23 Master Degrees in Social Anthropology 2024
- London, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
1 year
On-Campus
English
Our MA Social Anthropology programme is designed on a modular basis offering different pathways to suit students with a degree in social anthropology wishing to pursue more specialist topics and/or more regional and language-based study; students with little or no previous knowledge of social anthropology wishing to acquire a broad knowledge of the discipline; and students with little or no previous knowledge of social anthropology wishing to take the degree as a conversion course before proceeding to a research degree in anthropology.
- Saint Andrews, United Kingdom
Full time
1 year
On-Campus
English
The MRes in Social Anthropology provides a firm foundation in the methods and methodologies of social anthropology and the human sciences, to serve as a basis for knowledgeable and skilled research in social anthropology. The MRes in Social Anthropology is a full-time postgraduate program run by the Department of Social Anthropology within the School of Philosophical, Anthropological, and Film Studies.
- Canterbury, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
On-Campus
English
This advanced Program in social and cultural anthropology provides training in contemporary anthropological theory and methodology focusing on the understanding of the human condition and the challenges it faces today. It is designed to receive students with previous undergraduate training in the humanities or social sciences (such as history, sociology, and geography), as well as students from biology, who wish to deepen their knowledge of human sociality. It provides in-depth generalist training in contemporary social anthropology in preparation either for a research degree or for entering professional fields where anthropological knowledge and methods constitute valuable assets.
- Brighton, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
1 year
On-Campus
English
Located within the School of Global Studies, which has a strong tradition of socially and politically engaged anthropology focusing on real-world issues. This MA is for you if you want to deepen your knowledge of anthropology – but it also offers professional training if you’re new to the field.
- London, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
On-Campus
English
Are you interested in a career in anthropology, but haven’t studied the subject before? Have you studied anthropology in the past, but need to consolidate this experience before moving into anthropological research?
- Kaunas, Lithuania
2 years
On-Campus
English
This Program offers an intensive introduction to contemporary sociocultural anthropology. The Master's of Social Anthropology Program is designed to study social and cultural variations as well as similarities of societies and social groups all over the world. Such topics as transnational mobility, debated cultural practices of inclusion and exclusion as well as the transformation of the state are especially articulated in the Program. It also provides the students with a thorough theoretical and methodological grounding, essential for attaining non-judgmental understanding and appreciation of the diversity of cultures, significance of cross-cultural perspectives and intercultural understanding. The students are taught to conduct independent scientific research and ethnographic fieldwork as well as apply other methods of inquiry.The Program is taught in English and provides an opportunity for the international and local students to study together; it also combines classroom and experiential field-based learning activities that are adopted to each student’s career plan.
- London, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
1 year
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.
- Kaunas, Lithuania
Full time
2 years
On-Campus
English
This Programme offers an intensive introduction to contemporary anthropology. As societies around the world vary enormously in their social, cultural, and political forms, the Master of Social Anthropology Programme is designed to study these variations and the common humanity contained therein. Such topics as transnational mobility, debated cultural practices of inclusion and exclusion as well as the transformation of the state are specially articulated in the Programme. It also provides the students with a thorough theoretical and methodological grounding, essential for attaining non-judgmental understanding and appreciation of the diversity of other cultures, the significance of cross-cultural perspectives, and intercultural understanding.
- 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.
- Tromsø, Norway
Full time
2 years
On-Campus
English
The Department of Social Science offers a two-year full-time Master's program in Visual Anthropology. This program aims to teach students how to produce knowledge about people's lives and cultures through an exploration of their everyday lives based on the use of qualitative social science research methods and ethnographic film. The program combines lectures in academic theory and method, filmmaking, and practical instruction in camerawork, sound recording, and editing.
- Riga, Latvia
Full time
2 years
On-Campus
English
Anthropology is becoming increasingly relevant given shrinking distances in terms of global mobility, intensification in migration and ever-increasing inter-cultural contact. Further, once seemingly homogenous local societies display increasing inner diversity. The study programme helps students develop a thoroughly anthropological approach to the themes of self and agency, gender, state and power, borders/migration, consumerism, art/performance.
- Canterbury, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
On-Campus
English
Our world is experiencing humanitarian and environmental challenges of disturbing dimensions. This program addresses these challenges from a human and ethical angle, exploring the social, political, economic, and technological aspects of the crises that mark our contemporary world.
MSc in Data, Inequality and Society
The University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh Futures Institute
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- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
1 year
On-Campus
English
What makes societies inclusive? How do data practices describe, amplify or confront problems of marginalisation and inequality? This new MSc programme from the Edinburgh Futures Institute brings advanced, cross-disciplinary knowledge together with sectors and experts who are committed to building inclusive and equitable global societies.