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Anthropology (Dept of History and Philosophy of Science)

Requirements for a major:

A major in Anthropology requires the completion of a minimum of five second or third-year level semester subjects (a total of 83.3 points).

Anthropology offers two single-semester subjects at first-year level. The normal prerequisite for entry to second or third-year level Anthropology subjects is completion of at least one of these first-year subjects (12.5 points). Most further Anthropology subjects are offered at both second- and third-year levels. Certain subjects are offered only at third-year level, and require the completion of at least two Anthropology subjects at second-year level. In exceptional circumstances this prerequisite may be waived. Students should note that no subject passed at second-year may be taken at third-year level. The Anthropology Handbook (available from the Anthropology Office, Room 243 Old Arts) provides further details about Anthropology subjects.

Entry to Fourth-year Honours

All students wishing to enter the Pure or Combined degree course in Anthropology must seek the advice of the head of Anthropology in planning their courses.

Students proceeding to fourth-year honours must have met all the requirements for a major in Anthropology with an average of H2A or better (in exceptional circumstances, an average of H2B may be accepted) and have completed all the requirements for the BA pass degree. In the case of combined honours, students must have completed a major in each area of study and met the requirements for entry to honours in both areas of study.

Prospective honours students must have completed at least one of the Anthropology subjects offered only at third-year level. In 1995, the subject available is 136-394 Issues in Contemporary Anthropological Theory.

Fourth-year Requirements:

Pure Honours: students are required to complete 1) four fourth-year single-semester subjects, each worth 16.7 points, one of which must be 136-475 Ethnographic Method and the Text; and 2) 136-471 Anthropology Honours Research Project worth 33.3 points.

Combined Honours: students are required to complete two Anthropology single-semester subjects, it is recommended that one of these be 136-475 Ethnographic Method and the Text. Students who are undertaking their thesis in Anthropology also enrol in 136-477 Anthropology Honours Research Project.

136-171 ANTHROPOLOGY 1A: SOCIAL ORDER AND SOCIAL CHANGE
136-172 ANTHROPOLOGY 1B: VARIETIES OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE
136-271/371 STRUCTURE OF MYTH AND RITUAL PROCESSES: DIVINITY AND SOCIETY
136-272/372 ETHNIC NATIONALISM AND THE MODERN WORLD
136-277/377 POWER, IDEOLOGY AND INEQUALITY
136-281/381 CULTURE CHANGE AND PROTEST MOVEMENTS
136-285/385 ANTHROPOLOGY OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS
136-292/392 SUBSISTENCE AND SOCIETY: POWER, PRODUCTION AND EXCHANGE
136-293/393 ANTHROPOLOGY OF GENDER
136-374 KINSHIP, ALLIANCE AND SOCIAL ORGANISATION
136-394 ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY

Fourth-Year Subjects

136-446 EXPLANATION AND UNDERSTANDING IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
136-447 READING TEXTS IN SOCIAL THEORY
136-475 ETHNOGRAPHIC METHOD AND THE TEXT
136-476 ANTHROPOLOGICAL DEBATES
136-478 SEX, REPRODUCTION AND THEORIES OF HUMAN CONNECTION
136-491 DIRECTED STUDY IN ANTHROPOLOGY
136-477 ANTHROPOLOGY HONOURS RESEARCH PROJECT

Further information:

Student Union Counter handbook
Local faculty/departmental handbooks and course guides on WWW (not yet implemented).

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