15
Advanced Persian 2 15
Introduction to Classical Persian Literature 15
PR4098 Short Dissertation on a Persian Topic 15
Long Dissertation on a Persian Topic 30
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year


MA (Hons) Arabic (Triple Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
Advanced Arabic 1 15 AND
Advanced Arabic 2 15 AND
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: AR4420 - AR4499, AR3411, AR3421 - AR3423, AR3461 - AR3462, AR4999, ML4794, ID4002 AND
Exile and Identity 15
Palestinian Fiction 15
Classical Arabic Poetry 15
Classical Arabic Prose 15
AR3411 Modern Arab Culture and Society 15
Arabic Short Stories 1 15
Arabic Short Stories 2 15
Key Texts in Classical Arabic Literature and Culture 1 15
Key Texts in Classical Arabic Literature and Culture 2 15
Dissertation in Arabic Studies 30
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Fannanat: Arab Women's Creativity in Modern Arab Culture 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Choose optional credits to give between 60 and 120 credits in Arabic over years 3 and 4.

AR4999 and ML4794 cannot be selected together.

MA (Hons) Middle East Studies (Triple Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 30 credits from Module List: HI4999, HI4794, HI4997
Honours Dissertation in History 30
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
Recording the Past 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

MA (Hons) Persian (Triple Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
Advanced Persian 1 15 AND
Advanced Persian 2 15 AND
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: PR3000 - PR4095,PR4098 or PR4099,ML3201,ML4794, ID4002
Higher Intermediate Persian 1 15
Higher Intermediate Persian 2 15
Key Texts in Modern Persian Literature 15
Modern Iran through Cinema 15
Modernity and Iranian Drama 15
Songs of Love and Revolution 15
Advanced Persian 1 15
Advanced Persian 2 15
Introduction to Classical Persian Literature 15
PR4098 Short Dissertation on a Persian Topic 15
Long Dissertation on a Persian Topic 30
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year


Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant 91¹û¶³ÊÓƵ School in the Learning Agreement (see ).