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MA Anthropology and French (5 years)

University of Aberdeen

Institution
University of Aberdeen
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Anthropology and French (5 years)
Duration
5 years
UCAS code
LR61
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 French and Francophone Studies. Core topics include Research Methods, Fieldwork, Communication & Writing, and Language & Translation. Students undertake a required period of residence abroad in a French-speaking country and complete a fieldwork-based dissertation.

Modules

  • Getting Started at the University of Aberdeen
  • Introduction to Anthropology: Peoples of the World
  • Introduction to Anthropology: Questions of Diversity
  • Academic Writing for Social Sciences
  • French Culture and Society: from Occupation to Decolonisation
  • Beginners French Language 1
  • Qualified French Language 1
  • The Global City in Text and Film
  • Beginners French Language 2
  • Qualified French Language 2
  • Key Debates in Anthropology
  • Reimagining Colonialism
  • Advanced French Language 1
  • Advanced French Language 2
  • Residence Abroad Preparation for Mlti Students (LA10RP)
  • (De)centering France: Social Movements and Cultural Transformation
  • World - Changing Protests: History, Culture, Politics
  • Anthropological Theory
  • Level 3 French Language
  • Emotion, Self and Society
  • The Political Anthropology of Indigenous Rights
  • More Than Human
  • Anthropological Research Methods and Project Design
  • Anthropology of the North
  • Level 4 French Language
  • Emotion, Self and Society
  • The Political Anthropology of Indigenous Rights
  • More Than Human
  • Final Year Project
  • Dissertation in Anthropology By Scholarship
  • Dissertation in Anthropology By Fieldwork
  • Roads, Mobility, Movement, Migration
  • Ethnography
  • Politics and Society in the Middle East
  • Anthropology of the North