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MRes Anthropology

  • DeadlineStudy Details: 1 year

Masters Degree Description

Anthropology is the study of humanity in all its diversity, from human behaviour and biology to our cultures, societies and language, both past and present. This one-year Anthropology MRes programme will give you a practical, methodological, and theoretical grounding in a wide range of social science and biological methods and approaches to understanding human beings, societies, and cultures, preparing you for doctoral research or professional practice.

Entry Requirements

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Applicants are usually expected to have an academic background in anthropology or a cognate discipline, either at the undergraduate or taught postgraduate level. Applicants should have a well-formed idea for a research project in advance, and are encouraged to contact proposed supervisors prior to applying to secure support for their application. The programme tutor can support applicants in recommending potential supervisors in the department.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

There is growing demand in diverse professional fields for critically trained anthropologists, with advanced research skills increasingly relevant in non-academic contexts.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • Research Methods and Skills
  • Ethnographic Area: Bibliographical Survey and Literature Review
  • M.Res. Dissertation
  • Introduction to Statistics for Social Research
  • Research Methods in Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Informatic Cultures: The Anthropology of Data, Algorithms and Computation
  • Anthropology of Technics and Technology
  • Art in the Public Sphere
  • The Anthropology of Fashion
  • Visualizing Others: Colonial and Postcolonial Visual Culture
  • Multimodal Anthropology
  • Anthropology of Crime
  • The Anthropology of Nationalism, Ethnicity and Race
  • Anthropology of Religion
  • The Anthropology of Violent Aftermaths
  • Anthropology and Policy
  • Psychological Anthropology and Cultural Psychology
  • Biosocial Anthropology, Health and Environment
  • Medical Anthropology
  • Nutrition, Health and Culture
  • History and Aesthetics of Documentary
  • Practical Documentary Filmmaking
  • Developing Ideas for Non-Fiction Film and Audio
  • Palaeoanthropology
  • The Anthropology of Social Media
  • Primate Anatomy, Evolution and Environments
  • Human Behavioural Ecology
  • Primate Behaviour and Ecology
  • Ecology of Human Groups
  • Evolutionary Medicine
  • Extra-Terrestrial Anthropology
  • Multispecies Ethnography in the Anthropocene
  • Anthropology of Platform Economies
  • Queer Anthropology

Optional modules

  • Introduction to Statistics for Social Research
  • Research Methods in Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Informatic Cultures: The Anthropology of Data, Algorithms and Computation
  • Anthropology of Technics and Technology
  • Art in the Public Sphere
  • The Anthropology of Fashion
  • Visualizing Others: Colonial and Postcolonial Visual Culture
  • Multimodal Anthropology
  • Anthropology of Crime
  • The Anthropology of Nationalism, Ethnicity and Race
  • Anthropology of Religion
  • The Anthropology of Violent Aftermaths
  • Anthropology and Policy
  • Psychological Anthropology and Cultural Psychology
  • Biosocial Anthropology, Health and Environment
  • Medical Anthropology
  • Nutrition, Health and Culture
  • History and Aesthetics of Documentary
  • Practical Documentary Filmmaking
  • Developing Ideas for Non-Fiction Film and Audio
  • Palaeoanthropology
  • The Anthropology of Social Media
  • Primate Anatomy, Evolution and Environments
  • Human Behavioural Ecology
  • Primate Behaviour and Ecology
  • Ecology of Human Groups
  • Evolutionary Medicine
  • Extra-Terrestrial Anthropology
  • Multispecies Ethnography in the Anthropocene
  • Anthropology of Platform Economies
  • Queer Anthropology

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