BA Persian and ...
Duration: 3 or 4 years, depending on the combination of subjects
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2012 Entry Requirements
- A Levels: AAB
- A Level language preferred
- IB: 36 (6/6/6)
- BTEC: DDM
- Access to HE: Pass Access to Higher Education Diploma with 60 credits overall including 45 credits at level 3 and 15 at Level 2. Minimum of 27 Level 3 credits must be at Distinction including Essay Writing and Study Skills
- Scottish Highers: AAABB
- Scottish Advanced Highers: AAB
- Irish LC: 340 points from 5 Higher level subjects at grade C1 or above
- Advanced Placement: 4 4 5 (Two semesters - UCAS Group A) plus US HSGD with GPA 3.0
- Euro Bacc: 80%
- French Bacc: 14/20
- German Abitur: 2.0
- Italy DES: 80/100
- Austria Mat: 2.0
- Polish Mat: 75%
Minimum Entry Requirements: Languages at SOAS are taught ab initio, and no prior knowledge is required. A foreign language at A-level or equivalent is preferred but not essential.
Subjects Preferred: A good pass in a foreign language at A-level, or equivalent, is preferred
Interview Policy: Candidates with "non-standard" qualifications may be invited for interview
Start of programme: September annually
At SOAS the study of Persian can be combined with an unparalleled range of disciplines and languages. All combined-honours degrees in Persian expose students to at least three years' intensive study of Persian language. 3-year combined honours: Persian can be combined with Development Studies, Economics, Geography (with King's College London), Georgian, History, History of Art/Archaeology, Law, Linguistics, Management (with Birkbeck College London), Music, Politics, Social Anthropology and Study of Religions 4-year combined-honours: Persian can also be combined with Arabic, French (with University College London, which is the admitting institution), and Turkish. These four-year degrees include a year's study abroad in a country appropriate to the second language.Combinations
May be combined with
- Arabic+ T621 BA/PA
- Bengali+ T410 BA/BePer
- Development Studies LTY6 BA/PDVS
- Economics LTD6 BA/PEC
- French*
- Geography** LTT6 BA/PGE
- Georgian TTQ9 BA/PGN
- History TVQ1 BA/PH
- History of Art/Archaeology VT36 BA/HAAP
- Law MTD6 BA/PLW
- Linguistics QTD6 BA/LGP
- Management*** NTG6 BA/PMG
- Music TWQ3 BA/PMS
- Politics LTG6 BA/POLP
- Social Anthropology LTQ6 BA/SAP
- Study of Religions TVP6 BA/SRP
- Turkish+ T661 BA/TUP
+ 4-year degree with (compulsory) one year spent abroad
* Taught at University College, London (Apply to UCL only)
** Taught at King's College, London
*** Taught at Birkbeck College, London Â
Structure
Learn a language as part of this programme
Degree programmes at SOAS - including this one - can include language courses in more than forty African and Asian languages. It is SOAS students’ command of an African or Asian language which sets SOAS apart from other universities.
The syllabus of the combined-honours degrees varies according to combination. In the three-year syllabus the programme aims to divide students' time equally between Persian and the second subject. A typical syllabus is given below. In four-year programmes with a year abroad, study of the second subject occupies that entire year but flexibility in the choice of fourth-year options allows the balance to be redressed.
Year 1
Core course
This course must be passed in order to proceed to the following year of study.
- Persian Language 1 - 155901242 (2 Unit) - Full Year
Other Subject
2 units are taken in the second subject.
Year 2
Core course
This course must be passed in order to proceed to the following year of study.
- Persian Language 2 - 155900801 (1 Unit) - Full Year
Other Subject
2 units are taken in the second subject.
Open Option
Choose one unit from either; the list of Persian-related courses (List A,B or C) OR a unit in the second subject OR an approved open option course.
Year 3
Compulsory Course
- Persian Language 3 - 155900802 (1 Unit) - Full Year
Optional Course
Choose one unit from the list of Persian-related courses (List A,B or C).
Other Subject
One unit is taken in the second subject.
Open Option
Choose one unit from either; the list of Persian-related courses (List A,B or C) OR a unit in the second subject OR an approved open option course.
List A. List of Persian-language courses
- Persian Language 1 - 155901242 (2 Unit) - Full Year
- Persian Language 2 - 155900801 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Persian Language 3 - 155900802 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Classical Persian Poetry - 155901372 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Modern Persian Poetry - 155901379 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Classical Persian Prose Texts - 155900334 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Modern Persian Prose Literature - 155900336 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Independent Study Project in Persian Studies - 155901184 (1 Unit) - Full Year
Persian courses for students on other degrees (open options)
- Elementary Written Persian - 155901053 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Elementary Persian Texts - 155901155 (1 Unit) - Full Year
List B. Approved options in the NME department
Please note that some of these courses will be subject to pre-requisites.
- Introduction to Arabic Culture - 155901205 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Old Persian - 155900573 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2011/2012
- Middle Persian - 155901282 (1 unit Unit)
- Sogdian - 155901005 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2011/2012
- Bactrian - 155901099 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2011/2012
- Khotanese - 155901004 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2011/2012
- Elementary Written Turkish - 155901051 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Arabic 100 - 155901202 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Arabic 200 - 155901203 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Arabic 300 - 155901204 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Elementary Western Armenian - 155901347 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Elementary Hebrew - 155900916 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Elementary Hebrew - 155900916 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Introduction to Sufism - 155901375 (1 Unit) - Full Year
List C. Other Persian and Middle East-related courses
These are taught by the Departments of History, Study of Religions, Art and Archaeology, Music, Law, Politics and International Studies, and Economics.
- H130 Introduction to the History of the Near and Middle East - 154800230 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- H348 The Making of the Modern Middle East - 154800227 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- H446 History Of Iran: Qajars To The Islamic Republic I - 154800234 (1.0 Unit)
- H346 Cities of Paradise and Empire - 154800211 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Zoroastrianism in the Ancient and Modern Worlds - 158000029 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Introduction to Islam - 157400020 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Shi'a Islam: Religious Authority and Community Identity - 158000147 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2011/2012
- Introduction to the Art and Archaeology of the Near and Middle East - 154900101 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
- Islamic Architecture - 154900107 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2011/2012
- The Sources of Islamic Art and Architecture - 154900108 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- The Decorative Arts of Islam - 154900109 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2011/2012
- Art and Material Culture of the Islamic World: 7th to 14th Centuries - 154900138 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2011/2012
- Mosaics, Manuscripts, and Wall Painting in Islamic Art - 154900134 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Music of the Middle East and North Africa - 155800068 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Islamic law - 155200037 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Government and politics of the Middle East - 153400060 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Economic development of the modern Middle East - 153400031 (1 Unit) - Full Year
Programme Specification
Teaching & Learning
Year abroad
Only in some combinations of subjectsHow to apply
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