Arab and Islamic Studies Undergraduate Modules 2017-18

The module details in this section are only applicable to students who studied them between September 2017 and August 2018.

If you wish to look at details of a module you studied in a different academic year, please see undergraduate modules for other academic years.

If you intend to study one of these modules from September 2023 or later, please refer to the module list for September 2023 - August 2024.

Level One

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)
ARA1010	Politics and Economy of the Contemporary Middle East	15	2
ARA1013	Elementary Persian	15	1
ARA1015	Arabic for Beginners	30	1 and 2
ARA1016	Reading and Translation	15	2
ARA1018	Introduction to Islam	15	1
ARA1020	Elementary Persian 2	15	2
ARA1021	Introduction to Persian History and Culture	15	2
ARA1030	Introduction to Islamic Archaeology	15	2
ARA1031	Elementary Turkish I	15	1
ARA1032	Elementary Turkish II	15	2
ARA1033	Elementary Arabic Language	60	1 and 2
ARA1033A	Elementary Arabic Language I	30	1
ARA1033B	Elementary Arabic Language II	30	1
ARA1036	Histories of the Middle East, 600-1800 C.E.	15	1

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)
ARA2000	Year Abroad	120	3
ARA2010	Work Placement	30	2 and 3
ARA2011	Year Abroad Arabic Media Project	30	1 and 2
ARA2012	Year Abroad		1 and 2
ARA2014	Regions and Empires in Islamic Archaeology	15	1
ARA2118	Gender-Identity and Modernity in the Middle East	15	1
ARA2132	Islamic Law and Society	15	1
ARA2134	Ethnography of the Middle East	15	1
ARA2135	Conflict and Peace making Palestine/Israel	15	2
ARA2139	Intermediate Arabic Language II	30	1 and 2
ARA2141	Intermediate Persian	15	1
ARA2146	Islamic Theological Traditions	15	2
ARA2148	Arabic for Beginners II	30	1 and 2
ARA2150	Muslims in Britain	15	2
ARA2151	Intermediate Persian II	15	2
ARA2160	Islamic Movements: From the Muslim Brothers to Al-Qa'ida	15	2
ARA2161	The Historiography of the Arab-Israeli Conflict	15	1
ARA2162	Political Economy of Development in the Middle East	15	2
ARA2166	Revolution, Reform or Status Quo	15	2
ARA2170	A History of the Modern Middle East, 1900-2014	15	2
ARA2171	A History of the Modern Middle East, 1900-2014	30	2
ARA2173	Living and Communicating in the Arab World		3

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)
ARA3041	War, Violence and Revolution in the Middle East, 1800-2013	30	2
ARA3103	Advanced Arabic Language	30	1 and 2
ARA3106	Dissertation	30	1, 2 and 3
ARA3129	Nationalisms in the Middle East	15	1
ARA3136	The History and Political Development of Iraq	15	2
ARA3144	Advanced Persian Language I	15	1
ARA3145	Advanced Persian Language II	15	2
ARA3146	Iranian History, 1500 - the Present	15	1
ARA3149	Ethno-Politics: Theoretical Considerations and Case Studies	15	2
ARA3152	Folklore and Identity in the Middle East	15	1
ARA3158	Armed Islamist Movements: Jihadism and Beyond	15	2
ARA3159	The Orientalist Debate	15	1
ARA3160	Intermediate Arabic Language I	30	1 and 2
ARA3162	Britain in the Middle East, 1798-1977	15	2
ARA3163	Politics and Reform in the Gulf	15	2
ARA3166	Advanced Turkish Language II	15	2
ARA3189	The Orientalist Debate	30	1
ARA3190	Intermediate Arabic Language	30	1 and 2
ARA3195	Islam Contested: Faith, Thought and Politics in the Contemporary World	30	2
ARA3196	Independent Research	30	3
ARA3200	Gender, Sexuality and Violence in Palestine/Israel	15	1

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)
SSI2001	Learning from Work Experience in Social Sciences	15	1 and 2
SSI2002	Data Analysis in the Workplace	15	1
SSI3017	Learning from Work Experience in the Social Sciences	15	1 and 2
SSI3018	Employment Experience Abroad	120	1, 2 and 3
SSI3999	One Year study abroad	120	1 and 2
SSIM900	Contemporary Debates in Security, Conflict and Justice	15
SSIM903	Advanced Interdisciplinary Research Design	15	2
SSIM904	Research Design Methods and Skills for AQM	15	2
SSIM905	Mathematics and Programming Skills for Social Scientists	15	2
SSIM906	Quantitative Dissertation	45	2 and 3
SSIM907	Policy Analytics: Dissertation or Research Consultancy Project	60	1 and 2