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Social Anthropology

SCQF Level 08 (13 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
SCAN08010 SV1 Empires Semester 2 20
SCAN08005 SV1 Ethnography: Theory and Practice Semester 2 20
SCAN08006 Fundamentals: Anthropological Practice Not delivered this year 0
SCAN08008 Fundamentals: Ethnographic Theory Not delivered this year 0
SCAN08009 Fundamentals: Reading and Writing Anthropology Not delivered this year 0
SCAN08007 Fundamentals: Studying Anthropology Not delivered this year 0
SCAN08015 SV1 Introduction to Social Anthropology Semester 1 20
SCAN08013 SS1 Social Anthropology 1A: The Life Course Semester 1 20
SCAN08012 SV1 Social Anthropology 1B: Anthropology Matters Semester 2 20
SCAN08011 SV1 Social Anthropology 2: Key Concepts Semester 1 20
SCAN08016 SV1 Social life and climate change Semester 1 20
AFRI08001 SV1 International Development, Aid and Humanitarianism Semester 1 20
DESI08141 SV1 Introduction to Queer Studies Semester 2 20

SCQF Level 10 (55 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
SCAN10022 SV1 Anthropological Theory Semester 1 20
SCAN10091 Anthropologists Read the News Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10088 SV1 Anthropology and Africa Semester 1 20
SCAN10066 SV1 Anthropology and Environment Semester 2 20
SCAN10083 SS1 Anthropology and Sociology of Medicine Dissertation Full Year 40
SCAN10093 Anthropology in Practice Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10064 SV1 Anthropology of Christianity Semester 2 20
SCAN10077 Anthropology of Displacement and Migration Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10087 Anthropology of East Asia Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10062 SV1 Anthropology of Health and Healing Semester 1 20
SCAN10085 SV1 Anthropology of Health and Migration Semester 2 20
SCAN10068 SV1 Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction Semester 2 20
SCAN10058 Anthropology of Violence Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10073 Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10095 SV1 Collaborative Anthropology Semester 2 20
SCAN10031 SV1 Consumption, Exchange, Technology Semester 2 20
SCAN10070 SV1 Contagion Semester 2 20
SCAN10080 Contemporary Issues in Social Anthropology Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10030 SV1 Culture and Power Semester 1 20
SCAN10081 Demystifying Money Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10092 SV1 Digital Global Development Semester 1 20
SCAN10036 SS1 Dissertation (MA Social Anthropology) Semester 1 40
SCAN10020 East Central Africa Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10086 SV1 Ethnographies of the United States Semester 2 20
SCAN10061 Fakes: The Anthropology of Counterfeit, Imitation & Disguise Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10075 Film and Anthropology Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10094 SV1 Generation and Inheritance: Anthropological Concepts Semester 1 20
SCAN10043 Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10049 Himalayan Ethnography Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10057 SV1 Humans and Other Species Semester 2 20
SCAN10037 SS1 Imagining Anthropological Research Semester 1 0
SCAN10047 Indigenous Peoples of Lowland South America Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10021 SV1 Kinship: Structure and Process Semester 2 20
SCAN10069 Latin American Anthropology Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10008 Magic, Science and Healing Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10060 Pictures: The Anthropology of Images and Mediation Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10023 SV1 Ritual and Religion Semester 1 20
SCAN10044 Social Development Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10071 South Asian Public Culture: Keywords Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10028 SV1 Southeast Asia Semester 2 20
SCAN10067 The Anthropology of Africa Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10034 The Anthropology of Death Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10078 SV1 The Anthropology of Energy in the Global South Semester 1 20
SCAN10052 The Anthropology of Food Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10079 SV1 The Anthropology of Games and Play Semester 2 20
SCAN10076 The Anthropology of Language Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10072 The Anthropology of Monsters: Demons, witches, cyborgs and other fabulous creatures Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10084 The Anthropology of the Body: Contemporary Issues Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10010 SV1 The Invention of History Semester 2 20
SCAN10082 SS1 Understanding Medicine: Social Science Perspectives Semester 1 20
SCAN10074 Urban Anthropology Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10050 Visual Anthropology Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10089 SV1 War and Peace: Anthropological Perspectives Semester 1 20
SCAN10090 SV1 Waste: Anthropologies of Pollution and Repair Semester 1 20
BIME10063 SS1 Medical Anthropology Semester 1 20

SCQF Level 11 (46 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
SCAN11005 Dissertation MSc by Research Social Anthropology (100 credit) Not delivered this year 100
SCAN11003 Dissertation MSc by Research Social Anthropology (60 credit) Not delivered this year 60
SCAN11004 Dissertation MSc by Research Social Anthropology (80 credit) Not delivered this year 80
SCAN11010 Indigenous Peoples of Lowland South America Not delivered this year 20
SCAN11027 SV1 People First: The Anthropology of International Development Semester 1 20
SCAN11017 Supervised Reading in Social Anthropology Not delivered this year 20
SCAN11012 The Anthropology of Food Not delivered this year 20
SCAN11026 The Anthropology of the Body Not delivered this year 20
SCAN11008 SV1 The Invention of History Semester 2 20
PGSP11613 Ethnography of the Supernatural: Writing the More-Than-Human Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11049 SV1 An Introduction to Anthropological Theory Semester 1 20
PGSP11172 SV1 Anthropological Theory Semester 1 20
PGSP11598 SV1 Anthropology and Africa Semester 1 20
PGSP11416 SV1 Anthropology and Environment Semester 2 20
PGSP11385 SV1 Anthropology of Christianity Semester 1 20
PGSP11379 SV1 Anthropology of Global Health Semester 2 20
PGSP11423 SV1 Anthropology of Health and Illness Semester 1 20
PGSP11415 SV1 Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction Semester 2 20
PGSP11615 SV1 Anthropology of Southeast Asia Semester 2 20
DESI11192 SV1 Anthropology, Design and the Unsustainable Future Semester 2 20
PGSP11176 SV1 Consumption, Exchange, Technology: The Anthropology of Economic Processes Semester 2 20
PGSP11421 SV1 Contagion Semester 2 20
ARTX11042 SV1 Contemporary Art + Anthropology (Level 11) Semester 2 20
PGSP11178 SV1 Culture and Power: The Anthropology of Political Processes Semester 1 20
PGSP11573 SV1 Digital Global Development Semester 1 20
PGSP11060 SV1 Dissertation (MSc/Dip Social Anthropology) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11349 SS1 Dissertation MSc Medical Anthropology Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11565 SS1 Dissertation MSc by Research Social and Political Science (International Development) Flexible 120
PGSP11503 SS1 Dissertation MSc by Research Social and Political Science (Social Anthropology) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 120
PGSP11422 SV1 Energy in the Global South Semester 1 20
PGSP11574 SV1 Ethnographies of the United States Semester 2 20
PGSP11619 SV1 Generation and Inheritance: Anthropological Concepts Semester 1 20
PGSP11501 SV1 Health and Migration Semester 2 20
PGSP11376 SV1 Humans and Other Species Semester 2 20
SAST11003 Key Debates in South Asian Development Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11184 SV1 Kinship: Structure and Process Semester 2 20
PGSP11419 Latin American Anthropology Not delivered this year 20
SCAN11027 SV1 People First: The Anthropology of International Development Semester 1 20
PGSP11538 SS1 Placement-Based Dissertation (MSc Medical Anthropology) Block 5 (sem 2) 60
PGSP11188 SV1 Qualitative Methods and Ethnographic Fieldwork Semester 2 20
PGSP11191 SV1 Ritual and Religion Semester 1 20
EDUA11385 SV1 The Anthropology of Education and Learning Semester 2 20
PGSP11455 SV1 The Anthropology of Games and Play Semester 2 20
PGSP11454 The Anthropology of Language Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11042 SV1 The Ethnography Seminar Semester 2 20
PGSP11601 SV1 War and Peace: Anthropological Perspectives Semester 1 20
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