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

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


COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
PGSP11379 Anthropology of Global Health As available 20
PGSP11423 Anthropology of Health and Illness As available 20




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


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

Select exactly 60 credits course level 11, as available
PGSP11349     Dissertation MSc Medical Anthropology     (60 credits)

 
OR   

Select exactly 60 credits course level 11, as available
PGSP11411     Work-based dissertation (MSc Medical Anthropology)     (60 credits)

 


Overarching rule collection group: B  
Select exactly 80 credits from these collections:  

Select exactly 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
Code   Course Name   Credits
PGSP11172    Anthropological Theory   20  
PGSP11191    Ritual and Religion   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  
PGSP11240    Politics and Theories of International Development   20  
PGSP11296    Interpreting Development: Institutions and Practices   20  
PGSP11305    Social Interventions in HIV and AIDS   20  
PGSP11340    Research in Africa   20  
PGSP11331    Biobusiness   20  
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  
PGSP11063    Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives   20  
SCPL11017    Population Health and Health Policy   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  
PGSP11188    Qualitative Methods and Ethnographic Fieldwork   20  
PGSP11421    Contagion   20  
PGSP11415    Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction   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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