MA Social Anthropology
Entry requirements
A level: from AAA to AAB (required: no specific A level subjects required) IB: from 36 points with 665 at HL to 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) in Social Anthropology, an anthropology degree focused on the comparative study of human conduct and thought in social contexts. The programme includes a wide range of academic links to related fields such as sociology, human geography, development studies, history, archaeology, and philosophy. The first year introduces foundational themes through compulsory modules including Social Anthropology 1A: The Life Course and Social Anthropology 1B: Anthropology Matters alongside four option courses. The second year continues with Social Anthropology 2: Key Concepts and Ethnography: Theory and Practice, complemented by four additional courses chosen from the programme or another academic area. The third year builds advanced understanding through compulsory and thematic study with modules such as Anthropological Theory, Kinship: Structure and Process, Ritual and Religion, Consumption, Exchange and Technology, The Anthropology of Health and Healing, Urban Anthropology, Ethnographies of the United States, and War and Peace: Anthropological Perspectives.
Modules
- Social Anthropology 1A: The Life Course
- Social Anthropology 1B: Anthropology Matters
- Four option courses
- gender
- personhood
- work and making a living
- the house
- consumption and exchange
- health
- the body
- climate change
- hunger
- wellbeing
- body modification
- human rights
- Social Anthropology 2: Key Concepts
- Ethnography: Theory and Practice
- Four additional courses, either related to your programme or from another academic area
- Anthropological Theory
- Kinship: Structure and Process
- Ritual and Religion
- Consumption, Exchange and Technology
- The Anthropology of Health and Healing
- Urban Anthropology
- Ethnographies of the United States
- War and Peace: Anthropological Perspectives