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Degree Programme Table: Social Anthropology (MA Hons) (UTSANPY)

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

Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Social Anthropology 1A: The Life Course

Must be passed

SCAN08013 20 credits
Social Anthropology 1B: Anthropology Matters

Must be passed

SCAN08012 20 credits

Course options

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

Select exactly 80 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
Notes:
If you struggle with choosing level 8 electives, you can choose the SUGGESTED courses: Empires SCAN08010, Social Life & Climate Change SCAN08016, Introduction to Queer Studies DESI08141 and/ or South Asia in the World SAST08003.
Selected courses must be passed

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
Students who have passed courses to the required value of 240 credits, and achieved marks of 50% or more at the first attempt in all required second-year courses for their registered degree, are automatically entitled to progress to honours.

Students who are planning on spending their Junior Year Abroad in Y3 must successfully progress to honours before they can proceed on their exchange. It is compulsory to have passed 240 credits by June before the JYA in September.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Ethnography: Theory and Practice

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

SCAN08005 20 credits
Social Anthropology 2: Key Concepts

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

SCAN08011 20 credits

Course options

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

Select exactly 80 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
Selected courses must be passed

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
Students who have passed 240 credits and achieved marks of 50% or more at the first attempt in all required second-year degree courses are entitled to progress to honours.

Students who are planning on spending their Junior Year Abroad must successfully progress to honours before they can proceed on their JYA.

Students interested in the Year 4 Social Anthropology dissertation must take Imagining Anthropological Research in Year 3 (even if on a year abroad).

Students in year 3 may choose 0-20 credits of level 10 courses from the schedules of A to J and W.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Imagining Anthropological Research
SCAN10037 0 credits
Anthropological Theory
SCAN10022 20 credits
Consumption, Exchange, Technology
SCAN10031 20 credits
Kinship: Structure and Process
SCAN10021 20 credits
Ritual and Religion
SCAN10023 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Social Anthropology Honours Electives - Level 10

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Culture and Power MUST NOT be taken as an optional course in Year 3, as this will be taken as a compulsory course in Year 4.
Advanced Issues in the Making of Contemporary Africa
AFRI10003 20 credits
Contemporary Issues in International Development
AFRI10004 20 credits
Advanced Issues in the Political Economy of Development
AFRI10005 20 credits
South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy
SAST10001 20 credits
Kinship: Structure and Process
SCAN10021 20 credits
Anthropological Theory
SCAN10022 20 credits
Ritual and Religion
SCAN10023 20 credits
Culture and Power
SCAN10030 20 credits
Consumption, Exchange, Technology
SCAN10031 20 credits
Social Development
SCAN10044 20 credits
Himalayan Ethnography
SCAN10049 20 credits
Anthropology of Health and Healing
SCAN10062 20 credits
Anthropology and Environment
SCAN10066 20 credits
Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction
SCAN10068 20 credits
Contagion
SCAN10070 20 credits
Anthropology of Displacement and Migration
SCAN10077 20 credits
The Anthropology of Energy in the Global South
SCAN10078 20 credits
Anthropology of East Asia
SCAN10087 20 credits
War and Peace: Anthropological Perspectives
SCAN10089 20 credits
Anthropologists Read the News
SCAN10091 20 credits
Digital Global Development
SCAN10092 20 credits
Anthropology in Practice
SCAN10093 20 credits
Generation and Inheritance: Anthropological Concepts
SCAN10094 20 credits
Anthropology of Race and Racism
SCAN10097 20 credits
Spectacles and Crowds: anthropology through publics
SCAN10098 20 credits
Anthropology & Psychoanalysis
SCAN10099 20 credits
The Internet and Society
STIS10001 20 credits
Energy Policy and Sustainability
STIS10008 20 credits
Controversies in Medicine, Technology and the Environment
STIS10009 20 credits
Sociology of Medicine
STIS10013 20 credits
AND

Level 10 courses in Schedules A to J and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules A to J and W

Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
Students in Y4 may choose 0-20 credits of level 10 courses from the schedules of A to J and W.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Culture and Power
SCAN10030 20 credits
Dissertation (MA Social Anthropology)
SCAN10036 40 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Social Anthropology Honours Electives - Level 10

Select between 40 and 60 credits of the following courses
Advanced Issues in the Making of Contemporary Africa
AFRI10003 20 credits
Contemporary Issues in International Development
AFRI10004 20 credits
Advanced Issues in the Political Economy of Development
AFRI10005 20 credits
South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy
SAST10001 20 credits
Kinship: Structure and Process
SCAN10021 20 credits
Anthropological Theory
SCAN10022 20 credits
Ritual and Religion
SCAN10023 20 credits
Culture and Power
SCAN10030 20 credits
Consumption, Exchange, Technology
SCAN10031 20 credits
Social Development
SCAN10044 20 credits
Himalayan Ethnography
SCAN10049 20 credits
Anthropology of Health and Healing
SCAN10062 20 credits
Anthropology and Environment
SCAN10066 20 credits
Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction
SCAN10068 20 credits
Contagion
SCAN10070 20 credits
Anthropology of Displacement and Migration
SCAN10077 20 credits
The Anthropology of Energy in the Global South
SCAN10078 20 credits
Anthropology of East Asia
SCAN10087 20 credits
War and Peace: Anthropological Perspectives
SCAN10089 20 credits
Anthropologists Read the News
SCAN10091 20 credits
Digital Global Development
SCAN10092 20 credits
Anthropology in Practice
SCAN10093 20 credits
Generation and Inheritance: Anthropological Concepts
SCAN10094 20 credits
Anthropology of Race and Racism
SCAN10097 20 credits
Spectacles and Crowds: anthropology through publics
SCAN10098 20 credits
Anthropology & Psychoanalysis
SCAN10099 20 credits
The Internet and Society
STIS10001 20 credits
Energy Policy and Sustainability
STIS10008 20 credits
Controversies in Medicine, Technology and the Environment
STIS10009 20 credits
Sociology of Medicine
STIS10013 20 credits
AND

Level 10 courses in Schedules A to J and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules A to J and W
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