Module ARA3146 for 2017/8
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ARA3146: Iranian History, 1500 - the Present
This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
The Rise of the Safavids
Intellectual Movements in the Safavid Period
The collapse of Safavid rule
Nader Shah and civil war in 18th century Iran
The rise of the Qajars
Religion and State in Qajar Iran
The Constitutional Revolution
The Rise of Reza Shah
Muhammad Reza Shah's modernisation and the White Revolution
The Islamic Revolutionary movement
The Victory of Ayatallah Khomeini
Iran since the revolution
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 |
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22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 22 | 11 x 2 hour Seminars. Teaching sessions will include lecturing and class discussion focusing on individual presentations or on specific learning tasks; |
Guided Independent learning | 40 | Preparation for seminar presentation focused on a text or topic of relevance which may result in the assessed essay |
Guided Independent learning | 40 | Preparation for essay, including time spent in library and on other research; and |
Guided Independent learning | 48 | Additional private study and reading as preparation for class. |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/