(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)
On completion of the year/programme students will be able to:
1. acquire a knowledge and understanding of one or more aspects of the cultures, history, politics, geography, social and economic structures of Middle Eastern/North African societies;
2. demonstrate, especially through work on core modules, a broad understanding of the concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which are standard features in a range of aspects of the discipline, including:
3. critically engage with major thinkers, debates and methods of enquiry in the field of Arabic, Islamic, Middle Eastern and North African studies, putting them to productive use
4. work with a range of texts, genres and cultural practices, and the ability to produce close and informed analysis of these;
5. consider critical, ethical, and analytical views other than their own, and exercise a degree of independent and informed critical judgement in analysis;
In the Arabic language, they will be able to:
1. achieve intermediate communication in Arabic with native or other competent speakers;
2. effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms;
3. have consolidated and extended knowledge and understanding of basic structures of the Arabic language;
4. demonstrate complex receptive and productive language skills in a variety of contexts;
5. demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of one or more aspects of the cultures, history, social and political structures of the societies of the country or countries where Arabic is spoken;
6. demonstrate an awareness and understanding of one or more cultures and societies, other than their own, that will normally have been significantly enhanced by a period of residence in an Arabic speaking country.
7. be able to demonstrate knowledge of a range of texts, genres, aesthetic forms and cultural practices, and the ability to produce close and informed analysis of these.
Skills Learning Outcomes
1. Critical Thinking: You will cultivate the ability to critically analyse and evaluate cultural topics, recognising multiple perspectives and nuances within a given culture.
2. Global Awareness: You will attain a broader understanding of the global implications of the Arab World a nd Muslim culture, society, and politics, enabling you to view the topics they study within a global context.
3. Reflective Practice: You will engage in reflective thinking, assessing your own cultural experiences and impressions, for example drawn from your year abroad, and integrating these reflections into your academic discussions and analyses.
4. Peer Review and Feedback: You will learn how to receive and provide constructive feedback within academic communities, contributing to their overall engagement and improvement.
5. Communications Skills: effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms;
6. use a range of techniques to initiate and undertake the analysis of data and information.
Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods. These may include essays, presentations, literature reviews, and written and practical exams…etc. Assessment methods are in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:
1. demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of concepts, competencies and techniques of the discipline to complex situations and instances in accordance with the learning outcomes for this level;
2. demonstrating basic professional competencies relevant to Islamic/Middle Eastern/North African culture, society and politics;
3. demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of concepts, competencies and techniques of the discipline to complex, albeit standard, situations and simple, albeit novel or atypical, instances, in accordance with the learning outcomes for this level;
4. demonstrating the ability to deploy techniques for working closely with primary sources, in accordance with the learning outcomes for this level;
5. demonstrating the ability to think cross-culturally, depending on the students’ choice of modules.
6. demonstrating an ability to construct and effectively communicate arguments and analysis in various contexts;
7. demonstrating an ability to think analytically and communicate effectively, and to draw broad connections between different parts of module content;
8. demonstrate an ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion in the discipline of Islamic/Middle Eastern/North African Studies, in accordance with the learning outcomes for this level;
9. demonstrate the capacity to understand, use and critically evaluate some of the main methods of enquiry in Islamic/Middle Eastern/North African, in accordance with the learning outcomes for this level
10. demonstrating understanding and use of Arabic through listening, reading, speaking and writing
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