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Degree Programme Table: Persian and Social Anthropology (MA Hons) (UTPRSSA)

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

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


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 6 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    IMES08046 Persian 1a As available 20
    IMES08047 Persian 1b As available 20
    IMES08033 Islamic History A: The Formation of the Islamic World As available 20
    IMES08051 Islamic and Middle Eastern Cultures As available 20
    SCAN08013 Social Anthropology 1A: The Life Course As available 20
    SCAN08012 Social Anthropology 1B: Anthropology Matters As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 0 set(s) of course options with the following rules.




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

  • Notes: For students who entered 1st year in 2016-17, please note that the 2nd year IMES course requirements will differ in 2017-18 from those shown below.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    IMES08007 Persian 2 As available 40
    SCAN08005 Ethnography: Theory and Practice As available 20
    SCAN08011 Social Anthropology 2: Key Concepts As available 20
    IMES08036 Modern Middle Eastern History A: Domestic Transformation and International Challenges As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


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

     


    Year 3, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry to Honours normally requires a pass at 50% or more, at the first attempt, in Persian 2.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    IMES10027 IMES Dissertation (Part 1) As available 20
    IMES10009 Modern Persian Literature As available 20




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



    Select exactly 40 credits course level 10, as available
    IMES10049     Persian Language Acquisition Through Residence/Study B     (40 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits course level 10, as available
    IMES10070     Intensive Persian     (40 credits)

     

    Select exactly 40 credits from Social Anthropology Level 10 courses, as available

    Notes:Social Anthropology Core Courses include Kinship: Structure and Process; Anthropological Theory; Ritual and Religion; and Consumption, Exchange, Technology (these four usually done in third year); and Belief, Thought, and Language; and Culture and Power (these two usually done in fourth year).
     


    Year 4, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Final Assessment Weighting:
    Without Persian study abroad in 3rd year: -
    One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20-credits of courses.
    With Persian study abroad in 3rd year: -
    Other than the study abroad credits, one unit of assessment is allocated to every 20-credits of courses, except that Advanced Persian counts as three units of assessment.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    IMES10028 IMES Dissertation (Part 2) As available 20
    IMES10081 Advanced Persian As available 20
    IMES10005 Classical Persian Literature As available 20




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


    Select exactly 20 credits from Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Level 10 courses, as available

    Notes:"IMES option courses" are courses involving discursive studies of Islam/Middle East related subjects with texts read in English. A list of available courses is made available before the beginning of each semester, and students will be able to choose from among these courses in consultation with their personal tutor. While specific course offerings change from year to year, these courses typically include subjects in history, politics, religion, or cultural studies.
     

    Select exactly 40 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  
    SCAN10030    Culture and Power   20  
    SCAN10022    Anthropological Theory   20  
    SCAN10037    Imagining Anthropological Research   0  
    SCAN10062    Anthropology of Health and Healing   20  
    SCAN10031    Consumption, Exchange, Technology   20  
    SCAN10043    Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives   20  
    SCAN10069    Latin American Anthropology   20  
    SCAN10077    Anthropology of Displacement and Migration   20  
    SCAN10073    Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa   20  
    SCAN10075    Film and Anthropology   20  
    SCAN10078    The Anthropology of Energy in the Global South   20  
    SCAN10079    The Anthropology of Games and Play   20  
    SCAN10076    The Anthropology of Language   20  
    SCAN10072    The Anthropology of Monsters: Demons, witches, cyborgs and other fabulous creatures   20  
    SCAN10074    Urban Anthropology   20  
    SCAN10057    Humans and Other Species   20  

     


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