2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Middle Eastern Studies and Politics

Total credits: 365

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Languages, Cultures and Societies

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/sbs/sbs-languages-cultures-and-societies-23.pdf?sfvrsn=3c71a881_10

Programme specification:

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme in 2023/24 or before. For students entering the programme from September 2024 or after, you can find the details of your programme: BA Middle Eastern Studies and Politics(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

The programme will:
- enable students to work across more than one discipline by providing the flexibility to study three disciplines
- allow the study of two disciplines to the same depth as any single honours student but with less breadth in each discipline;
- provide a basis for further advanced study in either of the disciplines or in a cognate interdisciplinary area.

General
- The distinctiveness, appeal and strength of University of Leeds joint honours programmes lie in the unusual combination of depth, breadth and flexibility which they offer, as well as in the exceptional range of degree combinations available.
- They permit students to study two disciplines, in depth and to degree level while acquiring a broader range of skills than is typically possible within a single honours degree.
- They are emphatically joint honours programmes, rather than integrated programmes: students can therefore make the links they choose from the wide choice of optional modules available within each discipline. Within certain parameters, they thus effectively make connections and devise pathways according to their own preferences, rather than being faced with a prescribed combination of modules chosen for them by others.
- The students must acquire the flexibility of mind and variety of learning techniques needed to switch between the two disciplines.
- A further element of distinctiveness is the flexibility of the programme structure, which allows joint honours students to change direction more easily, and more radically, than single honours students.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Discovery modules:

Students will be required to study 20 credits of discovery modules

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

In Level 2 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in each of their main subjects. Of the remaining credits, 20 credits should be taken in one of the named subjects; the final 20 credits may be taken as discovery modules or in either of the named subjects.

In order to be eligible for an Honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates are required to study 20 credits from the following options:

Candidates will be required to study ONE of the following Political Theory modules:

Candidates will be required to study ONE of the following Government and Political Systems modules:

Candidates may choose to take additional credits from the following optional modules (if not taken above):

Students may also choose to study the below module as long as they are not already enrolled onto Linguists into Schools

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject, pursue additional modules in the two named subjects or take the above FOAH module

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

At Level 3, students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in Middle Eastern Studies and a minimum of 40 credits in Politics.

All students must take 40 credits as a Final Year Project (FYP) module, which can be take in – and count towards – either Midde Eastern Studies or Politics.

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

All students are required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project modules:

Students who take their FYP in Politics are required to take a minimum of 40 credits from the following list:

All students may choose up to 40 credits of further modules from this list:

- Not all modules will be available every year.

Students who take their FYP in Middle Eastern Studies are required to take at least 40 credits from the following list:

All students may choose up to 40 credits of further modules from this list:

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.

Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in Middle Eastern Studies or Politics.

Finalists may only take Level 1 modules that are listed as Discovery Skills modules (skd) and only to the value of 20 credits. 

Last updated: 11/11/2024 11:45:38

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