MH5201 Middle Eastern Historical Translation

Academic year

2023 to 2024 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

10

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 11

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

Available only to students on Iranian Studies or Middle Eastern History Postgraduate Programmes.

Planned timetable

To be arranged.

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module Staff

TBC

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

This module is intended to complement and supplement Persian language modules and to serve as a bridge between the language modules and history modules which constitute the majority of the MLitt in Iranian Studies programme, and is assessed through the submission of an annotated translation from Persian into English. The specific text will be agreed with the course tutor and will be relevant both to the student's specific research interests and their proficiency in Persian.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS AR1001 AND PASS AR2001 OR PASS AR3401 OR PASS PR1001 OR PASS PR2001 OR PASS PR3001

Co-requisites

YOU MUST ALSO TAKE AR1002 OR TAKE AR2001 OR TAKE AR3402 OR TAKE AR4402 OR TAKE PR1002 OR TAKE PR2002 OR TAKE PR3002

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

New coursework: 2000-word annotated translation=100%