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Degree Programme Table: Social Anthropology (MSc) (Part-time) (PTMSCSANPY1P)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2

Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
Not all electives may run in a given year and places may be limited.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Key Themes In Anthropology
SCAN11029 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Specialist Courses - Social Anthropology

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students must take 40-80 credits of these courses across the 2 year programme.
Anthropological Theory
PGSP11172 20 credits
Consumption, Exchange, Technology: The Anthropology of Economic Processes
PGSP11176 20 credits
Culture and Power: The Anthropology of Political Processes
PGSP11178 20 credits
Kinship: Structure and Process
PGSP11184 20 credits
Ritual and Religion
PGSP11191 20 credits
AND

Additional Electives - Social Anthropology

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These courses offer a broader range of electives. Students on this programme will not have priority enrolment for these courses and spaces may be limited.

Students may take up to 40 credits of these courses across the 2 year programme.
Qualitative Methods and Ethnographic Fieldwork
PGSP11188 20 credits
Interpreting Development: Institutions and Practices
PGSP11296 20 credits
Anthropology of Global Health
PGSP11379 20 credits
Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction
PGSP11415 20 credits
Anthropology and Environment
PGSP11416 20 credits
Contagion
PGSP11421 20 credits
Energy in the Global South
PGSP11422 20 credits
Anthropology of Displacement and Migration
PGSP11457 20 credits
Culture and Mental Health in a Global Perspective
PGSP11563 20 credits
Digital Global Development
PGSP11573 20 credits
Anthropology of East Asia
PGSP11592 20 credits
War and Peace: Anthropological Perspectives
PGSP11601 20 credits
Generation and Inheritance: Anthropological Concepts
PGSP11619 20 credits
People First: The Anthropology of International Development
SCAN11027 20 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
Not all electives may run in a given year and places may be limited.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Dissertation (MSc/Dip Social Anthropology)

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond

PGSP11060 60 credits
The Ethnography Seminar
PGSP11042 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Specialist Courses - Social Anthropology

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students must take 40-80 credits of these courses across the 2 year programme.
Anthropological Theory
PGSP11172 20 credits
Consumption, Exchange, Technology: The Anthropology of Economic Processes
PGSP11176 20 credits
Culture and Power: The Anthropology of Political Processes
PGSP11178 20 credits
Kinship: Structure and Process
PGSP11184 20 credits
Ritual and Religion
PGSP11191 20 credits
AND

Additional Electives - Social Anthropology

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students may take up to 40 credits of these courses across the 2 year programme.
Qualitative Methods and Ethnographic Fieldwork
PGSP11188 20 credits
Interpreting Development: Institutions and Practices
PGSP11296 20 credits
Anthropology of Global Health
PGSP11379 20 credits
Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction
PGSP11415 20 credits
Anthropology and Environment
PGSP11416 20 credits
Contagion
PGSP11421 20 credits
Energy in the Global South
PGSP11422 20 credits
Anthropology of Displacement and Migration
PGSP11457 20 credits
Culture and Mental Health in a Global Perspective
PGSP11563 20 credits
Digital Global Development
PGSP11573 20 credits
Anthropology of East Asia
PGSP11592 20 credits
War and Peace: Anthropological Perspectives
PGSP11601 20 credits
Generation and Inheritance: Anthropological Concepts
PGSP11619 20 credits
People First: The Anthropology of International Development
SCAN11027 20 credits
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