DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2019/2020
- ARCHIVE as at 1 September 2019

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Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

SCQF Level 07 (2 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
IMES07001	SV1	Introductory Arabic Language	Semester 1	20
IMES07001	SV1	Introductory Arabic Language	Semester 2	20
IMES07003	SV1	Introductory Arabic language 2	Semester 2	20

SCQF Level 08 (31 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
IMES08030	SS1	Arabic 1A for Postgraduates	Semester 1	0
IMES08031	SS1	Arabic 1B for Postgraduates	Semester 2	0
IMES08026	SV1	Arabic 1a	Semester 1	20
IMES08027	SV1	Arabic 1b	Semester 2	20
IMES08006	SV1	Arabic 2	Full Year	40
IMES08022	VV1	Arabic 2 (VS1)	Semester 1	20
IMES08039	VV1	Arabic 2 (VS2)	Semester 2	20
IMES08041	SS1	Arabic 2A for Postgraduates	Semester 1	0
IMES08050	SV1	Introduction to Islam	Semester 1	20
IMES08023		Introduction to Islam A: The Foundational Sources	Not delivered this year	20
IMES08024		Introduction to Islam B: Religious Thought and Culture	Not delivered this year	20
IMES08033	SV1	Islamic History A: The Formation of the Islamic World	Semester 1	20
IMES08034	SV1	Islamic History B: From the Crusades to the 'Gunpowder Empires'	Semester 2	20
IMES08051	SV1	Islamic and Middle Eastern Cultures	Semester 2	20
IMES08036	SV1	Modern Middle Eastern History A: Domestic Transformation and International Challenges	Semester 1	20
IMES08037	SV1	Modern Middle Eastern History B: Postwar Independence and Conflict	Semester 2	20
IMES08028	SS1	Persian 1A for Postgraduates	Semester 1	0
IMES08029	SS1	Persian 1B for Postgraduates	Semester 2	0
IMES08046	SV1	Persian 1a	Semester 1	20
IMES08047	SV1	Persian 1b	Semester 2	20
IMES08007	SV1	Persian 2	Full Year	40
IMES08048	SV1	Turkish 1A	Semester 1	20
IMES08040	SS1	Turkish 1A for Postgraduates	Semester 1	0
IMES08049	SV1	Turkish 1B	Semester 2	20
IMES08045	SS1	Turkish 1B for Postgraduates	Semester 2	0
IMES08011	SV1	Turkish 2	Full Year	40
IMES08044	SS1	Turkish 2A for Postgraduates	Semester 1	0
IMES08043	SS1	Turkish 2B for Postgraduates	Semester 2	0
IMES08052	SV1	Turkish 2a	Semester 1	20
IMES08053	SV1	Turkish 2b	Semester 2	20
REST08019		Modern Hebrew 1A	Not delivered this year	20

SCQF Level 09 (2 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
IMES09001	SS1	Persian 2A for Postgraduates	Semester 1	0
IMES09002	SS1	Persian 2B for Postgraduates	Semester 2	0

SCQF Level 10 (50 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
IMES10081	SS1	Advanced Persian	Full Year	20
IMES10040	SV1	Arabic 4	Full Year	20
IMES10054	SS1	Arabic Coursework Essay	Full Year	20
IMES10048	SS1	Arabic Language Acquisition Through Residence/Study	Flexible	40
IMES10055	SS1	Arabic Language Acquisition Through Residence/Study (Full Time)	Full Year	80
IMES10056	SS1	Arabic Language Acquisition Through Residence/Study (Part Time)	Full Year	40
IMES10024	SS1	Arabic Oral	Full Year	0
IMES10060		Christian-Muslim Relations, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow	Not delivered this year	20
IMES10035		Cinema and Society in the Middle East	Not delivered this year	20
IMES10004	SV1	Classical Arabic Literature	Semester 2	20
IMES10005	SV1	Classical Persian Literature	Semester 2	20
IMES10047		Early Arabic Historical Texts	Not delivered this year	20
IMES10002	SV1	Elements of Islam	Semester 1	20
IMES10085		Gender and Media in the Arab World	Not delivered this year	20
IMES10100	SV1	Gendering the Middle East	Semester 1	20
IMES10103	SS1	Globalized Muslim Politics	Semester 1	20
IMES10099	SV1	History and Culture of Iran	Semester 2	20
IMES10027	SS1	IMES Dissertation (Part 1)	Flexible	20
IMES10028	SS1	IMES Dissertation (Part 2)	Full Year	20
IMES10057	SS1	IMES ERASMUS full year	Full Year	120
IMES10058	SS1	IMES ERASMUS half year	Flexible	60
IMES10059	SS1	IMES Long Essay	Full Year	20
IMES10043	SS1	IMES or MEL Dissertation (Part 1)	Full Year	20
IMES10044	SS1	IMES or MEL Dissertation (Part 2)	Full Year	20
IMES10070	SS1	Intensive Persian	Semester 2	40
IMES10062		Iran From the Safavids to the Islamic Republic	Not delivered this year	20
IMES10102	SV1	Iraq: From "Republic of Fear" to the Islamic State	Semester 2	20
IMES10074	SV1	Islam Through the Arts	Semester 1	20
IMES10077		Islam in Modern Societies	Not delivered this year	20
IMES10087	SV1	Islamic Movements in the 20th-21st Century	Semester 2	20
IMES10001	SV1	Modern Arabic Literature	Semester 1	20
IMES10009	SS1	Modern Persian Literature	Semester 1	20
IMES10061	SV1	Modern Persian Literature and 'Modern' Iran	Semester 1	20
IMES10078		Muslims in Britain: Migration, Faith and Identity	Not delivered this year	20
IMES10098	SV1	Muslims in Europe	Semester 2	20
IMES10033		Mystical Islam (Sufism)	Not delivered this year	20
IMES10076	SV1	Of Wine, Love and Loss: Reading Iran through Classical Persian Literature	Semester 2	20
IMES10097	SS1	Persian Coursework Essay	Full Year	20
IMES10096	SS1	Persian Language Acquisition Through Residence/Study Abroad (Full Time)	Full Year	80
IMES10049	SS1	Persian Language Acquisition Through Residence/Study B	Flexible	40
IMES10093	SV1	Reading Arab Feminist Texts: Key Debates on Women's Rights in the Arab World	Semester 1	20
IMES10032		Shi'ite Islam	Not delivered this year	20
IMES10072	SV1	The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nations in Collision	Semester 1	20
IMES10079		The First Muslim Empire: The Islamic World before Sunnism and Shi'ism	Not delivered this year	20
IMES10101	SV1	The Ottoman World: the Society, Culture and Legacy of Islam's Last Empire	Semester 2	20
IMES10086		The Qur'an - Islam's Holy Book	Not delivered this year	20
IMES10104	SS1	The Seventh Century: The Transformation of East Rome and the Rise of Islam	Semester 2	20
IMES10094		The Syrian War and the Strategic Meltdown of the Middle East	Not delivered this year	20
IMES10084	SV1	Undergraduate Course: Arabic for Beginners at Honours Level (a)	Semester 1	20
IMES10082		Where History meets Mystery: Approaches to the Study of Early Islam	Not delivered this year	20

SCQF Level 11 (54 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
IMES11039	SS1	Advanced Arabic D	Semester 1	20
IMES11035	SS1	Advanced Arabic E	Semester 2	20
IMES11086	SS1	Advanced Arabic F	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
IMES11081	SS1	Advanced Arabic G	Semester 1	40
IMES11082	SS1	Advanced Arabic H	Semester 2	40
IMES11083	SS1	Advanced Arabic I	Semester 2	20
IMES11038		Advanced Issues in the Study of the Middle East	Not delivered this year	20
IMES11088		Advanced Persian for Postgraduates	Not delivered this year	20
IMES11057		Approaches to Research in Advanced Arabic	Not delivered this year	20
IMES11027		Arab World Studies Masters Dissertation	Not delivered this year	60
IMES11064	SV1	Arabic 1A for MSc LAIBS	Semester 1	20
IMES11065	SV1	Arabic 1B for MSc LAIBS	Semester 2	20
IMES11032		Christian-Muslim Relations and the Relationship Between the World of Islam and the West	Not delivered this year	20
IMES11069		Cinema and Society in the Middle East (PG Version)	Not delivered this year	20
IMES11044	SS1	Critical Readings in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies	Semester 1	20
IMES11036		Diaspora Studies: Theories, Concepts and Methodologies	Not delivered this year	20
IMES11034		Diasporas of the Middle East	Not delivered this year	20
IMES11067		Gender and Media in the Arab World	Not delivered this year	20
IMES11092	SV1	Gendering the Middle East	Semester 1	20
IMES11094	SS1	Globalized Muslim Politics	Semester 1	20
IMES11079		Hebrew for Arabic Speakers	Not delivered this year	20
IMES11003	SS1	Ideology and Political Practice in the Modern Middle East	Semester 1	20
IMES11021	SS1	Intensive Arabic A	Semester 1	50
IMES11022	SS1	Intensive Arabic B	Semester 2	50
IMES11040	SS1	Intensive Arabic C	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	40
IMES11095	SV1	Iraq: From "Republic of Fear" to the Islamic State	Semester 2	20
IMES11091	SV1	Islam Through the Arts - PG Version	Semester 1	20
IMES11072		Islam in Modern Societies (PG Version)	Not delivered this year	20
IMES11060		Islamic Movements in the 20th Century	Not delivered this year	20
IMES11061	SS1	MSc Advanced Arabic Final Project	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
IMES11014	SS1	MSc Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Dissertation	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
IMES11087	SS2	MSc Middle Eastern Studies with Advanced Arabic Dissertation	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
IMES11084	SS1	MSc Middle Eastern Studies with Arabic Dissertation	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
IMES11085		MSc by Research Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies II Dissertation (30k words)	Not delivered this year	180
IMES11019	SS1	MSc by Research in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Dissertation	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
IMES11047	SS1	MSc in Persian Civilisation Dissertation	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
IMES11070	SV1	Modern Persian Literature and 'Modern' Iran (PG Version)	Semester 1	20
IMES11068		Muslims in Britain: Migration, Faith and Identity (PG Version)	Not delivered this year	20
IMES11090	SV1	Muslims in Europe (PG Version)	Semester 2	20
IMES11009		Mystical Islam	Not delivered this year	20
IMES11077	SV1	Of Wine, Love and Loss: Reading Iran through Classical Persian Literature (PG Version)	Semester 2	20
IMES11055		Problems, Methods and Theories in the Study of Early Islam	Not delivered this year	20
IMES11037	SS1	Research Methods and Problems in IMES	Semester 2	20
IMES11066	SS1	Research Skills and Methods in IMES	Semester 1	20
IMES11048		Ruling Iran: Great Kings, Shahs and Imams	Not delivered this year	20
IMES11073	SV1	The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nations in Collision (PG Version)	Semester 1	20
IMES11080	SV1	The History and Culture of Iran	Semester 2	20
IMES11046		The History and Culture of Iran: From Ancient Persia to Contemporary Iran	Not delivered this year	20
IMES11093	SV1	The Ottoman World: the Society, Culture and Legacy of Islam's Last Empire	Semester 2	20
IMES11078		The Qur'an - Islam's Holy Book (PG version)	Not delivered this year	20
IMES11097	SS1	The Seventh Century: The Transformation of East Rome and the Rise of Islam	Semester 2	20
IMES11089		The Syrian War and the Strategic Meltdown of the Middle East	Not delivered this year	20
IMES11041		The Umayyad Empire: the Islamic World in its Late Antique Context	Not delivered this year	20
PGHC11437	SS1	MSc Dissertation in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60