Undergraduate Information

Single Honours: Degree of Master of Arts with Honours in Anthropology

The courses listed below in bold type are compulsory.

Programme Year 1 – 120 Credits
First semester Second semester
Course Code Course Title Credits Course Code Course Title Credits
AT1003

Introduction to Anthropology: Peoples of the World

 15 AT1502

Introduction to Anthropology:  Questions of Diversity

 15
Plus 90 credits from courses of choice agreed with Adviser of Studies

Programme Year 2 – 120 Credits
First semester Second semester
Course Code Course Title Credits Course Code Course Title Credits
AT2005 Political Anthropology 15 AT2510

Anthropology and Imperialism

 15
AT2006 Anthropological Approaches to Religion 15 AT2511 Colonialism Re-imagined 15
Please note that a minimum of 45 credits of Anthropology courses at level 2 is required for entry into the Honours degree programme. 60 or 75 credits are required from courses in other subjects, to make a total of 120.

Programme Year 3 – 120 Credits
First semester Second semester
Course Code Course Title Credits Course Code Course Title Credits
AT3004 Anthropological Theory 30 AT3518 Society and Nature 30
AT3020 Doing Anthropological Research 30 AT3519 Ethnography 15
AT3517 Research Project Part 1 15
All courses are compulsory

Programme Year 4 – 120 Credits
First semester Second semester
Course Code Course Title Credits Course Code Course Title Credits
AT4005 Research Project Part 2 30 AT4509 Anthropology of the North 30
AT4011 The Four A's: Anthropology, Archaeology, Art and Architecture 30 AT4512 Material Culture and Museums 30
AT4026 Roads: Mobility, Movement, Migration 30 AT4516 Anthropology and Landscape 30
AT4027

Materials, Technology and Power in the Andean Region

 30 AT4520

Anthropological Approaches to Knowledge Production: Critical Studies of Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Value

 30
AT4030

Anthropology of Myth

 30 AT4528 The North American Plains: Representations, Politics and Social Life 30
Students take AT4005 plus Level 4 courses that amount to 90 credits, of which at least 60 must be from the Level 4 Anthropology options listed above. Students normally take one option course in the first semester and two in the second. With the permission of the Head of Department candidates may obtain up to 30 credits from outwith the Department of Anthropology, in place of one of the Anthropology options.