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Degree Programme Table: Medical Anthropology (MSc) (Full-time) (PTMSCMEDAN1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: September


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


Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
PGSP11071 Anthropology of Health and Healing As available 20
PGSP11379 Anthropology of Global Health As available 20
PGSP11349 Dissertation MSc Medical Anthropology As available 60




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


Select exactly 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
Code   Course Name   Credits
PGSP11070    Current Issues in Health and Illness Research   20  
PGSP11024    Genetics, Nature and Society   20  
PGSP11172    Anthropological Theory   20  
PGSP11191    Ritual and Religion   20  
SCAN11013    The Anthropology of Pharmaceuticals   10  
SCAN11015    Anthropological Approaches to Shamanism and Spirit Possession   20  
SCAN11016    Supervised Reading in Social Anthropology (10 credits)   10  
SCAN11017    Supervised Reading in Social Anthropology   20  
PGSP11289    Health, Innovation and Policy   20  
PGSP11042    The Ethnography Seminar   20  
PGSP11049    An Introduction to Anthropological Theory   20  
PGSP11178    Culture and Power: The Anthropology of Political Processes   20  
PGSP11174    Belief,Thought and Language   20  
PGSP11176    Consumption, Exchange, Technology: The Anthropology of Economic Processes   20  
SCAN11012    The Anthropology of Food   20  
PGSP11185    Magic, Science and Healing   20  
PGSP11287    Foundations of Science, Technology and Development   20  
SCAN11009    East Central Africa   20  
PGSP11240    Politics and Theories of International Development   20  
PGSP11050    The Politics of Identity in South Asia   20  
PGSP11295    Cultures of Human Rights and Humanitarianism   20  
PGSP11296    Interpreting Development: Institutions and Practices   20  
PGSP11305    Social Interventions in HIV and AIDS   20  
PGSP11340    Research in Africa   20  
PGSP11336    Risk, Regulation and Governance I   10  
PGSP11337    Risk, Regulation and Governance II   10  
PGSP11334    Innovation Systems: Theory and Practice I   10  
PGSP11335    Innovation Systems: Theory and Practice II   10  
PGSP11333    Foundations of the Bioeconomy   20  
PGSP11331    Biobusiness   20  
PGSP11330    Current Trends in Life Science Innovation I   10  
PGSP11332    Current Trends in Life Science Innovation II   10  
IPHP11009    Globalisation and public health   10  
IPHP11002    Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy   20  
PGSP11047    The Anthropology of Death   20  
IPHP11003    Global Politics of Public Health   20  
PGSP11184    Kinship: Structure and Process   20  
SCAN11010    Indigenous Peoples of Lowland South America   20  
PGSP11063    Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives   20  
PGSP11276    Contemporary Social Theory   20  
PGSP11302    The Documents of Life   20  
SCPL11017    Population Health and Health Policy   20  
PGSP11364    Health Systems: Strengthening and Reform   20  
PGSP11353    Understanding Technology   20  
PGSP11352    Science, Knowledge and Expertise   20  
PGSP11217    Gender, Science and Technology   20  
PGSP11377    Critical perspectives on mental health and well-being in the global south   20  

Notes:With the agreement of the programme directors, courses from other MSc programmes within Social and Political Science, and courses from the MSc/Dip in Public Health Research
 


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