MRes/PhD in Anthropology

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Programme Structure - MRes

Programme code: TMRESAN

Department: Anthropology

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Paper	Course number and title
1	AN471	Qualitative and Quantitative Methods for Anthropologists
2	AN472	Evidence and Arguments in Anthropology and Other Social Sciences
3	AN442	Supervised Reading Course and Fieldwork Preparation
4
4	AN443	Research Proposal
In addition students are required to complete the following courses, which are compulsory but not examined.
5	AN500	Seminar on Anthropological Research
6	All MRes students are required to audit one or two of the department's main lecture courses (to the value of one unit):
	AN402	The Anthropology of Religion
	AN405	The Anthropology of Kinship, Sex and Gender
	AN437	Anthropology of Learning and Cognition (n/a 16/17)
	AN451	Anthropology of Politics (H)
	AN456	Anthropology of Economy (1): Production and Exchange (H)
	AN457	Anthropology of Economy (2): Transformation and Globalisation (H)

Award of the MRes in Anthropology
The marks for AN471 and AN472 will count respectively as 25% of the total mark for the year. The research proposal, worth 50% of the total mark for the MRes year, will be examined (and the examination includes a viva). In order to pass the MRes and in order to be upgraded to PhD registration and allowed to commence fieldwork, students (a) must earn an average of 60 or more across all units; (b) must earn a minimum mark of 60 on the research proposal.

Progression to the PhD
If the above MRes requirements are met, students will be upgraded to PhD registration and will commence the fieldwork phase of the programme. The mandatory first year progress review of PhD students will be based on written reports about the early phase of fieldwork. The mandatory third year progress review for students in Anthropology is held in the third term (or, exceptionally, in the fourth term) after their return from fieldwork; this entails a viva with both supervisors and one external examiner.

Programme Structure - PhD

Programme code: RPAN2

In the programme regulations below Years 1 and 2 are listed as "fieldwork", with Years 3 and 4 being post-fieldwork, although in practice the timing/duration of these stages may vary to some extent between students.

Year 1	Fieldwork
Year 2	Fieldwork

Year 3
Paper	Course number and title
1	AN505	Advanced Professional Development in Anthropology (n/a 16/17)
2 & 3	Compulsory non-examined courses:
	AN503	Thesis Writing Seminar
	AN500	Seminar on Anthropological Research

Year 4
Paper	Course number and title
1 & 2	Compulsory non-examined courses:
	AN503	Thesis Writing Seminar
	AN500	Seminar on Anthropological Research