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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2011/2012
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Degree Programme Table: Sociology and Social Anthropology (MA Hons) (UTSCYSA)


Year 1, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your
    Director of Studies.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCIL08004 Sociology 1A: The Sociological Imagination: Individuals and Society As available 20
    SCIL08005 Sociology 1B: The Sociological Imagination: Private Troubles, Public Problems As available 20
    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 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     

    Year 2, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCIL08007 Sociology 2: Transformations of Self and Society As available 20
    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 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     

    Year 3, Academic year 2011/12, 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 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCIL10018 Social Theory As available 20
    SCIL10062 Designing and Doing Social Research As available 20
    SCIL10063 Doing Survey Research As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCAN10022    Anthropological Theory   20  
    SCAN10031    Consumption, Exchange, Technology   20  
    SCAN10021    Kinship: Structure and Process   20  
    SCAN10023    Ritual and Religion   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 0 credits course level 10, as available
    SCAN10037     Imagining Anthropological Research     (0 credits)

    Notes:Students taking the Dissertation in Social Anthropology should enroll for this 0 credit preparatory course, others should not.
     
    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 20 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 20 credits from Sociology Level 10 courses, as available

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits from Social Anthropology Level 10 courses, as available

     



    Year 4, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCIL10045    Sociology Project   40  
    SCAN10036    Dissertation (MA Social Anthropology)   40  

    Notes:Whether taking the Sociology Project or the Social Anthropology Dissertation, students are expected to use part of the summer vacation of their third year on research for it.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from Sociology Level 10 courses, as available

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCAN10032    Belief, Thought and Language   20  
    SCAN10030    Culture and Power   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from Social Anthropology Level 10 courses, as available

     

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