Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: MA 1 year full-time, 2-3 years part-time
Are you interested in how different people around the world do things differently? Have you ever questioned the taken for granted assumptions about what is “normal” behaviour in your culture, your workplace, or in powerful institutions? Have you got an interest in culture, behaviour, cultural heritage, or social justice? If so, then anthropology is the subject for you.
Social anthropology is the study of people, cultures and societies around the world. It takes cultures on their own terms, and values the importance of culture to helping us understand the world we live in. Social Anthropology gives us the tools that we need to understand human cultural and social difference, and to really start to make sense of how people, groups and organisations think about the world.
Social anthropology at SOAS is an introduction to the discipline of anthropology and its history, its theories, and methods. You do not need to have studied anthropology before to get the most out of this programme. It is the perfect introduction to the anthropological way of seeing the world and global problems or would be the perfect way to convert into the discipline if you wish to pursue a research degree later.
If you have studied anthropology before, a postgraduate degree at SOAS will allow you to develop your specialisms and research interests even further, including the possibility of learning a new language and delving deeper into a topic through a self-designed research project on our Dissertation module
We will consider all applications with 2:ii (or international equivalent) or higher. In addition to degree classification we take into account other elements of the application including supporting statement and references.
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Students from SOAS’ Department of Anthropology and Sociology develop an in-depth understanding of the world. Employers value our graduates’ cultural awareness and global perspective, as well as their skills in analysis, data interpretation and problem-solving.
Recent graduates have been hired by:
Core
60 credits core
799A Dissertation (MA) in Anthropology - 60 credits
Open
Compulsory
45 credits compulsory
702 Ethnographic Research Methods - 15 credits
Open
701 Contemporary Anthropological Theory - 15 credits
Open
721 Ethnographic Encounters - 15 credits
Open
Guided options List A
All students choose 45 credits: minimum 30 credits from List A and up to 15 credits from List B
753 Mind, Culture and Psychiatry - 15 credits
Open
725 African and Asian Diasporas: Culture, Politics, Identities - 15 credits
Open
722 Food, Place and Mobility - 15 credits
Open
755 Bodies and Cultures - 15 credits
Open
751 Conceptualising the Social - 15 credits
Open
Ethnography in Music and Sound - 15 credits
Open
Guided options List B
All students choose 45 credits: minimum 30 credits from List A and up to 15 credits from List B
750B Ethnographic Locations: East Asia - 15 credits
Open
750A Ethnographic Locations: Sub-Saharan Africa - 15 credits
Open
750D Ethnographic Locations: South Asia - 15 credits
Open
750E Ethnographic Locations: Southeast Asia - 15 credits
Open
Open options
Students can take a maximum of 30 credits from the School-wide open options list, including languages.
SOAS University of London is a world-leading institution for the study of Asia, Africa and the Middle East, offering a postgraduate experience t...
