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


Year 1, Academic year 2010/11, 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  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCAN08003 Social Anthropology 1A: An Introduction As available 20
    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 2010/11, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCAN08004 Social Anthropology 2: Into the Field As available 20
    SSPS08004 Social and Political Enquiry 2 As available 20
    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 2010/11, Starting month: August

  • 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  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCAN10022 Anthropological Theory As available 20
    SCAN10031 Consumption, Exchange, Technology As available 20
    SCAN10021 Kinship: Structure and Process As available 20
    SCAN10023 Ritual and Religion As available 20
    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   Course Name   Credits
    SCAN10001    Chinese Society   20  
    SCAN10014    Khoisan Southern Africa   20  
    SCAN10015    Kinship, Religion and the Self in South Asia   20  
    SCAN10016    The Politics of Identity in South Asia   20  
    SCAN10017    The Upper Nile   20  
    SCAN10018    Mediterranean Europe   20  
    SCAN10019    Northern North Atlantic   20  
    SCAN10020    East Central Africa   20  
    SCAN10025    Contemporary Ethnopolitics in Sub-Saharan Africa   20  
    SCAN10028    Southeast Asia   20  
    SCAN10029    The Arab World   20  
    SCAN10042    Contemporary Hunter-Gatherers   20  
    SCAN10045    International Indigenous Politics   20  
    SCAN10047    Indigenous Peoples of Lowland South America   20  
    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   Description / Course Name   Credits
    (SCAN10*)   All Level 10 courses with a primary subject of 'Social Anthropology'   (as selected)  

     



    Year 4, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCAN10032 Belief, Thought and Language As available 20
    SCAN10030 Culture and Power As available 20
    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   Description / Course Name   Credits
    (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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