MSc in Anthropology and Development

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Programme Code: TMANDV

Department: Anthropology

For students starting this programme of study in 2022/23

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree
Exam sub-board local rules

Full-year programme. Students must take two compulsory courses, a dissertation and optional courses to the value of one unit. Written papers will be taken in the summer term and the dissertation must be submitted in September. Attendance at seminars and at non-assessed tutorials is compulsory.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
Paper	Course number, title (unit value)

Paper 1
	AN436 The Anthropology of Development (0.5)

	and either AN456 Economic Anthropology (0.5)
	AN457 Anthropology of Economy (2): Transformation and Globalisation (0.5) (withdrawn 2025/26)

Paper 2
	DV400 Development: History, Theory and Policy (1.0) (withdrawn 2025/26)

	(OR)
	DV442 Key Issues in Development Studies (0.5)

	and 0.5 units from the following: Paper 3 DV courses options list
Paper 3	A B C
	Courses to the value of 1 unit(s) from the following: AN402 The Anthropology of Religion (1.0) (withdrawn 2025/26)
	AN404 Anthropology: Theory and Ethnography (1.0)
	AN405 The Anthropology of Kinship, Sex and Gender (1.0) (withdrawn 2025/26)
	AN419 The Anthropology of Christianity (0.5)
	AN420 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
	AN424 The Anthropology of Melanesia (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
	AN444 Investigating the Philippines - New Approaches and Ethnographic Contexts (0.5) # (withdrawn 2024/25)
	AN447 China in Comparative Perspective (1.0)
	AN451 Politics and Power: Debates in Anthropology (0.5)
	AN456 Economic Anthropology (0.5)
	AN457 Anthropology of Economy (2): Transformation and Globalisation (0.5) (withdrawn 2025/26)
	AN458 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
	AN461 Anthropological Approaches to Questions of Being (0.5) (withdrawn 2023/24)
	AN463 Borders and Boundaries: Ethnographic Approaches (0.5)
	AN467 The Anthropology of South Asia (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26)
	AN469 The Anthropology of Amazonia (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
	AN475 The Anthropology of Revolution (0.5) (withdrawn 2025/26)
	AN476 Anthropology and the Anthropocene (0.5)
	AN477 Topics in the Anthropology of sub-Saharan Africa (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26)
	AN479 Anthropology of Law and Human Rights (0.5)
	AN480 Public Anthropology (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
	AN481 Health and Welfare: Anthropological Perspectives (0.5) (withdrawn 2025/26)
	AN482 Bangladesh and Beyond: Anthropological Perspectives (0.5) (withdrawn 2024/25)
	AN483 Anthropology, Art, and Poetics (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
	AN484 Anthropological Approaches to Race, Racism, and Decolonisation (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
	DV407 Poverty (0.5)
	DV413 Environmental Problems and Development Interventions (0.5)
	DV415 Global Environmental Governance (0.5)
	DV418 African Development (0.5)
	DV420 Complex Emergencies (0.5)
	DV421 Critical Perspectives on Global Health and Development (0.5)
	DV428 Managing Humanitarianism (0.5)
	DV458 Key issues in Global Health and Development (0.5)
	DV464 Democracy and Development (0.5)
	DV480 Development Transformations: The Political Economy of Colonialism, Revolution and Reform (0.5) #
	DV490 Economic Development Policy I: Applied Policy Analysis for Macroeconomic Development (0.5) #
	DV491 Economic Development Policy II: Microeconomic Analysis (0.5) #
	DV492 Economic Development Policy III: Government Policy Analysis (0.5) #

Paper 4	AN499 Dissertation (1.0)

Paper 3 DV courses options list



DV407 Poverty (0.5)
DV413 Environmental Problems and Development Interventions (0.5)
DV415 Global Environmental Governance (0.5)
DV418 African Development (0.5)
DV420 Complex Emergencies (0.5)
DV421 Critical Perspectives on Global Health and Development (0.5)
DV428 Managing Humanitarianism (0.5)
DV458 Key issues in Global Health and Development (0.5)
DV464 Democracy and Development (0.5)
DV480 Development Transformations: The Political Economy of Colonialism, Revolution and Reform (0.5) #
DV490 Economic Development Policy I: Applied Policy Analysis for Macroeconomic Development (0.5) #
DV491 Economic Development Policy II: Microeconomic Analysis (0.5) #
DV492 Economic Development Policy III: Government Policy Analysis (0.5) #
DV494 Foundations of Applied Econometrics for Economic Development Policy (0.5)

Footnotes

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

A: Paper 3, AN456: AN456 can only be taken under Paper 3 if it was not taken under Paper 1.

B: Paper 3, AN457: AN457 can only be taken under Paper 3 if it was not taken under Paper 1.

C: Paper 3: Any other courses offered by Anthropology or International Development, as approved.

Note for prospective students:
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