MA Medical Anthropology and Intensive Language
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
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
Who is this programme for?:
Intercalating medical students, or students intending to pursue a medical degree.
Students with a degree in the social sciences or humanities wishing to acquire a broad understanding of medical anthropology with reference to Asia or Africa, but also including other parts of the world
People with professional experience in medical practice who have an interest in cross-cultural understandings of health and illness.
Students with a degree in social anthropology wishing to pursue more specialist topics in the anthropology of medicine.
Students without a previous degree in Anthropology looking for an MA conversion degree to serve as a qualification for pursuing a further research degree in anthropology
The two-year intensive language pathway is directed at students who want to engage with a country in a professional as well as academic way, as the intensive language courses will enable them to reach a near proficient knowledge of the language.
As one might expect of study at SOAS, our programme is unique in that we take a cultural and phenomenological approach to the anthropology of medicine. That is, we stress a truly cross-cultural method, one which unites all medical systems in a unified comparative perspective. This allows students to grasp the underlying principles and questions common to all therapeutic systems. Given the diversity of the School’s courses, students may choose options which strengthen either the humanities or the development studies aspects of their interests.
It can also be taken with an intensive language pathway over two years, therefore making this programme unique in Europe..
The Japanese pathway is available for students who have an intermediate level of Japanese. Students will be required to take a placement exam in the week before classes begin in order to determine if their level is suitable
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Subjects
- Humanities
- Full Time
- Part Time
- Global
- Perspective
- Sociology
- Audit
- Options
- Cross Cultural
- Arabic
- IT
- Social Anthropology
- Systems
- Medical
- Medical training
- Language
- Anthropology
- Cultural Studies
- Intercultural awareness
- Indian Cinema
- Intensive Language
- Medical Anthropology
- Ethnographic
- Intensive
Course programme
The programme consists of 315 credits in total: 255 credits of modules and a dissertation of 10,000 words at 60 credits. 180 credits will be taken in the Deprtment of Anthropology and Sociology; 135 credits, in the Intensive Lanuguage specific discipline.
The Programme can be taken as a full-time study over 2 years or part-time study over 4 years.
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 180 credits from the options lists.
All students must audit the compulsory module, Ethnographic Research Methods. This will not count towards the 315 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 180 credits from the option lists.
All students are required to take 15 credits from list A.
The remaining credits can be selected from the relevant lists in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology or relevant options from other departments module. See below for a detailed programme structure.
Programme DetailFULL-TIME STUDY OVER 2 YEARSYear OneIn the first year students without a previous Anthropology Degree will take 165 credits - 60 in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology; 105 in the Intensive Language discipline. Students with a previous Anthropology Degree will take 150 credits, 45 in Department of Anthropology and 105 in the Intensive Language discipline.
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGYCOMPULSORY MODULESAll students are required to audit the Ethnographic Research Methods module. This will not count towards your 180 credits. Students without a previous Anthropology Degre are required to take the compulsory module, Theoretical Approaches to Social Anthropology, worth 30 credits.
- Ethnographic Research Methods
- Theoretical Approaches to Social Anthropology
All students must take the core module, Medical Anthropology in Global Perspective, worth 30 credits.
- Medical Anthropology in Global Perspective
Students without a previous Anthropology Degree are not required to complete any optional module during their first year. Students with a previous Anthropology Degree must select 15 credits from List A. The additional 15 credits can be selected from either List A or List B.
List AAnthropology 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)
- Issues in Mind, Culture and Psychiatry
- Issues in the Anthropology of Gender
- Perspectives On Development
- Aid and Development
- Development Practice
- Famine and food security
- Gender and Development
- Anthropology of Human Rights (PG)
- Anthropology of Law
- 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
- Ethnographic Research Methods
- Religions on the move: New Currents and Emerging Trends in Global Religion
- Media Production Skills
- Tourism and Travel: A Global Perspective
60 credits must be selected from the Intensive Language discipline (see below). Over the summer period, students will study abroad in their specialised country of discipline. This will count for 45 credits.
ARABICJAPANESE
- ASIAN LANGUAGES
Two
In the second year students without a previous Anthropology Degree will take 150 credits - 120 in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology; 30 in the Intensive Language discipline. Students with a previous Anthropology Degree will take 165 credits -135 in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology; 30 in the Intensive Language discipline.
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGYCOMPULSORY MODULESAll students are required to take the compulsory dissertation module worth 60 credits.
- Dissertation in Anthropology and Sociology
Students without a previous Anthropology Degree must select 15 credits from List A optional modules, remaining 45 credits can be selected from list A or B. Students with a previous Anthropology Degree can select 60 credits can be selected from list A or B. (Please note that the list A & B can be found under Year One)
HistoryNear and Middle East- Japanese Modernity I
- Japanese Modernity II
- Buddhism in Tibet
- Death and Religion
- East Asian Buddhist Thought
- Eastern and Orthodox Christianity
- Jainism: History, Doctrine and the Contemporary World
In the first year students will take 105 credits in the Intensive Language discipline. No modules will be taken in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology.
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGYStudents are not required to take any modules in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology in their first year.
INTENSIVE LANGUAGE DISCIPLINE60 credits must be selected from the Intensive Language discipline (see below). Over the summer period, students will study abroad in their specialised country of discipline. This will count for 45 credits.
ARABICJAPANESE
- ASIAN LANGUAGES
Two
In the second year students will take 60 credits - 30 in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology; 30 in the Intensive Language discipline.
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGYCORE MODULESAll students are required to take the core module, Medical Anthropology in Global Perspective, worth 30 credits. Students must audit the compulsory module, Ethnographic Research Methods. This will not count towards your 315 credits.
- Medical Anthropology in Global Perspective
- Ethnographic Research Methods
Students will take 60 credits in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology. No modules will be taken in the Intensive Language discipline.
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGYCOMPULSORY MODULESStudents without a previous Degree in Anthropology are required to take the compulsory module, Theoretical Approaches to Social Anthropology, worth 30 credits.
- Theoretical Approaches to Social Anthropology
Students without a previous Anthropology Degree will take optional modules worth 30 credits. 15 credits must be selected from the List A, the remaining 15 credits can be selected from the list A or List B. Students with a previous Anthropology Degree will take optional modules worth 60 credits, 15 credits must be selected from the List A, remaining 45 credits can be selected from the List A or List B.
List AAnthropology 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)
- Issues in Mind, Culture and Psychiatry
- Issues in the Anthropology of Gender
- Perspectives On Development
- Aid and Development
- Development Practice
- Famine and food security
- Gender and Development
- Anthropology of Human Rights (PG)
- Anthropology of Law
- 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
- Ethnographic Research Methods
- Religions on the move: New Currents and Emerging Trends in Global Religion
- Media Production Skills
- Tourism and Travel: A Global Perspective
- Japanese Modernity II
- Jainism: History, Doctrine and the Contemporary World
- Buddhism in Tibet
- Death and Religion
- Eastern and Orthodox Christianity
Students have completed their required number of modules in years one and two.
Year FourIn the final year, students will take the last 90 credits in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology.
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGYCOMPULSORY MODULESAll students are required to take the compulsory dissertation module worth 60 credits.
- Dissertation in Anthropology and Sociology
All students are required to select 30 credits from List A or List B.
INTENSIVE LANGUAGE DISCIPLINEStudents have completed their required number of credits in the language pathway and do not take further credits in their final year.
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; 142kb)
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MA Medical Anthropology and Intensive Language