AN505      One Unit
Advanced Professional Development in Anthropology

This information is for the 2025/26 session.

Course Convenor

Dr Gisa Weszkalnys

Dr Andrea Pia

Availability

This course is compulsory on the PhD in Anthropology. This course is not available as an outside option to students on other programmes.

Course content

This seminar course has two main aims. First, it examines key theoretical concepts and approaches in Anthropology at an advanced level that may be relevant to post-fieldwork doctoral candidates. It may focus on widely ranging thematic areas, e.g. recent developments in cognitive anthropology and/or in material culture studies and/or in anthropological studies of ontology. The aim is to enhance the ability of students to engage with such debates at an advanced level. Second, the course aims to enhance the professional development of doctoral students by providing them with advice and support in relation to their career progression.

Teaching

8 hours of seminars in the Spring Term.
10 hours of seminars in the Winter Term.
10 hours of seminars in the Autumn Term.

This course has a reading week in Week 6 of Autumn and Winter Term.

The contact hours listed above are the minimum expected.

Assessment

This course is not assessed.


Key facts

Department: Anthropology

Course Study Period: Autumn, Winter and Spring Term

Unit value: One unit

FHEQ Level: Level 8

CEFR Level: Null

Total students 2024/25: Unavailable

Average class size 2024/25: Unavailable

Controlled access 2024/25: No
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Personal development skills

  • Self-management
  • Team working
  • Problem solving
  • Communication
  • Specialist skills