MA Social Anthropology

1 Year On Campus Masters Program

University of Manchester

Program Overview

The objective of this course is to communicate an anthropologically-informed understanding of social life in both Western and non-Western societies. By confronting you with the remarkable diversity of human social and cultural experience, our aim is to encourage you to question taken-for-granted assumptions and to view the world from a new perspective.Through a set of core course units, comprising about a third of coursework credits, you are provided with a comprehensive grounding in classical as well as contemporary debates in social anthropology and are introduced to the distinctive research methods and ethical positions associated with the discipline. You can select units of study from a good number of elective modules offered by staff working at the forward edge of their fields of study, and complete augment these by choosing from a broad range of units offered around the Faculty of Humanities. 

PGDip - Duration: 9 Months, Fees: £19,333

Program Key Stats

£29000 (Annual cost)



42 %

Eligibility Criteria


110
165
165
700
7.0
110
1300
29

Additional Information & Requirements

Career Options

  • Academia
  • Archaeology
  • Consultancy
  • Government
  • History
  • Sociology

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