MA Social Anthropology of Development and Intensive Language

SOAS, University of London

Master

In City of London

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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 or Part-time
This Anthropology MA provides an understanding of the ways in which anthropological approaches and debates inform the study of meanings and concepts in development, its priorities, policies and practice. It attracts students with diverse backgrounds and study/work experiences which makes for a lively and challenging atmosphere.
The degree is designed to provide students with a fairly detailed knowledge of anthropology, development issues, research methods and either an ethnographic region (and/or language) and/or thematic interest in health/gender/food/ media. Advice will be given to match the choice of optional components to the requirements, interests, and qualifications of individual students whose background may be in general social science, regional, language or other studies. While the focus of the degree is on development issues and practice, its disciplinary orientation remains anthropological.
Students explore the contribution of anthropology to contemporary development debates, for example, on donors/aid agencies and NGOs, poverty, migration and development, dominating discourses, human rights, violence and complex emergencies, refugees, gender, social capital and community action, health, climate change, the ‘market’ (as a core metaphor of globalised development), whether there are alternatives to the market, the role of business in development (corporate social responsibility and markets for the poor) and the importance of ethical, professional conduct by anthropologists. Anthropological studies provide the basis for understanding issues of state and governance in development, as well as the meaning of community development, and of popular ‘participation’ and ‘empowerment’. Throughout the programme, the role of, and opportunities for anthropologists as professionals in development is discussed, in part through a dedicated series of seminars in term 2.

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Subjects

  • Media
  • Full Time
  • Part Time
  • Global
  • Social Anthropology
  • Sociology
  • Audit
  • Market
  • Human Rights

Course programme

Programme Overview

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 Department of Anthropology and Sociology; 135 credits, in the Intensive Language specific discipline.

The programme can be taken as a full-time study over 2 years or part-time 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.

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 One

In the first year students will take 165 credits - 60 in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology; 105 in the Intensive Language discipline.

DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGYCORE AND COMPULSORY MODULES

All students are required to take the core module, Comparative Studies of Society and Culture, worth 30 credits. Students must audit the compulsory module, Ethnographic Research Methods. This will not count towards your 315 credits. Students without a previous Anthropology Degree are required to take the compulsory module, Theoretical Approaches to Social Anthropology worth 30 credits.

  • Anthropology of Development
  • Ethnographic Research Methods
  • Theoretical Approaches to Social Anthropology
OPTIONAL MODULES

Students with a previous Anthropology Degree are not required to take the compulsory module, Theoretical Approaches to Social Anthropology. Instead, students must select 30 credits from the Anthropology and Sociology list.

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 China
  • Culture and Society of East Africa
  • 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
  • Ethnographic Research Methods
  • Issues in Mind, Culture and Psychiatry
  • Issues in Anthropology and Film
  • Issues in the Anthropology of Gender
  • Media Production Skills
  • Religions on the move: New Currents and Emerging Trends in Global Religion
  • Theoretical Approaches to Social Anthropology
  • Therapy and Culture
  • Tourism and Travel: A Global Perspective
INTENSIVE LANGUAGE DISCIPLINE

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.

ARABIC

ASIAN LANGUAGES

Two

In the second year students will take 150 credits - 120 in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology; 30 in the Intensive Language discipline.

DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGYCOMPULSORY MODULE

All students are required to take the compulsory dissertation module worth 60 credits.

  • Dissertation in Anthropology and Sociology
OPTIONAL MODULES

60 credits can be selected from the Anthropology and Sociology list (see under Year One) or other departments (see below).

OTHER DEPARTMENTSDevelopment Studies
  • Development Practice
  • Gender and Development
  • Issues in Forced Migration
  • Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) as Development Agencies
History
  • Environmental History of Asia
South Asia
  • Political economy of violence, conflict and development
INTENSIVE LANGUAGE DISCIPLINE

30 credits must be selected from the Intensive Language discipline (see under Year One).

PART-TIME STUDY OVER 4 YEARSYear One

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 SOCIOLOGY

Students are not required to take any modules in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology in their first year.

INTENSIVE LANGUAGE DISCIPLINE

Students will focus on their specialised Intensive Language discipline in their first year and must select 60 credits from their language pathway (see below). Over the summer period, students will study abroad in their specialised country of discipline (click on relevant link below). This will count for 45 credits.

ARABIC

ASIAN LANGUAGES

Two

In the second year students will take 60 credits - 30 in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology; 30 in Intensive Language discipline.

DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGYCORE AND COMPULSORY MODULES

All students must audit the compulsory module, Ethnographic Research Methods. This will not count towards your 315 credits. Students without the previous Anthropology Degree are required to take the compulsory module, Theoretical Approaches to Social Anthropology, worth 30 credits. Students with previous Anthropology Degree are required to take the core module, Anthropology of Development, worth 30 credits.

  • Anthropology of Development
  • Ethnographic Research Methods
  • Theoretical Approaches to Social Anthropology
INTENSIVE LANGUAGE DISCIPLINE

30 credits must be selected from the Intensive Language discipline (see under Year One).

Year Three

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 SOCIOLOGYCORE MODULE

Students without a previous Anthropology degree are required to take a core module, Anthropology of Development, worth 30 credits.

  • Anthropology of Development
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 China
  • Culture and Society of East Africa
  • Culture and Society of Japan
  • Anthropology of Development
  • 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
  • Ethnographic Research Methods
  • Issues in Mind, Culture and Psychiatry
  • Issues in Anthropology and Film
  • Religions on the move: New Currents and Emerging Trends in Global Religion
  • Issues in the Anthropology of Gender
  • Media Production Skills
  • Theoretical Approaches to Social Anthropology
  • Therapy and Culture
  • Tourism and Travel: A Global Perspective
OTHER DEPARTMENTSDevelopment Studies
  • Development Practice
  • Issues in Forced Migration
  • Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) as Development Agencies
History
  • Environmental History of Asia
South Asia
  • Political economy of violence, conflict and development
INTENSIVE LANGUAGE DISCIPLINE

Students have completed their required number of modules in years one and two.

Year Four

In the final year, students will take the last 90 credits in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology.

DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGYCOMPULSORY MODULE

All students are required to take the compulsory dissertation module worth 60 credits.

  • Dissertation in Anthropology and Sociology
OPTIONAL MODULES

The remaining 30 credits can be selected from the Anthropology and Sociology list or other departments (see under Year Three).

INTENSIVE LANGUAGE DISCIPLINE

Students 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
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