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Degree Programme Table: Social Anthropology with Social History (MA Hons) (UTSANSH)

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 5 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCAN08007 Fundamentals: Studying Anthropology As available 0
    ECSH08029 British Society, 1650 - c.1880 (Social History 1.1) As available 20
    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 60 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 6 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ECSH08041 Social History 2.2: The Making of the Modern Body As available 20
    SCAN08008 Fundamentals: Ethnographic Theory As available 0
    SCAN08005 Ethnography: Theory and Practice As available 20
    SCAN08011 Social Anthropology 2: Key Concepts As available 20
    HIST08028 Asia and Africa 2a: Societies, Cultures, and Empires, c. 1600-1880 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 40 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. If considering taking the DISSERTATION IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, students must also take Imagining Anthropological Research (zero credits). If considering taking the dissertation in Economic and Social History, students are highly recommended to take History in Practice (20 credits).


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 5 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  
    SCAN10022    Anthropological Theory   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 0 credits course level 10, as available
    SCAN10037     Imagining Anthropological Research     (0 credits)

    Notes:Students planning on taking the dissertation in Social Anthropology should enroll for this 0-credit preparatory course.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ECSH10070    Youth and Modernity, c.1880-1970   20  
    ECSH10016    Community and Society in Britain, 1560-1640   20  
    ECSH10083    Madness and Society in Britain since c.1830   20  
    ECSH10004    Leisure and the Rise of Industrial Society in Britain C.1780-1880   20  
    ECSH10005    Society in an Age of 'Mass' Leisure C.1880-1939   20  
    HIST10279    Gender and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe   20  
    HIST10280    Medicine, Science and Politics at the Courts of Early Modern Europe   20  
    CHCA10001    History in Practice   20  
    HIST10208    Immigration and Ethnicity in Modern Britain, 1850-1970   20  
    ECSH10069    Youth and Modernity, c.1780-1880   20  
    ECSH10082    Sex and Society in Britain since c.1830   20  
    ECSH10017    Popular Culture and Belief in Britain, 1560-1640   20  
    HIST10360    Becoming Modern: Society and Culture in Ireland since 1780   40  
    HIST10072    Gender and Society: Men and Women in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500   20  
    HIST10342    Gender Identities in Britain during the Two World Wars   20  
    HIST10160    Plague, Politics and Protest: Rebellion and Society in Fourteenth-century England   20  
    ECSH10026    The Economic and Social History of British America, 1607-1770   20  
    HIST10362    The Great Irish Famine 1845-1852: Hunger, Modernity and Exile   20  
    HIST10172    The Making of African Urban Spaces in the 19th and 20th Centuries: Order, Disorder and Urban Identities   20  
    ECSH10008    Trade, Plunder and Planters in Jamaica, 1655-1713   20  
    HIST10349    Wine in Global History: Regulation, Consumption and Contention   20  
    SCHI10010    Contemporary Scotland   20  
    HIST10364    Ming China (1368-1644) and its Cultural Legacy   20  
    HIST10291    Africa: Migration and Identity   20  
    ECSH10031    Heritage in Britain since c.1750   20  
    SCHI10074    The Swinging Sixties? Exploring Culture and Society in Britain, c. 1956-1974   20  
    SCHI10073    Scotland and the Great War   20  
    HIST10372    In Search of Modern Selves: Psychiatry and Psychotherapies in India and Japan, 1880 - the Present   40  
    HIST10379    Improving the Nation. Change and Modernisation in Scotland, 1660-1730   20  
    ECSH10093    Earning a Living in the Scottish Town, 1400 to 1800: Occupational History and the Urban Environment   20  
    HIST10389    Print Culture and the Enlightenment: Edinburgh and London, 1710-1814   20  
    ECSH10091    London Life in the Eighteenth Century: Society and Culture   20  
    HIST10261    Early Modern English Witchcraft   20  
    HIST10398    Medicine and health in Anglo-Saxon England and its neighbours   20  
    SCHI10021    The European Witch-Hunt   40  
    HIST10407    History in Theory   20  

    Notes:
    Students MUST take 40 credits from this list of Social History year 3/4 Honours Options. If you intend taking a dissertation in Economic and Social History you are strongly recommended to take "History in Practice" during your third year.
     

    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 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  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ECSH10070    Youth and Modernity, c.1880-1970   20  
    ECSH10016    Community and Society in Britain, 1560-1640   20  
    ECSH10083    Madness and Society in Britain since c.1830   20  
    ECSH10004    Leisure and the Rise of Industrial Society in Britain C.1780-1880   20  
    ECSH10005    Society in an Age of 'Mass' Leisure C.1880-1939   20  
    HIST10279    Gender and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe   20  
    HIST10280    Medicine, Science and Politics at the Courts of Early Modern Europe   20  
    CHCA10001    History in Practice   20  
    HIST10208    Immigration and Ethnicity in Modern Britain, 1850-1970   20  
    ECSH10069    Youth and Modernity, c.1780-1880   20  
    ECSH10082    Sex and Society in Britain since c.1830   20  
    ECSH10017    Popular Culture and Belief in Britain, 1560-1640   20  
    HIST10360    Becoming Modern: Society and Culture in Ireland since 1780   40  
    HIST10072    Gender and Society: Men and Women in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500   20  
    HIST10342    Gender Identities in Britain during the Two World Wars   20  
    HIST10160    Plague, Politics and Protest: Rebellion and Society in Fourteenth-century England   20  
    ECSH10026    The Economic and Social History of British America, 1607-1770   20  
    HIST10362    The Great Irish Famine 1845-1852: Hunger, Modernity and Exile   20  
    HIST10172    The Making of African Urban Spaces in the 19th and 20th Centuries: Order, Disorder and Urban Identities   20  
    ECSH10008    Trade, Plunder and Planters in Jamaica, 1655-1713   20  
    HIST10349    Wine in Global History: Regulation, Consumption and Contention   20  
    SCHI10010    Contemporary Scotland   20  
    HIST10364    Ming China (1368-1644) and its Cultural Legacy   20  
    HIST10291    Africa: Migration and Identity   20  
    ECSH10031    Heritage in Britain since c.1750   20  
    SCHI10074    The Swinging Sixties? Exploring Culture and Society in Britain, c. 1956-1974   20  
    SCHI10073    Scotland and the Great War   20  
    HIST10372    In Search of Modern Selves: Psychiatry and Psychotherapies in India and Japan, 1880 - the Present   40  
    HIST10379    Improving the Nation. Change and Modernisation in Scotland, 1660-1730   20  
    ECSH10093    Earning a Living in the Scottish Town, 1400 to 1800: Occupational History and the Urban Environment   20  
    HIST10389    Print Culture and the Enlightenment: Edinburgh and London, 1710-1814   20  
    ECSH10091    London Life in the Eighteenth Century: Society and Culture   20  
    HIST10261    Early Modern English Witchcraft   20  
    HIST10398    Medicine and health in Anglo-Saxon England and its neighbours   20  
    SCHI10021    The European Witch-Hunt   40  
    HIST10407    History in Theory   20  

     



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


    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 exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCAN10030    Culture and Power   20  
    SCAN10031    Consumption, Exchange, Technology   20  
    SCAN10021    Kinship: Structure and Process   20  
    SCAN10022    Anthropological Theory   20  
    SCAN10023    Ritual and Religion   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCAN10036    Dissertation (MA Social Anthropology)   40  
    HIST10309    History Dissertation   40  

    Notes:If taking the Dissertation in Social Anthropology students are expected to use the summer vacation of their third year on research for their Dissertation.

    If taking the dissertation in History, the topic of the dissertation must be in Social History.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ECSH10084    Edinburgh since 1750   20  
    ECSH10070    Youth and Modernity, c.1880-1970   20  
    ECSH10016    Community and Society in Britain, 1560-1640   20  
    ECSH10083    Madness and Society in Britain since c.1830   20  
    ECSH10004    Leisure and the Rise of Industrial Society in Britain C.1780-1880   20  
    ECSH10005    Society in an Age of 'Mass' Leisure C.1880-1939   20  
    HIST10279    Gender and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe   20  
    HIST10280    Medicine, Science and Politics at the Courts of Early Modern Europe   20  
    HIST10208    Immigration and Ethnicity in Modern Britain, 1850-1970   20  
    ECSH10069    Youth and Modernity, c.1780-1880   20  
    ECSH10082    Sex and Society in Britain since c.1830   20  
    ECSH10017    Popular Culture and Belief in Britain, 1560-1640   20  
    HIST10360    Becoming Modern: Society and Culture in Ireland since 1780   40  
    HIST10291    Africa: Migration and Identity   20  
    HIST10072    Gender and Society: Men and Women in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500   20  
    HIST10342    Gender Identities in Britain during the Two World Wars   20  
    HIST10160    Plague, Politics and Protest: Rebellion and Society in Fourteenth-century England   20  
    ECSH10026    The Economic and Social History of British America, 1607-1770   20  
    HIST10362    The Great Irish Famine 1845-1852: Hunger, Modernity and Exile   20  
    HIST10172    The Making of African Urban Spaces in the 19th and 20th Centuries: Order, Disorder and Urban Identities   20  
    ECSH10008    Trade, Plunder and Planters in Jamaica, 1655-1713   20  
    HIST10349    Wine in Global History: Regulation, Consumption and Contention   20  
    HIST10364    Ming China (1368-1644) and its Cultural Legacy   20  
    ECSH10031    Heritage in Britain since c.1750   20  
    SCHI10074    The Swinging Sixties? Exploring Culture and Society in Britain, c. 1956-1974   20  
    HIST10341    War and Memory in the Twentieth Century   20  
    SCHI10073    Scotland and the Great War   20  
    ECSH10093    Earning a Living in the Scottish Town, 1400 to 1800: Occupational History and the Urban Environment   20  
    HIST10389    Print Culture and the Enlightenment: Edinburgh and London, 1710-1814   20  
    ECSH10091    London Life in the Eighteenth Century: Society and Culture   20  
    HIST10398    Medicine and health in Anglo-Saxon England and its neighbours   20  
    HIST10261    Early Modern English Witchcraft   20  
    SCHI10021    The European Witch-Hunt   40  

     


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