MA Anthropological Research Methods

Master

In City of London

£ 9,225 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    City of london

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Start of programme: September
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
The MA in Anthropological Research Methods (MaRes) may be taken either as a free standing MA or as the first part of a PhD [e.g. as a 1 + 3 research training program]. In either case, the student completes a program of research training that includes the Ethnographic Research Methods, Statistical Analysis and the Research Training Seminar as well as a language option. All MaRes students are assigned a supervisor at the start of the year, who will help the student choose other relevant course options. Candidates must also submit a number of research related assignments which, taken together with the dissertation, are equivalent to approximately 30,000 words of assessed work. All students write an MA dissertation, but for students progressing on to a PhD, the MA dissertation will take the form of a research report that will constitute the first part of the upgrade document for the PhD programme.
Learn about the modules (courses) for this programme
The MaRes is recognised by the ESRC.
Aims and Outcomes
The MA is designed to train students in research skills to the level prescribed by the ESRC’s research training guidelines. It is intended for students with a good first degree (minimum of a 2.1) in social anthropology and/or a taught Masters degree in social anthropology. Most students would be expected to progress to PhD registration at the end of the degree. By the end of the program students will:
Have achieved practical competence in a range of qualitative and quantitative research methods and tools;
Have the ability to understand key issues of method and theory, and to understand the epistemological issues involved in using different methods.
In addition to key issues of research design, students will be introduced to a range of specific research methods and tools including:

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Subjects

  • Media
  • Global
  • Social Anthropology
  • Sociology
  • Options
  • Supervisor
  • IT
  • Research methods
  • Culture
  • Language
  • Literature
  • Language Skills
  • Intercultural awareness
  • Security governance
  • Politics
  • Mesopotamian Languages
  • Anthropological
  • Ethnographic

Course programme

Learn a language as part of this programme

Degree programmes at SOAS - including this one - can include language courses in more than forty African and Asian languages. It is SOAS students’ command of an African or Asian language which sets SOAS apart from other universities.

Programme Overview

The programme consists of 180 credits: 120 credits of modules and a dissertation of 15,000 words at 60 credits.

All students are expected to take the core and compulsory modules listed below and must participate in the Research Training Seminar.

All students are required to take 30 credits from the Anthropology and Sociology list.

The remaining credits can be selected the Department of Anthropology and Sociology list or relevant options from other departments or a language module.

Programme Detail

COMPULSORY MODULES

All students are required to take the compulsory dissertation module worth 60 credits. All students are expected to attend the MPhil Training Seminar. This will not count towards your 180 credits.

  • Dissertation in Anthropological Research Methods
CORE MODULE

All students must take the core module worth 30 credits.

  • Research Methods in Anthropology
OPTIONAL MODULES

Students are required to take 30 credits from the Anthropology and Sociology list. The remaining 60 credits can be selected from the Department of Anthropology and Sociology or relevant options from other departments or a language module.

Anthropology and Sociology
  • African and Asian Cultures in Britain
  • African and Asian Diasporas in the Modern World
  • African and Asian Diasporas in the Contemporary World
  • Anthropological approaches to agriculture, food and nutrition
  • Anthropology of Development
  • Anthropology of Globalisation (PG)
  • Anthropology of Human Rights (PG)
  • Anthropology of Law
  • Anthropology of Travel and Tourism
  • Comparative Studies of Society and Culture
  • Comparative Media Studies
  • Comparative Media Theory
  • Culture and Society of China
  • Culture and Society of East Africa
  • Culture and Society of Japan
  • Culture and Society of South Asia
  • Culture and Society of South East Asia
  • Culture and Society of Near and Middle East
  • Culture and Society of West Africa
  • Medical Anthropology in Global Perspective
  • Issues in Anthropology and Film
  • Issues in Mind, Culture and Psychiatry
  • Issues in the Anthropology of Gender
  • Media Production Skills
  • Perspectives On Development
  • Religions on the move: New Currents and Emerging Trends in Global Religion
  • The Anthropology of Food
  • Therapy and Culture
  • Tourism and Travel: A Global Perspective
OTHER DEPARTMENTSCentre for Media StudiesReligions and PhilosophiesLANGUAGE MODULES

For a list of language modules, please go to the Faculty of Languages and Cultures webpages - - and view the options under the postgraduate modules section for each department.

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.

Programme Specification
  • Programme Specification (pdf; 146kb)
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MA Anthropological Research Methods

£ 9,225 + VAT