MA Anthropological Research

Year of entry: 2024

Course unit details:
Independent Theoretical & Ethnographic Analysis I

Course unit fact file
Unit code SOAN60771
Credit rating 15
Unit level FHEQ level 7 – master's degree or fourth year of an integrated master's degree
Teaching period(s) Semester 1
Available as a free choice unit? No

Overview

The module is designed to meet ESRC guidelines for postgraduate training. The subject-specific guidelines for Social Anthropology specify the need for a student to acquire 'familiarity with a regional literature and relevant areas of social and cultural theory'. This is best achieved through an individually focused, intensive reading course, guided by a supervisor who is knowledgeable about the research question at issue.

Aims

FOR MA ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH STUDENTS ONLY

To give the student an initial grounding in the regional literature in anthropology (and related disciplines), including some relevant comparative literature, and of the relevant social and cultural theory related to the research project s/he intends to carry out in subsequent years.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this module, the student will be able to identify the theoretical perspectives relating to his/her research question and begin to assess, in the light of existing ethnographic work on a given region and beyond that region, what significant contributions might be made to the field of study.

Teaching and learning methods

Meetings with supervisor, following an individual reading course

Assessment methods

One 3000 word essay

Recommended reading

To be agreed between Supervisor and Student

Additional notes

Information
This course unit is only available to MA Anthropological Research students. It is a reading course guided normally by main supervisor.

Timetable
Times to be arranged between Supervisor and Student

TUTORS: INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISORS

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