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  <assumed-knowledge-and-required-skills></assumed-knowledge-and-required-skills>
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  <co-teaching-course-id type="integer" nil="true"></co-teaching-course-id>
  <consent-description></consent-description>
  <consent-required type="boolean">false</consent-required>
  <corequisites></corequisites>
  <cost-considerations></cost-considerations>
  <course-code>ARAB3004</course-code>
  <course-description>&lt;p&gt;This is a research course for students who have completed Advanced Arabic A or equivalent. The Resarch essay should be completed in line with the guidelines provided to the student.&amp;nbsp; Focus will be on a research essay on a topic related to Arabic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies or Islamic Studies. &lt;/p&gt;</course-description>
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  <eligibility></eligibility>
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  <first-year-course type="boolean">false</first-year-course>
  <id type="integer">9687</id>
  <incompatibility></incompatibility>
  <indicative-assessment>&lt;p&gt;2,500 word essay in Arabic due at the end of semester (50%)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;30-minute oral presentation on essay topic&amp;nbsp;(50%)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</indicative-assessment>
  <indicative-reading-list></indicative-reading-list>
  <is-active type="integer">1</is-active>
  <is-public type="integer">1</is-public>
  <learning-outcomes>By the end of this course students will be able to: &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Demonstrate knowledge of some aspects of advanced Arabic writing styles.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Demonstrate proficiency in more complex written syntactic and discourse structures and extend their capacity to use such structures appropriately to undertake a small-scale research on a topic related to Arabic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies or Islamic Studies.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Demonstrate their ability to present their findings in a scholarly manner in Arabic.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Demonstrate advanced linguistic skills and functional understanding of Arabic Language.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</learning-outcomes>
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  <long-title>Research Essay (Arabic)</long-title>
  <max-units type="integer">6</max-units>
  <min-units type="integer">6</min-units>
  <other-information></other-information>
  <preliminary-reading></preliminary-reading>
  <prescribed-texts>&lt;p&gt;The lecturer will provide material selected from Arabic printed media, short stories, poems, novels and other sources.&lt;/p&gt;</prescribed-texts>
  <progress-units type="integer">6</progress-units>
  <quota></quota>
  <recommended-courses></recommended-courses>
  <requisite-statement>&lt;p&gt;ARAB3001 Advanced Arabic A&lt;/p&gt;</requisite-statement>
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  <short-title>Research Essay (Arabic)</short-title>
  <student-contribution-band>Band 1</student-contribution-band>
  <subject>Arabic</subject>
  <technology-requirements></technology-requirements>
  <updated-by>u4380123</updated-by>
  <version type="integer">3</version>
  <workload>&lt;p&gt;Two hours of language classes per week or regular meeting with the Supervisor&lt;/p&gt;</workload>
  <year type="integer">2010</year>
</course>
