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

Year 1, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: September

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

    The information on the History curriculum is correct for September 2016 entry. The History curriculum for subsequent years is currently under review.


    • 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
    IMES08033 Islamic History A: The Formation of the Islamic World As available 20




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



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

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
    IMES08051     Islamic and Middle Eastern Cultures     (20 credits)

     

    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, 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  
    ECSH08029    British Society, 1650 - c.1880 (Social History 1.1)   20  
    ECSH08036    British Economic and Environmental History since 1900   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  
    HIST08035    Medieval Worlds: A Journey through the Middle Ages   20  
    HIST08034    Early Modern History: A Connected World   20  
    HIST08033    Making of the Modern World   20  
    HIST08036    The History of Edinburgh: From Din Eidyn to Festival City   20  
    HIST08032    The Historian's Toolkit   20  

     


    Year 2, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

  • Notes: For students who entered 1st year in 2016-17, please note that the 2nd year IMES course requirements will differ in 2017-18 from those shown below.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 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
    IMES08037 Modern Middle Eastern History B: Postwar Independence and Conflict As available 20




    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
    ECSH08039    Economic History 2.2: The Global Economy Part 2   20  
    ECSH08040    Economic History 2.1: The Global Economy Part 1   20  
    SCHI08011    Modern Scottish History   20  
    SCHI08012    Scottish History since 1914   20  
    ECSH08041    Social History 2.2: The Making of the Modern Body   20  
    ANHI08014    Ancient History 2a: Past and Present in the Ancient World   20  
    ANHI08013    Ancient History 2b: Themes and Theories in Ancient History   20  
    HIST08027    Introduction to Medieval Europe 2B   20  
    HIST08028    Asia and Africa 2a: Societies, Cultures, and Empires, c. 1600-1880   20  
    HIST08029    Asia and Africa 2b: Nationalisms, Liberation Movements and the Legacies of Colonialism, c. 1880-Present Day   20  
    ECHS08009    Social Christianity in Britain, Germany and the United States, 1848-1930   20  
    ECHS08002    Popular Religion, Women and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe   20  
    ECHS08010    Christianity in Formation 100-313   20  
    HIST08038    Modern United States History   20  
    HIST08037    The Making of the United States   20  

     


    Year 3, Academic year 2016/17, 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 40 credits of second year History courses at the first attempt; 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 course level 10, as available
    IMES10027     IMES Dissertation (Part 1)     (20 credits)

     
    OR   

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

     



    Year 4, Academic year 2016/17, 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, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    HIST10083    Britain and the Second World War   40  
    HIST10305    Britain in an Age of Revolutions, 1783-1815   40  
    HIST10303    The Spanish Civil War   40  
    HIST10360    Becoming Modern: Society and Culture in Ireland since 1780   40  
    HIST10306    The Rise of the Right in the United States, c.1945-c.1990   40  
    HIST10372    In Search of Modern Selves: Psychiatry and Psychotherapies in India and Japan, 1880 - the Present   40  
    HIST10334    The American Civil War: History and Memory   40  
    SCHI10018    Highland Problems,1851 to 1953   40  
    SCHI10017    Clan Campbell and the Lordship of the Isles in the Later Middle Ages   40  
    HIST10385    Dreams and nightmares: the culture and politics of postwar Europe, 1945-1975   40  
    HIST10092    Gandhi and Popular Movements in India 1915-1950   40  
    HIST10368    Genocide in the Modern World: theories and case studies   40  
    HIST10356    The Conquest Generation, 1087-1135: England and Henry 1   40  
    HIST10388    Daughters, Wives and Mothers: Women in England, c.1300-1500   40  
    SCHI10075    Atlantic Encounters. Scotland and the North Atlantic World in the Seventeenth Century   40  
    HIST10390    Culture and the Arts in Post-war Scotland   40  
    HIST10391    The Bandung Moment: Revolution, Anti-Imperialism and Afro-Asian Connections in the Global Twentieth Century   40  
    HIST10392    The United States and the Nuclear Proliferation Problem, 1945-2015   40  
    HIST10386    Rational Animals: Human Nature in Early Modern Thought   40  
    HIST10400    Cultures of Disaster: History and the Environment, ca. 1400-1750   40  
    HIST10339    Enlightenment Scotland c.1690 - c.1800   40  
    HIST10402    The Lands Between: Eastern Europe from the Partitions of Poland to the Fall of Communism   40  
    SCHI10021    The European Witch-Hunt   40  
    HIST10308    The United States in Vietnam: History and Consequences   40  
    HIST10336    Stalin's Russia, 1921-1941   40  
    HIST10358    Colonial Wars and Modernizing Missions: Europe's violent Transformations of the non-European World in the 20th Century   40  
    HIST10401    Chinese Whispers: China in the Western Imagination, 1600-2008   40  
    HIST10155    The American Civil Rights Movement   40  
    HIST10404    Revolution and the End of Slavery in the British and French Atlantic Worlds   40  
    HIST10403    Damnation and redemption in the medieval world: a journey through Dante's Inferno and Purgatorio   40  

     

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    IMES10001    Modern Arabic Literature   20  
    IMES10004    Classical Arabic Literature   20  
    IMES10093    Reading Arab Feminist Texts: Key Debates on Women's Rights in the Arab World   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 course level 10, as available
    IMES10028     IMES Dissertation (Part 2)     (20 credits)

     
    AND   

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

    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 course level 10, as available
    HIST10309     History Dissertation     (40 credits)

     



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