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Degree Programme Table: Social Anthropology (MSc) (Part-time) (PTMSCSANPY1P)

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 3 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
    PGSP11049    An Introduction to Anthropological Theory   20  
    PGSP11042    The Ethnography Seminar   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 40 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11184    Kinship: Structure and Process   20  
    PGSP11172    Anthropological Theory   20  
    PGSP11191    Ritual and Religion   20  
    PGSP11176    Consumption, Exchange, Technology: The Anthropology of Economic Processes   20  
    PGSP11178    Culture and Power: The Anthropology of Political Processes   20  
    PGSP11454    The Anthropology of Language   20  

    Notes:1) Courses run in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
    2) Not all courses 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.

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11296    Interpreting Development: Institutions and Practices   20  
    PGSP11379    Anthropology of Global Health   20  
    PGSP11063    Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives   20  
    PGSP11419    Latin American Anthropology   20  
    PGSP11422    Energy in the Global South   20  
    PGSP11423    Anthropology of Health and Illness   20  
    PGSP11295    Cultures of Human Rights and Humanitarianism   20  
    SAST11002    South Asia: Roots of Poverty and Development   20  
    PGSP11455    The Anthropology of Games and Play   20  
    PGSP11460    The Anthropology of Monsters: Demons, witches, cyborgs and other fabulous creatures   20  
    PGSP11459    Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa   20  
    PGSP11461    Film and Anthropology   20  
    PGSP11458    Urban Anthropology   20  
    PGSP11376    Humans and Other Species   20  

    Notes:1) Courses run in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
    2) Not all courses 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 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PGSP11060 Dissertation (MSc/Dip Social Anthropology) As available 60




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 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
    PGSP11049    An Introduction to Anthropological Theory   20  
    PGSP11042    The Ethnography Seminar   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 40 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11184    Kinship: Structure and Process   20  
    PGSP11172    Anthropological Theory   20  
    PGSP11191    Ritual and Religion   20  
    PGSP11176    Consumption, Exchange, Technology: The Anthropology of Economic Processes   20  
    PGSP11178    Culture and Power: The Anthropology of Political Processes   20  
    PGSP11454    The Anthropology of Language   20  

    Notes:1) Courses run in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
    2) Not all courses 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.

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11296    Interpreting Development: Institutions and Practices   20  
    PGSP11379    Anthropology of Global Health   20  
    PGSP11063    Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives   20  
    PGSP11419    Latin American Anthropology   20  
    PGSP11422    Energy in the Global South   20  
    PGSP11423    Anthropology of Health and Illness   20  
    PGSP11295    Cultures of Human Rights and Humanitarianism   20  
    SAST11002    South Asia: Roots of Poverty and Development   20  
    PGSP11455    The Anthropology of Games and Play   20  
    PGSP11460    The Anthropology of Monsters: Demons, witches, cyborgs and other fabulous creatures   20  
    PGSP11459    Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa   20  
    PGSP11461    Film and Anthropology   20  
    PGSP11458    Urban Anthropology   20  
    PGSP11376    Humans and Other Species   20  

    Notes:1) Courses run in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
    2) Not all courses 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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