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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

Timetable information in the Course Catalogue may be subject to change.

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Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Notes:
Optional course(s) outside of the DPT but relevant to your programme may be substituted with the permission of your programme director and the course organiser.

While every effort will be made to ensure that timetable clashes are avoided, this cannot be guaranteed; it is your responsibility to ensure that your optional course choices do not clash with your compulsory courses.

Please note that students with ESRC funding will be required to take the following courses in addition to the compulsory courses listed and can therefore only choose 40 credits of IMES option courses in Semester 2:
- PGSP11016 Research Skills in the Social Sciences: Data Collection (20 credits - Semester 1)
- SCIL11009 Core quantitative data analysis (20 credits - Semester 1)
Additionally, students on this pathway are asked to audit the SGSSS Core course Becoming a Confident Social Science Researcher.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies level 11 courses - Semester 1

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students wishing to select a 2A language course should first discuss this with the relevant course organiser.
OR

Compulsory courses for students on this degree programme with ESRC funding

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note that students with ESRC funding are required to take the following courses in addition to the compulsory courses listed above.
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies level 11 courses - Semester 2

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students wishing to select a 2B language course should first discuss this with the relevant course organiser.

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