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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2018/2019

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

Notes:
Before selecting your course options, please ensure you have met with your Personal Tutor.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W


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

Notes:
Before selecting your course options, please ensure you have met with your Personal Tutor.

Entry to Honours:

(1) Students must pass courses to the required value of 240 credits in the first two years.
(2) Students must achieve 50% or more, at the first attempt, in Arabic 2.
(3) Students must achieve 50% or more, at the first attempt, in History of Art 2.

All courses (including outside subjects) must be passed before embarking on the year abroad; an outside course passed at Resit in August will be acceptable.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

IMES HoA Year 2

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Selected courses must be passed

Year 3 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Notes:
During 3rd year, at least 30 weeks of approved residence must be spent in an Arabic-speaking country.

Final Assessment

One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based. (Papers that for the purposes of degree classification acquire a weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.)

1. Arabic 4
2. Arabic 4
3. Arabic Oral
4. Arabic Coursework Essay
5. Year abroad work for History of Art
6. Year abroad work for History of Art
7. IMES Dissertation Part 1 (mark same as for IMES Dissertation Part 2) OR IMES Long Essay
8. IMES Dissertation Part 2 OR History of Art Dissertation
9. History of Art Dissertation OR IMES Honours Option
10. History of Art Honours Option
11. History of Art Honours Option
12. IMES Honours Option

Compulsory courses

Course options

IMES Dissertation or Long Essay Year 3

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Notes:
Final Assessment

One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based. (Papers that for the purposes of degree classification acquire a weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.)

1. Arabic 4
2. Arabic 4
3. Arabic Oral
4. Arabic Coursework Essay
5. Year abroad work for History of Art
6. Year abroad work for History of Art
7. IMES Dissertation Part 1 (mark same as for IMES Dissertation Part 2) OR IMES Long Essay
8. IMES Dissertation Part 2 OR History of Art Dissertation
9. History of Art Dissertation OR IMES Honours Option
10. History of Art Honours Option
11. History of Art Honours Option
12. IMES Honours Option

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Arabic Language Options Year 4

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
'Arabic Language Based Courses' are courses involving close study of Arabic texts in specific thematic contexts. A list of courses is made available to students prior to the start of the new academic year.
AND

History of Art and Architectural History courses Year 4

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

IMES Dissertation (Part 2)

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Level 10 courses

Notes:
'IMES option courses' are courses involving discursive studies of Islam/Middle East-related subjects with texts read in English. A list of courses is made available to students prior to the start of the new academic year, and whilst the courses offered change from year to year, they typically include subjects in history, politics, religion, or cultural studies.
OR

Dissertation (History of Art and Combined Degrees)

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses

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