BA Arabic and Politics
Entry requirements
A-Level: ABB IB: 32/655 BTEC: DDM
About this course
BA in Arabic and Politics, a politics and international relations and hebrew and jewish studies degree spanning Arabic language study and political structures. Core topics include Data Analysis, Policy Analysis, and Research Methods. The programme includes a compulsory year abroad spent studying in an Arabic-speaking country. The first year establishes foundations through Politics and Economy of the Contemporary Middle East, Elementary Arabic Language I, Elementary Arabic Language II, and Introduction to Comparative Politics. Optional modules in the first year cover subjects such as Islamic archaeology, regional history, and introductory political concepts. The second year consists of a compulsory Year Abroad module focused on advancing language skills in an Arabic-speaking country. The third year continues language and political study with Intermediate Arabic Language II, The Economics of Politics, and Political Thought of Modernity, alongside various optional topics. The final year features Advanced Arabic Language and a substantial individual research project through the Dissertation module, complemented by numerous optional choices addressing Middle Eastern and global politics.
Modules
- Politics and Economy of the Contemporary Middle East
- Elementary Arabic Language I
- Elementary Arabic Language II
- Introduction to Comparative Politics
- Introduction to Islam
- Introduction to Persian History and Culture
- Introduction to Islamic Archaeology
- Elementary Turkish I
- Elementary Turkish II
- Histories of the Middle East, 600-1800 C.E.
- Religious Communities of the Middle East: Culture, Endangerment and Survival
- Critical Skills for Politics and International Relations
- Globalisation of World Politics
- The Challenges of World Politics in the Twenty-First Century
- Power and Democracy
- Classical Political Thought
- Early Modern Political Thought
- International Politics of the Global South
- Global Sustainability Policy and Governance
- The Politics of Development
- Introduction to Social Data
- Data Analysis in Social Science 1
- Year Abroad
- Intermediate Arabic Language II
- The Economics of Politics
- Political Thought of Modernity
- Regions and Empires in Islamic Archaeology
- Magic and the Abrahamic Religions
- Islamist Movements: From the Muslim Brothers to the Islamic State
- Gender-Identity and Modernity in the Middle East
- Islamic Law and Society
- Ethnography of the Middle East
- Conflict and Peacemaking Palestine/Israel
- Classical Islamic History
- Muslims in Britain
- Political Economy of Development in the Middle East
- Intermediate Turkish I
- Intermediate Turkish II
- A History of the Modern Middle East, 1900-2014
- Contemporary Theories of World Politics
- The Politics of the World Economy
- American Politics
- Political Philosophy
- Security Studies
- Explaining Public Policies
- Introduction to Research Design in Politics and International Relations
- Comparative Electoral Systems
- Environmental Governance
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- Research Design in the Social Sciences
- Data Analysis in Social Science 2
- Data Analysis in Social Science 3
- Advanced Arabic Language
- Dissertation
- From Home Lands to Host States: Migration, Displacement and Diaspora in the Middle East
- Drugs: Histories, Science, Policy
- Nationalisms in the Middle East
- The History and Political Development of Iraq
- The Kurds: History and Politics
- Iranian History, 1500-the Present
- Armed Islamist Movements: Jihadism and Beyond
- Britain in the Middle East, 1798-1977
- Politics and Reform in the Gulf
- The Arabian Nights: Perception and Reception
- Gender, Sexuality and Violence in Palestine/Israel
- Queer Theory in a Global Context
- The Politics of Authoritarian Rule
- Violence and Revolution in the Modern Middle East
- Surveys and Experiments: Design Implementation and Analysis
- Contemporary African Politics
- Chinese Political Economy and Foreign Policy
- Comparative Political Economy: Theory, Evidence, and Policy
- Radical Political Thinking: Power, Life, Progress
- Political Thought of the 20th Century: From Liberalism to Postcolonialism
- Political Psychology and the World
- Political Violence, Intervention, and the Aftermath
- Race, Politics, and Policy
- Public Opinion and Global Crises
- Russian and Eurasian Politics and Security
- Latin American Parties, Politics, and Elections
- Data Visualisation
- Data Analysis in Social Science 3