Overview
Exit Award only
Students who successfully complete and pass taught modules to the value of 60 credits in Part I of the MA (Anthropology) and opt not to complete Part II may exit the programme and be conferred with a Postgraduate Diploma in Anthropology. A student who subsequently applies to undertake the Master's programme must do so within 5 years of successful completion of the Postgraduate Diploma in Anthropology subject to the programme being on offer.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| AY6013 | Anthropology: Paradigms & Theories | 10 |
| AY6015 | Ethnography, Practice and Writing | 10 |
| AY6016 | Rereading the Anthropological Classics | 10 |
| |
| 0-10 |
| Atlantic Anthropological Workshop (10) | |
| Economy and Society Summer School (5) | |
| Economy and Society Summer School - 2 (10) | |
| 20-30 |
| Dark Heritage: Anthropology of Death, War and Difficult Pasts (5) | |
| Semiotics and Anthropology (5) | |
| Anthropology and Social Control (10) | |
| Anthropology and Aesthetics of Performance: Ritual and Theatre (10) | |
| European Security (10) | |
| Criminology: Core Theories, Context and Critique (10) | |
| Ethnography of Music (10) | |
| History and Theory of Ethnomusicology (10) | |
| Sociology of Sustainable Development (10) | |
| Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilization (10) | |
| Feminist Epistemologies: Feminisms, Sexuality and Society (10) | |
| Social Theory and Climate Justice (10) | |
| Im/mobilities: forced migration and belonging (10) | |
| Sociology of Science, Technology and Medicine (10) | |
| Alcohol and Society: Use, Regulation and Harms (10) | |
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme Learning Outcomes for Postgraduate Diploma in Anthropology (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of a range of classical and contemporary anthropological theories
- Show understanding of classical and current anthropological debates
- Engage in the critical reflection on contemporary theoretical discourses
- Demonstrate knowledge on the empirical and ethical challenges of fieldwork
- Design an individual or collaborative anthropological fieldwork research project
- Essay submission on a topic of research realised within the core modules.
