Social Anthropology and Computing – (M.A.)

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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
* Design and Implementation of Computer Applications in Anthropology (20 credits)
* Pascal Programming I and II (20 credits)
* One module drawn from the School of Computing (40 credits)
* Research Methods in Social Anthropology (20 credits)
* Theory and Ethnography in Social Anthropology I and II (40 credits)
* Computing application and short dissertation (6-10,000 words)

(Please note that students with no background in Java programming must take a special three-week module before the beginning of the academic year in September.)