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2022/23 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies (No longer recruiting)

Programme code:BA-AMESUCAS code:QT46
Duration:4 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Ruba Khamam Contact address:r.khamam@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 485

Entry requirements:

For entry requirements for this course please visit: Coursefinder

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

Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, School of Modern Languages & Cultures

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Languages, Cultures and Societies:
Languages, Cultures and Societies

Programme specification:

The programme will:

- Combine the advantage of providing a social science programme in conjunction with Arabic language. The combination results in wealth of topics covered in the syllabus ranging from Arabic language and linguistics, Middle Eastern culture and society, history, politics, religions and literatures of the region.

- Feature the year abroad as a distinctive component of this programme, which allows students to enhance their language competence, and also offers them the possibility to live in an Arab country, study Arabic in an Arabic speaking environment and to mix with Arab communities.

- Provide a varied range of transferable skills attractive to potential employers, for example: knowledge of other cultures and religions in a multi-cultural society, ethical and political awareness; the qualities of an intelligent global citizen.

- Provide a wide range of career opportunities. Our graduates have embarked on careers in the industrial, media and journalism, commercial, diplomatic and administrative sectors, where possession of another language is increasingly advantageous. Our graduates found employment in teaching, business, finance and international banking, translation, law, tourism and diplomacy.


Year1 - View timetable

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

In level 1 students are required to study 120-125 credits. Students must study 60 credits of Arabic and 20 credits of Middle Eastern Studies modules.

Compulsory modules:

Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

ARAB1001Beginning Arabic 1
Pre-requisite for: ARAB1002
20 credits 
ARAB1002Beginning Arabic 220 credits 
ARAB1150Early and Medieval Islamic History20 credits 
ARAB1170Studying the Middle East: Culture, History, Politics and Religion20 credits 

Students with prior knowledge of Arabic may, subject to a placement test, study ARAB1030/ARAB3100 instead of ARAB1001/ARAB1002, as appropriate in their first year.

Optional modules:

Candidates may choose to study between 0 and 40 credits from the following optional modules.

ARAB1003Persian for Beginners20 credits 
ARAB1006Turkish for Beginners20 credits 
ARAB1030Introduction to Arab and Islamic Civilisation20 credits 
ARAB1140Muslim Beliefs: From Theology to Sunni-Shi'a Sectarianism20 credits 
MODL1100Politics, Culture and Society20 credits 

Elective modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 40 credits of discovery modules.


Year2 - View timetable

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

Candidates will spend this year in an Arabic-speaking country approved by the School.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:

ARAB9001Arabic Year Abroad120 credits 


Year3 - View timetable

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

In Level 2 students must study 120 credits.

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:

ARAB2010Advanced Arabic Grammar and Translation20 credits 
ARAB2020Essential Skills in Practical Arabic20 credits 
ARAB2181Cultures of the Arab Middle East and North Africa20 credits 
ARAB2310Modern Middle Eastern History20 credits 

Optional modules:

Candidates must study between 20 and 40 credits from the following optional modules:

ARAB2066Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict20 credits 
ARAB2091Arab Media, Politics and Society20 credits 
ARAB2330The Politics of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Middle East20 credits 
MODL2001Linguists into Schools20 credits 
MODL2075Global Environmental Humanities20 credits 

NB: Not all modules will be available every year.

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

FOAH2020Towards the Future: Skills in Context20 credits 

Elective modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.

Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules or take the above FOAH module.


Year4 - View timetable

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

In Level 3 students must study 120 credits.

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:

ARAB3010Arabic Stylistics20 credits 
ARAB3020Advanced Skills in Arabic Language20 credits 

Optional modules:

Candidates are required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.

MODL3300Final Year Project: Dissertation40 credits 
MODL3340Final Year Project: Extended Translation40 credits 
MODL3350Final Year Project: Digital Documentary (Podcast)40 credits 

Candidates must study 20 credits from the following optional modules:

ARAB3072Islam and Modernity20 credits 
ARAB3190Performing Islam: Piety and Environment in Dialogue20 credits 
ARAB3888Advanced Media Arabic: Translation Skills in Text Typology20 credits 
MODL3600Material Cultures and Cultures of Consumption20 credits 
MODL3610Adventures of the Imagination: Crime and the Fantastic Across Continents20 credits 
MODL3620Decolonial Approaches20 credits 
MODL3630Social Movements across Cultures20 credits 

NB: Not all modules will be available every year.

Candidates must study 20 credits from the following optional modules:

ARAB3110Middle Eastern Politics: Regimes, Societies and Conflict20 credits 
MODL3600Material Cultures and Cultures of Consumption20 credits 
MODL3610Adventures of the Imagination: Crime and the Fantastic Across Continents20 credits 
MODL3620Decolonial Approaches20 credits 
MODL3630Social Movements across Cultures20 credits 
MODL3650Minoritised Languages, Dialects and Cultures from Past to Present20 credits 

NB: Not all modules will be available every year.

Elective modules:

Last updated: 08/11/2022 13:26:01

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