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Social Anthropology
SCQF Level 08 (14 courses)
Code
Availability
Course Name
Period
Credits
SCAN08014
SV1
Africa in the Contemporary World
Semester 2
20
SCAN08010
SV1
Empires
Semester 1
20
SCAN08005
SV1
Ethnography: Theory and Practice
Semester 2
20
SCAN08006
SS1
Fundamentals: Anthropological Practice
Semester 2
0
SCAN08008
SS1
Fundamentals: Ethnographic Theory
Semester 1
0
SCAN08009
SS1
Fundamentals: Reading and Writing Anthropology
Semester 2
0
SCAN08007
SS1
Fundamentals: Studying Anthropology
Semester 1
0
SCAN08003
Social Anthropology 1A: An Introduction
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN08013
SV1
Social Anthropology 1A: The Life Course
Semester 1
20
SCAN08012
SV1
Social Anthropology 1B: Anthropology Matters
Semester 2
20
SCAN08002
Social Anthropology 1B: The Practice of Social Anthropology
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN08004
Social Anthropology 2: Into the Field
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN08011
SV1
Social Anthropology 2: Key Concepts
Semester 1
20
AFRI08001
SV1
International Development, Aid and Humanitarianism
Semester 1
20
SCQF Level 10 (40 courses)
Code
Availability
Course Name
Period
Credits
SCAN10022
SV1
Anthropological Theory
Semester 1
20
SCAN10066
Anthropology and Environment
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN10064
Anthropology of Christianity
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN10077
Anthropology of Displacement and Migration
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN10062
SV1
Anthropology of Health and Healing
Semester 1
20
SCAN10068
Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN10058
Anthropology of Violence
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN10073
Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN10031
SV1
Consumption, Exchange, Technology
Semester 2
20
SCAN10070
SV1
Contagion
Semester 1
20
SCAN10080
SV1
Contemporary Issues in Social Anthropology
Semester 2
20
SCAN10030
SV1
Culture and Power
Semester 1
20
SCAN10036
SS1
Dissertation (MA Social Anthropology)
Semester 1
40
SCAN10020
East Central Africa
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN10061
Fakes: The Anthropology of Counterfeit, Imitation & Disguise
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN10075
Film and Anthropology
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN10043
SV1
Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Semester 2
20
SCAN10049
SV1
Himalayan Ethnography
Semester 2
20
SCAN10057
SV1
Humans and Other Species
Semester 1
20
SCAN10037
SS1
Imagining Anthropological Research
Semester 1
0
SCAN10047
Indigenous Peoples of Lowland South America
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN10056
Indigenous Politics, Culture and Screen in Canada
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN10021
SV1
Kinship: Structure and Process
Semester 2
20
SCAN10069
SV1
Latin American Anthropology
Semester 2
20
SCAN10008
Magic, Science and Healing
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN10060
SV1
Pictures: The Anthropology of Images and Mediation
Semester 2
20
SCAN10023
SV1
Ritual and Religion
Semester 1
20
SCAN10044
SV1
Social Development
Semester 2
20
SCAN10071
South Asian Public Culture: Keywords
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN10028
Southeast Asia
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN10067
SV1
The Anthropology of Africa
Semester 1
20
SCAN10034
The Anthropology of Death
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN10078
The Anthropology of Energy in the Global South
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN10052
SV1
The Anthropology of Food
Semester 2
20
SCAN10079
SV1
The Anthropology of Games and Play
Semester 2
20
SCAN10076
SS1
The Anthropology of Language
Semester 1
20
SCAN10072
SV1
The Anthropology of Monsters: Demons, witches, cyborgs and other fabulous creatures
Semester 2
20
SCAN10010
SV1
The Invention of History
Semester 2
20
SCAN10074
SV1
Urban Anthropology
Semester 2
20
SCAN10050
Visual Anthropology
Not delivered this year
20
SCQF Level 11 (16 courses)
Code
Availability
Course Name
Period
Credits
SCAN11015
Anthropological Approaches to Shamanism and Spirit Possession
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN11005
SV1
Dissertation MSc by Research Social Anthropology (100 credit)
Full Year
100
SCAN11003
SV1
Dissertation MSc by Research Social Anthropology (60 credit)
Full Year
60
SCAN11004
SV1
Dissertation MSc by Research Social Anthropology (80 credit)
Full Year
80
SCAN11009
East Central Africa
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN11010
Indigenous Peoples of Lowland South America
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN11014
Introduction to Medical Anthropology
Not delivered this year
10
SCAN11017
SV1
Supervised Reading in Social Anthropology
Semester 2
20
SCAN11016
SV1
Supervised Reading in Social Anthropology (10 credits)
Semester 2
10
SCAN11012
SV1
The Anthropology of Food
Semester 2
20
SCAN11013
The Anthropology of Pharmaceuticals
Not delivered this year
10
SCAN11026
SV1
The Anthropology of the Body
Semester 2
20
SCAN11008
SV1
The Invention of History
Semester 2
20
SCAN11011
The anthropology of landscape
Not delivered this year
20
ARTX11042
Contemporary Art + Anthropology (Level 11)
Not delivered this year
20
EDUA11385
SV1
The Anthropology of Education and Learning
Semester 2
20
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Not available to visiting students - SS
Part-year visiting students only - VV
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