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Degree Programme Table: Medical Anthropology (MSc) (Part-time) (PTMSCMEDAN1P)

Year 1, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Director of Studies.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




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


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11379    Anthropology of Global Health   20  
    PGSP11423    Anthropology of Health and Illness   20  

    Notes:1) These core courses MUST be taken in either Year 1 or Year 2.
    2) You must take all courses in the list and cannot take any course twice.

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 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  
    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  
    IPHP11002    Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy   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  
    PGSP11376    Humans and Other Species   20  

    Notes:1) Courses run in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
    2) Not all courses may run in any given year.
    3) A total of 80 credits of optional courses must be taken over the two years of part time study. Normally, a total of 80 credits will be divided between the academic years, but this can be varied with the explicit agreement of the Programme Director.

     


    Year 2, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Director of Studies.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 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, during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond
    PGSP11349     Dissertation MSc Medical Anthropology     (60 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 60 credits course level 11, during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond
    PGSP11411     Work-based dissertation (MSc Medical Anthropology)     (60 credits)

     


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11379    Anthropology of Global Health   20  
    PGSP11423    Anthropology of Health and Illness   20  

    Notes:1) These core courses MUST be taken in either Year 1 or Year 2.
    2) You must take all courses in the list and cannot take any course twice.

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 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  
    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  
    IPHP11002    Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy   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  
    PGSP11376    Humans and Other Species   20  

    Notes:1) Courses run in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
    2) Not all courses may run in any given year.
    3) A total of 80 credits of optional courses must be taken over the two years of part time study. Normally, a total of 80 credits will be divided between the academic years, but this can be varied with the explicit agreement of the Programme Director.

     


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