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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2015/2016

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Degree Programme Table: Arabic and Social Anthropology (MA Hons) (UTARASA)

Year 1, Academic year 2015/16, 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
    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
    SCAN08013 Social Anthropology 1A: The Life Course As available 20
    SCAN08012 Social Anthropology 1B: Anthropology Matters As available 20




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




    Year 2, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    IMES08006 Arabic 2 As available 40
    IMES08036 Modern Middle Eastern History A: Domestic Transformation and International Challenges As available 20
    SCAN08005 Ethnography: Theory and Practice As available 20
    SCAN08011 Social Anthropology 2: Key Concepts As available 20




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


    Select exactly 20 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


    Year 3, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: August

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


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    IMES10055 Arabic Language Acquisition Through Residence/Study (Full Time) As available 80
    IMES10059 IMES Long Essay As available 20
    IMES10054 Arabic Coursework Essay As available 20




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




    Year 4, Academic year 2015/16, 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, while Arabic 4 counts as 3 units of assessment, and Arabic Oral counts as 2 units of assessment.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    IMES10040 Arabic 4 As available 20
    IMES10024 Arabic Oral As available 0
    SCAN10036 Dissertation (MA Social Anthropology) 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 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  

    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.
     

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCAN10021    Kinship: Structure and Process   20  
    SCAN10023    Ritual and Religion   20  
    SCAN10044    Social Development   20  
    SCAN10030    Culture and Power   20  
    SCAN10022    Anthropological Theory   20  
    SCAN10037    Imagining Anthropological Research   0  
    SCAN10062    Anthropology of Health and Healing   20  
    SCAN10032    Belief, Thought and Language   20  
    SCAN10031    Consumption, Exchange, Technology   20  
    SCAN10034    The Anthropology of Death   20  
    SCAN10043    Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives   20  
    SCAN10070    Contagion   20  
    SCAN10066    Anthropology and Environment   20  
    SCAN10067    The Anthropology of Africa   20  
    SCAN10069    Latin American Anthropology   20  
    SCAN10058    Anthropology of Violence   20  
    SCAN10010    The Invention of History   20  
    SCAN10068    Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction   20  
    SCAN10071    South Asian Public Culture: Keywords   20  

     


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