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

Year 1, Academic year 2013/14, 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 4 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
    SCAN08007 Fundamentals: Studying Anthropology As available 0
    SCAN08009 Fundamentals: Reading and Writing Anthropology As available 0




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


    Select exactly 80 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


    Year 2, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 5 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
    SCAN08008 Fundamentals: Ethnographic Theory As available 0
    SCAN08006 Fundamentals: Anthropological Practice As available 0




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


    Select exactly 60 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


    Year 3, Academic year 2013/14, 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 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


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


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCAN10028    Southeast Asia   20  
    SCAN10021    Kinship: Structure and Process   20  
    SCAN10023    Ritual and Religion   20  
    SCAN10044    Social Development   20  
    SCAN10010    The Invention of History   20  
    SCAN10056    Indigenous Politics, Culture and Screen in Canada   20  
    SCAN10057    Humans and Other Species   20  
    SCAN10058    Anthropology of Violence   20  
    SCAN10055    Human Origins and the Genesis of Symbolic Thought   20  
    SCAN10059    Ethnography of the USA   20  

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



    Year 4, Academic year 2013/14, 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 list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCAN10028    Southeast Asia   20  
    SCAN10021    Kinship: Structure and Process   20  
    SCAN10023    Ritual and Religion   20  
    SCAN10044    Social Development   20  
    SCAN10010    The Invention of History   20  
    SCAN10056    Indigenous Politics, Culture and Screen in Canada   20  
    SCAN10057    Humans and Other Species   20  
    SCAN10058    Anthropology of Violence   20  
    SCAN10055    Human Origins and the Genesis of Symbolic Thought   20  
    SCAN10059    Ethnography of the USA   20  

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


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