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Degree Programme Table: Social Anthropology (MA Hons) (UTSANPY)

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

  • Notes: After enrolling on your courses, please be sure to meet with your Personal Tutor.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCAN08007 Fundamentals: Studying Anthropology As available 0
    SCAN08013 Social Anthropology 1A: The Life Course As available 20
    SCAN08012 Social Anthropology 1B: Anthropology Matters As available 20
    SCAN08006 Fundamentals: Anthropological Practice As available 0




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


    Select exactly 80 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


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


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCAN08008 Fundamentals: Ethnographic Theory As available 0
    SCAN08005 Ethnography: Theory and Practice As available 20
    SCAN08011 Social Anthropology 2: Key Concepts As available 20
    SCAN08009 Fundamentals: Reading and Writing Anthropology As available 0




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


    Select exactly 80 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


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

  • Notes: Students who have passed courses to the required value of 240 credits, and achieved marks of 50% or more at the first attempt in all required second-year courses for their registered degree, are automatically entitled to progress to honours. Students who are planning on spending their Junior Year Abroad must successfully progress to honours before they can proceed on their JYA.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 5 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCAN10022 Anthropological Theory As available 20
    SCAN10031 Consumption, Exchange, Technology As available 20
    SCAN10021 Kinship: Structure and Process As available 20
    SCAN10023 Ritual and Religion As available 20
    SCAN10037 Imagining Anthropological Research As available 0




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


    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  

     


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


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCAN10030 Culture and Power As available 20
    SCAN10036 Dissertation (MA Social Anthropology) As available 40
    Notes: Students are expected to use the summer vacation of their third year on research for their Dissertation.




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


    Select exactly 60 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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