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ISEK - Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies Social and Cultural Anthropology

Structure of the Master's programme in Social and Cultural Anthropology - Major 90 as of fall semester 2024

Student research is at the centre of the Master's degree programme. You take modules to prepare your research, conduct research either in the field, in the museum or in the library amd write up your first research report in a follow-up colloquium. This culminates in a Master's thesis. You will also deal with anthropological theories and attend thematic modules. In addition, you can choose modules on methods, regional modules, reading courses and a lecture series. You can complete the Master's programme in four semesters.

Documents

Study Regulations as of fall semester 2024 (PDF, 157 KB) Guidelines (will be published soon) Module Catalogue Standard Curriculum (PDF, 101 KB)

Overview of the modules - Major 90 in Social and Cultural Anthropology

Module group and modules

Major 90
   
Theoretical Perspectives 9 ECTS credits
Current Debates in Social Anthropology, 6 ECTS credits required
[Lecture Series in Social Anthropology], 3 ECTS credits elective
[Theoretical Encounters], 3 ECTS credits elective
   
   
Research Methods and Practice 18 ECTS credits
Research Module 1: Developing a Research Project, 3 ECTS credits required
Research Module 2: Research Methods and Design, 6 ECTS credits required
Research Module 3: Fieldwork, 6 ECTS credits Core elective: one of the three modules
Research Module 3: Museum Research, 6 ECTS credits
Research Module 3: Extended Literature Research, 6 ECTS credits

Research Module 4: Analysis and Writing Up, 3 ECTS credits

 required
   
Thematic Modules 18 ECTS credits
[Thematic Seminar 'Social Anthropology'], 6 ECTS credits at least 18 ECTS credits from the thematic modules
   
Regional and Methodological Extensions bookable for fulfillment of the free choice rule (see below)
[Regional modules], 6 ECTS credits elective
[Excursion], 6 ECTS credits elective
[Summer school], 6 ECTS credits elective
[Museum internship at the Ethnographic Museum], 6 ECTS credits elective
[Ethnographic Filmfestival Regard Bleu], 6 ECTS credits elective
[Methodological extensions (Methodenvertiefungen)], 3 ECTS credits elective
Anthropology of Asia and the Middle East, 6 ECTS credits elective
   
Other Curricular Modules bookable for fulfillment of the free choice rule (see below)
[various formats according to module catalogue and course catalogue] elective
   
Master's thesis 30 ECTS Credits
Master's thesis, 30 ECTS Credits required
   
Free choice rule at least 15 ECTS credits of free choice within the programme