Undergraduate Module Descriptor

ARA3129: Nationalisms in the Middle East

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

By the end of this module students will:

have gained an understanding of a variety of political, cultural and ideological dimensions associated to the historical development of nationalist movements in the Middle East;
be able to appreciate the development of nationalism by evaluating the links between historical change and the transformation of Middle Eastern identities; and
be able to apply abstract theoretical concepts about sociological and political understanding to concrete case studies, and to discuss how such concepts contribute (or not) to understanding of social and political behaviours.

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 Skills	1. Understand a variety of political, cultural and ideological dimensions associated to the historical development of nationalist movements in the Middle East; 2. Appreciate the development of nationalism by evaluating the links between historical change and the transformation of Middle Eastern identities;
Discipline-Specific Skills	3. Demonstrate the ability to work on primary sources under tutor guidance; 4. Demonstrate the ability to relate case studies to conceptual and theoretical frameworks in order to foster original and independent thinking; 5. Demonstrate the ability understand historical change from a multi-disciplinary perspective;
Personal and Key Skills	6. Work independently and within a group, including participation in oral discussion; 7. Demonstrate the ability to organise and process data to produce a coherent and argument, both orally and in writing.

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	0

...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	Classroom hours (11x2 hour seminars)Teaching sessions will normally include lecturing and class discussion focussing on individual presentations or on specific learning tasks. Emphasis will be placed on the evaluation of selected primary and secondary sources
Guided Independent study	128	A variety of independent study tasks directed by module leader to include reading, engagement in discussion on VLE, regular interaction in seminars, events and office hours outside of class time.

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

http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/