Postgraduate Module Descriptor

ARAM246: Critical Readings in Kurdish Studies

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

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
Presentation of critical reflection on readings	15 minutes	1-2: 5-6	Verbal

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
100	0	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	100	4000 words	1-4	Written

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	1-4	August/Sept

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Kreyenbroek, Philip and Stefan Sperl (eds.) (1992) The Kurds: A Contemporary Overview. London: Routledge.

Natali, Denise (2006) The Kurds and the State: Evolving National Identity in Iraq, Turkey, and Iran. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.

Mojab, Shahrzad (ed) (2001) Women of a Non-State Nation: The Kurds. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Press.

Scalbert-Yücel, C. and Le Ray, M. (2006) ‘Knowledge, ideology and power. Deconstructing Kurdish Studies’, European Journal of Turkish Studies online

Soane, E.B. (1918) To Mesopotamia and Kurdistan in Disguise.

Stansfield, Gareth (2003) Iraqi Kurdistan: Political Development and Emergent Democracy. London: RoutledgeCurzon.

Stansfield, Gareth and Shareef, Mohammed (eds) (2016) The Kurdish Question Revisited. London: Hurst.