2015/16 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
ARAB3035 Issues in Middle East Politics
20 creditsClass Size: 50
Module manager: Hendrik Kraetzschmar
Email: h.kraetzschmar@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2015/16
Module replaces
ARAB3030This module is approved as a discovery module
Module summary
A coverage of important issues in contemporary Middle East politics on the domestic, regional and international levels.Objectives
To access major themes in domestic Middle East politics. Some major regional issues and the foreign policies of the US, European Union and Russia.Learning outcomes
To acquaint students with a good range of knowledge about issues in the Middle East politics.
Skills outcomes
Time management, communication, organisation, skills in arguments, punctuality, interpersonal dealing.
Syllabus
Rather than covering a wide range of developments in the Middle East since 1945, the module will study selected issues in several Middle Eastern states, several contemporary regional themes and contemporary policies of great powers in the area.
Among the domestic issues to be studied are: secularism in Turkey, leadership and local politics in the Islamic republic, identity problem in Iraq. Embedded in its regional themes will be the Middle East peace process, regional dimensions of the Kurdish question, Islamic radicalism and Gulf security. Also, the policies of the US, Russia and EU since the cold war will be studied.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Lecture | 21 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| Seminar | 11 | 1.00 | 11.00 |
| Private study hours | 168.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 32.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Private study
preparatory reading for lectures/seminars, student presentations, completion of coursework and exam preparationOpportunities for Formative Feedback
- Consultation while preparing for seminars and essays- Personal tutoring
- Listening to comments from the year tutors.
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Essay | 2,000 words | 30.00 |
| Presentation | 15 mins, bi-weekly | 10.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 40.00 | |
Each student is required to do only one presentation.
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 2 hr 00 mins | 60.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 60.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 13/12/2013
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