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Social Anthropology

SCQF Level 08 (9 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
SCAN08010 SV1 Empires Semester 2 20
SCAN08005 SV1 Ethnography: Theory and Practice Semester 2 20
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 (46 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
SCAN10022 SV1 Anthropological Theory Semester 1 20
SCAN10091 Anthropologists Read the News Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10099 SV1 Anthropology & Psychoanalysis Semester 1 20
SCAN10088 Anthropology and Africa Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10066 Anthropology and Environment Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10083 SS1 Anthropology and Sociology of Medicine Dissertation Full Year 40
SCAN10093 SS1 Anthropology in Practice Full Year 20
SCAN10064 Anthropology of Christianity Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10077 Anthropology of Displacement and Migration Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10087 SV1 Anthropology of East Asia Semester 1 20
SCAN10062 SV1 Anthropology of Health and Healing Semester 1 20
SCAN10085 Anthropology of Health and Migration Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10097 SV1 Anthropology of Race and Racism Semester 2 20
SCAN10068 Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10100 SV1 Anthropology of the Far-Right Semester 1 20
SCAN10095 Collaborative Anthropology Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10102 SS1 Collaborative Ethnography of Edinburgh Full Year 20
SCAN10031 SV1 Consumption, Exchange, Technology Semester 2 20
SCAN10070 Contagion Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10030 SV1 Culture and Power Semester 1 20
SCAN10081 Demystifying Money Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10092 Digital Global Development Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10036 SS1 Dissertation (MA Social Anthropology) Semester 1 40
SCAN10086 Ethnographies of the United States Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10096 Ethnography of the Supernatural Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10094 Generation and Inheritance: Anthropological Concepts Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10043 Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10101 SV1 Health, Environment and Society Semester 2 20
SCAN10049 Himalayan Ethnography Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10057 Humans and Other Species Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10037 SS1 Imagining Anthropological Research Full Year 0
SCAN10021 SV1 Kinship: Structure and Process Semester 2 20
SCAN10069 Latin American Anthropology Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10023 SV1 Ritual and Religion Semester 1 20
SCAN10044 Social Development Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10028 Southeast Asia Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10098 SV1 Spectacles and Crowds: anthropology through publics Semester 1 20
SCAN10078 SV1 The Anthropology of Energy in the Global South Semester 1 20
SCAN10079 The Anthropology of Games and Play Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10076 The Anthropology of Language Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10010 The Invention of History Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10082 SS1 Understanding Medicine: Social Science Perspectives Semester 1 20
SCAN10089 War and Peace: Anthropological Perspectives Not delivered this year 20
SCAN10090 Waste: Anthropologies of Pollution and Repair Not delivered this year 20
SCWR10038 SV1 Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Forced Migration and Asylum Semester 1 20
SCWR10038 SV1 Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Forced Migration and Asylum Semester 2 20
BIME10063 SS1 Medical Anthropology Semester 1 20

SCQF Level 11 (42 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
PGSP11172 SV1 Anthropological Theory Semester 1 20
PGSP11416 SV1 Anthropology and Environment Semester 2 20
PGSP11457 Anthropology of Displacement and Migration Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11592 SV1 Anthropology of East Asia 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 1 20
PGSP11176 SV1 Consumption, Exchange, Technology: The Anthropology of Economic Processes Semester 2 20
PGSP11421 SV1 Contagion Semester 2 20
PGSP11178 SV1 Culture and Power: The Anthropology of Political Processes Semester 1 20
PGSP11573 SV1 Digital Global Development Semester 2 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
PGSP11503 SS1 Dissertation MSc by Research Social and Political Science (Social Anthropology) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 120
SCAN11030 SS1 Doing Anthropology: Ethnographic Methods and Practices Semester 2 20
PGSP11422 SV1 Energy in the Global South Semester 1 20
PGSP11619 SV1 Generation and Inheritance: Anthropological Concepts Semester 1 20
PGSP11501 Health and Migration Not delivered this year 20
SCAN11032 Health, Environment and Society Not delivered this year 20
SCAN11029 SV1 Key Themes In Anthropology Semester 1 20
PGSP11184 SV1 Kinship: Structure and Process Semester 2 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
SCAN11031 SV1 Reading and Writing Ethnography Semester 2 20
PGSP11191 SV1 Ritual and Religion Semester 1 20
SCAN11017 Supervised Reading in Social Anthropology Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11455 The Anthropology of Games and Play Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11042 The Ethnography Seminar Not delivered this year 20
SCAN11008 The Invention of History Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11601 War and Peace: Anthropological Perspectives Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11049 An Introduction to Anthropological Theory Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11598 SV1 Anthropology and Africa Semester 1 20
PGSP11385 Anthropology of Christianity Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11615 Anthropology of Southeast Asia Not delivered this year 20
ARTX11042 SV1 Contemporary Art + Anthropology (Level 11) Semester 2 20
PGSP11574 SV1 Ethnographies of the United States Semester 2 20
PGSP11376 Humans and Other Species Not delivered this year 20
SAST11003 Key Debates in South Asian Development Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11419 Latin American Anthropology Not delivered this year 20
EDUA11385 SV1 The Anthropology of Education and Learning Semester 2 20
PGSP11454 The Anthropology of Language Not delivered this year 20
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