(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)
On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
1. Understand and demonstrate coherent and detailed subject knowledge and professional competencies some of which will be informed by recent research/scholarship in Islamic/Middle Eastern/North African Studies;
2. demonstrate a solid grounding in the domestic and regional politics of the Middle East and North Africa and an ability to critically reflect on key issues facing these regions.
3. Demonstrate a conceptual understanding which enables the development and sustaining of an argument;
4. Describe and comment on particular aspects of recent research and/or scholarship;
5. Appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge in Islamic/Middle Eastern/North African Studies;
6. Make appropriate use of scholarly reviews and primary sources;
7. Apply their knowledge and understanding in order to initiate and carry out an extended piece of work or project;
8. critically engage with major thinkers, debates and methods of enquiry in the field, putting them to productive use;
9. proficiently use basic generic and subject specific intellectual qualities i.e.
10. be able to communicate the results of their work;
11. present a structured and coherent argument;
12. access and evaluate qualitative and/or quantitative data;
13. appreciate how axes of social division, such as disability, class, gender, race, religion, nationality and sexuality, play key roles in the context of the discipline;
14. organise and manage supervised, self-directed projects;
15. retrieve and generate information, and evaluate sources, in carrying out supervised, independent research.
16. work autonomously within a structured environment;
17. conform to professional boundaries and norms where appropriate.
Skills Learning Outcomes
Students, as defined in the modules specified for the programme, will be able to:
1. demonstrate the transferable/key/generic skills necessary for employment related to the areas studied;
2. exercise initiative and personal responsibility;
3. communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions in a variety of ways to a variety of audiences;
4. undertake appropriate further training of a professional or equivalent nature;
5. deploy appropriate methodologies in a rigorous manner;
6. engage in sophisticated analysis, alongside deep evaluative and lateral thinking;
7. carry out an extended piece of work or project;
Competence Standards
1. Identify, explain, and evaluate debates, concepts, and principles which are features of the study of the Islam, the Middle East, and North Africa.
2. Design and demonstrate independent and self-guided research with the appropriate support when required.
If the chosen pathway includes an industrial placement –
3. Demonstrate ability to direct, monitor and evaluate their work, by seeking/accepting feedback, within a workplace context, using appropriate support as necessary.
4. Demonstrate an awareness of own strengths and development needs and the need for ongoing learning and proactive continuing professional development.
If the chosen pathway includes an international placement -
5. Collaborate effectively with other people in a new environment and successfully completes a period of work or study in another country.
6. Demonstrate self-awareness relating to personal and academic/professional development through successfully completing a period of work or study in another country.
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 aspects of the discipline;
2. Work that draws on a wide variety of material;
3. The ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;
4. Evidence of an ability to conduct independent, in depth enquiry within Islamic/Middle Eastern/North African cultures, societies and politics;
5. Work that is typically both evaluative, analytical and creative.
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