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Anthropology of Health and Illness – (M.Sc.)
The University of Edinburgh
College of Humanities & Social Science
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 7,482 - ≈ € 13,937 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Edinburgh / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of The University of Edinburgh
The MSc Programme in the Anthropology of Health and Illness gives students an advanced understanding of health, illness and medicine in a globalizing world.
The Programme:
* introduces students to the key debates in current medical anthropology
* enables students to think through health and healing practices with social theory;
* offers training in anthropological research methods for health-related settings;
* provides students with an understanding of the possibilities and limits of medical anthropology within broader debates about global health.
Contents
Graduates of this programme will be able to work in academic and applied health research. They will have gained the conceptual and methodological skills to understand contemporary health practices in a wider context of social, political, and economic problems.
How You Will Be Taught Teaching combines lectures, seminars and tutorials, plus a combination of essays and assessed coursework. There will also be an original research dissertation (15,000 words) on a chosen topic. The programme works in close collaboration with the Centre for International Public Health Policy (CIPHP) and other subjects in the School of Social and Political Science.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
A good first degree in an appropriate subject, equivalent to a UK 2:1.
English Language Requirements
* IELTS 6.5 (with 6.0 in each section)
* TOEFL 580 (with 55 in each section and 4.0 in TWE)
* TOEFL 237 in CBT (with 21 in each section)
* TOEFL-iBT 92 (with at least 20 in each section)
* CPE Grade B or higher
* CAE Grade A
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
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