SOAN60771 15 Semester 1 Postgraduate Taught Level 6 Chika Watanabe Unit coordinator Anthropology 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 7.5 <p>The module is designed to meet ESRC guidelines for postgraduate training. The subject-specific guidelines for Social Anthropology specify the need for a student to acquire 'familiarity with a regional literature and relevant areas of social and cultural theory'. This is best achieved through an individually focused, intensive reading course, guided by a supervisor who is knowledgeable about the research question at issue.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The module is designed to meet ESRC guidelines for postgraduate training. The subject-specific guidelines for Social Anthropology specify the need for a student to acquire 'familiarity with a regional literature and relevant areas of social and cultural theory'. This is best achieved through an individually focused, intensive reading course, guided by a supervisor who is knowledgeable about the research question at issue.&nbsp;<br/>&nbsp;</p> <P>FOR MA ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH STUDENTS ONLY<BR><BR>To give the student an initial grounding in the regional literature in anthropology (and related disciplines), including some relevant comparative literature, and of the relevant social and cultural theory related to the research project s/he intends to carry out in subsequent years.</P> <P>At the end of this module, the student will be able to identify the theoretical perspectives relating to his/her research question and begin to assess, in the light of existing ethnographic work on a given region and beyond that region, what significant contributions might be made to the field of study.</P> <P>Meetings with supervisor, following an individual reading course</P> 0 Other 100% <ul><li>3000 word essay (worth 100%)</li></ul> N <P>To be agreed between Supervisor and Student</P> 0 0 0 <P><B>Information</B><BR>This course unit is only available to MA Anthropological Research students. It is a reading course guided normally by main supervisor.</P><P><B>Timetable</B><BR>Times to be arranged between Supervisor and Student<BR><BR>TUTORS: INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISORS</P>