本课程将使您在所有四个技能领域（阅读，写作，听力和口语）达到阿拉伯语的良好或高水平的语言能力，并从全球动态变化的角度对文化和政治有批判性的理解世界政治秩序。您将有机会以综合的方式研究语言，文化和国际关系，探索它们与产生它们的更广泛的地缘政治和跨文化背景之间的联系。您还将获得终身的个人和专业发展所必需的可转移和认知技能。您将学习一门综合课程，侧重于应用语言技能和文化研究，并在各个领域都严格发展外语技能。您将发展高水平的阿拉伯语口头和书面交流能力，熟练的语言转换能力，对阿拉伯文化的透彻了解以及在多种文化情况下
Our Arabic and International Relations course focuses on questions of governance, democracy and human rights, while training competent Arabic linguists ready to enter graduate employment.<br>This course will enable you to achieve a good level of linguistic competence in Arabic in all four skill areas (reading, writing, listening and speaking), and a critical understanding of culture and politics from the perspective of the changing dynamics of the global political order. You'll have the opportunity to study language, culture and international relations in an integrated way, exploring the connections between them and the broader geopolitical and cross-cultural contexts in which they are produced. You'll also gain the transferable and cognitive skills necessary for lifelong personal and professional development.<br>We place particular emphasis on employability and the contemporary cultural context and offer high-quality teaching in all language skills.<br>Our Arabic courses are only available to beginner or 'false beginner' entrants – false beginners are students who may be able to read the Arabic script, andor have the equivalent to one or two years' part-time study. Please note that we may need to test you to determine your entry point.<br>You'll study an integrated curriculum with a focus on applied language skills and cultural studies, supported by a rigorous development of your foreign languages skills in all areas.<br>You'll develop a high level of competence in oral and written communication in Arabic, proficiency in language transfer skills, a thorough knowledge of Arabic culture, and the ability to thrive linguistically in diverse cultural situations.<br>You'll have the opportunity to spend a full academic year abroad at a partner institution andor, depending on your language level, an approved form of employment in a country where Arabic is the official language. You can also study an elective module from across the University in each year.<br>Career development<br>As part of the degree, you'll have the opportunity to spend an academic year abroad at a partner institution andor, depending on your language level, in an approved form of employment in an Arabic-speaking country, enabling you to develop your language skills in a real-world setting. Previous destinations have included Jordan, Morocco and Egypt. You may have the opportunity to work as a paid language assistant in a foreign school or undertake a work (or volunteering) placement, both of which provide valuable opportunities to boost employability while improving language competence.<br>Internship opportunities<br>The University of Westminster is part of an ongoing collaboration with the United Nations Migration Agency, the International Organization for Migration (IOM).<br>As part of this, Politics and International Relations students in their second or third year of undergraduate study can apply for 3-9 month internship opportunities at IOM offices around the world, including in Geneva, Vienna, Dhakka and London.<br>The internships, which are open to students completing their second year of studies and beyond, focus on a host of topics from migration governance to mission support, policy and liaison, and information management.<br>Job roles<br>This course prepares graduates for roles and industries including:<br>Bilingual consultant<br>International affairs consultant<br>International organisations, NGOs and charities<br>Interpreter<br>Public relations expert<br>Graduate employers<br>Previous graduates of our Arabic, Chinese, French, or Spanish and International Relations courses have found positions with organisations including:<br>British Council<br>Deutsche Bank<br>European Parliament<br>Italian Trade Agency<br>TransPerfect