DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

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 achieve 50% or more, at the first attempt, in Persian 2.
2. Students must achieve 50% or more, at the first attempt, in Introduction to Islam
3. Students must achieve 50% or more, at the first attempt, in Islamic and Middle Eastern Cultures.

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 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 - Year 3 with Persian study abroad (full year) - classification is based on the following twelve 20-credit papers:

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

Group B - NB This option is only available to students when study in a Persian-speaking country or at an approved institution elsewhere is not permitted.

Year 3 spent at Edinburgh (full year) - classification is based on the following twelve 20-credit papers:

In Year 3: Intensive Persian, IMES Dissertation Part 1, three Honours Options from the Persian and IMES course collections (120 credits)

In Year 4: Advanced Persian, IMES Dissertation Part 2, IMES Honours Option (Persian Language), three Honours Options from the Persian, IMES and other School course collections (120 credits)

Group C - NB This option is only available to students when study in a Persian-speaking country or at an approved institution elsewhere is not permitted.

Year 3 spent at Edinburgh (half year); and on Erasmus (half year) - classification is based on the following nine 20-credit papers:

In Year 3: Intensive Persian and IMES Dissertation Part 1 (60 credits)

In Year 4: Advanced Persian, IMES Dissertation Part 2, IMES Honours Option (Persian Language), three IMES Honours Options OR two IMES Honours Options and one Option course from another School (120 credits)

Final Assessment

One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the 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.)

Year 3 with Persian study abroad (full year) - classification is based on the following twelve 20-credit papers:

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

NB The following two options are only available to students when study in a Persian-speaking country or at an approved institution elsewhere is not permitted.

Year 3 spent at Edinburgh (full year) - classification is based on the following twelve 20-credit papers:

In Year 3: Intensive Persian, IMES Dissertation Part 1, three Honours Options from the Persian and IMES course collections (120 credits)

In Year 4: Advanced Persian, IMES Dissertation Part 2, IMES Honours Option (Persian Language), three Honours Options from the Persian, IMES and other School course collections (120 credits)

Year 3 spent at Edinburgh (half year); and on Erasmus (half year) - classification is based on the following nine 20-credit papers:

In Year 3: Intensive Persian and IMES Dissertation Part 1 (60 credits)

In Year 4: Advanced Persian, IMES Dissertation Part 2, IMES Honours Option (Persian Language), three IMES Honours Options OR two IMES Honours Options and one Option course from another School (120 credits)