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Ethnobotany – (M.Sc.)
University of Kent, Canterbury Campus
Anthropology and Conservation
| Application Deadline: | as early as possible | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 9,025 - ≈ € 13,116 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Canterbury / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 60 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Kent, Canterbury Campus
Ethnobotany is an increasingly important subject. It is essentially interdisciplinary, involving knowledge of plants and their ecology in the context of their cultural, social and economic significance. This programme combines anthropological studies of human-environment interaction and socio-cultural knowledge of plants in different parts of the world with ecology, conservation science, environmental law and biodiversity management. It also covers plant conservation and sustainable management practices, taxonomy, and economic botany. Members of staff have particular expertise in ethnobiological classification, historical ecology, medical anthropology, computing applications, indigenous knowledge, ethnographic research methods, the human ecology of tropical subsistence systems, wildlife conservation, biodiversity management, agricultural change, sustainable development, economic botany and plant taxonomy.
The programme is taught jointly with the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew (recently created a World Heritage Site) and the DICE.
Contents
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
* Anthropological Research Methods I (20 credits)
* Botanical Foundations of Ethnobotany (20 credits)
* Contemporary Issues in Ethnobotany (20 credits)
* Environmental Anthropology (20 credits)
* Ethnobiological Knowledge Systems (20 credits)
* Plant Resources and their Conservation (20 credits)
* Dissertation of 15,000 words
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
A good honours degree (2.1 or above) in anthropology or associated fields.
If English is not your first language you need to have an English language qualification to study at Kent. Qualifications we accept include IELTS, TOEFL, the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) or the Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CAE) or the Cambridge First Certificate in English (FCE). The score required will vary according to the programme of study.
English language requirements
IELTS
* 6.5 incl
* 6.0 reading
* 6.0 writing
* 5.5 listening
* 5.5 speaking
TOEFL internet-based
* 90 incl
* 22 reading
* 21 writing
* 21 listening
* 23 speaking
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 90 |
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