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Degree Programme Table: Social Anthropology with Development (MA Hons) (UTSANDE)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: September

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Social Anthropology 1A: The Life Course

Must be passed

SCAN08013 20 credits
Social Anthropology 1B: Anthropology Matters

Must be passed

SCAN08012 20 credits

Course options

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Select exactly 80 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Year 2 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: 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 exchange.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Ethnography: Theory and Practice

Must be passed at 50%

SCAN08005 20 credits
Social Anthropology 2: Key Concepts

Must be passed at 50%

SCAN08011 20 credits
International Development, Aid and Humanitarianism

Must be passed at 50%

AFRI08001 20 credits

Course options

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Select exactly 60 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Year 3 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: 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

You must take these courses
Imagining Anthropological Research
SCAN10037 0 credits

Course options

3rd Year Core Courses - Social Anthropology

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Kinship: Structure and Process
SCAN10021 20 credits
Anthropological Theory
SCAN10022 20 credits
Ritual and Religion
SCAN10023 20 credits
Consumption, Exchange, Technology
SCAN10031 20 credits
AND

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Social Anthropology Honours Electives - Level 10

Select between 40 and 80 credits of the following courses
Notes:
In consultation with their Personal Tutor, students are required to choose SIX honours-level elective courses (totaling 120 credits) over the two Honours years, using the following guidance:

-- At least 40 credits of Social Anthropology honours options, one of which must be Social Development.

-- Where possible, students are highly encouraged to take development-related courses in the School of Social and Political Science - OR - in other parts of the University, if there is substantial social science and development content.
The Invention of History
SCAN10010 20 credits
Kinship: Structure and Process
SCAN10021 20 credits
Anthropological Theory
SCAN10022 20 credits
Ritual and Religion
SCAN10023 20 credits
Culture and Power
SCAN10030 20 credits
Consumption, Exchange, Technology
SCAN10031 20 credits
Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
SCAN10043 20 credits
Social Development
SCAN10044 20 credits
Indigenous Peoples of Lowland South America
SCAN10047 20 credits
Humans and Other Species
SCAN10057 20 credits
Anthropology of Health and Healing
SCAN10062 20 credits
Anthropology and Environment
SCAN10066 20 credits
The Anthropology of Africa
SCAN10067 20 credits
Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction
SCAN10068 20 credits
Contagion
SCAN10070 20 credits
South Asian Public Culture: Keywords
SCAN10071 20 credits
The Anthropology of Language
SCAN10076 20 credits
The Anthropology of Energy in the Global South
SCAN10078 20 credits
The Anthropology of Games and Play
SCAN10079 20 credits
Contemporary Issues in Social Anthropology
SCAN10080 20 credits
Demystifying Money
SCAN10081 20 credits
Anthropology of Health and Migration
SCAN10085 20 credits
AND

Level 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Year 4 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Dissertation (MA Social Anthropology)
SCAN10036 40 credits
Culture and Power
SCAN10030 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Social Anthropology Honours Electives - Level 10

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
In consultation with their Personal Tutor, students are required to choose SIX honours-level elective courses (totaling 120 credits) over the two Honours years, using the following guidance:

-- At least 40 credits of Social Anthropology honours options, one of which must be Social Development.

-- Where possible, students are highly encouraged to take development-related courses in the School of Social and Political Science - OR - in other parts of the University, if there is substantial social science and development content.
The Invention of History
SCAN10010 20 credits
Kinship: Structure and Process
SCAN10021 20 credits
Anthropological Theory
SCAN10022 20 credits
Ritual and Religion
SCAN10023 20 credits
Culture and Power
SCAN10030 20 credits
Consumption, Exchange, Technology
SCAN10031 20 credits
Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
SCAN10043 20 credits
Social Development
SCAN10044 20 credits
Indigenous Peoples of Lowland South America
SCAN10047 20 credits
Humans and Other Species
SCAN10057 20 credits
Anthropology of Health and Healing
SCAN10062 20 credits
Anthropology and Environment
SCAN10066 20 credits
The Anthropology of Africa
SCAN10067 20 credits
Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction
SCAN10068 20 credits
Contagion
SCAN10070 20 credits
South Asian Public Culture: Keywords
SCAN10071 20 credits
The Anthropology of Language
SCAN10076 20 credits
The Anthropology of Energy in the Global South
SCAN10078 20 credits
The Anthropology of Games and Play
SCAN10079 20 credits
Contemporary Issues in Social Anthropology
SCAN10080 20 credits
Demystifying Money
SCAN10081 20 credits
Anthropology of Health and Migration
SCAN10085 20 credits
AND

Level 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
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