Anthropology, Environment and Development MSc

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    1 Year

Contemporary concerns with environment and development require a combination of biological and social anthropological approaches to examine the ecology of resource use in developing societies. This MSc evaluates the environmental implications and outcomes of these activities in terms of human subsistence and welfare via a systematic, theoretical and methodological training.

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London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

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On request

About this course

Graduates of this programme have gone on to a wide range of relevant careers in research, teaching, consultancy, policy and advocacy work in universities, governmental bodies, national and international NGOs and international research organisations such as the CGIAR.

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

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Subjects

  • Ecology
  • Statistics
  • Anthropological
  • Human Groups
  • Ecology of Human Groups
  • Population and Development
  • Anthropology
  • Biosocial Anthropology
  • Health and Environment
  • Social Construction

Course programme

Drawing on the strengths of our broad-based department and expertise in human ecology, social anthropology and demography, key areas of investigation include: the implications of changing environments for production systems and human welfare, the sustainable use of natural resources in developing countries and the environmental and welfare impacts of changing patterns of resource use with development.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of three core modules (60 credits), two optional modules (30 credits) and a research dissertation (90 credits).

Core modules
  • Resource Use and Impacts
  • Anthropological Research Methods
  • Statistics
Optional modules

Choose two options from within the department - and in some cases outside the department - including at least one of the following that have been designed specifically for this programme:

  • The Ecology of Human Groups
  • Population and Development
  • Anthropology of Development
  • Biosocial Anthropology, Health and Environment
  • Social Construction of the Landscape
  • Anthropology of the Built Environment
Dissertation/report

All MSc students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a dissertation of 15,000 words.

Teaching and learning

The programme is delivered through lectures, seminars, group presentations, tutorials, interactive teamwork, video, and film and web based courses. It includes a non-examined weekly seminar series with both internal and invited speakers. Assessment is through essays, seen and unseen examinations, and the research dissertation.

Fieldwork

The third term is given over to the dissertation project. Students conduct fieldwork for approximately two months. Fieldwork is self-funded and it is usual for students to find their own fieldwork site.

Additional information

Fee - £21,160 (FT) £10,740 (PT)

Anthropology, Environment and Development MSc

£ 10,410 VAT inc.