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Degree Programme Table: Arabic and Persian (MA Hons) (UTARAPR)

Year 1, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your
    Personal Tutor.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 6 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    IMES08026 Arabic 1a As available 20
    IMES08027 Arabic 1b As available 20
    IMES08046 Persian 1a As available 20
    IMES08047 Persian 1b As available 20
    IMES08033 Islamic History A: The Formation of the Islamic World As available 20
    IMES08034 Islamic History B: From the Crusades to the 'Gunpowder Empires' As available 20




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




    Year 2, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    IMES08006 Arabic 2 As available 40
    IMES08007 Persian 2 As available 40
    IMES08036 Modern Middle Eastern History A: Domestic Transformation and International Challenges As available 20
    IMES08037 Modern Middle Eastern History B: Postwar Independence and Conflict As available 20




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




    Year 3, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August

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


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    IMES10027 IMES Dissertation (Part 1) As available 20
    IMES10056 Arabic Language Acquisition Through Residence/Study (Part Time) As available 40




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


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select a minimum of 0 credits and a maximum of 60 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 10, as available
    IMES10054     Arabic Coursework Essay     (20 credits)

     

    Select exactly 40 credits course level 10, as available
    IMES10049     Persian Language Acquisition Through Residence/Study B     (40 credits)

     


    OR   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select a minimum of 0 credits and a maximum of 60 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 40 credits course level 10, as available
    IMES10070     Intensive Persian     (40 credits)

     

    Select exactly 20 credits from Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Level 10 courses, as available

     



    Year 4, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Final Assessment Weighting:
    Without Persian study abroad in 3rd year: -
    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 as one unit of assessment.
    With Persian study abroad in 3rd year: -
    Other than the Study Abroad credits, one unit of assessment is allocated to every 20-credits of courses, except that Advanced Persian counts as three units of assessment and Arabic 4 counts as two units of assessmentand Arabic Oral as one unit of assessment.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    IMES10040 Arabic 4 As available 20
    IMES10024 Arabic Oral As available 0
    IMES10028 IMES Dissertation (Part 2) As available 20
    IMES10081 Advanced Persian As available 20
    IMES10005 Classical Persian Literature As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, 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  

     


    Select exactly 20 credits course level 10, as available
    IMES10009     Modern Persian Literature     (20 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits from Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Level 10 courses, as available

     



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