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Degree Programme Table: African Studies (MSc) (Full-time) (PTMSCAFRST1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: September


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


Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
PGSP11059 Dissertation (MSc/Dip African Studies) As available 60
PGSP11340 Research in Africa As available 20
PGSP11417 Building Blocks of African Studies As available 20




COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


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

Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
Code   Course Name   Credits
PGSP11016    Research Skills in the Social Sciences: Data Collection   20  
PGSP11281    Governing Mineral Extraction in Africa   20  
SCIL11009    Core quantitative data analysis 1 and 2   20  
PGSP11071    Anthropology of Health and Healing   20  
PGSP11171    International Political Economy   20  
PGSP11151    Africa and International Politics   20  
PGSP11208    Research Design   20  
PGSP11188    Qualitative Methods and Ethnographic Fieldwork   20  
PGSP11110    Analysing Qualitative Data   20  
PGSP11327    Governance, Development and Poverty in Africa   20  
CMSE11174    Corporate Responsibility and Governance in a Global Context   20  
ECNM11036    Economics for Postgraduates   20  
AFRI11001    Swahili 1A   20  
AFRI11002    Swahili 1B   20  
ARCH11203    African Cities USD   20  
PGSP11372    Social Network Analysis: Mapping and Exploring the Network Society   20  
PGSP11373    Evaluation Research Methods   20  
PGSP11374    Anthropology of Violence   20  
PGSP11383    Transitional Justice in Context   20  
CNST11079    Autoethnographic Research Methods in the Social Sciences   20  
WRCH11003    History of Christianity in Africa   20  
PGSP11397    Deconstructing Development: Technology and Development Policy   20  
PGSP11379    Anthropology of Global Health   20  
PGSP11414    The Anthropology of Africa   20  
PGSP11047    The Anthropology of Death   20  
PGSP11415    Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction   20  
PGSP11404    Global Resource Governance: environments and policies in a context of global change   15  
IPHP11009    Globalisation and public health   10  
PGSP11296    Interpreting Development: Institutions and Practices   20  
PGSP11418    Resource Politics and Development   20  
PGSP11422    Energy in the Global South   20  
PGSP11416    Anthropology and Environment   20  
PGSP11347    Religion and Development   20  
PGSP11429    Working with Self and Others in Qualitative Research: Theory and Practice   20  
PGHC11426    Citizens and Subjects: concepts of citizenship in modern African intellectual history   20  
PGSP11377    Critical perspectives on mental health and well-being in the global south   20  
PGSP11225    Gender and Development   20  
IPHP11003    Global Politics of Public Health   20  
PGSP11063    Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives   20  
PGSP11428    Human Rights, Global Politics and International Law   20  
PGSP11293    ICT for Development   20  
PGGE11059    Management of Sustainable Development   20  
PGSP11357    Race and Ethnicity   20  
PGSP11305    Social Interventions in HIV and AIDS   20  
SCIL11023    Youth Culture, Media and Society   20  
PGSP11076    Contemporary African Issues and Debates   20  
PGSP11440    Gender and Sexuality in Global Politics   20  

 

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

Notes:With permission of the Programme Director
 



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