MPhil/PhD (with Qualifying Examination) in Anthropology
The QE/MPhil/PhD programme is designed for, and only open to, students who have secured full sponsorship for a research programme in Social Anthropology but do not fulfil entry requirements for the LSE's MPhil/PhD. The first year provides training and Qualifying Examinations equivalent to the MSc in Social Anthropology.
Year 1
Year 1 will be assessed under the LSE's Regulations for Taught Masters Degrees and Scheme For The Award Of A Taught Masters Degree. Students will automatically progress to the MPhil/PhD provided they obtain a Merit or higher in Year 1.
Students must take courses to the value of three full units and a dissertation as shown.
Paper |
Course number and title |
1
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AN404 Anthropology: Theory and Ethnography |
2
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One or two of the following to the value of one full unit:
AN402 The Anthropology of Religion
AN405 The Anthropology of Kinship, Sex and Gender
AN451 Anthropology of Politics (H)
AN456 Anthropology of Economy (1): production and exchange (H)
AN457 Anthropology of Economy (2): transformation and globalisation (H) |
3
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One or two of the following to the value of one full unit:
A paper from 2 above not already taken
AN419 The Anthropology of Christianity (H) (n/a 08/09)
AN420 The Anthropology of South-East Asia (H) (n/a 08/09)
AN421 The Anthropology of Industrialisation and Industrial Life (H)
AN424 The Anthropology of Melanesia (H) (n/a 08/09)
AN425 The Anthropology of China (H) (n/a 08/09)
AN429 The Anthropology of Southern Africa (H)
AN436 The Anthropology of Development (H)
AN437 Anthropology of Learning and Cognition
AN438 Law in Society: A Joint Course in Anthropology and Law*
AN439 Anthropology and Human Rights (H) (n/a 08/09)
AN444 Investigating the Philippines- New Approaches and Ethnographic Contexts (H)
AN447 China in Comparative Perspective
AN448 Indigenous Politics in Highland Latin America (H) (n/a 08/09)
AN453 The Anthropology of India (H) (n/a 08/09)
AN454 Social Anthropology and Darwinian Theories (H) (n/a 08/09) |
4
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AN499 Dissertation |
Notes |
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* means subject to agreement of the MSc Law, Anthropology and Society Programme Director. |
Successful completion of Year 1 will result in students obtaining the MSc in Social Anthropology. Students obtaining a Merit or higher under the LSE's MSc regulations will be eligible to progress to the MPhil.
Year 1 Non examinable components
All QE students will be entitled and encouraged to attend the Departmental Seminar on Anthropological Research (AN500) in order to develop their familiarity with current research in the discipline.
Year 2
Subject to obtaining a Merit or higher in Year 1, students progress to the MPhil which focuses on research preparation and methodological training and consists of:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/programmeRegulations/mPhilPhD/anthropology.htm
Years 3 to 5
After fieldwork (which normally lasts approximately fifteen to eighteen months) students begin writing their PhD dissertations under the close supervision of members of staff. During this period of their studies, they attend weekly thesis-writing seminars (AN503), as well as the departmental Seminars on Anthropological Theory (AN500), and fortnightly seminars on recent developments in anthropology (AN507). ^
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