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Arab & Islamic Studies Modules 2025/6

Please note, details for interdisciplinary modules within the HASS faculty can be found here.

Stage One Modules

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)	ELE link
ARA1010	Politics and Economy of the Contemporary Middle East	15	2
ARA1013	Elementary Persian	15	1
ARA1015	Arabic for Beginners	30	1 and 2
ARA1018	Introduction to Islam	15	1
ARA1020	Elementary Persian 2	15	2
ARA1021	Introduction to Persian History and Culture	15	2
ARA1030	Introduction to Islamic Archaeology	15	2
ARA1031	Elementary Turkish I	15	1
ARA1032	Elementary Turkish II	15	2
ARA1033A	Elementary Arabic Language I	30	1
ARA1033B	Elementary Arabic Language II	30	2
ARA1036	Histories of the Middle East, 600-1800 C.E.	15	1
ARA1041	Religious Communities of the Middle East: Culture, Endangerment and Survival	15	1

Stage Two Modules

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)	ELE link
ARA2000	Year Abroad	120	1, 2 and 3
ARA2014	Regions and Empires in Islamic Archaeology	15	1
ARA2016	Magic and the Abrahamic Religions	15	2
ARA2028	Islamist Movements: From the Muslim Brothers to the Islamic State	15	1
ARA2118	Gender-Identity and Modernity in the Middle East	15	1
ARA2132	Islamic Law and Society	15	1
ARA2134	Ethnography of the Middle East	15	1
ARA2135	Conflict and Peacemaking Palestine/Israel	15	1
ARA2139	Intermediate Arabic Language II	30	1 and 2
ARA2147	Classical Islamic History	15	2
ARA2148	Arabic for Beginners II	30	1 and 2
ARA2150	Muslims in Britain	15	2
ARA2162	Political Economy of Development in the Middle East	15	1
ARA2164	Intermediate Turkish I	15	1
ARA2165	Intermediate Turkish II	15	2
ARA2170	A History of the Modern Middle East, 1900-2014	15	2
ARA2171	A History of the Modern Middle East, 1900-2014	30	2
ARA2174	Year Abroad with Work Placement	120	1 and 2

Stage Three Modules

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)	ELE link
ARA3045	War, Violence and Revolution in the Modern Middle East	30	2
ARA3103	Advanced Arabic Language	30	1 and 2
ARA3106	Dissertation	30	1 and 2
ARA3108	The Politics of Authoritarian Rule	30	1 and 2
ARA3129	Nationalisms in the Middle East	15	2
ARA3136	The History and Political Development of Iraq	15	2
ARA3140	The Kurds: History and Politics	15	1
ARA3158	Armed Islamist Movements: Jihadism and Beyond	15	2
ARA3160	Intermediate Arabic Language I	30	1 and 2
ARA3162	Britain in the Middle East, 1798-1977	15	1
ARA3163	Politics and Reform in the Gulf	15	2
ARA3190	Intermediate Arabic Language	30	1 and 2
ARA3196	Independent Research	30	1, 2 and 3
ARA3197	The Arabian Nights: Perception and Reception	15	2
ARA3200	Gender, Sexuality and Violence in Palestine/Israel	15	2

Masters Modules

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)	ELE link
ARAM027	MA Dissertation	60	2 and 3
ARAM054	State and Society in the Middle East	30	2
ARAM081	Advanced Arabic Language	30	1 and 2
ARAM082	Dissertation	60	2
ARAM090	Energy, Logistics, Infrastructure	30	1
ARAM091	Ecological Struggles	30	2
ARAM092	Capstone Project	60	2 and 3
ARAM093	Energy Infrastructure Environment Placement	15	2 and 3
ARAM103	New Approaches to Islamic Thought	30	2
ARAM112A	Independent Reading Course - Sem 1	15	1
ARAM112B	Independent Reading Course - Sem 2	15	2
ARAM147	The Kurds: History and Politics	30	1
ARAM221	The Palestine Question: Past and Present	30	2
ARAM232	Theorising the Middle East	15	2
ARAM233	Dissertation skills	15	1
ARAM240	Arabic Language 1	30	1
ARAM241	Arabic Language 2	30	2
ARAM244	Politics and Economics of the Middle East	30	2
ARAM245	Dissertation	30	3
ARAM251	Esotericism and the Magical Tradition	30	1
ARAM254	Study Abroad	15	3
ARAM257	Philosophising Magic: From Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages	15	1