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Master of Arts (Honours) Economics and Middle East Studies


MA (Hons) Economics (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
(( Macroeconomics 20 AND
Microeconomics 20 ) OR
( EC1004 Economics
Not running in 2022-2023
20 AND
View list 20 credits from Level 1000 options )) AND
Art in Europe and Beyond to 1600 20
Art in Europe and Beyond 1600-1800 20
The Greeks in a Wider World 20
Rome and the Mediterranean 20
Arabic for Beginners 1 20
Arabic for Beginners 2 20
Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 20
Astrophysics (Direct Entry) 5
Biology 1 20
Biology 2 20
Introductory Chemistry for Second Year Direct Entry Students 10
The Impact of Chemistry 20
Introductory Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 20
Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 1 20
Organic and Biological Chemistry 1 20
Myth and Community in Ancient Greek Literature and Culture 20
Images of Augustan Rome 20
Beginners Chinese Language 1 20
Chinese Language and Textual Practices 1 20
Beginners Chinese Language 2 20
Chinese Language and Textual Practices 2 20
The Nineteenth-Century Novel 20
Drama in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries 20
Object-Oriented Programming 20
Programming with Data 20
Programming Projects 20
Computer Systems Fundamentals 20
God and the World: Introducing Theology 20
Old Testament: Torah and Prophets 20
Hebrew 1: Introduction to Hebrew Language 20
New Testament Greek 1 20
Jesus and the Gospels 20
Introduction to Practical Theology and Theological Ethics 20
From Adam to Apocalypse: The Bible and Western Culture 20
Macroeconomics 20
Microeconomics 20
Mathematics for Economists 20
Finance 20
Culture and Conflict: An Introduction to Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature 20
Empires and Revolutions: Literature 1680-1830 20
Understanding Planet Earth 20
Earth's Resource Challenges 20
Astrobiology: The Search for Life in the Universe 20
Key Concepts in Film Studies 20
Global Film History and Historiography 20
French Language and Literature 1 20
French Language and Literature 2 20
Welcome to the Anthropocene: Society, Population, Environment 20
A World in Crisis? 20
Greek Language for Beginners 20
Greek Literature for Beginners 20
Greek Language and Literature 1 20
Greek Pastoral and Passion 20
First Level German A 1 20
First Level German A 2 20
First Level German B 1 20
First Level German B 2 20
Great Ideas 1 20
Academic English and Study Skills 1 20
Concepts in Global Politics 20
Foreign Policy and Diplomacy in Global Politics 20
Introduction to Italian Language 20
Italian Language (Elementary) 20
Italian Language Intermediate 1 10
Italian Language Intermediate 2 10
Italian Geographies 10
Italian Histories 10
Elementary Latin 1 20
Elementary Latin 2 20
World of Latin 1 20
World of Latin 2 20
The Fall of Rome and the Origins of Europe (400-1000) 20
Scotland and the English Empire 1070 - 1500 20
Organisations and Society 20
Organisations and Analysis 20
The Early Modern Western World (c. 1450 - c. 1770) 20
Themes in Late Modern History (c. 1776 - 2001) 20
Introductory Mathematics 20
Mathematics 20
Pure and Applied Mathematics 20
Statistics in Practice 20
Understanding Music 20
Making Music 1 20
Words and Music 20
An Introduction to Ethnomusicology: why, and how, human beings are musical 20
Physics 1A 20
Physics 1B 20
Mathematics for Physicists 1A 20
Physics Skills 1A 20
Physics Skills 1B 20
Persian for Beginners 1 20
Persian for Beginners 2 20
Fundamentals of Psychology 1 20
Fundamentals of Psychology 2 20
Mind and World 20
Moral and Political Controversies 20
Reasoning 20
The Enlightenment 20
Elementary Russian Language 1 20
Elementary Russian Language 2 20
Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 1 20
Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 2 20
Anthropology in the World 20
Ways of Thinking 20
What is Sustainable Development? 20
Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges & Opportunities 20
Spanish Language and Texts 1 20
Spanish Language and Texts 2 20
Spanish for Beginners 1 20
Spanish for Beginners 2 20
Vertically Integrated Project 10
Vertically Integrated Project 15
Vertically Integrated Project 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
20 credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

Students who have passed MT1002 are exempt from EC1003.
EC1003 may be taken in second year
MA (Hons) Middle East Studies (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: ME1003, MO1007 - MO1008 AND
The Fall of Rome and the Origins of Europe (400-1000) 20
The Early Modern Western World (c. 1450 - c. 1770) 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
Between 0 and 80 credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year


MA (Hons) Economics (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ Intermediate Microeconomics 20 AND
^ Intermediate Macroeconomics 20 AND
Statistics for Economists 20 AND
Mathematics for Economists 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

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

EC1003 may be taken in first year.
Students who have passed MT1002 are exempt from EC1003.
Students who have passed MT2508 are exempt from EC2203.
Automatic entry rules to be changed according to University regulations.

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass at first sitting and have an average grade 7 or better in modules marked ^
MA (Hons) Middle East Studies (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
* Introduction to Middle Eastern History 20 AND
( ~ History as a Discipline: Development and Key Concepts 20 OR
~ Medieval Europe (11th - 15th c.) 20 OR
~ Scotland, Britain and Empire (c. 1500 - 2000) 20 ) AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

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

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass at grade 7 or better in the modules marked *
  • pass at grade 7 or better in the modules marked ~

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.

See: )

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) Economics (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: EC3301 - EC3350, EC4401 - EC4489 AND
Econometrics 20
Game Theory 20
Economic Growth 20
Mathematical Economics 20
Incentives, Contracts and Markets 20
Economic Fluctuations 20
Computational Economics 20
Advanced Econometrics 20
Monetary and Financial History 20
EC4403 Health and Education Economics 20
Economics of the Environment 20
EC4406 Experimental Economics: Methods, Markets, Institutions and Behaviour 20
Behavioural Economics: Individual Decisions and Welfare 20
Industrial Organisation and Regulations 20
International Macroeconomics 20
International Trade 20
Labour Economics 20
EC4413 European Macroeconomics 20
Macroeconomic Policy 20
Public Economics 20
Innovation Economics 20
Financial Economics: Asset Pricing 20
Financial Economics: Corporate Finance 20
Development Economics 20
Inequality and Redistribution 20
EC4421 Political Economics 20
EC4422 Communication and Public Engagement in Economics and Finance 5
The Economics of Migration 20
Econometrics of Impact Evaluation 20
Practical Financial Modelling 20
EC4427 Philosophy of Economics 20
Topics in Economic History 20
EC4429 Health Economics 20
Financial Economics: Portfolio Management 20
Economics of Education 20
Development and Finance 20
Behavioural Economics: Social and Strategic Interactions 20
Personnel Economics 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 academic year

MA (Hons) Middle East Studies (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: Various Groupings of AH, IR, ME and MO Modules
AH3131 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
Cyber Security and the Global Politics of the Internet 30
ME3162 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
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
ME3616 Missionaries, Assassins and State-builders: Militant Shiæism in the Medieval Muslim World 30
ME3617 The Mamluks And The Mamluk Sultanate 30
Nomadic Heritage and Persianate Culture: the Iranian world from Timurids to the Safavids (1370-1722) 30
The Ottoman Empire 1300 - 1700 30
MO3280 Persia in the 18th Century, 1722-1834 (Age of the Warlords) 30
MO3381 French Algeria (1830-1962) 30
MO3385 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
MO3583 From Second World War to Cold War and Coup d'Etat: Iran Between 1941 and 1953 30
AH3131 A Survey of Islamic Art 30
AH4050 Approaches to Persian Painting and the Arts of the Book 30
A Graveyard of Empires? Afghanistan in the Twentieth Century 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

Access to level 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) Economics (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: EC3301 - EC3350, EC4401 - EC4499, EC5201 - EC5203, ID4002
Econometrics 20
Game Theory 20
Economic Growth 20
Mathematical Economics 20
Incentives, Contracts and Markets 20
Economic Fluctuations 20
Computational Economics 20
Advanced Econometrics 20
Monetary and Financial History 20
EC4403 Health and Education Economics 20
Economics of the Environment 20
EC4406 Experimental Economics: Methods, Markets, Institutions and Behaviour 20
Behavioural Economics: Individual Decisions and Welfare 20
Industrial Organisation and Regulations 20
International Macroeconomics 20
International Trade 20
Labour Economics 20
EC4413 European Macroeconomics 20
Macroeconomic Policy 20
Public Economics 20
Innovation Economics 20
Financial Economics: Asset Pricing 20
Financial Economics: Corporate Finance 20
Development Economics 20
Inequality and Redistribution 20
EC4421 Political Economics 20
EC4422 Communication and Public Engagement in Economics and Finance 5
The Economics of Migration 20
Econometrics of Impact Evaluation 20
Practical Financial Modelling 20
EC4427 Philosophy of Economics 20
Topics in Economic History 20
EC4429 Health Economics 20
Financial Economics: Portfolio Management 20
Economics of Education 20
Development and Finance 20
Behavioural Economics: Social and Strategic Interactions 20
Personnel Economics 20
Research Project in Economics 20
Dissertation in Economics 40
Macroeconomics 20
Microeconomics 20
Econometric Methods and Applications 20
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

Access to EC5201 - EC5203 is only available with the permission of the Director of Teaching to students in the Second Year of an Honours Programme who have achieved at least 17.5 in a relevant module, namely, EC3303 or EC3306 for EC5201, EC3302 or EC3505 for EC5202, in EC4401 for EC5203

MA (Hons) Middle East Studies (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
( View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: Various Groupings of AH, IR, ME and MO Modules AND
AH3131 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
Cyber Security and the Global Politics of the Internet 30
ME3162 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
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
ME3616 Missionaries, Assassins and State-builders: Militant Shiæism in the Medieval Muslim World 30
ME3617 The Mamluks And The Mamluk Sultanate 30
Nomadic Heritage and Persianate Culture: the Iranian world from Timurids to the Safavids (1370-1722) 30
The Ottoman Empire 1300 - 1700 30
MO3280 Persia in the 18th Century, 1722-1834 (Age of the Warlords) 30
MO3381 French Algeria (1830-1962) 30
MO3385 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
MO3583 From Second World War to Cold War and Coup d'Etat: Iran Between 1941 and 1953 30
AH3131 A Survey of Islamic Art 30
AH4050 Approaches to Persian Painting and the Arts of the Book 30
A Graveyard of Empires? Afghanistan in the Twentieth Century 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
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: IR4099, IR4600 - IR4650, HI4997 - HI4999, HI4794 AND
Honours Dissertation in International Relations 60
IR4600 Ideologies and Social Movements in the Middle East 30
IR4601 Political Order and Violence in the Middle East 30
IR4602 International Relations of the Middle East 30
IR4604 Political Islam and International Relations 30
IR4606 Propaganda, Persuasion and Information War in the Middle East 30
IR4607 Britain and Iraq 1914-2004 30
Recording the Past 30
Honours Project in History 30
Honours Dissertation in History 30
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 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
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: ID4002, HI4101 and HI4996 ) OR
Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Communication in History 15
Presenting 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
View list 60 credits from Module List: ME4850 - ME4895, MO4850 - MO4895 AND
From Leo VI to Basil II: Byzantium in the Tenth Century 60
ME4855 Crusaders, Mongols and Mamluks: West and East in the Mid-Thirteenth Century 60
From Byzantium to the Ottoman Empire 60
The Mongol Empire and the Islamic World 60
MO4850 Britain and Iran in the Modern Era 60
MO4852 Experiencing the Past in the Middle East 60
Under a Bright Red Star: Iranian Marxism in the 20th Century 60
MO4854 Equality, Institutions and the Development of the Modern State 60
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

Access to HI4999 requires the permission of the Chair of the Degree Committee.

With the permission of the Director of Teaching 30 credits in Fourth Year may be replaced by ID4002 and HI4101.

Access to level 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.

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¶³ÊÓÆµ School in the Learning Agreement (see ).