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Master of Arts (Honours) Modern Languages (Arabic and French) and International Relations


MA (Hons) Arabic (Triple Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
AR1001 Arabic for Beginners 1 20 AND
AR1002 Arabic for Beginners 2 20

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
MA (Hons) French (Triple Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
FR1001 French Language and Literature 1 20 AND
FR1002 French Language and Literature 2 20

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
MA (Hons) International Relations (Triple Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
IR1005 Concepts in Global Politics 20 AND
IR1006 Foreign Policy and Diplomacy in Global Politics 20

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
MA (Hons) Arabic (Triple Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
^ AR2001 Intermediate Arabic 1 20 AND
^ AR2002 Intermediate Arabic 2 20

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) French (Triple Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 20 credits from Module List: FR2201 - FR2202 AND
FR2201 Second Level French Language (1) 10
FR2202 Second Level French Language (2) 10
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
View list 20 credits from Module List: FR2000 - FR2999 (excluding FR2201 and FR2202)
FR2203 French Civilisation: from the Middle Ages to the Age of Enlightenment 10
FR2204 French Civilisation: from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century 10
FR2205 French Literature: from the Middle Ages to the Age of Enlightenment 10
FR2206 French Literature: from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century 10
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 the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • passes in the two compulsory modules and 20 further credits in French
MA (Hons) International Relations (Triple Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
^ IR2005 Theoretical Approaches to International Relations 20 AND
^ IR2006 Studying International Relations 20

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 ^

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

See: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/academic/academic-advising/glossary/honours-entry/ )

MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.

MA (Hons) Arabic (Triple Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
AR3401 Media Arabic 1 15 AND
AR3402 Media Arabic 2 15 AND
View list Between 0 and 60 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 between 120 to 160 credits in academic year

For Triple Honours degrees where all three subjects are in the School of Modern Languages, the minimum requirement in all three subjects is 60 credits and the maximum allowed in one subject is 120 credits.
For Triple Honours degrees where the third subject is English or International Relations or Social Anthropology, the requirements are 90 credits in EN or IR or SA with a minimum of 60 and maximum of 90 in the two SoML subjects.
For Triple Honours degrees where the third subject is Management, the requirements are between 60 and 100 credits in MN with a minimum of 60 and maximum of 120 in the two SoML subjects.
For Triple Honours degrees where the third subject is in the School of Classics, the requirements are 60 to 90 credits in the subject in Classics with a minimum of 60 and maximum of 120 in the two SoML subjects.
MA (Hons) French (Triple Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
FR3001 French Language 1 15 AND
FR3002 French Language 2 15 AND
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: FR3010 - FR3099; FR4011 - FR4197
FR3021 An Introduction to the French Classical Period 15
FR3059 From One War to Another: French Politics, Culture and Society 1914 - 1945 (1) 15
FR3063 De Gaulle and Since: Topics in the Politics, Culture and Society of the Fifth Republic (1) 15
FR3078 Writing the Self in Twentieth- and Twenty-first Century French literature 15
FR3079 From Text to Screen: Novels and their Film Adaptations 15
FR4079 Diversifying C19th French Poetry 15
FR4080 Bodies and Words in Libertine Literature 15
FR4081 Page-turners: Literature and the Press in Nineteenth-Century France 15
FR4082 Francophone Vocal Cultures: Song and Identity 15
FR4103 Translation Methodology 1 15
FR4104 Translation Methodology 2 15
FR4105 Communication Skills in French 1 15
FR4106 Communication Skills in French 2 15
FR4110 Translating French Opera 15
FR4111 Discovering the Renaissance: Imitation, Interpretation and Imagination 15
FR4116 Medieval Marvels: The Exotic, the East and the Other in Medieval French Literature 15
FR4117 Politics, Propaganda and Mythmaking in Medieval France 15
FR4118 Women's Voices in Renaissance France 15
FR4121 The French Age of Enlightenment 15
FR4123 Libertine Literature and Libertinage in Eighteenth-Century France 15
FR4125 The French 18th Century: An Age of Enchantment? 15
FR4126 Flaubert's France 15
FR4127 Nineteenth-Century French Narratives of the Sea 15
FR4130 Saint-Domingue: Theatre and Society in a Caribbean Slave Colony 15
FR4131 Images of the Fall in the French 18th century: new perspectives on the Age of Enlightenment 15
FR4149 Aspects of Gender in Seventeenth-Century Theatre 15
FR4150 Creative Writing in French 15
FR4160 From One War to Another: French Politics, Culture and Society 1914 - 1945 (2) 15
FR4161 Antillean Identities 15
FR4164 De Gaulle and Since: Topics in the Politics,Culture and Society of the Fifth Republic (2) 15
FR4176 Recent Women's Writing in French: Theory and Practice 15
FR4180 Modern French Thought 15
FR4181 Contemporary French Crime Fiction 15
FR4182 Goods and Ads: Consumerism in Modern France 15
FR4183 African Francophone Fiction 15
FR4184 Francophone Screen Cultures: Shaping French Identities 15
FR4196 French Creative Writing Short Dissertation 15
FR4197 French Creative Writing Long Dissertation 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 between 120 to 160 credits in academic year

For Triple Honours degrees where all three subjects are in the School of Modern Languages, the minimum requirement in all three subjects is 60 credits and the maximum allowed in one subject is 120 credits.
For Triple Honours degrees where the third subject is English or International Relations or Social Anthropology, the requirements are 90 credits in EN or IR or SA with a minimum of 60 and maximum of 90 in the two SoML subjects.
For Triple Honours degrees where the third subject is Management, the requirements are between 60 and 100 credits in MN with a minimum of 60 and maximum of 120 in the two SoML subjects.
For Triple Honours degrees where the third subject is in the School of Classics, the requirements are 60 to 90 credits in the subject in Classics with a minimum of 60 and maximum of 120 in the two SoML subjects.
MA (Hons) International Relations (Triple Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 30 and 60 credits from Module List : IR3000 - IR3999
IR3004 International Political Economy 30
IR3006 International Regimes and Organisations 30
IR3007 Democracy and Democratisation 30
IR3008 International Terrorism 30
IR3012 Third World in International Development 30
IR3021 Case Studies in Conflict Analysis 30
IR3022 International Relations and International Law 30
IR3023 US Foreign Policy: The Dilemmas of Power 30
IR3024 The Politics of Africa 30
IR3025 International Security 30
IR3026 Trauma, Time and Memory in the Politics of Colonialism and Climate Emergency 30
IR3029 The Logic of Irregular Warfare 30
IR3030 Human Rights in Theory and Practice 30
IR3031 Globalisation and the War on Terrorism 30
IR3032 Globalisation and its Disjunctures 30
IR3033 Post-Conflict Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa 30
IR3038 Conflict Management, Settlement, and Resolution 30
IR3039 International Relations of the European Union 30
IR3041 International Political Theory 30
IR3043 Approaches to Counter-Terrorism 30
IR3044 Pathways of European State Formation 30
IR3045 Violence in Deeply-Divided Societies 30
IR3046 Foreign Policy of Modern China 30
IR3047 Arrested Development? The Politics of Postcolonialism 30
IR3048 Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Intervention 30
IR3049 International History and International Relations 30
IR3052 The Politics of Violence and Resistance in Latin America 30
IR3053 Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Transition in Latin America 30
IR3054 Mapping the Boundaries of Emerging and Evolving Securities 30
IR3056 Political Leadership: Theories and History 30
IR3057 Armaments and International Relations 30
IR3058 Armed Forces, Societies and Governments: An International Perspective on Civil-Military Relations 30
IR3060 Rebellion and Revolution 30
IR3062 The United Nations since 1945 30
IR3063 Organised Crime and Corruption 30
IR3064 Critical Terrorism Studies 30
IR3065 Refugees and International Relations 30
IR3066 Emotional Encounters: Diplomacy, Power and Persuasion in World Politics 30
IR3068 Christianity and World Politics 30
IR3070 Armed Conflict in Africa 30
IR3071 Dealing in Darkness? An Anatomy of Realist Thought in International Relations 30
IR3072 New and emerging security threats in the Caucasus and Central Asia 30
IR3073 International Institutions and Global Challenges 30
IR3075 Leader Personality and Foreign Policy 30
IR3076 Political Economy of Trade and Investment 30
IR3077 The Motives and Enablers of Terrorist Violence 30
IR3078 Hot Economics, Cold Politics? International Relations of Northeast Asia 30
IR3079 Feminist Theories in Global Politics 30
IR3080 The Northern Ireland Conflict 30
IR3081 Colonialism and non-Western Political Thought 30
IR3101 Russian Politics and Foreign Policy after Communism 30
IR3104 The International Relations of Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe 30
IR3111 Asian Security 30
IR3114 Critical Research Skills 30
IR3204 Migration in Global Politics: Ethics, Politics, and Practice 30
IR3205 Intelligence and International Relations in the 20th Century and Beyond 30
IR3206 The Politics of Postcolonial Forests 30
IR3207 Wars of Decolonisation 30
IR3208 The Politics of the European Union 30
IR3209 State Terror - From the Middle Ages to the Present 30
IR3210 Technology and Strategy 30
IR3300 Conflict in the Middle East 30
IR3301 Politics and State Formation in the Middle East 30
IR3303 The Arab - Israeli Conflict 30
IR3304 The International, Modernity and Contemporary Gulf Politics 30
IR3305 Cyber Security and the Global Politics of the Internet 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 between 120 to 160 credits in academic year
MA (Hons) Arabic (Triple Honours): 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 AND
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

For Triple Honours degrees where all three subjects are in the School of Modern Languages, the minimum requirement in all three subjects is 60 credits and the maximum allowed in one subject is 120 credits.
For Triple Honours degrees where the third subject is English or International Relations or Social Anthropology, the requirements are 90 credits in EN or IR or SA with a minimum of 60 and maximum of 90 in the two SoML subjects.
For Triple Honours degrees where the third subject is Management, the requirements are between 60 and 100 credits in MN with a minimum of 60 and maximum of 120 in the two SoML subjects.
For Triple Honours degrees where the third subject is in the School of Classics, the requirements are 60 to 90 credits in the subject in Classics with a minimum of 60 and maximum of 120 in the two SoML subjects.
MA (Hons) French (Triple Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
FR4105 Communication Skills in French 1 15 AND
FR4106 Communication Skills in French 2 15 AND
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: FR3010 - FR3099, FR4000 - FR4199, ID4002, ML4794
FR3021 An Introduction to the French Classical Period 15
FR3059 From One War to Another: French Politics, Culture and Society 1914 - 1945 (1) 15
FR3063 De Gaulle and Since: Topics in the Politics, Culture and Society of the Fifth Republic (1) 15
FR3078 Writing the Self in Twentieth- and Twenty-first Century French literature 15
FR3079 From Text to Screen: Novels and their Film Adaptations 15
FR4079 Diversifying C19th French Poetry 15
FR4080 Bodies and Words in Libertine Literature 15
FR4081 Page-turners: Literature and the Press in Nineteenth-Century France 15
FR4082 Francophone Vocal Cultures: Song and Identity 15
FR4103 Translation Methodology 1 15
FR4104 Translation Methodology 2 15
FR4105 Communication Skills in French 1 15
FR4106 Communication Skills in French 2 15
FR4110 Translating French Opera 15
FR4111 Discovering the Renaissance: Imitation, Interpretation and Imagination 15
FR4116 Medieval Marvels: The Exotic, the East and the Other in Medieval French Literature 15
FR4117 Politics, Propaganda and Mythmaking in Medieval France 15
FR4118 Women's Voices in Renaissance France 15
FR4121 The French Age of Enlightenment 15
FR4123 Libertine Literature and Libertinage in Eighteenth-Century France 15
FR4125 The French 18th Century: An Age of Enchantment? 15
FR4126 Flaubert's France 15
FR4127 Nineteenth-Century French Narratives of the Sea 15
FR4130 Saint-Domingue: Theatre and Society in a Caribbean Slave Colony 15
FR4131 Images of the Fall in the French 18th century: new perspectives on the Age of Enlightenment 15
FR4149 Aspects of Gender in Seventeenth-Century Theatre 15
FR4150 Creative Writing in French 15
FR4160 From One War to Another: French Politics, Culture and Society 1914 - 1945 (2) 15
FR4161 Antillean Identities 15
FR4164 De Gaulle and Since: Topics in the Politics,Culture and Society of the Fifth Republic (2) 15
FR4176 Recent Women's Writing in French: Theory and Practice 15
FR4180 Modern French Thought 15
FR4181 Contemporary French Crime Fiction 15
FR4182 Goods and Ads: Consumerism in Modern France 15
FR4183 African Francophone Fiction 15
FR4184 Francophone Screen Cultures: Shaping French Identities 15
FR4196 French Creative Writing Short Dissertation 15
FR4197 French Creative Writing Long Dissertation 30
FR4198 Dissertation on a French Topic 15
FR4199 Long Dissertation on a French Topic 30
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
ML4794 Joint Dissertation (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

For Triple Honours degrees where all three subjects are in the School of Modern Languages, the minimum requirement in all three subjects is 60 credits and the maximum allowed in one subject is 120 credits.
For Triple Honours degrees where the third subject is English or International Relations or Social Anthropology, the requirements are 90 credits in EN or IR or SA with a minimum of 60 and maximum of 90 in the two SoML subjects.
For Triple Honours degrees where the third subject is Management, the requirements are between 60 and 100 credits in MN with a minimum of 60 and maximum of 120 in the two SoML subjects.
For Triple Honours degrees where the third subject is in the School of Classics, the requirements are 60 to 90 credits in the subject in Classics with a minimum of 60 and maximum of 120 in the two SoML subjects.
MA (Hons) International Relations (Triple Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 30 and 60 credits from Module List: IR4000 - IR4999, ID4002, SD4225
IR4099 Honours Dissertation in International Relations 60
IR4401 Communication in International Relations 15
IR4504 The Language of Politics 30
IR4514 Global Public Policy 30
IR4516 The International Relations of Sub-Saharan Africa 30
IR4519 Politics and Development in Southeast Asia 30
IR4522 Critical Approaches to International Security 30
IR4523 The Aftermath of the Wars: Liberal Dilemmas 30
IR4532 The Cultural Politics of Human Rights 30
IR4535 Theories of Friendship, Solidarity and Peace 30
IR4538 Identities, Belonging and Others 30
IR4540 The Changing Character of War 30
IR4542 Gender and Terrorism 30
IR4543 Activism and Resistance 30
IR4544 Wars and Peace in the Caucasus 30
IR4545 Indian Foreign Policy 30
IR4548 Force and Statecraft 30
IR4550 Art and Conflict 30
IR4553 Europe, America and the Transatlantic 30
IR4555 Music, Politics and International Relations 30
IR4561 Security as Ethics: Rethinking the Global Polity 30
IR4563 Rebels, Terrorists, Militias: The Comparative Analysis of Armed Groups 30
IR4564 Strategic Studies 30
IR4565 Contemporary Political Theory: from revolution to recognition 30
IR4566 Comparative regionalism 30
IR4568 International Relations of Energy and the Environment 30
IR4569 Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region 30
IR4570 Everyday Life and Global Politics 30
IR4571 Conflict and intervention in world politics 30
IR4572 Economy of Anger: Marxism, Psychoanalysis and the Politics of Status 30
IR4574 Understanding Terrorism 30
IR4575 Queer IR, Queering Global Politics 30
IR4576 The Psychology of Motives in Foreign Policy Analysis 30
IR4577 Order and Crisis in World Politics 30
IR4578 The Politics of Nature and Place 30
IR4579 Race, Caste and the Making of the Modern World 30
IR4580 The Global Politics of European Integration 30
IR4581 Debates in Terrorism and Political Violence 30
IR4582 Prison Violence & Resistance 30
IR4583 The International Relations of Outer Space 30
IR4584 Speculative Fiction and Global Politics 30
IR4585 Politics of Secession 30
IR4586 Political Violence and Popular Culture 30
IR4587 Hunting The Lone Wolf: The Rise of Isolated Assassins and Terrorists 30
IR4588 The Genealogy of Modern Counterinsurgency 30
IR4589 Intersectionality and Social Justice 30
IR4590 Critical Perspectives on the Climate Crisis 30
IR4591 Critical War Studies 30
IR4592 Decolonising Knowledge: Debates in the Human Sciences 30
IR4601 Political Order and Violence in the Middle East 30
IR4602 International Relations of the Middle East 30
IR4604 Political Islam and International Relations 30
IR4607 Britain and Iraq 1914-2004 30
IR4795 Joint Dissertation (60cr) 60
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
SD4225 Green Politics: theory and practice 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

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant St Andrews School in the Learning Agreement (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/study-abroad/academic ).