Undergraduate Module Descriptor

ARA2118: Gender-Identity and Modernity in the Middle East

This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Studying Women and Gender in the Middle East

Representation: The Legacy of Orientalism
Islam, Tradition and Patriarchy
The 'Woman Question' and Gender Relations in Nation-State Building
The Political Economy of Honour Crimes
Gender and Citizenship in the Middle East
Women's Struggles to Reform the Personal Status Laws in the Middle East
Women, War and Violence
Women's and Feminist Anti-War Activism
Women's Movements between Secular and Religious Agendas
Revision

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
22	128

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity	22	The course consists of lectures, class discussions and student presentations. Each two-hourly seminar will commence with a class discussion on the topic and reading for the week, and conclude with a lecture on the topic and readings for the following week.
Guided Independent study	128	A variety of independent study tasks directed by module leader

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

l material will be posted on the Online Learning System and discussion lists will be created.

ELE – http://ele.exeter.ac.uk/

Other Learning Resources

Videos, TV programmes, pictures, memoirs.

How this Module is Assessed

In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.

Formative Assessment

A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Class presentation	20 Minutes	1-8	Verbal feedback

Summative Assessment

A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
70	30	0

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

Form of assessment	% of credit	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Essay	35	1,500 words	1-8	Written feedback Verbal feedback (if required)
Written examination	30	1 hours	1-8	Written feedback Verbal feedback (if required)
5 best reaction papers	35	Brief weekly 'reaction papers' based on readings and marked	1-8	Written feedback Verbal feedback (if required)
	0
	0
	0

Re-assessment

Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Essay	Essay	1-8	1st September
Written examination	Written examination	1-8	August/September assessment period
5 best reaction papers	5 best reaction papers	1-8	1st September

Re-assessment notes

All three assessments are required for this module. Where you have been referred/ deferred for the essay, exam, and/or reaction papers, you will have the opportunity to complete these parts of the assessment by the above indicated date.