MA Anthropology of Travel and Tourism (not running 2018/19)
Master
In City of London
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
City of london
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Start date
Different dates available
Start of programme: September intake only
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
Who is this programme for?:
The degree is suitable for students with an interest in anthropological approaches to diverse aspects of tourism as a cultural force in the contemporary world, from sustainable development to cultural heritage. Our students come from all over the world, following BA study, a masters degree in another field, or work and travel experience. This combination of diverse backgrounds and skills creates a uniquely stimulating intellectual environment. Many of our graduates go on to a PhD, while others pursue careers in research and consulting, NGOs, museums and other cultural institutions, travel-writing alternative tourism enterprises, government agencies, and for-profit businesses.
Please note that that this degree will NOT be running in 2018/19
The SOAS MA Anthropology of Travel and Tourism enables students to pursue specialist interests in global voluntary mobility while gaining advanced training in social and cultural anthropology in a world-leading department. Combining a rigorous set of core courses with options to suit each student’s unique interests, the programme is designed to accommodate students with or without a prior degree in Social Anthropology.
Students will develop expertise in anthropological theory and practice; learn to undertake ethnographic research; and gain comprehensive grounding in the anthropological study of travel and tourism, including issues of development, political economy, cultural change, heritage, cross-cultural encounter, representation and meaning, space and place, commodification, and interconnections between diverse histories and cultures of travel worldwide. Learn about the Anthropology modules (courses) for this programme. th their diasporas;
the opportunity to engage with numerous other units at SOAS, such as the Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies, the Food Studies Centre, the Centre for Ethnographic...
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Subjects
- Travel Tourism
- Music
- Media
- Tourism
- Global
- Travel and Tourism
- Social Anthropology
- Sociology
- Options
- Cross Cultural
Course programme
The programme consists of 180 credits in total: 120 credits of modules and a dissertation of 10,000 words at 60 credits.
All students are expected to take the core and compulsory modules listed below, except for students with a previous Anthropology degree, who are not required to take the Theoretical Approaches to Social Anthropology module but may wish to select this as part of their 120 credits from the options lists.
All students must audit the compulsory module, Ethnographic Research Methods during term 1. This will not count towards the 180 credits. Students will be expected to attend only lectures and do not attend seminars or submit any assessments. Students may choose to take this module (worth 15 credits) as part of their 120 credits from the option lists.
Students with a previous Anthropology degree will be required to take 30 credits from the Anthropology and Sociology options list.
All students can select the remaining credits from the Department of Anthropology and Sociology or relevant options from other departments or a language module. Note that students are NOT limited to the modules in other departments listed below; additional options may be available on approval. See below for a detailed programme structure.
Language Entitlement Programme:
Many students choose to pursue language study through the SOAS Language Entitlement Programme (LEP). Languages normally available include Arabic, Chinese, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish and Urdu. Others may also be offered.
Programme DetailCOMPULSORY MODULESStudents without a previous Anthropology degree are required to take all the compulsory modules, totalled at 90 credits. Students with a previous Anthropology degree are not required to take the Theoretical Approaches to Social Anthropology module, totalled at 60 credits. All students are required to audit the Ethnographic Research Methods module. This will not count towards your 180 credits.
- Dissertation in Anthropology and Sociology
- Ethnographic Research Methods
- Theoretical Approaches to Social Anthropology
All students must take the core module worth 30 credits.
- Anthropology of Travel and Tourism
Students with a previous Anthropology degree: 30 credits of your programme must be selected from the Anthropology and Sociology list. All students can select the remaining 60 credits from Anthropology and Sociology or other departments a language module.
Anthropology and Sociology- African and Asian Cultures in Britain
- African and Asian Diasporas in the Modern World
- Anthropological approaches to agriculture, food and nutrition
- Anthropology of Globalisation (PG)
- Anthropology of Human Rights (PG)
- Anthropology of Law
- Comparative Media Theory
- Culture and Society of East Africa
- Culture and Society of China
- Culture and Society of Japan
- Culture and Society of Near and Middle East
- Culture and Society of South Asia
- Culture and Society of South East Asia
- Culture and Society of West Africa
- Directed Practical Study in the Anthropology of Tourism
- Ethnographic Research Methods
- Issues in Mind, Culture and Psychiatry
- Issues in Anthropology and Film
- Issues in the Anthropology of Gender
- 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
- Curating Africa: African Film and Video in the Age of Festivals
- Theoretical and Contemporary Issues in Global Media and Post-National Communication
- Environment, Governance and Development
- Diaspora Contexts and Visual Culture
- Representing Conflict: A Cross-Cultural and Inter Disciplinary Approach
- Aspects of Music and Religion in South East Asia
- Klezmer Music: Roots and Revival
- Musical Traditions of East Asia (Masters)
- Popular and Fusion Music in South East Asia (PG)
- The Music Business (Masters)
- The Indian Ocean in World Politics
- Colonialism and Christian Missions in Africa: Readings from the Archives
- Religions and Development
- (Post) Colonialism and Otherness in South East Asia on Screen
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; 129kb)
Important notice regarding changes to programmes and modules
MA Anthropology of Travel and Tourism (not running 2018/19)