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
Students take 60 credits as follows - all listed core modules (30 credits) and 30 credits of elective modules:
Core Modules
AY6013	Anthropology: Paradigms & Theories	10
AY6015	Ethnography, Practice and Writing	10
AY6016	Rereading the Anthropological Classics	10
Elective Modules
Students take elective modules to the value of 30 credits.
Summer School/Winter School Elective Modules
Students take modules to the value of up to 10 credits from the following:		0-10
AY6017	Atlantic Anthropological Workshop (10)
SC6001	Economy and Society Summer School (5)
SC6002	Economy and Society Summer School - 2 (10)
Standard Electives
Students take remaining credits from the following:		20-30
AY3002	Dark Heritage: Anthropology of Death, War and Difficult Pasts (5)
AY3003	Semiotics and Anthropology (5)
AY6004	Anthropology and Social Control (10)
AY6025	Anthropology and Aesthetics of Performance: Ritual and Theatre (10)
GV6115	European Security (10)
LW6544	Criminology: Core Theories, Context and Critique (10)
MU6042	Ethnography of Music (10)
MU6043	History and Theory of Ethnomusicology (10)
SC6631	Sociology of Sustainable Development (10)
SC6636	Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilization (10)
SC6639	Feminist Epistemologies: Feminisms, Sexuality and Society (10)
SC6642	Social Theory and Climate Justice (10)
SC6644	Im/mobilities: forced migration and belonging (10)
SC6643	Sociology of Science, Technology and Medicine (10)
SC6645	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:

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1-1
Demonstrate knowledge of a range of classical and contemporary anthropological theories
1-2
2
Show understanding of classical and current anthropological debates
1-3
3
Engage in the critical reflection on contemporary theoretical discourses
1-4
4
Demonstrate knowledge on the empirical and ethical challenges of fieldwork
1-5
5
Design an individual or collaborative anthropological fieldwork research project
1-6
6
Essay submission on a topic of research realised within the core modules.