Undergraduate Course: Arabic 4 (IMES10040)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 20 | 
ECTS Credits | 10 | 
 
 
| Summary | This course is a comprehensive, progressive course expanding students' knowledge of Arabic grammar, style, and vocabulary at an advanced level. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
 Students MUST have passed:    
Arabic 2 (IMES08006)  
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
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Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  0 | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Full Year | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
200
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 Lecture Hours 72,
 Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 10,
 Formative Assessment Hours 2,
 Summative Assessment Hours 3,
 Revision Session Hours 6,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
103 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
65 %,
Coursework
15 %,
Practical Exam
20 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
2 x mid-semester tests 		(15% [i.e. 7.5% each]) 
December diet exam, 1.5 hours 	(20%) 
Listening assessment (May)	(20%) 
May exam, 3 hours		(45%) 
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| Exam Information | 
 
    | Exam Diet | 
    Paper Name | 
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) |  | 3:00 |  |  | Main Exam Diet S1 (December) |  | 1:30 |  |  
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - Sutdents will acquire a comprehensive knowledge of Media Arabic.
 - Students will learn to understand Arabic news bulletins.
 - Students will learn to read and understand a range of modern literary texts.
 - Students will learn to translate advanced texts on a wide range of topics from Arabic into Enlish and vice versa.
 - Students will learn to talk and write about current affairs, social, political, environmental and scientific issues.
 
     
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
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| Keywords | IMES Arabic4 | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Richard Todd 
Tel: (0131 6)51 3202 
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Course secretary | Mrs Eleanor Birch 
Tel: (0131 6)50 4182 
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