Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (MSc/Dip)

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (MSc/Dip)
Degree Type: 1 Year Taught Postgraduate Degree
POS Code: A0551
NYT	Course	S	L	CT
term 1	Approaches to Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies	G	11	40
	Research Skills and Methods	G	11	20
term 2	Research problems and methods	G	11	20
	Two of:
	An introduction to Twelver Shi’ism	G	11	20
	Ideology and political practice in the modern Middle East	G	11	20
	Mystical Islam	G	11	20
	The history of Muslim-Christian dialogue (to 1800)	G	11	20
	Islam in the modern world (from 1800)	G	11	20
	Jihad: theory and practice	G	11	20
	The contribution of al-Ghazali to classical Islamic thought	G	11	20
	Language and society in the Middle East and North Africa	G	11	20
	The early development of Islamic law	G	11	20
	The History of Islamicate Medicine	G	11	20
	Middle East Politics	G	11	20
	Islam and art	A	10	20
	Medieval Islamic painting	A	10	20
	Medieval Persian Book Painting: Texts, Images and Patrons	A	11	20
	Ritual and religion	I	11	20
	The Arab world (Regional analysis, the Arab World)	I	11	20
	Cinemas of the Middle East	G	11	20
	Dissertation	G	11	60
*A Course Booklet will be distributed at the start of the course to facilitate planning. Not all options are available every year. Check with Department. Only one level 10 option allowed.
Candidates who fail to reach the requisite standard in the coursework to advance to the dissertation stage will be awarded the Diploma.

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2006/2007
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