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Master of Arts (Honours) Arabic and Film Studies (With Integrated Year Abroad)


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This programme is not open to entrants in 2023-2024

MA (Hons) Arabic (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): First Year
Code Module name Credits
AR1001 Arabic for Beginners 1 20 AND
AR1002 Arabic for Beginners 2 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
MA (Hons) Film Studies (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): First year
Code Module name Credits
FM1001 Key Concepts in Film Studies 20 AND
FM1002 Global Film History and Historiography 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
MA (Hons) Arabic (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
^ AR2001 Intermediate Arabic 1 20 AND
^ AR2002 Intermediate Arabic 2 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • passes in modules marked ^
MA (Hons) Film Studies (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ FM2002 Film Theory 20 AND
^ FM2003 Screen Cultures today: media and methods 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • passes in modules marked ^
MA (Hons) Arabic (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Year Abroad
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Options for Year Abroad Study
AR3101 Arabic Integrated Year Abroad 60
FR3101 French Integrated Year Abroad 60
GM3101 German Integrated Year Abroad 60
IT3101 Italian Integrated Year Abroad 60
ML3101 Modern Languages Integrated Year Abroad 60
RU3101 Russian Integrated Year Abroad 60
RU3102 Semester of Study in a Russian-speaking country 60
SP3101 Spanish Integrated Year Abroad 60
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

select 60 credits in acadeimc year
MA (Hons) Arabic (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
AR3401 Media Arabic 1 15 AND
AR3402 Media Arabic 2 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: AR3420 - AR3499, AR4421 - AR4422, AR4461 - AR4462
AR3421 Arabic Short Stories 1 15
AR3422 Arabic Short Stories 2 15
AR3423 Fannanat: Arab Women's Creativity in Modern Arab Culture 15
AR3424 Modern Arab Culture and Society 15
AR3461 Key Texts in Classical Arabic Literature and Culture 1 15
AR3462 Key Texts in Classical Arabic Literature and Culture 2 15
AR4421 Exile and Identity 15
AR4422 Palestinian Fiction 15
AR4461 Classical Arabic Poetry 15
AR4462 Classical Arabic Prose 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Across Third and Fourth years at least 15 credits must be taken from (AR3420-AR3459, AR4420-AR4459) and at least 15 credits from (AR3460-AR3499, AR4460-AR4499).

Subject to the approval of any other school involved, one year or one semester may be spent in Study Abroad on a recognised Exchange scheme.

A total of between 90 and 150 credits must be taken in Arabic across Third and Fourth Years
MA (Hons) Film Studies (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: FM4100 - FM4899
FM4102 Cinema and Politics 30
FM4104 Film and History 30
FM4106 War and Cinema 30
FM4107 Cinema and Nation 30
FM4108 Cinema and Media in the Digital Age 30
FM4109 Film and the Archive 30
FM4110 Images and Impact: The Uses of Film 30
FM4113 Ecocinema: The Nature of Film 30
FM4114 Film Genres 30
FM4115 Sensory Cinema 30
FM4116 Stars 30
FM4117 Modernity and the Moving Image 30
FM4118 Film and Fashion 30
FM4119 Horror on screen 30
FM4120 Silent Cinema 30
FM4121 Screen Comedy 30
FM4122 Watching the Detectives: Murder, Mystery and the Media 30
FM4123 Artists' Film and Video 30
FM4124 Race and Representation 30
FM4125 Global Film Colour 30
FM4126 Creativity in screen cultures: collaboration, labour and scholarship 30
FM4127 Animation 30
FM4128 Television Form and Culture 30
FM4129 Film Materiality 30
FM4130 Cinema and Neoliberalism 30
FM4131 Cinema and Travel 30
FM4202 The Cinema in Eastern Europe 30
FM4204 Asian Cinemas 30
FM4205 Cinema in Scotland 30
FM4206 Cinemas of India 30
FM4207 British Cinemas: Conventions, Subversions, and Outsiders 30
FM4208 City in Asian Cinema 30
FM4303 Documentary Cinema 30
FM4306 Feminist Film Studies 30
FM4308 Film Sound 30
FM4309 The Audiovisual essay: forms and practice 30
FM4796 Joint Project (30cr) 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

With the permission of the Director of Teaching of Film Studies and the relevant Head of School a student may substitute 30 Level-4000 Film Studies credits for another subject.
MA (Hons) Arabic (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
AR4401 Advanced Arabic 1 15 AND
AR4402 Advanced Arabic 2 15 AND
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: AR4420 - AR4499, AR3411, AR3421 - AR3423, AR3461 - AR3462, AR4999, ML4794, ID4002
AR4421 Exile and Identity 15
AR4422 Palestinian Fiction 15
AR4461 Classical Arabic Poetry 15
AR4462 Classical Arabic Prose 15
AR3421 Arabic Short Stories 1 15
AR3422 Arabic Short Stories 2 15
AR3461 Key Texts in Classical Arabic Literature and Culture 1 15
AR3462 Key Texts in Classical Arabic Literature and Culture 2 15
AR4999 Dissertation in Arabic Studies 30
ML4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
AR3423 Fannanat: Arab Women's Creativity in Modern Arab Culture 15
AR3424 Modern Arab Culture and Society 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Between 90 and 150 credits must be taken in Arabic across Third and Forth Years.
Across Third and Fourth years at least 15 credits must be taken from (AR3420-AR3459, AR4420-AR4459) and at least 15 credits from (AR3460-AR3499, AR4460-AR4499).

AR4999 and ML4794 cannot be taken together.

A total of between 90 and 150 credits must be taken in Arabic across Third and Fourth Years
MA (Hons) Film Studies (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: FM4000 - FM4899
FM4099 Film Studies Dissertation 30
FM4102 Cinema and Politics 30
FM4104 Film and History 30
FM4106 War and Cinema 30
FM4107 Cinema and Nation 30
FM4108 Cinema and Media in the Digital Age 30
FM4109 Film and the Archive 30
FM4110 Images and Impact: The Uses of Film 30
FM4113 Ecocinema: The Nature of Film 30
FM4114 Film Genres 30
FM4115 Sensory Cinema 30
FM4116 Stars 30
FM4117 Modernity and the Moving Image 30
FM4118 Film and Fashion 30
FM4119 Horror on screen 30
FM4120 Silent Cinema 30
FM4121 Screen Comedy 30
FM4122 Watching the Detectives: Murder, Mystery and the Media 30
FM4123 Artists' Film and Video 30
FM4124 Race and Representation 30
FM4125 Global Film Colour 30
FM4126 Creativity in screen cultures: collaboration, labour and scholarship 30
FM4127 Animation 30
FM4128 Television Form and Culture 30
FM4129 Film Materiality 30
FM4130 Cinema and Neoliberalism 30
FM4131 Cinema and Travel 30
FM4202 The Cinema in Eastern Europe 30
FM4204 Asian Cinemas 30
FM4205 Cinema in Scotland 30
FM4206 Cinemas of India 30
FM4207 British Cinemas: Conventions, Subversions, and Outsiders 30
FM4208 City in Asian Cinema 30
FM4303 Documentary Cinema 30
FM4306 Feminist Film Studies 30
FM4308 Film Sound 30
FM4309 The Audiovisual essay: forms and practice 30
FM4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
FM4796 Joint Project (30cr) 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

With the permission of the Director of Teaching of Film Studies and the relevant Head of School a student may substitute 30 Level-4000 Film Studies credits for another subject.