MPhil in Social Anthropology
This one year course is intended for graduate students who are studying the subject for the first time, who have studied anthropology in the context of a more general degree, and for those with little knowledge of the tradition of British social anthropology.
The degree can be taken as a freestanding qualification or as a route to the PhD. It is a demanding course that enables you to reach a high level of specialist knowledge in social anthropology within a short time and, subject to performance, equips you to undertake a research degree.
Problems in anthropological theory, interpretation, comparison and analysis are addressed in relation to particular ethnographies and substantive debates in the anthropological literature. Through critical reflection on a range of anthropological theories, and through practice in the application of those theories to bodies of ethnographic data, students acquire a thorough and intensive grounding in a range of styles of social anthropological analysis.
Further details on the course can be found here.
Requirements for Admission
The minimum requirements for admission are a class 1.0 or 2.1 honours degree from a British university, or its overseas equivalent.
Continuing to a PhD
If you obtain a high pass in the MPhil in Social Anthropology you may be eligible, if accepted onto the Postgraduate research programme (MRes/PhD), to take the Pre-Fieldwork Course leading to the PhD. See here for further information on the PhD.
An alternative route is the MRes in Social Anthropology. This provides training in the main research methods of social anthropology and of social science more generally, and is designed for students with a strong background in anthropology. It is an ESRC- recognised qualification that allows the option of pursuing PhD research at another university.