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Degree Programme Table: Geography and Social Anthropology (MA Hons) (UTGGPSA)

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

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your
    Personal Tutor.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    GEGR08007 Human Geography Semester 1 20
    SCAN08003 Social Anthropology 1A: An Introduction Semester 1 20
    SCAN08002 Social Anthropology 1B: The Practice of Social Anthropology Semester 2 20
    GEGR08010 Physical Geography Semester 2 20




    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 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ASST07004    Introductory Chinese Language   20  
    ASST07003    Introductory Chinese Language   20  
    ASST07006    Introductory Chinese Language 2   20  
    IMES07001    Introductory Arabic Language   20  
    ELCF07012    Foundation French Language 1   20  
    ELCF07008    Foundation French Language 2   20  
    ELCF07010    Foundation French Language 2   20  
    ELCF07009    Foundation French Language 3   20  
    ELCG07009    Foundation German Language 1   20  
    ELCG07011    Foundation German Language 1   20  
    ELCG07008    Foundation German Language 2   20  
    ELCG07010    Foundation German Language 2   20  
    ELCG07007    Foundation German Language 3   20  
    ELCH07011    Foundation Spanish Language 1   20  
    ELCH07015    Foundation Spanish Language 1   20  
    ELCH07010    Foundation Spanish Language 2   20  
    ELCH07014    Foundation Spanish Language 2   20  
    ELCH07006    Foundation Spanish Language 3   20  
    ELCH07017    Foundation Spanish Language 3   20  
    ELCI07007    Foundation Italian Language 1   20  
    ELCI07008    Foundation Italian Language 1   20  
    ELCI07006    Foundation Italian Language 2   20  
    ELCR07004    Foundation Russian Language 1   20  
    ELCR07003    Foundation Russian Language 2   20  
    ELCS07009    Foundation Danish Language 1   20  
    ELCS07008    Foundation Danish Language 2   20  
    ELCS07007    Foundation Swedish Language 1   20  
    ELCS07006    Foundation Swedish Language 2   20  
    ELCH07009    Foundation Catalan Language 1   20  
    ELCH07013    Foundation Catalan Language 2   20  
    ELCH07012    Foundation Portuguese Language 1   20  
    ELCH07016    Foundation Portuguese 2   20  

    Notes:Geography students should only take a maximum of 40 credits Level 7 language courses in 1st AND 2nd year.
     



    Year 2, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCAN08004 Social Anthropology 2: Into the Field Semester 1 20
    GEGR08009 Fundamental Methods in Geography Semester 1 20
    SCAN08005 Ethnography: Theory and Practice Semester 2 20




    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 exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR08003    Economic and Political Geography   20  
    GEGR08001    Environmental Sensitivity and Change   20  
    GEGR08002    Geomorphology   20  
    GEGR08004    Social and Cultural Geography   20  

     


    AND   

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

    Select exactly 20 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     



    Year 3, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    GEGR09012 The Nature of Geographical Knowledge Semester 1 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 6 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


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


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

    Notes:If planning to submit a Social Anthropology dissertation
     
    AND   

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

     

    OR   


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR09011    Research Design in Geography   10  
    GEGR09005    Qualitative Methods in Geography   10  
    GEGR09004    Quantitative Methods in Geography   10  

    Notes:Students wishing to take the Geography Dissertation must take Research Design in Geography AND EITHER Qualitative Methods in Geography OR Quantitative Methods in Geography in their 3rd year
     
    AND   

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

     



    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 60 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCAN10021    Kinship: Structure and Process   20  
    SCAN10022    Anthropological Theory   20  
    SCAN10023    Ritual and Religion   20  
    SCAN10031    Consumption, Exchange, Technology   20  
    SCAN10032    Belief, Thought and Language   20  
    SCAN10030    Culture and Power   20  

    Notes:Kinship: Structure and Process; Anthropological Theory; Ritual and Religion; and Consumption, Exchange, Technology are usually done in third year; and Belief, Thought, and Language; and Culture and Power are usually done in fourth year.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCAN10021    Kinship: Structure and Process   20  
    SCAN10023    Ritual and Religion   20  
    SCAN10044    Social Development   20  
    SCAN10056    Indigenous Politics, Culture and Screen in Canada   20  
    SCAN10030    Culture and Power   20  
    SCAN10022    Anthropological Theory   20  
    SCAN10037    Imagining Anthropological Research   0  
    SCAN10064    Anthropology of Christianity   20  
    SCAN10062    Anthropology of Health and Healing   20  
    SCAN10032    Belief, Thought and Language   20  
    SCAN10031    Consumption, Exchange, Technology   20  
    SCAN10034    The Anthropology of Death   20  
    SCAN10008    Magic, Science and Healing   20  
    SCAN10043    Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives   20  
    SCAN10050    Visual Anthropology   20  
    SCAN10047    Indigenous Peoples of Lowland South America   20  
    SCAN10042    Contemporary Hunter-Gatherers   20  
    SCAN10061    Fakes: The Anthropology of Counterfeit, Imitation & Disguise   20  

     



    Year 4, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August


    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 exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR10053    Geography Dissertation   40  
    SCAN10036    Dissertation (MA Social Anthropology)   40  

     
    AND   

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

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCAN10021    Kinship: Structure and Process   20  
    SCAN10022    Anthropological Theory   20  
    SCAN10023    Ritual and Religion   20  
    SCAN10031    Consumption, Exchange, Technology   20  
    SCAN10032    Belief, Thought and Language   20  
    SCAN10030    Culture and Power   20  

    Notes:Kinship: Structure and Process; Anthropological Theory; Ritual and Religion; and Consumption, Exchange, Technology are usually done in third year; and Belief, Thought, and Language; and Culture and Power are usually done in fourth year.
     


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