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Degree Programme Table: Social Anthropology (MA) (UTSANPY)


Year 1, Academic year 2009/10, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have sought permission from the relevant Head of Subject.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SA0105 (SCAN08003) Social Anthropology 1A: An Introduction As available 20
    SA0104 (SCAN08002) Social Anthropology 1B: The Practice of Social Anthropology As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 80 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q, T and W level 7 or 8' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_7/8) , as available.

     

    Year 2, Academic year 2009/10, Starting month: September


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    U03813 (SCAN08004) Social Anthropology 2: Into the Field As available 20
    U02440 (SSPS08004) Social and Political Enquiry 2 As available 20
    SP0079 (SSPS08002) Social and Political Theory 2 As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 60 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q, T and W level 7 or 8' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_7/8) , as available.

     

    Year 3, Academic year 2009/10, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Students who have passed courses to the required value of 240 credits, and achieved marks of 50% or more at the first attempt in all required second-year courses for their registered degree, are automatically entitled to progress to honours. Students who are planning on spending their Junior Year Abroad must successfully progress to honours before they can proceed on their JYA.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 5 compulsory course(s).


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SA0028 (SCAN10022) Anthropological Theory As available 20
    SA0044 (SCAN10031) Consumption, Exchange, Technology As available 20
    SA0027 (SCAN10021) Kinship: Structure and Process As available 20
    SA0029 (SCAN10023) Ritual and Religion As available 20
    SA0101 (SCAN10037) Imagining Anthropological Research As available 0




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  


    Select a minimum of 20 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from schedule J - Social Anthropology (MA) - Level 10' (ROU_J_UTSANPY_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    SA0003    (SCAN10001)    Chinese Society   20  
    SA0019    (SCAN10014)    Khoisan Southern Africa   20  
    SA0020    (SCAN10015)    Kinship, Religion and the Self in South Asia   20  
    SA0021    (SCAN10016)    The Politics of Identity in South Asia   20  
    SA0022    (SCAN10017)    The Upper Nile   20  
    SA0023    (SCAN10018)    Mediterranean Europe   20  
    SA0024    (SCAN10019)    Northern North Atlantic   20  
    SA0025    (SCAN10020)    East Central Africa   20  
    SA0031    (SCAN10025)    Contemporary Ethnopolitics in Sub-Saharan Africa   20  
    SA0036    (SCAN10028)    Southeast Asia   20  
    SA0037    (SCAN10029)    The Arab World   20  
    U00519    (SCAN10042)    Contemporary Hunter-Gatherers   20  
    U03642    (SCAN10045)    International Indigenous Politics   20  
    U04221    (SCAN10047)    Indigenous Peoples of Lowland South America   20  
    U04275    (SCAN10049)    Himalayan Ethnography   20  

    Notes:As part of their honours curriculum students must take at least one and normally no more than two of these Regional Analysis courses (see Social Anthropology Honours Handbook for details)
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from the following "Social Anthropology" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Social Anthropology level 10' (SUB_SCAN_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    Collection:   (SCAN10*)   All Level 10 courses with a primary subject of 'Social Anthropology'   (as selected)  

     



    Year 4, Academic year 2009/10, Starting month: September


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SA0046 (SCAN10032) Belief, Thought and Language As available 20
    SA0043 (SCAN10030) Culture and Power As available 20
    SA0094 (SCAN10036) Dissertation (MA Social Anthropology) As available 40
    Notes: Students are expected to use the summer vacation of their third year on research for their Dissertation.




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following "Social Anthropology" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Social Anthropology level 10' (SUB_SCAN_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    Collection:   (SCAN10*)   All Level 10 courses with a primary subject of 'Social Anthropology'   (as selected)  

    Notes:As part of their honours curriculum students must take at least one and normally no more than two Regional Analysis courses. See Year 3 for a list of these courses, and the Social Anthropology Honours Handbook for further details.
     

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