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Degree Programme Table: Arab World Studies (MSc) (Full Time) (PTMSCARAWS1F)


Year 1, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: September


COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 5 compulsory course(s).


Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
IMES11021 Intensive Arabic A Semester 1 50
IMES11044 Critical Readings in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Semester 1 20
IMES11022 Intensive Arabic B Semester 2 50
IMES11038 Advanced Issues in the Study of the Middle East Semester 2 20
IMES11040 Intensive Arabic C Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 40




COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 0 set(s) of course options with the following rules.

Year 2, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Students must take the compulsory courses plus 40 credits from the list of option courses


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 5 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    IMES11039 Advanced Arabic D Semester 1 20
    CLLC11003 Research Skills and Methods Semester 1 20
    IMES11035 Advanced Arabic E Semester 2 20
    IMES11037 Research Methods and Problems in IMES Semester 2 20
    IMES11027 Arab World Studies Masters Dissertation Semester 2 60




    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, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    IMES11008    An Introduction to Twelver Shi'ism   20  
    IMES11003    Ideology and Political Practice in the Modern Middle East   20  
    IMES11009    Mystical Islam   20  
    IMES11012    Jihad: Theory and Practice   20  
    IMES11011    The Contribution of al-Ghazali to Classical Islamic Thought   20  
    IMES11005    Language and Society in the Middle East   20  
    IMES11010    The Early Development of Islamic Law   20  
    IMES11013    The History of Islamicate Medicine   20  
    IMES11020    Cinemas of the Middle East   20  
    HIAR11035    Mosques, Palaces and Gardens in the Golden Age of Islam   20  
    PGSP11178    Culture and Power: The Anthropology of Political Processes   20  
    PGSP11191    Ritual and Religion   20  
    PGSP11158    The Middle-East in International Politics   20  
    PGSP11171    International Political Economy   20  
    PGSP11162    International Security   20  
    PGSP11156    International Relations Theory   20  
    REST10031    Martyrs, virgins, and hell's angels: Islamic eschatology in context   20  
    REST10030    The Body in Islam 3/4   20  
    HIAR10064    The Rise of Islamic Art: Transforming the Classical Heritage (500-750)   20  
    HIAR11048    Persian Painting   20  
    PGSP11043    The Arab World   20  
    IMES11030    The Harem and the Body: Space and Gender in Middle Eastern Literatures   20  
    ASST11033    Studies of Culture and Society in the Modern Middle East   20  
    REST10032    Islam and the challenge of modernity: critical issues in sharia law   20  
    HIST10097    The Armenian Genocide   20  
    HIST10040    Post-Colonial South Asia   20  
    ANHI10016    Ancient Persia - The Achaemenid Dynasty   20  
    HIST10074    Italy and the Mediterranean from Constantine to the Crusades   20  
    HIST10202    Clash of Empires and Religious Conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean World from Justinian to Iconoclasm (c550-c800)   20  
    HIST10039    India 1700 - 1947: Raj, Rebellion and Ryot   20  
    PGSP11275    The Middle East in International Relations   20  
    PLIT10036    Politics of the Middle East   20  
    IMES11032    Christian-Muslim Relations and the Relationship Between the World of Islam and the West   20  
    IMES11043    The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Liberty, Land and People   20  
    IMES11041    The Umayyad Empire: the Islamic World in its Late Antique Context   20  
    IMES11042    Political Thought and Culture in the Formative Era of Islam   20  
    IMES11034    Diasporas of the Middle East   20  
    IMES10073    The Colloquial Language and Literature of Egypt   20  
    PGSP11298    Political Islam in the Middle East   20  

    Notes:Students take 40 credits from this collection. Only one level 10 option may be taken. Other options can be taken with permission of the programme director. Students are strongly encouraged to take one option per semester.
     

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