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- London, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
4 years
On-Campus
English
A majority of our PhD graduates have embarked on an academic career, taking up lectureships in universities in the UK as well as abroad, or pursuing further their interests through post-doctoral fellowships and other research-based posts. At the same time, SOAS anthropology PhD graduates have gone on to a range of occupations in the fields of social and market research, development organisations at home and overseas, international and national government and policy, heritage and museum services, journalism and advisory services of many kinds. Social anthropology is widely regarded by employers as excellent training, equipping holders of the degree with a range of sought after skills. The MPhil/PhD offers graduates the opportunity to enhance their qualitative research skills and advance their expertise in their chosen field of study. Thus equipped, they are valuable not only for generating the empirical data required for reaching certain decisions but also for providing the necessary critical tools that enable organisations to innovate and address the challenges of a fast-changing world. The SOAS PhD in Social Anthropology is recognized by the ESRC as both a +3 and 1+3 course.
- London, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
On-Campus
English
The MRes Visual Anthropology offers advanced-level training to students who normally already have an undergraduate or MA degree in Anthropology.
- Barcelona, Spain
On-Campus
Spanish, English
The master's degree Biological Anthropology is intended to provide holders of degrees in experimental sciences and the humanities with up-to-date training in human biodiversity, its origin, evolution and the biomedical implications. The program responds to the growing demand for specialists in the area of human biology and physical anthropology, contributing knowledge and methodologies pertaining to this area of specialization and related areas (e.g., physiology, genetics, zoology, medicine, archaeology).
- London, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
1 year
On-Campus
English
Our MA programme in the Anthropology of Food offers you the opportunity to explore historically and culturally variable foodways, from foraging to industrial agriculture, from Europe and North America to Africa, Asia and South America.
- Tallinn, Estonia
Full time
2 years
On-Campus
English
Social anthropologists research the human experience by observing and participating in people’s daily lives. The Anthropology MA program enables you to specialize in Social Anthropology and learn more about the human experience from a comparative perspective. The program provides a stimulating research environment where you can develop your own research project through a range of fieldwork-based practices that examines the relativity of world views, and the commonalities of social practices, and relate them to a broader global context.
- London, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
On-Campus
English
This programme offers advanced-level training to students who normally already have an undergraduate or MA degree in Anthropology.
- London, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
2 years
On-Campus
English
The MRes Social Anthropology offers students training in social science research methods, with a strong focus on ethnographic methods. It aims to provide students with the skills they need to conduct research at a doctoral level or to work as social science researchers. In addition to the acquisition of strong methodological skills, students are able to benefit from SOAS' renowned offering of African and Asian languages, as well as its expertise in the humanities, including philosophy, linguistics, literature, and history. This two-year intensive language pathway is directed at students who wish to combine knowledge of social anthropology with expertise in a regional language. It prepares students to apply their anthropological knowledge in a specific region by achieving proficiency in a language.
- Leuven, Belgium
Full time
2 years
On-Campus
English, Dutch
Social and Cultural Anthropology studies the socializing, meaning-making, and world-building practices of humans in different places, networks, and settings, around the world. Social and cultural anthropologists study social processes from the perspectives of the actors involved. Combining an insider's and an outsider's point of view, anthropologists actively engage and theorize the differences and similarities between people across the globe.
- London, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
1 year
On-Campus
English
This two-year intensive language pathway is directed at students who wish to combine knowledge of the anthropology of development, with expertise in a regional language. It prepares students to apply their anthropological knowledge in a developing country context by achieving proficiency in a language.
- Dundee, United Kingdom
Full time
12 months
On-Campus
English
Forensic anthropology is the study of the human, or what remains of the human, for medico-legal purposes. It plays a key role in UK and international investigations in cases of interpersonal violence and homicide, repatriation, mass disasters, and war crimes. Our Master’s course will teach you how forensic anthropology contributes to the analysis and interpretation of human remains.
- Dundee, United Kingdom
Full time
12 months
On-Campus
English
The Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology course comprises the two concepts of Forensic Archaeology and Forensic Anthropology. Forensic archaeology makes use of archaeological skills. It does so to assist with locating and recovering human remains and forensic evidence. Forensic anthropology is the analysis of human remains. This analysis is done for the medico-legal and humanitarian purposes of establishing identity.
- Barcelona, Spain
Full time
On-Campus
Spanish
Social and cultural anthropology is a social science that focuses on the processes of human sociability from a comparative viewpoint. More specifically, it explores the issue of cultural diversity.In addition to this transcultural perspective, social and cultural anthropology makes use of its own specific research method: ethnography. The success of the qualitative methodology employed in ethnography has clearly crossed the boundaries between disciplines, and it has already had a decisive influence in areas such as education, sociology and social work.
Master of Arts in Sociology and Social Anthropology (1 year)
Central European University (CEU)
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- Vienna, Austria
Full time
1 year
On-Campus
English
The primary goal of the Master of Arts in Sociology and Social Anthropology (1 year) is to enable students to deepen and broaden their knowledge of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of social phenomena, structures, and processes. In a wide range of courses on social theory, migration, religion, ethnicity, cultural policies, economic sociology, globalization, dynamics of modernity, institutional change, urban processes, and gender relations, students are encouraged to articulate individual positions about bridging the two disciplines in the topics they study.
- Budapest, Hungary
Full time
2 years
On-Campus
English
The general goal of the program is to give relevant knowledge to students about the common universal human characteristics and values in their diverse and complex manifestations from the perspective of cultural anthropology.
- London, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
1 year
On-Campus
English
The MA Anthropology of Global Futures and Sustainability programme focuses on the big challenges of our times, offering students the opportunity to explore, communicate and address the major trends and debates as engaged global citizens. The programme is suited to those who are interested in climate change, sustainability and global equality, and who want to find out how to influence policy and practice in places of power. Climate politics, mass extinction, inequalities, racial injustice and global health crises raise questions about how we currently live our lives and pose crucial questions about how we can build a sustainable future. The Anthropology of Global Futures and Sustainability MA programme focuses on the big challenges of our times, offering students the opportunity to explore, communicate and address the major trends and debates as engaged global citizens. It asks fundamental questions about what it is to be human in a complex and ever-changing world, critically questioning existing assumptions and knowledge, and productively thinking about how to envision and create a more just and sustainable world.