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

Jump to: Year 2

Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, 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
Reading and Writing Ethnography
SCAN11031 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Specialist Courses - Social Anthropology

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students must take 20-60 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 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students may take up to 20 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
Latin American Anthropology
PGSP11419 20 credits
Contagion
PGSP11421 20 credits
Energy in the Global South
PGSP11422 20 credits
Culture and Mental Health in a Global Perspective
PGSP11563 20 credits
Digital Global Development
PGSP11573 20 credits
Ethnographies of the United States
PGSP11574 20 credits
Anthropology of East Asia
PGSP11592 20 credits
Anthropology and Africa
PGSP11598 20 credits
War and Peace: Anthropological Perspectives
PGSP11601 20 credits
People First: The Anthropology of International Development
SCAN11027 20 credits
Health, Environment and Society
SCAN11032 20 credits
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