AR4999 Dissertation in Arabic Studies

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Full Year

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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 10

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 in the Final year of the Honours Programme.

Planned timetable

To be arranged.

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

Module coordinator

Dr T Manucharyan

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

Module Staff

As appropriate

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

Module description

The year-long dissertation offers students the possibility to engage in advanced independent study on a topic in Arabic and Middle East Studies on which they already have adequate basic knowledge and for which a suitable supervisor can be found. The dissertation will, as a rule, consist of a study of a body of primary material in a given perspective. Its length should be 10,000 words maximum, and it should be submitted in accordance with guidelines and deadlines, and normally be written in English. The topic must be agreed in advance by the Head of Department following a recommendation by the supervisor, whom students should contact in the first instance. Agreement is subject to appropriate supervision arrangements, suitability of topic and sufficient prior knowledge. (Guidelines for printing and binding dissertations can be found at: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/printanddesign/dissertation/).

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

AVAILABLE ONLY TO STUDENTS IN THE FINAL YEAR OF THE HONOURS PROGRAMME

Anti-requisites

IN TAKING THIS MODULE, YOU CANNOT TAKE A DISSERTATION IN ANOTHER SUBJECT.

Co-requisites

YOU MUST ALSO TAKE AR4401 AND TAKE AR4402

Assessment pattern

Dissertation = 100%

Re-assessment

Resubmission of Dissertation

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

3 x 1-hour seminars and approximately 8 contact hours with supervisor in total over the year.

Scheduled learning hours

11

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

289

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.