MPhil/PhD (with Qualifying Examination) in Anthropology
The QE/MPhil/PhD programme is designed for, and only open to, students who have secured full sponsorship for a research programme in Social Anthropology but do not fulfil entry requirements for the LSE's MPhil/PhD. The first year provides training and Qualifying Examinations equivalent to MSc Social Anthropology.
YEAR 1
Year 1 will be assessed under the LSE's Regulations for Taught Masters Degrees and Scheme For The Award Of A Taught Masters Degree. Students will automatically progress to the MPhil/PhD provided they obtain a Merit or higher in Year 1.
Students must take courses to the value of three full units and a dissertation as shown.
Paper |
Course number and title | |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Anthropology: Theory and Ethnography | |
2 |
One or two of the following to the value of one full unit: | |
|
The Anthropology of Religion | |
The Anthropology of Kinship, Sex and Gender | ||
Anthropology of Politics (H) | ||
Anthropology of Economy (1): Production and Exchange (H) | ||
Anthropology of Economy (2): Development, Transformation and Globalisation (H) | ||
3 |
One or two of the following to the value of one full unit: | |
|
The Anthropology of Christianity (H) | |
The Anthropology of South-East Asia (H) | ||
The Anthropology of Industrialisation and Industrial Life (H) (n/a 15/16) | ||
The Anthropology of Melanesia (H) | ||
The Anthropology of Development (H) | ||
Anthropology of Learning and Cognition (n/a 15/16) | ||
Anthropology and Human Rights (H) (n/a 15/16) | ||
Investigating the Philippines- New Approaches and Ethnographic Contexts (H) (n/a 15/16) | ||
|
China in Comparative Perspective | |
Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography (H) (n/a 15/16) | ||
Anthropology and Media (H) | ||
AN462 |
The Anthropology of Post-Soviet Eurasia (H) (withdrawn 15/16) | |
AN463 |
The Anthropology of Borders and Boundaries (H) (withdrawn 15/16) | |
The Anthropology of South Asia (H) (n/a 15/16) | ||
AN468 |
The Anthropology of Schooling (H) (withdrawn 15/16) | |
The Anthropology of Amazonia (H) (n/a 15/16) | ||
4 |
Dissertation | |
Successful completion of Year 1 will result in students obtaining the MSc in Social Anthropology. Students obtaining a Merit or higher under the LSE's MSc regulations will be eligible to progress to the MPhil.
YEAR 1 Non examinable components
All QE students will be entitled and encouraged to attend the Departmental Seminar on Anthropological Research (AN500) in order to develop their familiarity with current research in the discipline.
YEAR 2
Subject to obtaining a Merit or higher in Year 1, students progress to the MPhil which focuses on research preparation and methodological training.
YEARS 3 to 5
After fieldwork (which normally lasts approximately fifteen to eighteen months) students begin writing their PhD dissertations under the close supervision of members of staff. During this period of their studies, they attend weekly thesis-writing seminars (AN503), as well as the departmental Seminars on Anthropological Theory (AN500), and fortnightly seminars on recent developments in anthropology (AN507).
Years two to five of the MPhil/PhD (with Qualifying Examination) in Anthropology are the same as years one to four of the MPhil/PhD in Anthropology and full details can therefore be found here: http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/programmeRegulations/mPhilPhD/anthropology.htm
