Postgraduate Anthropology Modules
Core Modules (30 credits)
Enrolment for the below modules are strictly limited to students on MA programme indicated, except for students on the MA Anthropological Research Methods.
- African and Asian Diasporas in the Contemporary World (Core, MA Migration and Diaspora Studies)
- Anthropology of Development (Core, MA Social Anthropology of Development)
- Anthropology of Food (Core, MA Anthropology of Food)
- Anthropology of Travel and Tourism (Core, MA Anthropology of Travel and Tourism)
- Comparative Media Studies (Core, MA Anthropology of Media)
- Comparative Studies of Society and Culture (Core, MA Social Anthropology)
- Cultural Understandings of Health (Core, MA Medical Anthropology)
- Museums, Heritage and Material Culture Studies (Core, MA Museums, Heritage and Material Culture Studies)
- Research Methods in Anthropology (Core, MA Anthropological Research Methods)
Foundation Module (30 credits)
All students without a previous Anthropology degree will be required to take this module except for students on the MA Anthropological Research Methods and the MA Migration and Diaspora Studies.
Optional Modules (15 credits)
The remainder of the degree is made up of optional modules selected from the list below or from other departments across the School, subject to approval.
Please note: Not all modules listed below will be available every year. Please contact the relevant module convenor or Faculty Office for more information.
- African and Asian Cultures in Britain
- African and Asian Diasporas in the Modern World
- Anthropological Approaches to Agriculture, Food and Nutrition
- Anthropology of Globalisation
- Anthropology of Human Rights
- 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 Anthropology and Film
- Issues in Mind, Culture and Psychiatry
- 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
- Tourism and Travel: A Global Perspective
Running 2017/18
- African and Asian Cultures in Britain
- African and Asian Diasporas in the Contemporary World
- African and Asian Diasporas in the Modern World
- Anthropology of Development
- Anthropology of Law
- Comparative Media Studies
- Comparative Media Theory
- Comparative Studies of Society and Culture
- Cultural Understandings of Health
- 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
- Directed Practical Study in the Anthropology of Food
- Dissertation in Anthropological Research Methods
- Dissertation in Anthropology and Sociology
- Dissertation in Museums, Heritage and Material Culture Studies
- Ethnographic Research Methods
- Issues in Anthropology and Film
- Issues in Mind, Culture and Psychiatry
- Issues in the Anthropology of Gender
- Media Production Skills
- Museums, Heritage and Material Culture Studies
- Perspectives On Development
- Religions on the move: New Currents and Emerging Trends in Global Religion
- Research Methods in Anthropology
- The Anthropology of Food
- Theoretical Approaches to Social Anthropology
- Therapy and Culture