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Arab and Islamic Studies Undergraduate Modules 2019-20

2019-20

2019-20

2019-20

2019-20

The module details in this section are only applicable to students who studied them between September 2019 and August 2020.

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.

Information for Inbound Exchange Students

Please note that if you are an inbound study abroad student studying in Exeter or Penryn for one semester only you can only choose from modules that are running in either Term 1 or Term 2. You are not able to choose modules that run in Terms '1 and 2' as these modules run for the full year.

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 1
ARA1030 Introduction to Islamic Archaeology 15 2
ARA1031 Elementary Turkish I 15 1
ARA1032 Elementary Turkish II 15 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

Level Two

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
ARA2000 Year Abroad 120 3
ARA2001 From Holy Text to Sex Manuals in the Medieval Middle East 15 1
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 Peacemaking Palestine/Israel 15 2
ARA2139 Intermediate Arabic Language II 30 1 and 2
ARA2141 Intermediate Persian 15 1
ARA2146 Islamic Theological Traditions 15 2
ARA2147 Classical Islamic History 15 2
ARA2148 Arabic for Beginners II 30 1 and 2
ARA2150 Muslims in Britain 15 2
ARA2151 Intermediate Persian II 15 2
ARA2160 Islamist Movements: From the Muslim Brothers to Al-Qa'ida 15 1
ARA2161 The Historiography of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 15 1
ARA2162 Political Economy of Development in the Middle East 15 1
ARA2164 Intermediate Turkish I 15 1
ARA2165 Intermediate Turkish II 15 2
ARA2166 Revolution, Reform or Status Quo 15 1
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
ARA2174 Year Abroad with Work Placement 120 1 and 2
ARA2175 Encountering the Other: "Un-Islamic" Culture and the Dar al-Islam 15 2
ARA2176 Spaces of Domination and Resistance in the Middle-East 15 1

Level Three

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
ARA3041 War, Violence and Revolution in the Middle East, 1800-2013 30 2
ARA3043 From "Home Lands" to "Host States": Migration, Displacement and Diaspora in the Middle East 15 2
ARA3103 Advanced Arabic Language 30 1 and 2
ARA3106 Dissertation 30 1, 2 and 3
ARA3107 Politics of Semi-democratic and Authoritarian Countries 30 1 and 2
ARA3129 Nationalisms in the Middle East 15 1
ARA3136 The History and Political Development of Iraq 15 2
ARA3140 The Kurds: History and Politics 15 1
ARA3144 Advanced Persian Language I 15 1
ARA3145 Advanced Persian Language II 15 2
ARA3146 Iranian History, 1500 - the Present 15 2
ARA3149 Ethno-Politics: Theoretical Considerations and Case Studies 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
ARA3166 Advanced Turkish Language II 15 2
ARA3189 The Orientalist Debate 30 1
ARA3190 Intermediate Arabic Language 30 1 and 2
ARA3196 Independent Research 30 2
ARA3197 The Arabian Nights: Perception and Reception 15 2
ARA3198 European and US Democracy Assistance in the Middle East and North Africa 15 2
ARA3200 Gender, Sexuality and Violence in Palestine/Israel 15 1
ARA3201 Culture and Conflict: Literature and Film from Israel/Palestine 15 2
ARA3202 Literature and Translation: Arabic/English Perspectives and Practice 15 1

College Modules

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
SSI1005 Introduction to Social Data 15 1
SSI1006 Data Analysis in Social Science 1 15 2
SSI2001 Learning from Work Experience in Social Sciences 15 1 and 2
SSI2002 Data Analysis in the Workplace 15 1
SSI2005 Data Analysis in Social Science 2 15 1
SSI2006 Immigration in Western Societies 15 1
SSI2007 Data Analysis in Social Science 3 15 2
SSI3001 Introduction to Social Network Analysis 15 2
SSI3002 Immigration in Western Societies 15 1
SSI3003 Data Analysis in Social Science 3 15 2
SSI3017 Learning from Work Experience in the Social Sciences 15 1 and 2
SSI3999 Year Abroad 120 1 and 2
SSIM900 Contemporary Debates in Security, Conflict and Justice 15
SSIM908 Directed Practical Study: Agriculture and Food 30 1 and 2
SSIM909 Dissertation in Food Studies 60 3
SSIM912 Introduction to Social Network Analysis 15 2