Introduction to Persian History and Culture
Module ARA1021 for 2016/7

Undergraduate Module Descriptor

ARA1021: Introduction to Persian History and Culture

This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.

Week 1. Introductory – Overview of Iranian History

Week 2. Pre-IslamicIran

Week 3. The Coming of Islam

Week 4. Iranian local dynasties, Turks and Mongols, and the emergence of New Persian literature

Week 5. The Safavids - literature and history

Week 6. The Fall of the Safavids, Nader Shah and the 18^th century Interregnum

Week 7. The Qajars and the Constitutional Revolution

Week 8. The Pahlavis

Week 9. Literature and politics in 20^th centuryIran

Week 10. The Revolution of 1979

Week 11. Iran since the Revolution

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
22	128

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity	22	The module will consist of lectures and regular class discussions of assigned reading with a view to monitoring the assimilation of material
Guided Independent study	55	Students will need to spend time researching in the library while reading the required text
Guided Independent study	20	Students will need to spend time in the library researching on their term paper
Guided Independent study	53	Private Study

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).