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Modules

Students on the MPhil, and students on the Diploma, take four mandatory modules and two optional modules (totalling 60 ECTS). Students on the MPhil also complete a Research Project.

Students on the Postgraduate Certificate take three core modules.

All modules are one Semester long, except for Arabic Language, Advanced Arabic and the Research Project.

Each taught module is worth 10 Credits.  The Research Project is worth 30 Credits.

Core Modules - 2022-2023

Postgraduate Certificate	Postgraduate Diploma	MPhil
Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation in the Middle East and North Africa (Semester 1) / 10 ECTs	Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation in the Middle East and North Africa (Semester 1) / 10 ECTs	Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation in the Middle East and North Africa (Semester 1) / 10 ECTs
The Middle East from Antiquity to the Ottomans (Semester 1) / 10 ECTs	The Middle East from Antiquity to the Ottomans (Semester 1) / 10 ECTs	The Middle East from Antiquity to the Ottomans (Semester 1) / 10 ECTs
History and Politics of the Modern Middle East and North Africa (Semester 2) / 10 ECTs	History and Politics of the Modern Middle East and North Africa (Semester 2) / 10 ECTs	History and Politics of the Modern Middle East and North Africa (Semester 2) / 10 ECTs
	East and West (Semester 2) / 10 ECTs	East and West (Semester 2) / 10 ECTs
	Optional module 1*	Optional module 1*
	Optional module 2*	Optional module 2*
		Research Project / 30 ECTs
Total credits - 30 ECTs	Total credits - 60 ECTs	Total credits - 90 ECTs

Optional modules

• Arab Intellectual History: Figures and Traditions (Semester 1) / 10 ECTs
• Human Rights in the the Middle East and North Africa (Semester 1) / 10 ECTs
• Islamic Law (Semester 2) / 10 ECTs
• Arabic Language (Semesters 1 and 2) / 10 ECTs
• Advanced Arabic (Semesters 1 and 2) / 10 ECTs

The two Arabic modules are mutually exclusive (you can only take one). The Advanced module presupposes level B2.

In 2022-2023, the taught modules follow this timetable:

Semester 1 = Michaelmas Term:
Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation in the Middle East and North Africa
The Middle East from Antiquity to the Ottomans
Arab Intellectual History: Figures and Traditions
Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa
Arabic Language
Advanced Arabic

Semester 2 = Hilary Term:
History and Politics of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
East and West
Islamic Law
Arabic Language
Advanced Arabic

 

 

 

The research project, resulting in a dissertation of 12,000-15,000 words, is carried out independently under the supervision of a Faculty member with relevant expertise. Preparation for the research project will take place through the non-assessed research skills seminar and also through relevant optional modules. It is submitted by the end of August.