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MSc Anthropology and Professional Practice

  • DeadlineStudy Details: 1 year

Masters Degree Description

Want to learn how to use anthropological skills to solve real world problems? Studying Anthropology and Professional Practice will give you hands-on, research-led anthropological training. This flexible degree will develop your professional outlook and teach you to apply anthropological perspectives and insights in diverse professional fields. You will design, pitch and execute your own projects and learn how to use anthropology to make a difference to the organisations you go onto work in.

Entry Requirements

An upper second-class Bachelor's degree in any discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Applicants with a lower second-class Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard and a minimum of two years’ work experience may also be considered. We are keen to attract applicants from the broadest backgrounds and, therefore, do not limit the entry requirement to a specific range of disciplines. The criteria for entry will be at the discretion of the Programme Lead based on an overview of your professional experience, your justification for study in the personal statement, and the award and subject of your undergraduate degree. An upper second-class Bachelor's degree in any discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Applicants with a lower second-class Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard and a minimum of two years’ work experience may also be considered. We are keen to attract applicants from the broadest backgrounds and, therefore, do not limit the entry requirement to a specific range of disciplines. The criteria for entry will be at the discretion of the Programme Lead based on an overview of your professional experience, your justification for study in the personal statement, and the award and subject of your undergraduate degree.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

UCL Anthropology graduates work in a diverse range of industry sectors including Consultancy, PR, advertising and marketing, Media, Policy and government, Charities, NGOs and international development, Health and social care, Teaching and other educational activities, Accountancy and financial services, Scientific research, development and analysis, IT, technology and telecommunications.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • Thinking like an Anthropologist
  • Anthropology and Professional Practice: Programme Project
  • Theory, Ethnography and Professional Practice
  • Everyday Ethics in Enterprise
  • Method in Ethnography
  • Informatic Cultures: The Anthropology of Data, Algorithms and Computation
  • Anthropology of Crime
  • The Anthropology of Social Media
  • The Anthropology of Nationalism, Ethnicity and Race
  • Design Anthropology
  • Art in the Public Sphere
  • Documentary Radio - A Practice-Based Introduction
  • Introduction to Statistics for Social Research
  • The Anthropology of Fashion
  • Practical Documentary Filmmaking
  • Medical Anthropology
  • Feature Writing in a Multi-Media World: Journalistic Skills for the Digital Age
  • Visualizing Others: Colonial and Postcolonial Visual Culture
  • Multimodal Anthropology
  • Anthropology and Policy

Optional modules

  • Informatic Cultures: The Anthropology of Data, Algorithms and Computation
  • Anthropology of Crime
  • The Anthropology of Social Media
  • The Anthropology of Nationalism, Ethnicity and Race
  • Design Anthropology
  • Art in the Public Sphere
  • Documentary Radio - A Practice-Based Introduction
  • Introduction to Statistics for Social Research
  • The Anthropology of Fashion
  • Practical Documentary Filmmaking
  • Medical Anthropology
  • Feature Writing in a Multi-Media World: Journalistic Skills for the Digital Age
  • Visualizing Others: Colonial and Postcolonial Visual Culture
  • Multimodal Anthropology
  • Anthropology and Policy

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