Postgraduate Module Descriptor

ARAM243: End of Year Project

This module descriptor refers to the 2024/5 academic year.

Module Aims

The module aims to develop students in two principal areas: independence in Arabic language learning; and specialism in the principal subject field of their master’s programme. With respect to the first, it will encourage and develop the independence of students as learners of Arabic, and to direct that learning toward their subject specialism in the social sciences. It will introduce students to subject-specific Arabic vocabulary and entry-level texts—principally media texts touching upon issues of international relations and politics—and encourage them to work on these independently, thereby developing their dictionary and language-parsing skills. The module also gives students the opportunity to engage with a major topic within their subject discipline, and to develop their own positionality with respect to it. By the end of the module, students will be able to engage with simple news-item media texts in Arabic, and will have produced their first extended analytical work within the field.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here - you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to:
Module-Specific Skills1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of beginners-level Arabic register and vocabulary with respect to media texts on the fields of politics and/or international relations.
2. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a key and emerging theoretical strand within their subject discipline of politics or international relations.
Discipline-Specific Skills3. Demonstrate an ability to engage with and understand elementary Arabic media texts dealing with the student’s subject specialism.
4. Demonstrate an ability to digest and apply emerging theoretical themes within the theme of politics and/or international relations
Personal and Key Skills5. Demonstrate comprehension and analytical skills in addressing second-language texts and rendering these texts into idiomatic English
6. Demonstrate ability to use digital media and platforms for research, learning and disseminating knowledge and understanding