(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)
Learning Outcomes
On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
evidence an advanced understanding of Middle Eastern cultures, societies and politics and a critical awareness of the current issues facing the region;
critically engage with major thinkers, debates and methods of enquiry in the fields of Politics and Middle Eastern and North African Studies, putting them to productive use;
show critical awareness of, and ability to deploy, different approaches and theories in the study of the Middle East and North Africa and Politics, including theories on decolonialism and orientalism;
demonstrate a deepened/critical understanding of the domestic and regional politics of the Middle East and North Africa;
appreciate the ambiguity, uncertainty and limitations of knowledge in Politics and Middle Eastern and North African Studies;
deploy with confidence concepts and theories relevant to Political Science and Middle Eastern and North African studies in the production of structured and coherent argument, both in orally and in writing;
make appropriate use of scholarly reviews and primary sources;
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;
retrieve and generate information, and evaluate sources, in carrying out supervised, independent research;
evidence a firm command of academic literacies, including referencing and citation and accessing and evaluating qualitative and/or quantitative data.
Competence Standards
1. Demonstrate understanding of key facts and ideas in Middle Eastern Studies and Politics.
2. Identify, explain, and evaluate debates, concepts, and principles which are features of the study of the Middle East and Politics.
3. Design and demonstrate an independent and self-guided research project with the appropriate support when required.
If the chosen pathway includes an industrial placement –
4. Demonstrate ability to direct, monitor and evaluate their work, by seeking/accepting feedback, within a workplace context, using appropriate support as necessary.
5. 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 -
6. Collaborate effectively with other people in a new environment and successfully completes a period of work or study in another country.
7. Demonstrate self-awareness relating to personal and academic/professional development through successfully completing a period of work or study in another country.
Transferable (Key) Skills
By the end of year one students will be able to:
demonstrate the transferable/key/generic skills necessary for employment related to the areas studied;
exercise initiative and personal responsibility;
organise and manage supervised, self-directed projects;
communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions in a variety of ways to a variety of audiences;
deploy appropriate methodologies in a rigorous manner;
engage in sophisticated analysis, alongside deep evaluative and lateral thinking.
Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods. These may include essays, presentations, literature reviews, dissertations, analysis tasks and research projects …etc. Assessment methods are in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:
demonstrating the ability to critically apply a broad range of concepts and theories of the disciplines;
work that draws on a wide variety of material;
the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;
Evidence of an ability to conduct independent, in depth enquiry within Politics and Middle Eastern and North African Studies;
work that is typically both evaluative, analytical and creative.
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