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Master of Arts (Honours) Arabic and Art History (With Integrated Year Abroad)


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This programme is not open to entrants in 2022-2023

MA (Hons) Art History (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): First Year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 20 and 40 credits from Module List: AH1001, AH1003 AND
Art in Europe and Beyond to 1600 20
Art in Europe and Beyond 1600-1800 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
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

MA (Hons) Arabic (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): First Year
Code Module name Credits
Arabic for Beginners 1 20 AND
Arabic for Beginners 2 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year


MA (Hons) Art History (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
( * Modernity, Empire, and Revolution: Art from 1789-1900 20 AND
* Art, Culture and Politics, from 1900 to Now 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 *
MA (Hons) Arabic (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
^ Intermediate Arabic 1 20 AND
^ Intermediate Arabic 2 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 and have an average grade 7 or better in modules marked ^


MA (Hons) Arabic (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Year Abroad
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Options for Year Abroad Study
Arabic Integrated Year Abroad 60
French Integrated Year Abroad 60
German Integrated Year Abroad 60
Italian Integrated Year Abroad 60
Modern Languages Integrated Year Abroad 60
Russian Integrated Year Abroad 60
Semester of Study in Russia 60
Spanish Integrated Year Abroad 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

select 60 credits in acadeimc year


MA (Hons) Art History (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: AH3000 - AH4089, AH4100 - AH4899 (excluding AH4794 - AH4795) AND
Central European Art, Architecture and Design, c. 1900 30
AH3106 Experiencing Sculpture in the Early Modern World 30
AH3107 Art of the Ming and Qing Dynasties from a Global Perspective 30
Timurid Art and Architecture (ca. 1370 – 1507) 30
Approaches to Art History 30
AH3131 A Survey of Islamic Art 30
Modern Art beyond the West 30
AH3235 Spanish Painting in the Age of Velázquez 30
AH4050 Approaches to Persian Painting and the Arts of the Book 30
Ajab: The Aesthetics of Wonder in Islamic Art 30
AH4076 Rubens and Rembrandt: Parallel Worlds 30
AH4078 Art and Politics in France since 1945 30
The Scandinavian Art of Building and Design: Identity and Myth 30
AH4087 Aspects of Surrealism 30
AH4130 Realism and Symbolism in Russian Art 1820-1910 30
Aspects of Modern Photography, 1910 - 1955 30
Classicism in Western Art: The Legacy of Greece and Rome 30
AH4148 Orientalism and Visual Culture 30
AH4156 Seeing the Sixties 30
AH4161 Gauguin and Primitivism 30
AH4163 Approaches to Modern Sculpture 30
AH4166 Histories of Photography (1835 - 1905) 30
AH4167 Symbolism, Decadence and Modernity 30
AH4170 Art, Piety and Performance: Charitable Institutions in Early Modern Venice 30
AH4173 Architecture and its Image. From Brunelleschi to Palladio 30
AH4174 Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela 30
AH4175 Luxury Goods in the Middle Ages 30
AH4176 Early Modern Cities 30
Objects of Devotion: The Art and Material Culture of Medieval Christianity 30
AH4178 Art and the Ocean: Aesthetics, Materiality, and Ecology, ca. 1500-1800 30
AH4182 Principles and Protagonists of Italian Renaissance Architecture 30
AH4183 The Senses, Objects, and Buildings in Early Modern Europe 30
The Art of the Apocalypse from the Middle Ages to the Present 30
AH4185 Michelangelo: Sculptor, Painter, Architect 30
AH4190 Romanticism and Visuality 1780 - 1830 30
Art, Science and Technology 1700-1900 30
Images of Empire 30
English Art and Modernism 30
AH4205 Byzantium, 330 - 1453: Art, Religion and Imperial Power 30
Raphael and His Reception 30
AH4208 The Portrait in Western Art 30
Art in the Portuguese world, circa 1400–1750 30
AH4211 Islam and the Arts 30
AH4213 Dada and Surrealism 30
AH4214 Body / Politics: Performance Art Since 1960 30
AH4215 Critical Issues in Contemporary Art 30
AH4216 Medieval Islamic Painting 30
AH4218 The Art of Iran, 600 B.C. to 1700 A.D. 30
The French Avant-Garde from Realism to Impressionism 30
Art, Theatre and Performance in France 1600-1800 30
AH4226 African Modernisms 30
Scotland and the Arts of Africa 30
Communication in Art History 15
Images and Knowledge in Early Modern Europe 30
AH4240 The Art of War: Battle, Rivalry, Paragone, 1400-1700 30
Leonardo da Vinci, 500 years later 30
AH4245 The Intersectional Body in Art Since the 1960s 30
AH4246 The Art and Visual Culture of the Global HIV/AIDS epidemic 30
Latin American Modernisms 30
Postmodernism and Contemporary Art in Latin America 30
Art History and Environmental Crisis 30
AH4253 Decolonial, Feminist, Queer: Histories of Art in Britain Since 1945 30
AH4260 Ottoman Art and Architecture 30
AH4265 Aspects of Japanese Visual Culture 1820-1920 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

With the permission of the Director of Teaching and the relevant Head of School, 30 credits in Third or Fourth year may be substituted by 3000- or 4000- level credits from another subject.
MA (Hons) Arabic (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
Media Arabic 1 15 AND
Media Arabic 2 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: AR3420 - AR3499, AR4421 - AR4422, AR4461 - AR4462
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

Across Third and Fourth years at least 15 credits must be taken from (AR3420-AR3459, AR4420-AR4459) and at least 15 credits from (AR3460-AR3499, AR4460-AR4499).

Subject to the approval of any other school involved, one year or one semester may be spent in Study Abroad on a recognised Exchange scheme.

A total of between 90 and 150 credits must be taken in Arabic across Third and Fourth Years

MA (Hons) Art History (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: AH4097, AH4099, AH4794 - AH4795 AND
60-Credit Honours Dissertation in Art History 60
30-Credit Dissertation in Art History 30
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
Joint Dissertation (60cr) 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
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: AH3000 - AH4089, AH4100 - AH4899, ID4002
Central European Art, Architecture and Design, c. 1900 30
AH3106 Experiencing Sculpture in the Early Modern World 30
AH3107 Art of the Ming and Qing Dynasties from a Global Perspective 30
Timurid Art and Architecture (ca. 1370 – 1507) 30
Approaches to Art History 30
AH3131 A Survey of Islamic Art 30
Modern Art beyond the West 30
AH3235 Spanish Painting in the Age of Velázquez 30
AH4050 Approaches to Persian Painting and the Arts of the Book 30
Ajab: The Aesthetics of Wonder in Islamic Art 30
AH4076 Rubens and Rembrandt: Parallel Worlds 30
AH4078 Art and Politics in France since 1945 30
The Scandinavian Art of Building and Design: Identity and Myth 30
AH4087 Aspects of Surrealism 30
AH4130 Realism and Symbolism in Russian Art 1820-1910 30
Aspects of Modern Photography, 1910 - 1955 30
Classicism in Western Art: The Legacy of Greece and Rome 30
AH4148 Orientalism and Visual Culture 30
AH4156 Seeing the Sixties 30
AH4161 Gauguin and Primitivism 30
AH4163 Approaches to Modern Sculpture 30
AH4166 Histories of Photography (1835 - 1905) 30
AH4167 Symbolism, Decadence and Modernity 30
AH4170 Art, Piety and Performance: Charitable Institutions in Early Modern Venice 30
AH4173 Architecture and its Image. From Brunelleschi to Palladio 30
AH4174 Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela 30
AH4175 Luxury Goods in the Middle Ages 30
AH4176 Early Modern Cities 30
Objects of Devotion: The Art and Material Culture of Medieval Christianity 30
AH4178 Art and the Ocean: Aesthetics, Materiality, and Ecology, ca. 1500-1800 30
AH4182 Principles and Protagonists of Italian Renaissance Architecture 30
AH4183 The Senses, Objects, and Buildings in Early Modern Europe 30
The Art of the Apocalypse from the Middle Ages to the Present 30
AH4185 Michelangelo: Sculptor, Painter, Architect 30
AH4190 Romanticism and Visuality 1780 - 1830 30
Art, Science and Technology 1700-1900 30
Images of Empire 30
English Art and Modernism 30
AH4205 Byzantium, 330 - 1453: Art, Religion and Imperial Power 30
Raphael and His Reception 30
AH4208 The Portrait in Western Art 30
Art in the Portuguese world, circa 1400–1750 30
AH4211 Islam and the Arts 30
AH4213 Dada and Surrealism 30
AH4214 Body / Politics: Performance Art Since 1960 30
AH4215 Critical Issues in Contemporary Art 30
AH4216 Medieval Islamic Painting 30
AH4218 The Art of Iran, 600 B.C. to 1700 A.D. 30
The French Avant-Garde from Realism to Impressionism 30
Art, Theatre and Performance in France 1600-1800 30
AH4226 African Modernisms 30
Scotland and the Arts of Africa 30
Communication in Art History 15
Images and Knowledge in Early Modern Europe 30
AH4240 The Art of War: Battle, Rivalry, Paragone, 1400-1700 30
Leonardo da Vinci, 500 years later 30
AH4245 The Intersectional Body in Art Since the 1960s 30
AH4246 The Art and Visual Culture of the Global HIV/AIDS epidemic 30
Latin American Modernisms 30
Postmodernism and Contemporary Art in Latin America 30
Art History and Environmental Crisis 30
AH4253 Decolonial, Feminist, Queer: Histories of Art in Britain Since 1945 30
AH4260 Ottoman Art and Architecture 30
AH4265 Aspects of Japanese Visual Culture 1820-1920 30
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 (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): 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
Exile and Identity 15
Palestinian Fiction 15
Classical Arabic Poetry 15
Classical Arabic Prose 15
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
Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Fannanat: Arab Women's Creativity in Modern Arab Culture 15
Modern Arab Culture and Society 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

Between 90 and 150 credits must be taken in Arabic across Third and Forth Years.
Across Third and Fourth years at least 15 credits must be taken from (AR3420-AR3459, AR4420-AR4459) and at least 15 credits from (AR3460-AR3499, AR4460-AR4499).

AR4999 and ML4794 cannot be taken together.

A total of between 90 and 150 credits must be taken in Arabic across Third and Fourth Years