University of 91¹û¶³ÊÓƵ | Programme requirements (2017/2018) | Master of Arts (Honours) Economics and Social Anthropology

91¹û¶³ÊÓƵ

Skip to content

Breadcrumbs navigation

Master of Arts (Honours) Economics and Social Anthropology


MA Economics (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
(( Macroeconomics 20 AND
Microeconomics 20 ) OR
Economics 20 ) AND
View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: EC1003, EC1008 AND
Mathematics for Economists 20
Finance 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

Students who have passed MT1002 are exempt from EC1003
EC1003 may be taken in second year
Social Anthropology joint: First year
Code Module name Credits
Ways of Thinking 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

It is recommended to select SA1001 in addition to SA1002.

MA Economics (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ Intermediate Microeconomics 20 AND
^ Intermediate Macroeconomics 20 AND
Statistics for Economists 20 AND
Mathematics for Economists 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Students who have passed MT1002 are exempt from EC1003.
Students who have passed MT2004 or MT2508 are exempt from EC2203.

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass at first sitting and have an average grade 11 or better in modules marked ^
Social Anthropology joint: Second year
Code Module name Credits
* The Foundations of Social Anthropology 20 AND
* Ethnographic Encounters 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass at grade 11 or better required in modules marked *

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

See: )

MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.


MA Economics (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: EC3301 - EC3350, EC4401 - EC4489 AND
Econometrics 20
Decision and Game Theory 20
Economic Growth 20
Mathematical Economics 20
Incentives, Contracts and Markets 20
Economic Fluctuations 20
EC3307 Computational Economics 20
Advanced Econometrics 20
Health and Education 20
Economics of the Environment 20
Experimental Economics (20) 20
Behavioural Economics 20
EC4408 Industrial Organisation and Regulations 20
International Macroeconomics 20
International Trade 20
EC4411 Economics of Labour 20
Macroeconomic Policy 20
EC4415 Public Economics 20
Innovation Economics (20) 20
Financial Economics: Asset Pricing 20
Financial Economics: Corporate Finance 20
Economics of Development 20
Inequality and Redistribution 20
Political Economy 20
The Economics of Migration 20
Econometrics of Impact Evaluation 20
EC4426 Practical Financial Modelling 20
EC4427 Philosophy of Economics 20
Portfolio Management 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

"Students must take at least 40 credits from EC3301 - EC3350, EC4401 over third and fourth year."
Social Anthropology joint element: Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list 30 credits from Module List: SA3000 - SA3999 AND
SA3028 Anthropology of Art 10
Critical Thinkers and Formative Texts 30
SA3031 Anthropological Study of Language and Culture 30
Regional Ethnography 1 30
SA3033 Regional Ethnography 2 30
Perception, Imagination and Communication 30
SA3050 Interpreting Social and Cultural Phenomena 30
Individuality, Community and Morality 30
SA3055 Anthropology and History 30
SA3056 Melanesian Anthropology 30
SA3057 Sex and Gender 30
SA3059 Colonial and Post-Colonial Representations 30
Contemporary Issues in Social Anthropology 30
Reading Ethnography 30
Anthropology, Indigenous Peoples and Resource Extraction 30
SA3063 Anthropology of Religion 30
SA3064 The Anthropology of Migration 30
Anthropology of Economic Life 30
Methods in Social Anthropology 30
Ethnographic Project: Putting Anthropology to Practice in the 'Real' World 30
An Anthropology of Global Social Issues 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list 30 credits from Module List: SA3000 - SA4089, SA4400 - SA4899 (except SA4794 - SA4797)
SA3028 Anthropology of Art 10
Critical Thinkers and Formative Texts 30
SA3031 Anthropological Study of Language and Culture 30
Regional Ethnography 1 30
SA3033 Regional Ethnography 2 30
Perception, Imagination and Communication 30
SA3050 Interpreting Social and Cultural Phenomena 30
Individuality, Community and Morality 30
SA3055 Anthropology and History 30
SA3056 Melanesian Anthropology 30
SA3057 Sex and Gender 30
SA3059 Colonial and Post-Colonial Representations 30
Contemporary Issues in Social Anthropology 30
Reading Ethnography 30
Anthropology, Indigenous Peoples and Resource Extraction 30
SA3063 Anthropology of Religion 30
SA3064 The Anthropology of Migration 30
Anthropology of Economic Life 30
Methods in Social Anthropology 30
Ethnographic Project: Putting Anthropology to Practice in the 'Real' World 30
An Anthropology of Global Social Issues 30
SA4005 The West Indies and the Black Atlantic 30
Visual Anthropology 30
SA4059 Living with Material Culture 30
Anthropology of Religion and Politics 30
SA4500 Independent Project 1 30
SA4501 Independent Project 2 30
SA4821 Amerindian Language and Culture 30
Andes 30
SA4855 Anthropology, Literature and Writing 30
SA4856 Anthropology, Christianity and Modernity 30
SA4857 West Africa 30
SA4860 Anthropology of Amazonia 30
SA4861 Ethnography of Fieldwork 30
SA4862 Imagining the World: The Anthropology of Consciousness 30
Youth in Africa 30
SA4864 Melanesian Anthropology 30
SA4865 Ethnohistories of the Americas 30
Anthropology and Eurasia 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

"SA3506 must be taken if the student wishes to take SA4099, SA4794 or SA4796 in Fourth Year."

MA Economics (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: EC3301 - EC3350, EC4401 - EC4499, EC5201 - EC5203
Econometrics 20
Decision and Game Theory 20
Economic Growth 20
Mathematical Economics 20
Incentives, Contracts and Markets 20
Economic Fluctuations 20
EC3307 Computational Economics 20
Advanced Econometrics 20
Health and Education 20
Economics of the Environment 20
Experimental Economics (20) 20
Behavioural Economics 20
EC4408 Industrial Organisation and Regulations 20
International Macroeconomics 20
International Trade 20
EC4411 Economics of Labour 20
Macroeconomic Policy 20
EC4415 Public Economics 20
Innovation Economics (20) 20
Financial Economics: Asset Pricing 20
Financial Economics: Corporate Finance 20
Economics of Development 20
Inequality and Redistribution 20
Political Economy 20
The Economics of Migration 20
Econometrics of Impact Evaluation 20
EC4426 Practical Financial Modelling 20
EC4427 Philosophy of Economics 20
Portfolio Management 20
Research Project in Economics 20
Dissertation in Economics 40
Macroeconomics 20
Microeconomics 20
Econometric Methods and Applications 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

"Students must take at least 40 credits from EC3301 - EC3350, EC4401 over third and fourth year.

Access to EC5201 - EC5203 is only available with the permission of the Director of Teaching to students in the Second Year of an Honours Programme who have achieved at leat 17.5 in a relevant module, namely, EC3303 or EC3306 for EC5201, EC3302 or EC3505 for EC5202, in EC4401 for EC5203
"
Social Anthropology joint element: Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: SA4000 - SA4299, SA4400 - SA4899, (SA4301 and ID4002)
SA4005 The West Indies and the Black Atlantic 30
Visual Anthropology 30
SA4059 Living with Material Culture 30
Anthropology of Religion and Politics 30
Library-based Dissertation 30
Primary Research-based Dissertation 30
SA4500 Independent Project 1 30
SA4501 Independent Project 2 30
SA4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
SA4795 Joint Dissertation (60cr) 60
SA4796 Joint Project (30cr) 30
Joint Project (60cr) 60
SA4821 Amerindian Language and Culture 30
Andes 30
SA4855 Anthropology, Literature and Writing 30
SA4856 Anthropology, Christianity and Modernity 30
SA4857 West Africa 30
SA4860 Anthropology of Amazonia 30
SA4861 Ethnography of Fieldwork 30
SA4862 Imagining the World: The Anthropology of Consciousness 30
Youth in Africa 30
SA4864 Melanesian Anthropology 30
SA4865 Ethnohistories of the Americas 30
Anthropology and Eurasia 30
SA4301 Anthropology in the Community 15
Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

If selected SA4301 must be taken with ID4002.

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant 91¹û¶³ÊÓƵ School in the Learning Agreement (see ).