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MA Anthropology and Spanish & Latin American Studies

University of Aberdeen

Institution
University of Aberdeen
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Anthropology and Spanish & Latin American Studies
Duration
4 years
UCAS code
LR46
Typical offer
A-level BBC, IB 32

Entry requirements

A level: BBC IB: 32 points including 5, 5, 5 at HL. SL in English is also required. SQA Highers: BBBB. BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma: DMM in related subjects. Note: BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate (Subsidiary Diploma) achieved at Distinction level, is normally acceptable in lieu of one A Level at grade B.) GCSE English (or equivalent) is required at Grade C/4 or above. GCSE Mathematics at Grade C/4 is also required for Accountancy, Economics and Finance programmes. Irish Leaving Certificate: Five subjects at Higher at H3.

About this course

MA in Anthropology and Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies. Core topics include Research Methods, Fieldwork, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Language & Translation. Students spend half of year three on a compulsory period abroad in a Spanish-speaking country, and complete a final-year dissertation.

Modules

  • Introduction to Anthropology: Peoples of the World
  • Introduction to Anthropology: Questions of Diversity
  • Getting Started at the University of Aberdeen
  • Academic Writing for Social Sciences
  • Spanish Language 2
  • Spanish Language 3
  • Key Debates in Anthropology
  • Spanish Language 4
  • Latin America: Texts and Contexts
  • Anthropological Theory
  • Spanish Language 6 (SP30A3)
  • Spanish Language 7 (SP40A5)
  • Joint Honours Dissertation in Anthropology
  • Dissertation in Spanish
  • Comparative Constitutional Systems
  • Emotion, Self and Society
  • The Political Anthropology of Indigenous Rights
  • More Than Human
  • Roads, Mobility, Movement, Migration
  • Anthropology of the North