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

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

Year 1 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: September

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 to Q, S, T, W and Y

Select exactly 80 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
Selected courses must be passed

Year 2 Academic year: 2022/23, 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 in Y3 must successfully progress to honours before they can proceed on their exchange. It is compulsory to have passed 240 credits by June before the JYA in September.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Ethnography: Theory and Practice

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

SCAN08005 20 credits
Social Anthropology 2: Key Concepts

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

SCAN08011 20 credits

Course options

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

Select exactly 80 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
Selected courses must be passed

Year 3 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

Notes:
Students who have passed 240 credits and achieved marks of 50% or more at the first attempt in all required second-year degree courses are 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.

Students interested in the Year 4 Social Anthropology dissertation must take Imagining Anthropological Research in Year 3 (even if on a year abroad).

Students in year 3 may choose 0-20 credits of level 10 courses from the schedules of A to J and W.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Imagining Anthropological Research
SCAN10037 0 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

3rd Year Core courses Social Anthropology

Select exactly 80 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 B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Social Anthropology Honours Electives - Level 10

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Culture and Power MUST NOT be taken as an optional course in Year 3, as this will be taken as a compulsory course in Year 4.
Selected courses must be passed
South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy
SAST10001 20 credits
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
Southeast Asia
SCAN10028 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
Himalayan Ethnography
SCAN10049 20 credits
Humans and Other Species
SCAN10057 20 credits
Anthropology of Health and Healing
SCAN10062 20 credits
Anthropology of Christianity
SCAN10064 20 credits
Anthropology and Environment
SCAN10066 20 credits
Latin American Anthropology
SCAN10069 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
Contemporary Issues in Social Anthropology
SCAN10080 20 credits
Anthropology of Health and Migration
SCAN10085 20 credits
Ethnographies of the United States
SCAN10086 20 credits
Anthropology and Africa
SCAN10088 20 credits
War and Peace: Anthropological Perspectives
SCAN10089 20 credits
Anthropologists Read the News
SCAN10091 20 credits
Digital Global Development
SCAN10092 20 credits
Cases in Sustainable Development
SSPS10014 20 credits
The Internet and Society
STIS10001 20 credits
Energy Policy and Sustainability
STIS10008 20 credits
Sociology of Medicine
STIS10013 20 credits
AND

Level 10 courses in Schedules A to J and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules A to J and W
Selected courses must be passed

Year 4 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

Notes:
Students in Y4 may choose 0-20 credits of level 10 courses from the schedules of A to J and W.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Culture and Power

Must be passed

SCAN10030 20 credits
Dissertation (MA Social Anthropology)

Must be passed

SCAN10036 40 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Social Anthropology Honours Electives - Level 10

Select between 40 and 60 credits of the following courses
South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy
SAST10001 20 credits
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
Southeast Asia
SCAN10028 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
Himalayan Ethnography
SCAN10049 20 credits
Humans and Other Species
SCAN10057 20 credits
Anthropology of Health and Healing
SCAN10062 20 credits
Anthropology of Christianity
SCAN10064 20 credits
Anthropology and Environment
SCAN10066 20 credits
Latin American Anthropology
SCAN10069 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
Contemporary Issues in Social Anthropology
SCAN10080 20 credits
Anthropology of Health and Migration
SCAN10085 20 credits
Ethnographies of the United States
SCAN10086 20 credits
Anthropology and Africa
SCAN10088 20 credits
War and Peace: Anthropological Perspectives
SCAN10089 20 credits
Anthropologists Read the News
SCAN10091 20 credits
Digital Global Development
SCAN10092 20 credits
Cases in Sustainable Development
SSPS10014 20 credits
The Internet and Society
STIS10001 20 credits
Energy Policy and Sustainability
STIS10008 20 credits
Sociology of Medicine
STIS10013 20 credits
AND

Level 10 courses in Schedules A to J and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules A to J and W
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