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Degree Programme Table: Persian and Social Anthropology (MA Hons) (UTPRSSA)

Year 1, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: September

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


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 6 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCAN08003 Social Anthropology 1A: An Introduction As available 20
    SCAN08002 Social Anthropology 1B: The Practice of Social Anthropology As available 20
    IMES08046 Persian 1a As available 20
    IMES08047 Persian 1b As available 20
    IMES08033 Islamic History A: The Formation of the Islamic World As available 20
    IMES08034 Islamic History B: From the Crusades to the 'Gunpowder Empires' As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 0 set(s) of course options with the following rules.




    Year 2, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    IMES08007 Persian 2 As available 40
    SCAN08004 Social Anthropology 2: Into the Field As available 20
    IMES08036 Modern Middle Eastern History A: Domestic Transformation and International Challenges As available 20
    SCAN08005 Ethnography: Theory and Practice As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


    Year 3, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry to Honours normally requires a pass at 50% or more, at the first attempt, in Persian 2.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    IMES10027 IMES Dissertation (Part 1) As available 20
    IMES10009 Modern Persian Literature As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.



    Select exactly 40 credits course level 10, as available
    IMES10049     Persian Language Acquisition Through Residence/Study B     (40 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits course level 10, as available
    IMES10070     Intensive Persian     (40 credits)

     

    Select exactly 40 credits from Social Anthropology Level 10 courses, as available

    Notes:Social Anthropology Core Courses include Kinship: Structure and Process; Anthropological Theory; Ritual and Religion; and Consumption, Exchange, Technology (these four usually done in third year); and Belief, Thought, and Language; and Culture and Power (these two usually done in fourth year).
     


    Year 4, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Final Assessment Weighting:
    Without Persian study abroad in 3rd year: -
    One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20-credits of courses.
    With Persian study abroad in 3rd year: -
    Other than the study abroad credits, one unit of assessment is allocated to every 20-credits of courses, except that Advanced Persian counts as three units of assessment.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    IMES10028 IMES Dissertation (Part 2) As available 20
    IMES10081 Advanced Persian As available 20
    IMES10005 Classical Persian Literature As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Level 10 courses, as available

    Notes:"IMES option courses" are courses involving discursive studies of Islam/Middle East related subjects with texts read in English. A list of available courses is made available before the beginning of each semester, and students will be able to choose from among these courses in consultation with their personal tutor. While specific course offerings change from year to year, these courses typically include subjects in history, politics, religion, or cultural studies.
     

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCAN10021    Kinship: Structure and Process   20  
    SCAN10023    Ritual and Religion   20  
    SCAN10044    Social Development   20  
    SCAN10056    Indigenous Politics, Culture and Screen in Canada   20  
    SCAN10030    Culture and Power   20  
    SCAN10022    Anthropological Theory   20  
    SCAN10037    Imagining Anthropological Research   0  
    SCAN10064    Anthropology of Christianity   20  
    SCAN10062    Anthropology of Health and Healing   20  
    SCAN10032    Belief, Thought and Language   20  
    SCAN10031    Consumption, Exchange, Technology   20  
    SCAN10034    The Anthropology of Death   20  
    SCAN10008    Magic, Science and Healing   20  
    SCAN10043    Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives   20  
    SCAN10050    Visual Anthropology   20  
    SCAN10047    Indigenous Peoples of Lowland South America   20  
    SCAN10042    Contemporary Hunter-Gatherers   20  
    SCAN10061    Fakes: The Anthropology of Counterfeit, Imitation & Disguise   20  

     


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