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UCL Anthropology is running the following modules for postgraduate students during the academic year 2023-24.
The anthropology department offers a wide variety of optional modules for master's students. Many of these are open for all students, independent of their individual programme, as we strive to promote a broad-based approach to our discipline.
Still, some restrictions apply. For example, students in the MSc in Human Evolution and Behaviour (MSc HEB) can only take course-specific modules, which, however, also include options run by the Department of Archaeology. Moreover, students not enrolled in the MSc HEB can only take these specific modules if they have a science-based first degree and if individual module tutors allow that.
Most Anthropology modules have no 'cap' on numbers; however, for pedagogical reasons, some module have a maximum number of students allowed to register; we invite you to check the information on the UCL Module Catalogue (under the 'Restrictions' header).
Many optional master's modules are 1.5-2 hour specialist seminars, although some are lab-based practicals. Moreover, many modules come with associated lectures that we advise to attend, as they are open to both postgraduate and undergraduate students. The master's-only seminars will normally assume knowledge of the material presented in these open lectures, and deal with the issues raised at a more advanced level.
Options are assessed by a variety of means, including essays, exams, tests or course-specific project portfolios such as lab-books or films.
Students are advised to discuss the best suited choice of options with their individual programme tutors.
Term 1 Options
- ANTH0022 The Anthropology of Social Media
- ANTH0029 The Anthropology of Nationalism, Ethnicity and Race
- ANTH0044 Human Behavioural Ecology
- ANTH0056 Anthropological Approaches to Eurasian Socialist and Post-Socialist Societies
- ANTH0060 Primate Behaviour and Ecology
- ANTH0074 Art in the Public Sphere
- ANTH0081 The Story and I - Finding the Form: A Practical Exploration of Storytelling
- ANTH0083 Experimental cinema and new media: Form and narrative
- ANTH0100 Biosocial Anthropology, Health and Environment
- ANTH0102 Ecology of Human Groups
- ANTH0110 An Introduction to Social Theory - a foundation course
- ANTH0114 Research Methods in Evolutionary Anthropology
- ANTH0118 The Anthropology of Fashion
- ANTH0135 History and Aesthetics of Documentary
- ANTH0138 Practical Documentary Filmmaking
- ANTH0165 Evolutionary Medicine
- ANTH0182 Medical Anthropology
- ANTH0191 Anthropology of Death
- ANTH0193 Anthropology of War
- ANTH0195 Migration and Health
- ANTH0197 Current Themes in Material, Visual, Digital and Design Anthropology: Smart Phones
- ANTH0207 Sonic Experience Production
- ANTH0218 Primate Conservation
- ANTH0219 Developing Ideas for Non-Fiction Film and Audio
Term 2 Options
- ANTH0012 Palaeoanthropology
- ANTH0017 Informatic Cultures: The Anthropology of Data, Algorithms and Computation
- ANTH0018 Anthropology of Crime
- ANTH0040 Primate Anatomy, Evolution and Environments
- ANTH0043 Anthropology of Technics and Technology
- ANTH0059 Anthropology of Religion
- ANTH0064 Anthropology of the Built Environment
- ANTH0067 Design Anthropology
- ANTH0073 Digital Infrastructure: Materiality, Information and Politics
- ANTH0076 People and Conservation
- ANTH0084 Documentary Radio - A Practice-Based Introduction
- ANTH0095 Psychological Anthropology and Cultural Psychology
- ANTH0107 Introduction to Statistics for Social Research
- ANTH0115 Advanced Methods in Evolutionary Anthropology
- ANTH0136 The Anthropology of Violent Aftermaths
- ANTH0141 Practical Documentary Filmmaking (Lab-based)
- ANTH0189 Feature Writing in a multi-media world: journalistic skills for the digital age
- ANTH0205 Interactive Factual Narratives
- ANTH0222 Everyday Ethics in Enterprise
- ANTH0228 Visualizing Others: Colonial and Postcolonial Visual Culture
Term 4 Options
- ANTH0221 - Skills in Field Primatology