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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2022/2023
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Degree Programme Table: Linguistics and Social Anthropology (MA Hons) (UTLINSA)

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
Linguistics and English Language 1A

Must be passed

LASC08022 20 credits
Linguistics and English Language 1B

Must be passed

LASC08023 20 credits
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 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
Notes:
An overall maximum of 40 credits at level 7 is permitted across years one and two.

Year 2 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
LEL2A: Linguistic Theory and the Structure of English

Must be passed

LASC08017 20 credits
LEL2D: Cross-linguistic Variation: Limits and Theories

Must be passed

LASC08020 20 credits
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

Course options

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

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
Notes:
It is recommended that students take at least 20 credits of further LEL2 courses.
An overall maximum of 40 credits at level 7 is permitted across years one and two.

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

Notes:
Notes: Progression to Honours requires 1) an average of 50% across all obligatory LEL 2 courses. ; 2) an average mark of 50% or above in the prescribed Social and Political Studies 2nd year courses.

If considering taking the DISSERTATION IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, students must also take IMAGINING ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH (zero credits). This course attracts a zero credit rating. However, if you intend taking the dissertation in Social Anthropology you must take this course as preparation.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Language Sciences Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Language Sciences Level 10 courses
Notes:
The LEL Honours handbook giving details about the courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses, will be available to students entering the course to facilitate advance planning. Students MUST consult this handbook regarding the selection of 'core' courses.
AND

Courses from Social Anthropology in School of Social and Political Studies- Level 10

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
Culture and Power
SCAN10030 20 credits
Consumption, Exchange, Technology
SCAN10031 20 credits
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Language Sciences Level 10 courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Language Sciences Level 10 courses
Notes:
The LEL Honours handbook giving details about the courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses, will be available to students entering the course to facilitate advance planning. Students MUST consult this handbook regarding the selection of 'core' courses.
AND

Social Anthropology Honours Electives - Level 10

Select between 0 and 40 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

Imagining Anthropological Research

Select exactly 0 credits of the following courses
Notes:
If considering taking the DISSERTATION IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, students must also take IMAGINING ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH (zero credits). This course attracts a zero credit rating. However, if you intend taking the dissertation in Social Anthropology you must take this course as preparation.
Imagining Anthropological Research
SCAN10037 0 credits

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

Notes:
Students taking the DISSERTATION IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY are expected to use the summer vacation of their third year on research for their Dissertation.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Dissertation in Language Sciences

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Dissertation in Language Sciences
LASC10024 40 credits
OR

Dissertation (MA Social Anthropology)

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Dissertation (MA Social Anthropology)
SCAN10036 40 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Language Sciences Level 10 courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Language Sciences Level 10 courses
AND

Social Anthropology Honours Electives - Level 10

Select between 0 and 40 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
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