Module ARA3162 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ARA3162: Britain in the Middle East, 1798-1977
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presentations and discussions | Every week (90 minutes | 1-12 | Oral feedback |
| Interpretation and critique of historical documents | Every week (15 minutes) | 1-12 | Oral feedback |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 20 | 1,000 words | 1-11 | Written feedback |
| Ten book reviews | 80 | 400 words each | 1-11 and 13 | Written and verbal feedback |
| 0 | ||||
| 0 | ||||
| 0 | ||||
| 0 |
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 (1000 words) | 1-11 | August/September reassessment period |
| Ten book reviews | Ten book reviews (400 words each) | 1-11 and 13 | 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.
Yoav Alon, The Making of Modern Jordan: Tribes, Colonialism and the Modern State (2007)
Glen Balfour-Paul, The End of Empire in the Middle East: Britain's Relinquishment of Power in Her Last Three Arab Dependencies (1991)
Michael Cohen & Martin Kolinsky (eds.), Demise of the British Empire in the Middle East: Britain's Response to Nationalist Movements, 1943-55 (1998)
Francis Deng & M. Daly, Bonds of Silk: The Human Factor in the British Administration of the Sudan (1989)
Michael Doyle, Empires (1986)
D. K. Fieldhouse, Western Imperialism in the Middle East, 1914-1958 (2006)
R. J. Gavin, Aden Under British Rule, 1839-1967 (1975)
Gudrun Kramer, A History of Palestine (2008)
Zach Levey & Elie Podeh (eds.), Britain and the Middle East (2007)
Elizabeth Monroe, Britain's Moment in the Middle East, 1914-1971 (1981)
James Onley, The Arabian Frontier of the British Raj: Merchants, Rulers, and the British in the Nineteenth-Century Gulf (2007)
James Onley, "Britain and the Gulf Shaikhdoms, 1820-1971: The Politics of Protection", CIRS Occasional Papers No. 4, Georgetown University (2009)
Roger Owen & Bob Sutcliffe (eds.), Studies in the Theory of Imperialism (1972)
Heather Sharkey, Living with Colonialism: Nationalism and Culture in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (2003)
Sarah Searight (ed.), Britain and Iran: 1790-1980: Collected Essays of Sir Denis Wright (2003)
Daniel Silverfarb, Britain's Informal Empire in the Middle East: A Case Study of Iraq, 1929-1941 (1986)
Peter Sluglett, Britain in Iraq (1976; rev. edn., 2007)
Bernard Wasserstein, The British in Palestine: The Mandatory Government and the Arab-Jewish Conflict, 1917-1929 (1978; rev. edn. 1991).
William Welch, No Country for a Gentleman: British Rule in Egypt, 1883-1907 (1988)
Mary Wilson, King Abdullah, Britain and the Making of Jordan (1987)
Denis Wright, The English amongst the Persians (1977; rev. edn. 2001)
