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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2018/2019

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Year 1 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: September

Some flexibility can be given to the structure of the part-time programme following further discussion with your programme director.

Compulsory courses

Research Skills and Methods in IMES

Must be taken during Semester 1

Critical Readings in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Must be taken during Semester 1

Research Methods and Problems in IMES

Must be taken during Semester 2

Year 2 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: September

Some flexibility can be given to the structure of the part-time programme following further discussion with your programme director. Only one level 10 optional may be taken. Optionals outside of the DPT can be taken with permission of the programme director.

Compulsory courses

MSc Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Dissertation

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond

Course options

Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1

Ideology and Political Practice in the Modern Middle East

Modern Persian Literature and 'Modern' Iran (PG Version)

The Qur'an - Islam's Holy Book (PG version)

The History and Culture of Iran

Islam Through the Arts - PG Version

International Relations Theory

International Security

From diatribe to dialogue in Christian-Muslim relations

AND

Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2

Mystical Islam

The Umayyad Empire: the Islamic World in its Late Antique Context

Islamic Movements in the 20th Century

Gender and Media in the Arab World

Of Wine, Love and Loss: Reading Iran through Classical Persian Literature (PG Version)

Muslims in Europe (PG Version)

The Middle East in International Relations

Islam, Law and Human Rights

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