| 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 |
|
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 |
|
Medieval Islamic Theology and Philosophy |
G |
11 |
20 |
|
Studies of Culture and Society in the Modern Middle East |
G |
11 |
20 |
|
Mosques, Palaces and Gardens in the Golden Age of Islam |
A |
11 |
20 |
|
Revelation, Reason and Experience as Sources of Religious Knowledge in
Islam |
B |
11 |
20 |
|
The Body in Islam |
B |
10 |
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. |
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