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Degree Programme Table: Persian Civilisation (MSc) (Full-time) (PTMSCPERSC1F)

Jump to: Year 1

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

Notes:
Optional course choice selections are provisional until you have discussed them with your Programme Director.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Research Skills and Methods in IMES

Must be taken during Semester 1

IMES11066 20 credits
Critical Readings in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Must be taken during Semester 1

IMES11044 20 credits
Research Methods and Problems in IMES

Must be taken during Semester 2

IMES11037 20 credits
MSc in Persian Civilisation Dissertation

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

IMES11047 60 credits

Course options

Persian Civilisation level 11 options - Semester 1

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Ideology and Political Practice in the Modern Middle East
IMES11003 20 credits
Modern Persian Literature and 'Modern' Iran (PG Version)
IMES11070 20 credits
The Qur'an - Islam's Holy Book (PG version)
IMES11078 20 credits
The History and Culture of Iran
IMES11080 20 credits
Islam Through the Arts - PG Version
IMES11091 20 credits
International Security
PGSP11162 20 credits
AND

Persian Civilisation level 11 options - Semester 2

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Mystical Islam
IMES11009 20 credits
The Umayyad Empire: the Islamic World in its Late Antique Context
IMES11041 20 credits
Islamic Movements in the 20th Century
IMES11060 20 credits
Gender and Media in the Arab World
IMES11067 20 credits
Of Wine, Love and Loss: Reading Iran through Classical Persian Literature (PG Version)
IMES11077 20 credits
Muslims in Europe (PG Version)
IMES11090 20 credits
The Middle East in International Relations
PGSP11275 20 credits
Islam, Law and Human Rights
THET11052 20 credits
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