DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025

Students should aim to divide the number of credits they take in each academic year evenly between Semester 1 and Semester 2

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 Persian 2.

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

During 3rd year, when permitted, at least 30 weeks of approved residence must be spent in relevant countries. The minimum period of residence in the country of either language will be eight consecutive weeks. During sessions when this is not permitted, students will be offered an alternative means of engagement.

Final Assessment Weighting:

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.)

Group A - With Persian study abroad in 3rd year:

1. Arabic 4
2. Arabic 4
3. Advanced Persian
4. Advanced Persian
5. Advanced Persian
6. Arabic Oral
7. Arabic Coursework Essay or Persian Coursework Essay
8. IMES Dissertation Part 1 (same mark as 9)
9. IMES Dissertation Part 2
10. IMES Honours Option (Arabic Language)
11. IMES Honours Option (Persian Language)
12. IMES Honours Option

Group B - Without Persian study abroad in 3rd year, two Advanced Persian papers are replaced by Intensive Persian (40 credits); and the Arabic Coursework Essay is compulsory. (NB This option (Group B) is only available to students when study in a Persian-speaking country or at an approved institution elsewhere is not permitted.)

Final Assessment Weighting:

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.)

With Persian study abroad in 3rd year:

1. Arabic 4
2. Arabic 4
3. Advanced Persian
4. Advanced Persian
5. Advanced Persian
6. Arabic Oral
7. Arabic Coursework Essay or Persian Coursework Essay
8. IMES Dissertation Part 1 (same mark as 9)
9. IMES Dissertation Part 2
10. IMES Honours Option (Arabic Language)
11. IMES Honours Option (Persian Language)
12. IMES Honours Option

Without Persian study abroad in 3rd year, two Advanced Persian papers are replaced by Intensive Persian (40 credits); and the Arabic Coursework Essay is compulsory. (NB This option is only available to students when study in a Persian-speaking country or at an approved institution elsewhere is not permitted.)

Arabic Coursework Essay, Persian Coursework Essay, IMES Long Essay, and any dissertation courses are only available for selection if they are listed in the degree programme's final assessment.