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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025

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Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Electives may vary from year to year, depending on availability. Places may be limited.

Compulsory courses

Survey in Middle Eastern Politics

Dissertation (MSc The Middle East in Global Politics)

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

Course options

These courses are recommended by the Programme Director.

The Middle East in International Relations

Gulf Politics

AND

These courses offer a broader range of electives.

Gender and Media in the Arab World

The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nations in Collision (PG Version)

The History and Culture of Iran

Muslims in Europe (PG Version)

Law and Power in the Muslim World

Regional Perspectives in a Globalised Muslim World

International, Transnational and Globalized Dynamics of the Muslim World

Muslim Societies in Southeast Asia

Arabic 1a for PG Credit

Arabic 1b for PG Credit

Arabic 2a for PG Credit

Arabic 2b for PG Credit

Persian 1A for PG Credit

Persian 1B for PG Credit

Persian 2A for PG Credit

Persian 2B for PG Credit

Turkish 1A for PG Credit

Turkish 1B for PG Credit

Turkish 2A for PG Credit

Turkish 2B for PG Credit

Unfolding Afghanistan in a Globalised Context

Nations and Nationalism

International Relations Theory

International Security

International Political Economy

Politics and Theories of International Development

Global Environmental Politics

Global Environment: Key Issues

Environmental Risk: Politics, Ethics, and Communication

Globalization

Ethnopolitical Conflict

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