Postgraduate Module Descriptor

POLM082: International Relations of the Middle East

This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

Studying the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) from an international relations perspective
The MENA regional system
Application of IR theories to the MENA
Regionalism in the MENA
Foreign policy analysis
The Gulf sub-region
The Levant sub-region & Israel-Palestine conflict
The Maghreb sub-region
External actors (1): the US and China
External actors (2): the EU and Russia
The impact of the 2011 uprisings

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
22	278	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	22	11 x 2 hour seminars
Guided independent study	100	Reading for seminars
Guided independent study	178	Completion of course work

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).