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Degree Programme Table: Arabic and History (MA Hons) (UTARAHI)


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
    IMES08035 Islamic History: From the Origins of Islam to the Age of Suleyman the Magnificent 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 list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from schools B, E and G and I - First year UG history courses - Level 8' (ROU_E/B/G_HIST_FIRST_8) , as available.
                                                
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    CELT08015    Celtic Civilisation 1B   20  
    ECHS08004    History of Christianity as a World Religion 1B   20  
    ECHS08005    History of Christianity as a World Religion 1A   20  
    ECSH08026    British Society, 1650-2000 (Social History 1)   40  
    ECSH08029    British Society, 1650 - c.1880 (Social History 1.1)   20  
    ECSH08031    British Society, the 20th Century (Social History 1.2)   20  
    ECSH08036    British Economic and Environmental History since 1900   20  
    HIST08001    British History 1   40  
    HIST08002    European History 1   40  
    SCHI08010    Medieval Scottish History   20  
    SCHI08014    Early Modern Scottish History   20  
    CLGE08001    The Greek World 1A: Greece in the Making   20  
    CLGE08002    The Greek World 1B: Greece's New Horizons   20  
    CLGE08003    The Roman World 1A: The Rise of Rome   20  
    CLGE08004    The Roman World 1B: The Roman Empire   20  

     

    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
    IMES08038 Modern Middle Eastern History: Emergence and Encounters 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 list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'courses from schedule E - Second year UG history courses - Level 8' (ROU_E_HIST_SECOND_8) , as available.
                                                
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ECSH08008    Social History 2.1   20  
    ECSH08035    Economic History 2: the Global Economy since 1500   40  
    ECSH08039    Economic History 2.2: The Global Economy Part 2   20  
    ECSH08040    Economic History 2.1: The Global Economy Part 1   20  
    HIST08003    American History 2   40  
    SCHI08011    Modern Scottish History   20  
    SCHI08012    Scottish History since 1914   20  
    ECSH08041    Social History 2.2: The Making of the Modern Body   20  
    HIST08024    Asia, Africa, Australasia 2b: Nationalisms, Liberation Movements and the Legacies of Colonialism,c.1900- the Present Day   20  
    HIST08025    Asia, Africa, Australasia 2a: Societies, Cultures and Empires, c. 1600-1900   20  
    ANHI08014    Ancient History 2a: Past and Present in the Ancient World   20  
    ANHI08013    Ancient History 2b: Themes and Theories in Ancient History   20  
    HIST08026    Introduction to Medieval Europe 2A   20  
    HIST08027    Introduction to Medieval Europe 2B   20  
    ECHS08006    Ecclesiastical History 2C: Social Christianity in the North Atlantic World   20  

     

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

  • Notes: Entry to Honours normally requires passes in 240 credits by June of the second year, including (i) a mark of 50% or above in 2nd year history courses amounting to 40 credits; and (ii) 50% or above, at the first attempt, in Arabic 2.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    IMES10054 Arabic Coursework Essay As available 20
    IMES10056 Arabic Language Acquisition Through Residence/Study (Part Time) As available 40
    CHCA10004 Year Abroad Work for Degrees in Languages and History 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 5 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'History 4MA Honours Options from School(s) E - History (MA) - Level(s) 10' (ROU_E_UTHISTY1_10) , as available.
                                                                                       
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    HIST10083    Britain and the Second World War   40  
    HIST10305    Britain in an Age of Revolutions, 1783-1815   40  
    HIST10081    China: Gender, Patriarchy and Socio-Political Change in the 20th Century   40  
    HIST10278    Crime, Rebellion and Protests in Africa   40  
    HIST10079    Ethnicity, Class and Power in 20th Century Africa   40  
    HIST10092    Gandhi and Popular Movements in India 1915-1950   40  
    HIST10085    Origins and Diplomacy of the Second World War 1919-1945   40  
    HIST10154    The Age of Jefferson: Republicanism in the United States, c.1776-1826   40  
    HIST10155    The American Civil Rights Movement   40  
    HIST10152    The Era of the American Revolution, 1754-1789   40  
    HIST10304    The Great Irish Famine, 1845-1852: Hunger, Modernity and Exile   40  
    HIST10094    The Holocaust   40  
    SCHI10062    The Nobility of Scotland from Macbeth to Bannockburn, 1050-1328   40  
    HIST10162    The Norman Conquest of England   40  
    HIST10090    The Northern Renaissance: Burgundian Court and Civic Culture in the Low Countries c.1430-1520   40  
    SCHI10035    The Picts   40  
    HIST10165    The Revolutionary Decade? Europe in the 1960s   40  
    HIST10306    The Rise of the Right in the United States, c.1945-c.1990   40  
    HIST10308    The United States in Vietnam: History and Consequences   40  
    HIST10283    Venice c. 1400 - c. 1700   40  
    HIST10088    Women in England, 1300-1700   40  
    HIST10335    Pioneers of Cultural Communication: Europe, India and Japan, 1850-1950   40  
    HIST10336    Stalin's Russia, 1921-1941   40  
    HIST10334    The American Civil War: History and Memory   40  
    SCHI10017    Clan Campbell and the Lordship of the Isles in the Later Middle Ages   40  
    SCHI10018    Highland Problems,1851 to 1953   40  
    SCHI10020    Scotland and America, 1603 - 1917   40  
    SCHI10021    The European Witch-Hunt   40  

     

    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.
     

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  


    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.
    HIST10309     History Dissertation     (40 credits)

     

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