Module ARA3158 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ARA3158: Armed Islamist Movements: Jihadism and Beyond
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Aims
This module aims to provide you with an understanding of the complex relationships between Islamism and various types of armed action including, coups, resistance, insurgency and terrorism. It prepares you to constructively engage in academic and policy debates on armed Islamism and the related issues of security, democratization, demobilization, and counter-terrorism in several Muslim-majority and Muslim-minority states.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
|---|---|
| Module-Specific Skills | 1. understand the major armed Islamist movements, their behaviours, ideologies and the contexts in which they operate; 2. demonstrate the ability to discuss key-issues in the themes of Islamism and political violence; |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. handle recent Islamist terminology; 4. analyse and critique both primary and secondary sources as well as to place the issues discussed in a wider context; |
| Personal and Key Skills | 5. demonstrate critical and analytical skills through readings, class discussions and presentations; 6. organise time and resources; 7. demonstrate an enhanced ability to undertake comparative and cross-regional analysis; 8. give oral presentations and write essays. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral presentation | 10-15 minutes | 3-5 | Verbal feedback |
| Act as a discussant in one other presentation | 10-15 minutes | 3-5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Policy Brief or Academic Opinion Op-Ed Article | 40 | 1,200 words | 1-8 | Written feedback |
| Analytical Essay | 60 | 2,000 words | 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 | Written feedback |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Policy Brief or Academic Opinion Op-Ed article | Policy Brief or Academic Opinion Op-Ed article | 1-8 | August/September reassessment period |
| Analytical Essay | Analytical Essay | 1, 2, 4, 5, 8 | August/September reassessment period |
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.
Ashour, Omar. The De-Radicalization of Jihadists: Transforming Armed Islamist Movements. New York, London: Routledge, 2009.
Ashour, Omar. Oil, Security and Internal Politics: The Causes of the Russo-Chechen Conflict. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism vol. 27, no. 2 (March April 2004): 127 143.
Atwan, Abdel Bari. The Secret History of al-Qaeda. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.
Chehab, Zaki, Inside Hamas (NY: Nations Books, 2007).
Donohue, John and John L. Esposito. Islam in Transition : Muslim perspectives (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1982).
Esposito, John, Political Islam: Revolution, Radicalism, or Reform (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1997).
Fuller, Graham, The Future of Political Islam, Foreign Affairs (March-April 2002).
Goodson, Larry. Afghanistan’s Long Road to Reconstruction.Journal of Democracy vol. 13, no. 1 (January 2003):
Hafez, Mohammed, Why Muslims Rebel: Repression and Resistance in the
Islamic World (Boulder, Colo. ; London : Lynne Rienner, 2003).
Kepel, Gilles, Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam (Belknap, 2003).
Lewis, Bernard, The Crisis of Political Islam (Random House, 2004)Lia, Brynjar. Artichetct of Global Jihad: The Life of the life of al-Qaida strategist Abu Musal-Suri. London : Hurst & Co., 2007.
Martinez, Luis. The Algerian Civil War. New York: Colombia University Press, 2000.
Qutb, Sayyid, Milestones (American Trust Publication, 1991).
Roy, Olivier, Globalizing Islam (Columbia University Press, 2004).
Wiktorowicz, Quintan, Islamic Activism: A Social Movement Theory Approach (Indiana University Press, 2003).
Youcef Bedjaoui, Abbas Aroua, Méziane Aït-Larbi.. An Inquiry into the Algerian Massacres. Plan-les-Ouates (Genève): Hoggar, 1999. chapters 2, 6, 8, 11
World Islamic Front Statement: "Jihad against Jews and Crusaders," Washington Post, September 21, 2001
ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/
Particularly useful notes of guidance for the op-ed project can be found on the module ELE page
