Module information

These modules were available to undergraduate students during the current and previous academic years. While they are representative of the choices which will be available to you during your degree, you should note that modules may change depending on the research interests of staff.

Level 1 modules

Module Name Module Code Credits
Arabic for Beginners ARA1015 30
Career Planning Workshops (Level 1) ARA1111 0
Elementary Arabic language ARA1033 60
Elementary Arabic Language I ARA1022 30
Elementary Arabic Language II ARA1023 30
Elementary Kurdish I (Kurmanji) ARA1028 15
Elementary Kurdish II (Kurmanji) ARA1029 15
Elementary Persian ARA1013 15
Elementary Persian 2 ARA1020 15
Elementary Turkish I ARA1031 15
Elementary Turkish II ARA1032 15
History and Society in Middle East ARA1009 15
Introduction to Islam ARA1018 15
Introduction to Persian History and Culture ARA1021 15
Kurdish 1 (Sorani) ARA1025 15
Kurdish 1 Kurmanji ARA1026 15
Kurdish Culture and Society ARA1027 15
Politics and Economy of the Contemporary Middle East ARA1010 15
Reading and Translation ARA1016 15

Level 2 modules

Module Name Module Code Credits
A History of the Arabic Language ARA2159 15
Arabic for Beginners II ARA2148 30
Career Planning Workshops (Level 2) ARA2222 0
Classical Persian Poetry in Translation ARA2143 15
Conflict and Peacemaking Palestine/Israel ARA2135 15
Gender-Identity and Modernity in the Middle East ARA2118 15
Great Thinkers of the Islamic Tradition:From al-Kindi to Taha Husayn ARA2155 15
History of Turkish and the Turkic Languages ARA2168 15
Intermediate Arabic Language II ARA2139 30
Intermediate Persian ARA2141 15
Intermediate Persian II ARA2151 15
Intermediate Turkish I ARA2164 15
Intermediate Turkish II ARA2165 15
Islamic Law and Society ARA2132 15
Islamic Theological Traditions ARA2146 15
Islamist Movements: From the Muslim Brothers to Al-Qa'ida ARA2160 15
Jerusalem in the Arab/Israeli Conflict ARA2163 15
M.E.20C Colonialism Revolution and Beyond ARA2131 15
Muslims in Britain ARA2150 15
Political Economy of Development in the Middle East ARA2162 15
Reading Qur'Anic Arabic ARA2144 15
Revoltion, Reform or Status Quo ARA2166 15
Society and Empire Modern Middle East 1798-1914 ARA2130 15
Sufism and Islamic Devotional Life ARA2145 15
The Historiography of the Arab-Israeli Conflict ARA2161 15
Themes in Modern Arabic Poetry ARA2122 15
Themes in the Arabic Short Story ARA2121 15
Turkish Culture and Society 1 ARA2167 15
Year Abroad ARA2000 120

Level 3 modules

Module Name Module Code Credits
Advanced Arabic Language ARA3103 30
Armed Islamist Movements: Jihadism and Beyond ARA3158 15
Britain in the Middle East, 1798-1977 ARA3162 15
Career Planning Workshops (Level 3) ARA3333 0
Dissertation ARA3106 30
Ethno-Politics: Theoretical Considerations and Case Studies ARA3149 15
EU Democracy Promotion in the Middle East and North Africa ARA3154 15
Folklore and Identity in the Middle East ARA3152 15
Foundational Islamic Texts: Qur'An and Hadith ARA3138 15
From Qur'an to Qutb: Islamic Texts in Translation ARA3150 15
History of Arabic Language ARA3171 15
Independent Study ARA3888E 30
Intermediate Arabic language I ARA3160 30
Iranian History, 1500 - the Present ARA3146 15
Islamic Art and Architecture ARA3161 15
Media Representations of Islam ARA3172 15
Nader Shah and 18th Century Iran ARA3169 15
Nationalisms in the Middle East ARA3129 15
Politics and Reform in the Gulf ARA3163 15
Reading Quranic Arabic II ARA3170 15
The History and Political Development of Iraq ARA3136 15
The Orientalist Debate ARA3159 15
The Philosophy, Poetry, and Mystical Teachings of Jalal al-Din Rumi (d.1273) ARA3164 15