Social Anthropology MRes

The MRes consists of both compulsory and optional modules, a typical selection can be found below. Modules can vary from year to year, but these offer a good idea of what we teach.

Full-time

Compulsory

• Ethnographic Research Methods 1
• Ethnographic Research Methods 2
• Dissertation in Social Anthropology Research

Optional

• The Anthropology of the Body
• Anthropology of the Person
• Anthropology of International Development
• Kinship, Sex and Gender
• Themes in Psychiatric Anthropology
• Themes in Psychological Anthropology
• The Anthropology of Childhood
• Anthropological Perspectives of Humanitarian Assistance
• Anthropological Perspectives of War
• The Anthropology of Youth
• The Anthropology of Global Health
• Applied Medical Anthropology in the arena of Global Health
• Anthropology of Education
• Anthropology of Learning
• Guided Study Module
• Ethnicity, Identity and Culture
• Medical Anthropology in Clinical and Community Settings

Part-time

Year 1

• Option modules

Year 2

• Compulsory modules

Read more about the structure of postgraduate degrees at Brunel and what you will learn on the course.