MSc in Anthropology and Development

The MSc Anthropology & Development offers students an integrated and up-to-date course in the two fields, which draws on the breadth of research expertise and practical experience in the Department of Anthropology and the Development Studies Institute.

When to apply: We recommend that students apply as early as possible in order to ensure that they receive full consideration both for places on the MSc and for financial assistance from the School. However, if places are still available we will continue to accept applications after the School's deadline.

The course: The twelve-month programme consists of two compulsory courses, one optional course, and an essay (dissertation).

1. The first compulsory course is Anthropology: Theory and Ethnography. This covers the development of modern anthropological theory and the relationship between theoretical analysis and ethnographic data.
   
   
2. The second compulsory course is
   EITHER Development: Theory, History and Policy
   OR Development Management (H) and two of Managing Globalization (H), The Political Economy of Development Management (H) and Public Management and Development (H).
   
   
3. Students must also select, from an approved list, courses to the value of one unit (if Development: Theory, History and Policy was taken under paper 2) or to the value of half a unit (if Development Management and two options were taken under paper 2) in Anthropology or Development.
   
   
4. After examinations in June in the courses above, students write an essay (dissertation) of not more than 10,000 words on an approved topic of their own choice, which is submitted in mid-September.

Please bear in mind that each year we are only able to offer a selection from our range of optional courses. Owing to the introduction of new courses and possible academic staff changes, information about optional courses available next year is not necessarily final. The following courses are offered by the Anthropology Department every year: Anthropology: Theory & Ethnography (AN404); Anthropology of Religion (AN402); Kinship, Sex & Gender (AN405); The Anthropology of Learning & Cognition (AN437); Anthropology of Economy: transformation and globalisation (AN450); Anthropology of Politics (AN451); Anthropology of Economy: production and exchange (AN452).  Click here to see the current Option Availability in Anthropology.

Please click here for the home page of the online Graduate Prospectus, which contains further information and an application form. Follow this link for the prospectus page on the MSc Anthropology and Development.

If you have questions beyond those addressed in the Graduate Prospectus, please check the Department's FAQ page before contacting the Department.

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