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Degree Programme Table: Geography and Social Anthropology (MA Hons) (UTGGPSA)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: September

Notes:
Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Human Geography

Must be taken during Semester 1

GEGR08007 20 credits
Social Anthropology 1A: The Life Course

Must be taken during Semester 1

SCAN08013 20 credits
Physical Geography

Must be taken during Semester 2

GEGR08010 20 credits
Social Anthropology 1B: Anthropology Matters

Must be taken during Semester 2

SCAN08012 20 credits
Fundamental Methods in Geography

Must be taken during Semester 1

GEGR08009 20 credits

Course options

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y
Notes:
Geography students should only take a maximum of 40 credits Level 7 language courses in 1st AND 2nd year.

Year 2 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Ethnography: Theory and Practice

Must be taken during Semester 2

SCAN08005 20 credits
Social Anthropology 2: Key Concepts

Must be taken during Semester 1

SCAN08011 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Courses from School of Geoscience- Multiple UG Courses- Level 8

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
Geomorphology
GEGR08002 20 credits
Economic and Political Geography
GEGR08003 20 credits
Social and Cultural Geography
GEGR08004 20 credits
Global Change
GEGR08011 20 credits
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y
Notes:
Geography students should only take a maximum of 40 credits Level 7 language courses in 1st AND 2nd year.

Year 3 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

Notes:
Students intending to do the Geography Dissertation should take courses from Group A.

Students intending to do the Social Anthropology Dissertation should take courses from Group B.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
The Nature of Geographical Knowledge

Must be taken during Semester 1

GEGR09012 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 100 credits in this group.

3rd Year Core Courses - Social Anthropology

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Kinship: Structure and Process
SCAN10021 20 credits
Anthropological Theory
SCAN10022 20 credits
Ritual and Religion
SCAN10023 20 credits
Consumption, Exchange, Technology
SCAN10031 20 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) N - Geography (MA Hons) - Level(s) 9

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students wishing to take the Geography Dissertation must take these courses
Key Methods in Human Geography
GEGR09020 20 credits
Fundamentals of Research Design
GEGR10133 20 credits
AND

Social Anthropology Honours Electives - Level 10

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy
SAST10001 20 credits
The Invention of History
SCAN10010 20 credits
Kinship: Structure and Process
SCAN10021 20 credits
Anthropological Theory
SCAN10022 20 credits
Ritual and Religion
SCAN10023 20 credits
Southeast Asia
SCAN10028 20 credits
Culture and Power
SCAN10030 20 credits
Consumption, Exchange, Technology
SCAN10031 20 credits
Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
SCAN10043 20 credits
Social Development
SCAN10044 20 credits
Indigenous Peoples of Lowland South America
SCAN10047 20 credits
Himalayan Ethnography
SCAN10049 20 credits
Humans and Other Species
SCAN10057 20 credits
Anthropology of Health and Healing
SCAN10062 20 credits
Anthropology of Christianity
SCAN10064 20 credits
Anthropology and Environment
SCAN10066 20 credits
Latin American Anthropology
SCAN10069 20 credits
Contagion
SCAN10070 20 credits
South Asian Public Culture: Keywords
SCAN10071 20 credits
The Anthropology of Language
SCAN10076 20 credits
The Anthropology of Energy in the Global South
SCAN10078 20 credits
Contemporary Issues in Social Anthropology
SCAN10080 20 credits
Anthropology of Health and Migration
SCAN10085 20 credits
Ethnographies of the United States
SCAN10086 20 credits
Anthropology and Africa
SCAN10088 20 credits
War and Peace: Anthropological Perspectives
SCAN10089 20 credits
Anthropologists Read the News
SCAN10091 20 credits
Digital Global Development
SCAN10092 20 credits
Cases in Sustainable Development
SSPS10014 20 credits
The Internet and Society
STIS10001 20 credits
Energy Policy and Sustainability
STIS10008 20 credits
Sociology of Medicine
STIS10013 20 credits
OR

Group B

Select exactly 100 credits in this group.

3rd Year Core Courses - Social Anthropology

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Kinship: Structure and Process
SCAN10021 20 credits
Anthropological Theory
SCAN10022 20 credits
Ritual and Religion
SCAN10023 20 credits
Consumption, Exchange, Technology
SCAN10031 20 credits
AND

Social Anthropology Honours Electives - Level 10

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students wishing to take Culture and Power (SCAN10030) are encouraged to do so in Year 4.
South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy
SAST10001 20 credits
The Invention of History
SCAN10010 20 credits
Kinship: Structure and Process
SCAN10021 20 credits
Anthropological Theory
SCAN10022 20 credits
Ritual and Religion
SCAN10023 20 credits
Southeast Asia
SCAN10028 20 credits
Culture and Power
SCAN10030 20 credits
Consumption, Exchange, Technology
SCAN10031 20 credits
Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
SCAN10043 20 credits
Social Development
SCAN10044 20 credits
Indigenous Peoples of Lowland South America
SCAN10047 20 credits
Himalayan Ethnography
SCAN10049 20 credits
Humans and Other Species
SCAN10057 20 credits
Anthropology of Health and Healing
SCAN10062 20 credits
Anthropology of Christianity
SCAN10064 20 credits
Anthropology and Environment
SCAN10066 20 credits
Latin American Anthropology
SCAN10069 20 credits
Contagion
SCAN10070 20 credits
South Asian Public Culture: Keywords
SCAN10071 20 credits
The Anthropology of Language
SCAN10076 20 credits
The Anthropology of Energy in the Global South
SCAN10078 20 credits
Contemporary Issues in Social Anthropology
SCAN10080 20 credits
Anthropology of Health and Migration
SCAN10085 20 credits
Ethnographies of the United States
SCAN10086 20 credits
Anthropology and Africa
SCAN10088 20 credits
War and Peace: Anthropological Perspectives
SCAN10089 20 credits
Anthropologists Read the News
SCAN10091 20 credits
Digital Global Development
SCAN10092 20 credits
Cases in Sustainable Development
SSPS10014 20 credits
The Internet and Society
STIS10001 20 credits
Energy Policy and Sustainability
STIS10008 20 credits
Sociology of Medicine
STIS10013 20 credits
AND

Geography Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Geography Level 10 courses

Imagining Anthropological Research

Select exactly 0 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students taking the Dissertation in Social Anthropology should enrol for this 0 credit preparatory course, others should not.
Imagining Anthropological Research
SCAN10037 0 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

Notes:
Students intending to take the Social Anthropology Dissertation must have taken Imagining Anthropological Research (SCAN10037) in Year 3.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Courses from Schools of Geoscience & Social and Political Studies- Geography and Social Anthropology (MA)- Level 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students taking the Social Anthropology Dissertation are expected to use the summer vacation of their third year on research for their dissertation.
Geography Dissertation
GEGR10053 40 credits
Dissertation (MA Social Anthropology)
SCAN10036 40 credits
AND

Geography Joint Honours Options

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Catchment Water Resources
GEGR10023 20 credits
Principles of Geographical Information Science
GEGR10039 20 credits
Glacial Processes and Geomorphology
GEGR10075 20 credits
Encountering Cities
GEGR10102 20 credits
Divided Cities
GEGR10106 20 credits
People, landscape change and settlement: the last 15,000 years
GEGR10107 20 credits
Development and Decolonization in Latin America
GEGR10114 20 credits
Space, place and sensory perception
GEGR10116 20 credits
Writing Landscape
GEGR10118 20 credits
Ice and Climate
GEGR10119 20 credits
Environmental Justice
GEGR10123 20 credits
Land and Landscape: Explorations in Society and Nature
GEGR10125 20 credits
Geographies of the Border
GEGR10126 20 credits
Capital, Land and Power
GEGR10127 20 credits
The Blue Humanities: Studying the Sea
GEGR10128 20 credits
Geographies of Mobility
GEGR10129 20 credits
Eroding Landscapes: Mountains, Hills and Rivers
GEGR10136 20 credits
The Geography of Health
GEGR10138 20 credits
Volcanoes, Environment and People
GEGR10139 20 credits
Geographies of Food
GEGR10140 20 credits
Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing
PGGE11233 20 credits
Disasters and Development
PGGE11244 20 credits
AND

Social Anthropology Honours Electives - Level 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy
SAST10001 20 credits
The Invention of History
SCAN10010 20 credits
Kinship: Structure and Process
SCAN10021 20 credits
Anthropological Theory
SCAN10022 20 credits
Ritual and Religion
SCAN10023 20 credits
Southeast Asia
SCAN10028 20 credits
Culture and Power
SCAN10030 20 credits
Consumption, Exchange, Technology
SCAN10031 20 credits
Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
SCAN10043 20 credits
Social Development
SCAN10044 20 credits
Indigenous Peoples of Lowland South America
SCAN10047 20 credits
Himalayan Ethnography
SCAN10049 20 credits
Humans and Other Species
SCAN10057 20 credits
Anthropology of Health and Healing
SCAN10062 20 credits
Anthropology of Christianity
SCAN10064 20 credits
Anthropology and Environment
SCAN10066 20 credits
Latin American Anthropology
SCAN10069 20 credits
Contagion
SCAN10070 20 credits
South Asian Public Culture: Keywords
SCAN10071 20 credits
The Anthropology of Language
SCAN10076 20 credits
The Anthropology of Energy in the Global South
SCAN10078 20 credits
Contemporary Issues in Social Anthropology
SCAN10080 20 credits
Anthropology of Health and Migration
SCAN10085 20 credits
Ethnographies of the United States
SCAN10086 20 credits
Anthropology and Africa
SCAN10088 20 credits
War and Peace: Anthropological Perspectives
SCAN10089 20 credits
Anthropologists Read the News
SCAN10091 20 credits
Digital Global Development
SCAN10092 20 credits
Cases in Sustainable Development
SSPS10014 20 credits
The Internet and Society
STIS10001 20 credits
Energy Policy and Sustainability
STIS10008 20 credits
Sociology of Medicine
STIS10013 20 credits
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