Evolution and Human Behaviour – (M.Sc.)

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The following Master's programmes are recognised by the ESRC as having research training status, so successful completion of these courses is sufficient preparation for research in the various fields of social anthropology. Many of our students do, in fact, go on to do MPhil and PhD research. Others use their Master's qualification in employment ranging from research in government departments to teaching to consultancy work overseas.

Postgraduate Diploma students may study the same course content as MA and MSc students on the respective programmes, but diploma programmes run for nine months full-time and are assessed by essays and course participation alone. Diploma students who successfully complete the coursework may, on application, be accepted onto the research and dissertation module which leads to the award of MA or MSc.

Course content
Core modules:

* Advanced Statistics and Methodology (20 credits)
* Research Project - resulting in a publication-ready journal article of approximately 3-5,000 words.
* Advanced Topics in Human Behaviour (20 credits)
* Advanced Topics in Primate Behaviour (20 credits)
* Advanced Topics in Group processes (20 credits)

Optional modules (any two of the following 20 credit modules):

* Advanced Topics in Evolutionary Anthropology
* Advanced Topics in Cognition and Emotion
* Cognitive Neural Networks
* Advanced Topics in Electrophysiology of Mind and Brain
* The Cognitive Neuroscience of Learning and Memory
* Language Production - Models and Modalities

Appropriate units may also be chosen from other School and faculty programmes after consultation with the programme convenor.

Non-credit seminars:

* Evoluiton in Social Sciences workshops
* Departmental resarch seminars