M.Sc. in Social and Cultural Anthropology
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For further details, please contact: Postgraduate Taught Programmes Officer James Emmanuel Telephone: +44 20 7679 1040 |
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Introduction | Degree Structure | Courses | Dissertation | Seminars | Some Recommended Readings | How to Apply |
Required Courses
Both Tracks take the same first term Critical Issues in Social Anthropology. In the second term, the groups split:
- TECA takes Critical Issues in Anthropological Comparison
- TEPP takes Critial Issues in the Ethnography of Professional Practices.
A two term Anthropological Methods course is also required
for both Tracks. This includes training in research methods and
techniques, including a small fieldwork-based project in preparation for
the Dissertation.
Assessment
The required courses are worth a total of 25% of the total degree mark, they are assessed in the following three parts:
- One 2 – 3,000 word papers, written for the Critical Issues course, worth 8.33% of the final degree mark.
- A 2,000 word Methods Project Report, written for Anthropological Methods is worth 8.33% of the final degree mark.
- A two hour, unseen examination is sat in Term 3, worth 8.33% of the final degree mark.
Optional Courses
Students take three courses
of their choosing, as meets their interests. Following the themes of the
two Tracks, students may find the following recommended options of
interest:
- Track I – TECA: Political & Economic Anthropology; Advanced Anthropological Theory; Anthropology of Religion, Alterity and Experiment; Nationalism, Ethnicity and Race; Temporality, Consciousness and Everyday Life; Gender, Language and Culture, Anthropology of Landscape (among others)
- Track II – TEPP: Applied Studies; Medical Anthropology; Anthropology of Games and Simulation; Population and Development; Anthropology of Mass Consumption; Ethnographic Film; Risk, Power and Uncertainty (among others)
Full listings of recommended courses will be provided at the beginning of each academic year by the Course Tutor.
Assessment
- A 2-3,000 word paper is required for each of the 3 Optional Subjects. Together, they constitute 25% of the total degree mark.
