MSc in Social Anthropology (Religion in the Contemporary World)
Programme Code: TMSARCW
Department: Anthropology
For students starting this programme of study in 2023/24
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Full-year programme. Students must take courses to the value of four full units. Attendance at seminars and at non-assessed tutorials is compulsory.
Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
Paper |
Course number, title (unit value) | |
Paper 1 |
AN402 The Anthropology of Religion (1.0) | |
Paper 2 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
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AN419 The Anthropology of Christianity (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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AN420 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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AN424 The Anthropology of Melanesia (0.5) | |
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AN444 Investigating the Philippines - New Approaches and Ethnographic Contexts (0.5) # (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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AN482 Bangladesh and Beyond: Anthropological Perspectives (0.5) (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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EU437 Europe Beyond Modernity (0.5) | |
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EU475 Europe and the Politics of Secularism (0.5) | |
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GV4C9 Globalization and Democratization in Southeast Asia (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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IR465 The International Politics of Culture and Religion (1.0) # (not available 2024/25) | |
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IR4B1 Islam in World Politics (0.5) | |
Paper 3 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
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AN404 Anthropology: Theory and Ethnography (1.0) | |
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AN405 The Anthropology of Kinship, Sex and Gender (1.0) | |
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AN451 Anthropology of Politics (0.5) | |
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AN456 Anthropology of Economy (1): Production and Exchange (0.5) | |
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AN457 Anthropology of Economy (2): Transformation and Globalisation (0.5) | |
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AN479 Anthropology of Law (0.5) | |
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AN480 Public Anthropology (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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AN481 Health and Welfare: Anthropological Perspectives (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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AN483 Anthropology, Art, and Poetics (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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AN484 Anthropological Approaches to Race, Racism, and Decolonisation (0.5) | |
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AN492 Anthropological Entanglements in the Middle East (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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AN493 Language, Signs, World, Action! Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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EU478 The Culture of European Politics (0.5) | |
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HY435 Ideology, State, Jihad: Political Islam from Ibn Taymiyya to ISIS (1.0) | |
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PB416 Cognition and Culture (0.5) (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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An additional unit from Paper 2 not previously taken or a course from another MSc subject to the approval of programme director. | |
Paper 4 |
AN497 Dissertation: Religion in the Contemporary World (1.0) | |
Paper 2 options list
AN419 The Anthropology of Christianity (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
AN420 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
AN424 The Anthropology of Melanesia (0.5) | |
AN444 Investigating the Philippines - New Approaches and Ethnographic Contexts (0.5) # (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
EU437 Europe Beyond Modernity (0.5) | |
EU475 Europe and the Politics of Secularism (0.5) | |
GV4C9 Globalization and Democratization in Southeast Asia (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
IR465 The International Politics of Culture and Religion (1.0) # (not available 2024/25) | |
IR4B1 Islam in World Politics (0.5) | |
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options
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