MA Anthropological Research Methods and Nepali

SOAS, University of London

Master

In City of London

£ 9,225 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    City of london

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Start of programme: September
Mode of Attendance: Full-time
Who is this programme for?:
Students who wish to conduct doctoral-level research in Nepal, or in preparation for professional employment in e.g. a government agency or international NGO.
This is the only Masters-level programme offered anywhere in the world that provides students who intend to proceed to conduct anthropological research (broadly defined) in Nepal with the necessary skills (disciplinary, linguistic, methodological).
What will this programme give the student an opportunity to achieve?
The ability to read, write, speak and understand Nepali to a level suitable for field research in Nepal
A grounding in the scholarly literature on Nepali history, society and culture
Expertise in anthropological theory and practice that will provide a basis for research in a Nepali context
Convenors
Catherine Dolan
Michael J Hutt

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City of London (London)
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Subjects

  • Word
  • IT
  • Skills and Training
  • Ms Word
  • Research methods
  • Culture
  • Language
  • Literature
  • Language Skills
  • Intercultural awareness
  • Security governance
  • Politics
  • Anthropological
  • Nepali Languages
  • Intensive Language

Course programme

Year 1

Students take a 1.0 unit Nepali language course (either Nepali Language 1 or Nepali Language 2); 1.0 unit Culture and Conflict in the Himalaya; 1.0 unit Theoretical Approaches in Social Anthropology (or other anthropology options, chosen in consultation with programme convenor, for students with equivalent anthropology training); 0.5 unit Media Production Skills; and 0.5 units of anthropology options.

Summer break between years 1 and 2

Two weeks of intensive Nepali language tuition at SOAS after the June exams, followed by two months in Kathmandu, attached to the Nepā School of Social Sciences and Humanities and the Bishwo Bhasa Campus of Tribhuvan University. At the end of the summer students will be required to submit a 5000-word preliminary fieldwork report and research proposal, accompanied by a 500-word abstract written in Nepali.

Year 2

Students take the following courses: 1.5 unit Nepali for researchers; 1.0 unit Anthropological Research Methods (0.5 units Ethnographic Research Methods in term 1 and 0.5 units in Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Social Research in term 2). They also attend the compulsory weekly MPhil Research Training Seminar in anthropology and write a 15,000 word MA Dissertation.

Language courses will be assessed though a mixture of written papers and oral examinations.

Non-language courses will be assessed on the basis of coursework essays and written papers.

Year 1
  • African and Asian Cultures in Britain
  • African and Asian Diasporas in the Modern World
  • Anthropological approaches to agriculture, food and nutrition
  • Anthropology of Human Rights (PG)
  • Anthropology of Law
  • Directed Practical Study in the Anthropology of Food
  • Issues in Anthropology and Film
  • Issues in the Anthropology of Gender
  • Issues in Mind, Culture and Psychiatry
  • Media Production Skills
  • Perspectives On Development
  • Religions on the move: New Currents and Emerging Trends in Global Religion
  • Therapy and Culture
  • Theoretical Approaches to Social Anthropology
  • Tourism and Travel: A Global Perspective
  • Nepali Language 1 (PG)
Summer Break

Fieldwork report and research proposal

Year 2
  • Dissertation in Anthropology and Sociology
  • Nepali for Researchers
  • Research Methods in Anthropology

This is the structure for 2018/19 applicants

If you are a current student you can find structure information on Moodle or through your Department.

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