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Degree Programme Table: Social Anthropology (MSc) (Part-time) (PTMSCSANPY1P)

Year 1, Academic year 2012/13, Starting month: September

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


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11049    An Introduction to Anthropological Theory   20  
    PGSP11042    The Ethnography Seminar   20  

    Notes:1) These core courses MUST be taken in either Year 1 or Year 2.
    2) You must take all courses in the list and cannot take any course twice.
     

    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11184    Kinship: Structure and Process   20  
    PGSP11172    Anthropological Theory   20  
    PGSP11191    Ritual and Religion   20  
    PGSP11176    Consumption, Exchange, Technology: The Anthropology of Economic Processes   20  
    PGSP11178    Culture and Power: The Anthropology of Political Processes   20  
    PGSP11174    Belief,Thought and Language   20  

    Notes:1) Courses run in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
    2) Not all courses run in any given year.
    3) A total of 80 credits of optional courses must be taken over the two years of part-time study. Normally, a total of 80 credits will be divided between the academic years, but this can be varied with the explicit agreement of the Programme Director.
     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11196    The Enlightenment and the Noble Savage   20  
    PGSP11072    Anthropology and International Health   20  
    PGSP11180    Dealing with Strangers   20  
    PGSP11044    Southeast Asia   20  
    PGSP11043    The Arab World   20  
    PGSP11046    Khoisan Southern Africa   20  
    PGSP11050    The Politics of Identity in South Asia   20  
    PGSP11047    The Anthropology of Death   20  
    PGSP11063    Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives   20  
    PGGE11050    Society and Development   20  
    PGSP11026    Contemporary Hunter-Gatherers   20  
    SCAN11010    Indigenous Peoples of Lowland South America   20  
    PGSP11147    Himalayan Ethnography   20  
    SCAN11011    The anthropology of landscape   20  
    SCAN11015    Anthropological Approaches to Shamanism and Spirit Possession   20  
    SCIL11016    Globalization   20  
    SCAN11009    East Central Africa   20  
    PGSP11260    Visual Anthropology   20  
    SCAN11014    Introduction to Medical Anthropology   10  
    SCAN11013    The Anthropology of Pharmaceuticals   10  
    SCAN11012    The Anthropology of Food   20  
    PGSP11070    Current Issues in Health and Illness Research   20  
    PGSP11290    Keywords in South Asian Public Culture   20  
    PGSP11295    Cultures of Human Rights and Humanitarianism   20  
    PGSP11296    Interpreting Development: Institutions and Practices   20  
    PGSP11297    Global Governance and Africa: Institutions, Actors, Issues   20  
    PGSP11307    Human Origins and the Genesis of Symbolic Thought   20  
    PGSP11322    African Popular Culture   20  
    SCAN10056    Indigenous Politics, Culture and Screen in Canada   20  

    Notes:1) Courses run in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
    2) Not all courses run in any given year.
    3) A total of 80 credits of optional courses must be taken over the two years of part-time study. Normally, a total of 80 credits will be divided between the academic years, but this can be varied with the explicit agreement of the Programme Director.
     


    Year 2, Academic year 2012/13, Starting month: September

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


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PGSP11060 Dissertation (MSc/Dip Social Anthropology) As available 60




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11049    An Introduction to Anthropological Theory   20  
    PGSP11042    The Ethnography Seminar   20  

    Notes:1) These core courses MUST be taken in either Year 1 or Year 2.
    2) You must take all courses in the list and cannot take any course twice.
     

    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11184    Kinship: Structure and Process   20  
    PGSP11172    Anthropological Theory   20  
    PGSP11191    Ritual and Religion   20  
    PGSP11176    Consumption, Exchange, Technology: The Anthropology of Economic Processes   20  
    PGSP11178    Culture and Power: The Anthropology of Political Processes   20  
    PGSP11174    Belief,Thought and Language   20  

    Notes:1) Courses run in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
    2) Not all courses run in any given year.
    3) A total of 80 credits of optional courses must be taken over the two years of part-time study. Normally, a total of 80 credits will be divided between the academic years, but this can be varied with the explicit agreement of the Programme Director.

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11196    The Enlightenment and the Noble Savage   20  
    PGSP11072    Anthropology and International Health   20  
    PGSP11180    Dealing with Strangers   20  
    PGSP11044    Southeast Asia   20  
    PGSP11043    The Arab World   20  
    PGSP11046    Khoisan Southern Africa   20  
    PGSP11050    The Politics of Identity in South Asia   20  
    PGSP11047    The Anthropology of Death   20  
    PGSP11063    Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives   20  
    PGGE11050    Society and Development   20  
    PGSP11026    Contemporary Hunter-Gatherers   20  
    SCAN11010    Indigenous Peoples of Lowland South America   20  
    PGSP11147    Himalayan Ethnography   20  
    SCAN11011    The anthropology of landscape   20  
    SCAN11015    Anthropological Approaches to Shamanism and Spirit Possession   20  
    SCIL11016    Globalization   20  
    SCAN11009    East Central Africa   20  
    PGSP11260    Visual Anthropology   20  
    SCAN11014    Introduction to Medical Anthropology   10  
    SCAN11013    The Anthropology of Pharmaceuticals   10  
    SCAN11012    The Anthropology of Food   20  
    PGSP11070    Current Issues in Health and Illness Research   20  
    PGSP11290    Keywords in South Asian Public Culture   20  
    PGSP11295    Cultures of Human Rights and Humanitarianism   20  
    PGSP11296    Interpreting Development: Institutions and Practices   20  
    PGSP11297    Global Governance and Africa: Institutions, Actors, Issues   20  
    PGSP11307    Human Origins and the Genesis of Symbolic Thought   20  
    PGSP11322    African Popular Culture   20  
    SCAN10056    Indigenous Politics, Culture and Screen in Canada   20  

    Notes:1) Courses run in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
    2) Not all courses run in any given year.
    3) A total of 80 credits of optional courses must be taken over the two years of part-time study. Normally, a total of 80 credits will be divided between the academic years, but this can be varied with the explicit agreement of the Programme Director.
     


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