Program Overview

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Key Information

Duration

2 years part-time

Start of Programme

September

Attendance Mode

Part-time

Location

Russell Square, College Buildings

Fees

• Home: £9,535
• International: £22,870

Entry Requirements

The minimum entry requirement is the ability to demonstrate the potential to study at undergraduate level. However, programmes may have their own specific requirements, such as, in the case of language-based studies, a proven ability to learn a language.

Course Overview

This certificate is complementary to the full-time Certificate in Arabic. It is designed for those unable to follow a full-time programme and those interested in a different balance of language and non-language based courses.

No prior knowledge of Arabic is required.

Structure

This is a part-time programme of study

Four units are taken over two or three years.

• In year 1 students take Arabic 100A, Arabic 100B and one approved course from the list below.
• In year 2 students take Arabic 200 and a second approved course from the list below.
• One unit can be left to a third year of study if desired; a third year of Arabic is available for this purpose, Arabic 300.

Approved Units

• Introduction to Arabic culture
• Literatures of the Near and Middle East
• Music of the Middle East and North Africa
• Art and material culture of the Islamic world
• Mosaics, manuscripts and wall-paintings in Islamic art
• Introduction to the history of the Near and Middle East

* Please note that not every unit may be available every year.*

Courses are taught during the day. Teaching begins in late September. Examinations are in May-June.

Important Notice

The information on the website reflects the intended programme structure against the given academic session. The modules are indicative options of the content students can expect and are/have been previously taught as part of these programmes.

However, this information is published a long time in advance of enrolment and module content and availability is subject to change.

Year 1

Students take the following course and choose one unit from the approved option units list.

Year 2

Students take the following course and choose one unit from the approved option units list.

Approved Option Units

Introduction to Arabic Culture - 15 credits

This is an introductory course to Arabic Culture with focus on the Modern Arab Middle East. On completion of this course, students will have gained basic knowledge of (1) theories and methods of studying culture and (2) history of development of Arabic culture as well as the major cultural institutions in the contemporary Arab World.

Literatures of the Islamic Near and Middle East - 15 credits

This module introduces the different literary traditions of the Ancient Near and Middle East and provides an overview of what constitutes literature" in the region's various ancient civilizations."

H130 Introduction to the History of the Middle East - 15 credits

This module is an introduction to the history of the late medieval, early modern and modern era Middle East. It begins roughly around the time when Islamic empires became the dominant powers in the region and explores thenceforth the political, social, and cultural developments up to the present. While the module is structured around events that are primarily of military and political nature, it gives ample importance to the broad social and cultural currents, as well as the circumstances of everyday life as shaped by the former. Throughout the semester, we will also (re)visit, question, and complicate some of the main concepts and debates, such as modernity and the decline thesis, that have informed the field in the past decades.

Year 3: Optional

One unit can be left to a third year of study if desired (a third year of Arabic language) This unit replaces one of the approved option units in either Year 1 or Year 2.

Fees and Funding

Fees for 2024/25 Entrants per Academic Year

Postgraduate Certificate | Band 1: Languages and Culture, Linguistics, Politics|Band 2: Law | --- | --- | | Home (full-time) | £4,075 | £5,045 | | Home (part-time) | £2,040 | £2,525 | | Overseas (full-time) | £8,440 | £8,580 | | Overseas (part-time) | £4,220 | £4,290 |

Fees go up each year, therefore your tuition fee in your second and subsequent years of study will be higher. Our continuing students, on the same degree programme, are protected from annual increases higher than 5%.

For full details of tuition fees, please see undergraduate fees and postgraduate fees.

Key Staff

Dr Mustafa Shah

Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies

The early Arabic linguistic tradition; classical Islamic theology and jurisprudence