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.

It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that students choose outside courses in first year with a follow-on course in the second year, so that there is the possibility of an alternative degree programme at the end of second year.

It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that students choose outside courses in second year that follow on from first year, so that there is the possibility of an alternative degree programme at the end of second year.

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 Persian 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.

During 3rd year, when study in a Persian-speaking country or at an approved institution elsewhere is permitted, at least 30 weeks of approved residence must be spent in a relevant 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, etc.)

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

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

Group B - Without Persian study abroad in 3rd year: in the list above two Advanced Persian papers are replaced by Intensive Persian (40 credits), and the Persian Coursework Essay is replaced by one additional IMES Honours Option (20 credits). (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

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, etc.)

With Persian study abroad in 3rd year:

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

Without Persian study abroad in 3rd year: in the list above two Advanced Persian papers are replaced by Intensive Persian (40 credits), and the Persian Coursework Essay is replaced by one additional IMES Honours Option (20 credits). (NB This option is only available to students when study in a Persian-speaking country or at an approved institution elsewhere is not permitted.)