History and Arabic bachelor

to stimulate critical study of historical & cultural/linguistic topics, especially in regard to the target language;
to develop advanced communication skills in the target language, bachelorsed on a sound understanding of the structures of that language;
to develop and extend students' powers of critical and analytical thought and logical argument by applying them to historical & cultural/linguistic interpretation of primary, secondary and critical sources;
to extend students' powers of critical analysis and logical argument by applying them to historical and cultural/linguistic interpretation, and to develop their capacity to communicate and present ideas orally and in writing;
to advance the ability of students to work independently and to organise effectively their own schedules of personal study;
to provide a broadly bachelorsed and challenging curriculum, bachelorsed upon the study of diverse historical periods and cultures;
to develop an appreciation of a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches with reference to particular historical courses and periods as well as to the target language and its literature and culture;
to provide the staff expertise and learning resources necessary to enable students to engage effectively with their studies;
to produce graduates possessing the transferable skills of linguistic excellence and of self-management and independence essential for employment, postgraduate study, or further training.
With well over 30 members of staff in History engaged in research, our courses are among the most diverse in the UK. Problems of interpretation, difficulties of incomplete data and unexplored aspects of history help develop problem solving skills. Teamwork, research skills and effective communication are essential tools of the historian. Excellence in teaching and learning recognised internally and nationally: a colleague won a Teaching Excellence Award and one has secured national funding to develop use of digital resources in teaching by bringing our libraries' Special Collections into the age of the app. Emphasis placed on Arab cultural analysis through history, film, and literature.
You will be taught through a mixture of formal lectures, seminars and tutorials. You will spend approximately 12 hours each week in formal study sessions. For every hour spent at University you will be expected to complete a further 2 - 3 hours independent study. You will also need to study during the holiday periods. The individual study component could be spent reading, producing written work, revising for examinations or working in the University's Language Centre
Our programmes are assessed in various ways: examinations, oral examinations (where language study is part of your degree), presentations and coursework. Many courses are assessed through a mixture of techniques. In your final year, you will write a dissertation.
History
Your time will be split equally between History and your modern language with 60 credits in each area.
In History you will have broad range of options covering a variety of topics, thematically, temporally and geographically.


Arabic

In Year 1 Arab language instruction is 'ab initio'. 'Ab initio' students have seven contact hours per week with their nominated mother-tongue teacher as part of a course specifically designed to build confidence in coMasterhension, writing, speaking and listening skills. As our above awards indicate, we excel in using different forms of e-learning to enhance language acquisition, including podcasting. In years 2 and 4 the language component of the course includes three contact hours per week in addition to working on set assignments and undertaking private study.
The Arab culture units offer a range of courses from the filmic and literary to the historic and religious, all of which reflect academic staff research interests.
Course units for year 1
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
TitleCodeCredit ratingMandatory/optionalHistory in Practice
HIST10101
20
Mandatory
Arabic Language 1
MEST10111
20
Mandatory
Arabic Language 1
MEST10112
20
Mandatory
The Contemporary Middle East
MEST10711
20
Mandatory
From Reconstruction to Reagan: American History, 1877-1988
AMER10002
20
Optional
Constructing Archaic Greek History
CLAH10011
20
Optional
From Republic to Empire: Introduction to Roman History, Society & Culture 218-31BC
CLAH10022
20
Optional
The Odyssey
CLAH10101
20
Optional
From Pillar to Pots: An Introduction to Greek Art and Archaeology
CLAH10121
20
Optional
From Middle Kingdom to Economic Superpower: The Making of Modern China, 1800-2000
HIST10152
20
Optional
Histories of the Islamic World
HIST10172
20
Optional
Capitalism in Historical Perspective: 1700-1913
HIST10182
20
Optional
Imperial Nation: The Making of Modern Britain, 1783-1902
HIST10191
20
Optional
Forging a New World: Europe c.1450-1750
HIST10302
20
Optional
State, Nation and Nationalism, c.1750-c.1920
HIST10311
20
Optional
The Making of Europe, 400-1500
HIST10691
20
Optional
Science & the Modern World
HSTM10221
10
Optional
Bodies in History: An introduction to the History of Medicine
HSTM10272
10
Optional
Science and the Modern World (20 Credits)
HSTM10721
20
Optional
Exploring Enterprise
MCEL10001
10
Optional
Entrepreneurial Skills
MCEL10002
10
Optional
Religion in Modern South Asian History
RELT10221
20
Optional
Standing on The Shoulders of Giants: Foundations for Study in The Arts
SALC10002
20
Optional
The Medieval World
SALC10112
20
Optional
Living and Dying in the Ancient World
SALC10121
20
Optional
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History
As you move into your second year you can choose to maintain an equal weighting between the two subjects or devote more time to either History or your modern language. You will write an individual long essay with one-on-one supervision, as well as choosing from a range of courses.
In History your work will build on knowledge and skills gained in your first year developing each subject area to provide a greater breadth and depth of experience. There is greater flexibility of choice than in your first year.

Arabic

In years 2 and 4, other than compulsory Arabic language course units various options are available ranging Arabic literature, Middle Eastern cinema, gender and cultural studies to the anthropology of Modern Islam as well as history and politics of the Arab World. The units are largely assessed by coursework.
Course units for year 2
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
TitleCodeCredit ratingMandatory/optionalHistory Long Essay
HIST20390
20
Mandatory
Theories in the Academic Study of the Middle East
MEST20011
20
Mandatory
Arabic Language 2
MEST20110
40
Mandatory
From Jamestown to James Brown: African-American History and Culture
AMER20141
20
Optional
Through Cicero's Eyes: Late Republican Life and Letters
CLAH20031
20
Optional
The Roman Empire 31BC - AD235: Rome's Golden Age
CLAH20051
20
Optional
Politics and Society in Classical Greece
CLAH20062
20
Optional
Egypt in the Graeco-Roman World
CLAH21401
20
Optional
The Making of the Modern Mind: European Intellectual History from Rousseau to Freud (c. 1760-1914)
HIST20182
20
Optional
War and Society in Early Modern Europe
HIST20231
20
Optional
Winds of Change: Politics, Society and Culture in Britain, 1899 -1990
HIST20251
20
Optional
Late Imperial China: From the Jesuits to the East India Company
HIST20421
20
Optional
The Cultural History of Modern War
HIST20482
20
Optional
Crisis and Prosperity in Twentieth-Century Europe
HIST21111
20
Optional
Colonial Encounters: Violence, Race and the Making of the Modern World
HIST21121
20
Optional
From Catastrophe to Crusade: Europe in the Aftermath of the Vikings
HIST21142
20
Optional
A History of Europe in 100 Objects: Material Culture and Daily Life, 1450-1800
HIST21152
20
Optional
From Cholera to Aids: A Globachelorl History of Epidemics
HSTM20031
10
Optional
From Cholera to Aids: A Globachelorl History of Epidemics
HSTM20081
20
Optional
The Crisis of Nature: Issues in Environmental History
HSTM20092
10
Optional
Science, the Media & the Public
HSTM20181
10
Optional
The Information Age
HSTM20282
10
Optional
From Frankenstein to the Matrix: Science Fiction & Film
HSTM20302
10
Optional
The Crisis of Nature: Issues in Environmental History
HSTM20592
20
Optional
Science, the Media & the Public
HSTM20681
20
Optional
The Information Age
HSTM20782
20
Optional
Theories in the Academic Study of the Middle East
MEST20011
20
Optional
Themes in the Formation of Arab and Jewish Nationalisms
MEST20271
20
Optional
Shi'ism: The Other Islam
MEST20292
20
Optional
Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa
MEST20352
20
Optional
Muslim Intellectuals in Globachelorl History: 18th to 21st Century
MEST20501
20
Optional
Revolutions, Revolt and Rebellion in the 20th Century Middle East
MEST20721
20
Optional
The Middle East and World War I
MEST20742
20
Optional
Religion, Culture and Gender
RELT20121
20
Optional
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Your third year of study is spent abroad under approved conditions. For more information on the period of residence abroad please consult the following: Residence Abroad
On your return to Manchester in your final year you will again be able to bachelorlance your study time in each subject. You will undertake a personal research project resulting in a dissertation, again completed under personal academic supervision either in History or in Arabic.

History

The variety of History course units on offer is unrivalled.


Arabic

In your final year you return to Manchester to complete your Arabic language studies at a high level. There is also the opportunity to study Business Arabic as well as to choose from a variety of specialised final year course units covering the Arab world.
Course units for year 4
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
TitleCodeCredit ratingMandatory/optionalCulture and Society in the Middle East and North Africa
MEST30092
20
Mandatory
American Slavery: Society and Culture in the Slave South
AMER30021
20
Optional
Cities of Dreadful Delight: Gender, Race and Sexuality in the Americas 1800-Present
AMER30771
20
Optional
The Emergence of Civilisation: Palaces, Peak Sanctuaries and Politics in Minoan Crete
ARGY30222
20
Optional
Feasting and Crafting in the Prehistoric Eastern Mediterranean
ARGY30232
20
Optional
Empire, Industry and the Modern Era
ARGY30242
20
Optional
The Ritual Life of Monuments
ARGY30251
20
Optional
Dealing with the Dead: The Archaeology of Death and Burial
ARGY30722
20
Optional
Dealing with the Dead: The Archaeology of Death and Burial
ARGY30722
20
Optional
Through Cicero's Eyes
CLAH30031
20
Optional
Empire, War & Diplomacy in Classical Greece
CLAH30461
20
Optional
The Roman Army and the North-West Frontiers
CLAH30882
20
Optional
Slavery in the Ancient Greek World
CLAH30992
20
Optional
The World of Rome: Society and Culture 100BC - AD300
CLAH31252
20
Optional
Culture and Society in Germany 1871-1918
GERM30722
20
Optional
London and Modernity 1880-1960
HIST30101
20
Optional
'A Nation In The Making': Nationalist Consciousness And `Indian' Imaginings, 1800-1947
HIST30291
20
Optional
Power, Culture and the Modern European City, 1840-1940
HIST30512
20
Optional
Empire, Masculinity and British Heroes from 1885 to the present
HIST30622
20
Optional
Refugees in Modern World History, 1914 to the Present
HIST30942
20
Optional
Gender and Sexuality in Modern Africa
HIST31001
20
Optional
China & the West: From the Opium War to the Japanese War
HIST31201
20
Optional
From National Crisis to National Government: British Politics, Economy and Society, 1914 - 1939
HIST31281
20
Optional
Contesting the Supernatural in the Early Modern British Isles, c. 1600-1800
HIST31291
20
Optional
Sex, Drugs and Shopping: Readdressing Inter-war Britain
HIST31341
20
Optional
From Gutenberg to Google - A History of Knowledge Management from the Middle Ages to the Present Day
HIST31351
20
Optional
Heroes and Holy Men: The Irish Sea World in the Viking Age, c. 780-1100
HIST31361
20
Optional
The Normans: conquerors, collaborators and myth-makers (900-1200)
HIST31371
20
Optional
Witches, Witch-hunting and Magic in Late Medieval and Early Modern Continental Europe, c.1350-1700
HIST31392
20
Optional
The Margins Mobilise: Rebels, Refugees, and Working Girls in Modern East Asia
HIST31411
20
Optional
The Great Irish Famine and Its Impact, 1845-1900
HIST31451
20
Optional
Charlemagne: Brutality and Faith
HIST31462
20
Optional
Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany: Comparisons, Contrasts, and Entanglement
HIST31521
20
Optional
John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and U.S. Foreign Policy in the 1960s
HIST31552
20
Optional
Defining the Deviant: Crime and British Society, 1888-2000
HIST31592
20
Optional
The Nuclear Age
HSTM31712
20
Optional
From bachelorker Street to CSI
HSTM32511
20
Optional
Climate Change & Society
HSTM33501
20
Optional
Madness and Society
HSTM40332
20
Optional
Bodies, Sex and Gender in Japan
JAPA33071
20
Optional
Islam and Modernity
MEST30032
20
Optional
Culture and Society in the Middle East and North Africa
MEST30092
20
Optional
Modern Arabic Literature
MEST30121
20
Optional
Arabic for Business
MEST30151
20
Optional
Classical and Modern Arabic Writings on Islam
MEST30171
20
Optional
Fundamental Debachelortes in the Study of Israel/Palestine
MEST30722
20
Optional
The "End of the World", 1640-Present
RELT30461
20
Optional
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The University of Manchester and the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures have outstanding facilities available for studying.
The University's Language Centre is a state of the art open learning facility which allows you to pursue effective independent study. It consists of a library of books and audio-visual resources, language laboratories and multimedia studios comprising a combination of PCs, TVs and DVDs/DVD players.
The University of Manchester Library is one of the largest academic libraries in Britain and its Special Collections contain invaluable textual and visual resources.
The University of Manchester owns the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester Museum and Tabley House, giving you unique access to outstanding art gallery and museum resources.
Practical support and advice for current students and applicants is available from the Disability Advisory and Support Service. Email: dass@manchester.ac.uk
Careers
Languages qualify you for a wide range of employment. Your high-level language skills will open up numerous paths with an international dimension (e.g. business, industry and finance). You will also have excellent all-round communication skills making you a strong contender for openings in the media, PR and similar areas.
In our experience, many graduates go straight into business services, marketing, advertising, management, bachelornking or communications. Others opt for postgraduate study or further vocational training to become accountants, lawyers, teachers (in England or abroad) or enter the Civil Service.

Did you know?

MI5 actively recruit graduates with language skills
Past students have gone into areas as diverse as Radio Reporting, Advertising, Accountancy, Events Management, Commercial Management and International Sales.
Graduates from The University of Manchester are amongst the highest paid in the country
More employers recruit at The University of Manchester than at any other UK university
The University of Manchester's Careers Service is consistently voted the best in the country by both students and employers
The School of Arts, Languages and Cultures is one of the largest and most diverse in the UK and has received the prestigious European Award for Languages from CiLT, the National Centre for Languages.

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