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MA Anthropology and Politics

University of Aberdeen

Institution
University of Aberdeen
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Anthropology and Politics
Duration
4 years
UCAS code
LL62
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 Politics and International Relations. Core topics include Research Methods, Fieldwork, Communication & Writing, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. Students complete a final undergraduate dissertation as part of the programme.

Modules

  • Getting Started at the University of Aberdeen
  • Introduction to Anthropology: Peoples of the World
  • Politics & International Relations 1: Democracy and Governance
  • Introduction to Anthropology: Questions of Diversity
  • Politics & International Relations 2: Power and Conflict
  • Academic Writing for Social Sciences
  • Key Debates in Anthropology
  • Ideas and Ideologies in Politics and International Relations
  • Reimagining Colonialism
  • Global Politics: Equality and Inequality
  • Anthropological Theory
  • Research Methods in Politics and International Relations
  • Emotion, Self and Society
  • The Political Anthropology of Indigenous Rights
  • More Than Human
  • Roads, Mobility, Movement, Migration
  • Anthropology of the North
  • Anthropological Research Methods and Project Design
  • Roads, Mobility, Movement, Migration
  • The Political Anthropology of Indigenous Rights
  • More Than Human
  • The Far Right in Europe
  • War and Peace in International Politics
  • Maritime Security
  • International Political Psychology
  • Political Islam: Islamist Ideologies and Practices
  • International Migration and Europe
  • Gender and Politics
  • Northern Ireland: Small, Dirty War
  • Corruption and Good Governance
  • Dissertation in Anthropology By Scholarship
  • Ethnography
  • Politics and Society in the Middle East
  • Soviet and Post - Soviet Russian Foreign Policy