Postgraduate Course: MSc Advanced Arabic Final Project (IMES11061)

Course Outline
School	School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course type	Dissertation	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	60	ECTS Credits	30
Summary	The Final Project (Advanced Arabic) will involve one of the following forms: a) A single authored dissertation of 15,000 words on a topic related to the Arabic-speaking world, and drawing on some Arabic sources, to be submitted by a date specified in the University Regulations. b) A media portfolio on an agreed theme that will include: - a series of 2-3 discussion-interviews in Arabic (including an introduction before the interviews and a short summary afterwards by the student in Arabic) recorded as podcasts or a formal filmed series of video interviews, and comprising approximately 30 minutes in length (20%). - Reflective thoughts on the interviews once recorded (2000 words in English) (20%) - A 4000 word magazine-style editorial report written in informative, journalistic Arabic (40%) - A short report (c. 2500 words excluding bibliography and notes) in English summarising the project and outlining its rationale, with evidence of Arabic sources provided (20%).
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2019/20, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 600 ( Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 5, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 5, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 578 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Final project (100%)
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
Students will: - Learn to undertake a sustained piece of independent work that displays and extends the research skills, language training and knowledge acquired in the previous coursework; - Demonstrate ability to design and execute a research project - Exercise and consolidate their time- and task-management, presentational, and self-motivational skills in the conduct, presentation, and time- and task-planning of their research scheduling In addition, students undertaking the research dissertation will: - Demonstrate the ability to locate and utilise Arabic primary and secondary sources. In addition, students undertaking the Arabic language pedagogy dissertation will also: - Demonstrate ability to reflect critically on aspects of teaching practice with reference to relevant scholarly literature