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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

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Degree Programme Table: Sustainable Development (Social Anthropology) MA (Hons) - 4 years (Full-Time) (UTMAHSDVSA1F)

Jump to: Year 3, Year 4

Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Notes:
Students who are planning on spending their third year studying abroad must successfully progress to honours before they can proceed on their Junior Year Abroad (JYA).

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Imagining Anthropological Research
SCAN10037 0 credits
Cases in Sustainable Development
SSPS10014 20 credits
Sustainability Challenges: Critical Debates
SCIL10099 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Social Anthropology Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Social Anthropology Level 10 courses
Notes:
Please note the course SCAN10036 Dissertation (MA Social Anthropology) is only available in Year 4, and should not be selected in Year 3.
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
40 credits of courses from any subject area, provided that:
(a) pre-requisites for that course have been met and
(b) the course is linked to a sustainable development theme (see recommended list, Appendix 2)

Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Dissertation (MA Social Anthropology)
SCAN10036 40 credits

Course options

Social Anthropology Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Social Anthropology Level 10 courses
AND

Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
Courses must be relevant for Sustainable Development. See Appendix 2 of the Sustainable Development handbook for a list of suggested courses.

Students can choose an additional Sustainable Development course in fourth year, in place of a Pathway course, if relevant for their dissertation or for other special reason. To do so, they need to contact the Degree Programme Director for permission.
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