MA Anthropology and Language & Linguistics
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 Linguistics, covering the study of human societies, cultures, and communication. Core topics include Research Methods and Fieldwork. The four-year degree culminates in a choice of an independent dissertation based on scholarship or fieldwork.
Modules
- Getting Started at the University of Aberdeen
- Introduction to Anthropology: Peoples of the World
- Introduction to Anthropology: Questions of Diversity
- Living Language
- English Past and Present
- Language Structure and use
- Key Debates in Anthropology
- Reimagining Colonialism
- Language in Society
- Elements of English
- Anthropological Theory
- Dissertation in Anthropology By Scholarship
- Dissertation in Language and Linguistics
- Dissertation in Anthropology By Fieldwork