Master of Anthropology

Master

In Canberra (Australia)

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Canberra (Australia)

  • Start date

    Different dates available

  • Credits

    96

Anthropology is the study of contemporary human cultural lives. This degree centres on anthropology’s ethnographic approach, which is employed to understand how people live their lives, on their own terms. Such an approach enables anthropologists to examine key global challenges and events, like climate change and xenophobia, as well as how government policies, technologies, and products and services are incorporated into people’s lives. Designed for those whose work or interest is in understanding people in specific contexts, this program equips students with the necessary ethnographic skills and opportunities to undertake analysis of human lives, and to make cross-cultural comparisons. Why study anthropology at the ANU?The Master of Anthropology at the ANU is a highly sought-after program that places very strong emphasis on anthropological theory and methods with the intention of turning out graduates ready to work in applied research contexts in the public and corporate sectors. The program provides students with central skills in anthropological and ethnographic theory and methods, which includes training in research and analysis, a broad suite of optional language training, field-schools, internship placements as well as a thesis option. We offer graduates comprehensive training in ethnographic methods and anthropological theory, followed by thematised progression in accordance with the student's interests and future intentions for work or study.

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Location

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Canberra (Australia)
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The Australian National University, ACT 0200

Start date

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About this course

A Bachelor degree or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 5.0/7.0.
Cognate Disciplines
Anthropology, Cultural Heritage Studies, Development Studies, History, Human Ecology, Human Geography, Indigenous Studies, International Relations, Linguistics, Literary Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology
English language Requirements
All applicants must meet the University’s English Language Admission Requirements for Students
Assessment of qualifications alian Qualifications Framework:
ANU uses a 7-point Grade Point Average (GPA) scale. All qualifications submitted for...

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Course programme

The Master of Anthropology requires completion of 96 units, which must include:

96 units must come from completion of 6000-level, 7000-level and 8000-level courses

A minimum of 72 units must come from completion of, credit for, or exemptions for courses on the following lists:
Introductory component
Compulsory research courses
Thematic courses
THES8103 Thesis

24 units from completion of the following introductory component:

A minimum 6 units from completion of courses from the following list:

ANTH6002 Culture and Human Diversity: Introducing Anthropology
ANTH6003 Global Citizen: Culture, Development and Inequality

A maximum 18 units from completion of courses from the following list:

ANTH6004 Spirit Rising: Religious Resurgence in its Local Context
ANTH6009 Culture and Development
ANTH6017 Culture, Social Justice and Aboriginal Society Today
ANTH6025 Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANTH6026 Medicine, Healing and the Body
ANTH6057 Culture and Person
ANTH6134 States and Citizens: Anthropological Perspectives
ANTH6138 Doing Medical Anthropology
ANTH6515 Crossing Borders: Migration, Identity and Livelihood
ANTH6516 Violence and Terror
ANTH6518 Food for Thought: Anthropological theories of food and eating
ANTH6519 Social Animals: anthropological perspectives on animal-human relationships
ESEN6101 Extended University English

24 units from completion of the following compulsory research courses:

ANTH8035 History of Anthropological Theory Extended
ANTH8059 Doing Ethnography: Research Practicum in Applied Anthropology
ANTH8070 Research Design and Field Methods in Anthropology

A maximum of 24 units from completion of courses from any of the following thematic lists:

Ethnography and Research Methods
ANTH8001 Graduate Reading Course (Anthropology)
ASIA8038 Writing Ethnography in Asia and the Pacific
ASIA8047 The Death of God in the Asia-Pacific
ASIA8051 Language and Power in Asia and the Pacific
CHMD8014 Perspectives on Culture, Health and Medicine
ENVS6014 Qualitative Research Methods for Sustainability
HUMN8001 Interdisciplinary Humanities Research: Methods, Theories and Skills
HUMN8034 Collaborative Storytelling and Cultural Production
LING6311 Language and Social Interaction
SOCR8006 Online Research Methods
SOCR8008 Qualitative Social Research

Field Schools and Internships:
ANIP6503 Australian National Internships Program Internship A (Graduate)
ANIP6505 Australian National Internships Program B
ANIP6507 Australian National Internships Program D
ANTH6065 Indonesia Field School: Contemporary Change in Indonesia
ANTH6066 Indonesia Field School Extension
ANTH6135 Vietnam Field School
ANTH6137 Vietnam Field School
HUMN8037 Culture and Heritage in China Field School
MUSC8004 Internship 1
MUSC8005 Internship 2
PASI6005 Pacific Islands Field School

Food Culture, Sustainability, and Society
ANTH6064 Anthropology of Environmental Disasters
ANTH6518 Food for Thought: Anthropological theories of food and eating
ANTH8058 Inequality and Development
ASIA8021 Activism and Social Change in Asia and the Pacific
ASIA8050 Social Conflict and Environmental Challenges in Asia and the Pacific
BIAN6119 Nutrition, Disease and the Environment
BIAN6120 Culture, Biology & Population Dynamics
CHMD8013 Life, Waste and Sustainability
CHMD8020 The Future of Food and Human Health
EMDV8082 Food Wars: Food Security and Agricultural Policy
ENVS6101 Environment and Society: Geography of Sustainability
ENVS8003 Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation
SOCY6065 Excessive Appetites: Sociocultural Perspectives on Addiction and Drug Use

Technology
ANTH6136 Piracy: Property Wars from the High Seas to Anonymous
BIAN6124 Evolution and Human Behaviour
CHMD8021 Indigenous Medicines, Health and Healing
CHMD8022 Biotechnologies in Biomedicine
GEND6501 Posthuman bodies
SOCR8006 Online Research Methods
SOCY6064 Surveillance and Society
SOCY6170 Sociology of Emergent Media

Workplace and the social person
BUSI7280 Managing in a Global Context
MGMT7107 Managing Across Cultures

Migration and Travel
ANTH8042 Migration, Refugees and Development
ASIA8040 Engaging Asia: Australia and the Asian Century
ASIA8046 Maps and Mapping for the Social Sciences and Humanities
BIAN6120 Culture, Biology & Population Dynamics
CHMD8016 International Migration of Health Workers: Sociological and Ethical Aspects
HUMN8027 Critical Issues in Heritage and Museum Studies
HUMN8019 World Heritage: conserving cultural heritage values
HUMN8033 Tourism, Heritage and Globalization
HUMN8035 Critical Issues in Intangible Heritage
MUSI6007 Music and Globalisation
PASI8008 Gender and Sexuality in the Pacific

A maximum of 24 units from completion of courses from any of the following language specialisations and courses:

Arabic Language and Culture specialisation
Australian Indigenous Languages and Society specialisation
Chinese Language and culture specialisation
French Language and Culture specialisation
German Language and Culture specialisation
Hindi Language and Culture specialisation
Indonesian Language and Culture specialisation
Italian Language and Culture specialisation
Japanese Language and Culture specialisation
Korean Language and Culture specialisation
Persian Language and Culture specialisation
Portuguese Language and Culture specialisation
Russian Language and Culture specialisation
Sanskrit Language and Culture specialisation
Spanish Language and Culture specialisation
Thai Language and Culture specialisation
Turkish Language and Culture specialisation
Vietnamese Language and Culture specialisation
INDG6003 Gamilaraay- introduction to an Australia Indigenous Language
INDG6004 Continuing Gamilaraay
BURM6002 Burmese 1
BURM6003 Burmese 2
TETM6002 Tetum 1
TETM6003 Tetum 2
TETM6104 Tetum 3
TETM6105 Tetum 4
TIBN6002 Tibetan 1
TIBN6003 Tibetan 2

24 units from completion of elective course offered by ANU

Unless otherwise stated, a course used to satisfy the requirements of one list may not be double counted towards satisfying the requirements of another list

Master of Anthropology

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