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Degree Programme Table: Arabic and History of Art (MA Hons) (UTARAHA)


Year 1, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your
    Director of Studies.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    IMES08026 Arabic 1a As available 20
    IMES08027 Arabic 1b As available 20
    HIAR08009 History of Art 1 As available 40




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q, T and W level 7 or 8' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_7/8) , as available.

     

    Year 2, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    IMES08006 Arabic 2 As available 40
    HIAR08012 History of Art 2 As available 40




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules.



    Select exactly 20 credits from the following course level 08, as available.
    IMES08033     Islamic History A: The Formation of the Islamic World     (20 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following course level 08, as available.
    IMES08034     Islamic History B: From the Crusades to the 'Gunpowder Empires'     (20 credits)

     


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following course level 08, as available.
    CACA08009     Classical Art 2A: The Development of Greek and Roman Art     (20 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following course level 08, as available.
    ARHI08002     Architectural History 2A     (20 credits)

     


    Year 3, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry to Honours requires a pass at 50% or above, at the first attempt, in Arabic 2 and in History of Art 2.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    IMES10054 Arabic Coursework Essay As available 20
    HIAR10004 History of Art Analytical Report (A) As available 20
    HIAR10031 History of Art Analytical Report B As available 20
    IMES10056 Arabic Language Acquisition Through Residence/Study (Part Time) As available 40




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.



    Select exactly 20 credits from the following course level 10, as available.
    IMES10027     IMES Dissertation (Part 1)     (20 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following course level 10, as available.
    IMES10059     IMES Long Essay     (20 credits)

     


    Year 4, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Final Assessment Weighting: Other than the study abroad credits, one unit of assessment is allocated to every 20-credits of courses, except that Arabic 4 counts as two units of assessment and Arabic Oral counts as one unit of assessment.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    IMES10040 Arabic 4 As available 20
    IMES10024 Arabic Oral As available 0




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 6 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) A - HistoryArt Year 4 1500-1850 category B - Level(s) 10' (ROU_A_HISTORYART4B1_10) , as available.
                        
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    HIAR10053    The Renaissance Body   20  
    HIAR10014    Expanding Vision: Visual Culture in France from the Limbourgs to Leonardo   20  
    HIAR10063    Goya: 'The last of the old masters and the first of the new'   20  
    HIAR10009    From Jacobitism to Romanticism: The (Re)invention of Scotland in Visual and Material Culture   20  
    HIAR10016    Rubens and His World   20  
    ARHI10023    The Italian Renaissance Villa   20  
    ARHI10027    Architecture and Empire in Britain and the British Colonial World 1783 - 1947   20  

    Notes:Option 1
     

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) A - History of Art Year 4 post 1850 category C - Level(s) 10' (ROU_A_HISTORYART4C1_10) , as available.
                     
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    HIAR10030    France, 1850-1900: Visual Culture and Social Change   20  
    HIAR10077    Impressionism, Decadence, Rhythm: Artists in France and Britain 1870-1914   20  
    HIAR10079    Fractures: The Origin, Development and Influence of Cubist Painting   20  
    HIAR10034    Myth and History in Scottish Modern and Contemporary Art 1945-2000   20  
    ARHI10012    What is Modernism?   20  
    ARHI10022    German Architecture in the Twentieth Century   20  

    Notes:Option 2
     


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following course level 10, as available.
    IMES10028     IMES Dissertation (Part 2)     (20 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following "Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection -Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies level 10' (SUB_IMES_10) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    IMES10006    Middle Eastern Politics   (20 Credits)  
    IMES10011    Language and Society in the Middle East and North Africa   (20 Credits)  
    IMES10013    Early Development of Islamic Law   (20 Credits)  
    IMES10016    Approaches to the History of the Middle East   (20 Credits)  
    IMES10017    History of Islamic Medicine   (20 Credits)  
    IMES10032    Shi'ite Islam   (20 Credits)  
    IMES10033    Mystical Islam (Sufism)   (20 Credits)  
    IMES10034    History of Muslim-Christian Dialogue   (20 Credits)  
    IMES10035    Cinema and Society in the Middle East   (20 Credits)  
    IMES10036    Medieval Islamic Philosophy and Theology   (20 Credits)  
    IMES10037    Culture and Society in the Modern Middle East   (20 Credits)  
    IMES10045    Jihad in Muslim Politics and Society   (20 Credits)  
    IMES10046    Early Islamic Political Thought   (20 Credits)  
    IMES10052    Harems, homes and streets: Gender and space in Middle Eastern literatures   (20 Credits)  

    Notes:"IMES option courses" are courses involving discursive studies of Islam/Middle East related subjects with texts read in English. A list of available courses is made available before the beginning of each semester, and students will be able to choose from among these courses in consultation with their directors of studies. While specific course offerings change from year to year, these courses typically include subjects in history, politics, religion, or cultural studies.
     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following course level 10, as available.
    HIAR10006     Dissertation (History of Art and Combined Degrees)     (40 credits)

     

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) G - Arabic Language Based Courses (MA)- Level(s) 10' (ROU_G_UTARABC1_10) , as available.
               
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    IMES10001    Modern Arabic Literature   20  
    IMES10002    Elements of Islam   20  
    IMES10004    Classical Arabic Literature   20  
    IMES10047    Early Arabic Historical Texts   20  

    Notes:"Arabic Language Based Courses" are courses involving close study of Arabic texts in specific thematic contexts. A list of courses is made available before the beginning of each semester in consultation with their director of studies.
     

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