The MA in Anthropology is offered on a full-time basis running for 12 months or part-time basis running over 24 months.

Students take 90 credits as follows:

Part I consists of 60 credits and Part II consists of 30 credits.

Part I (Full-time)
Students complete core modules to the value of 30 credits, and select 30 credits from the Elective Modules (students are strongly encouraged to attend one of the summer/winter schools and can take up to 10 credits from those on offer in a given year).

Core Modules:
AY6002 Ethnography, Practice and Writing (15 credits)
AY6011 Rereading the Anthropological Classics (5 credits)
AY6013 Anthropology: Paradigms and Theories (10 credits)

Elective Modules:
Summer School/Winter School Elective modules:
AR2051 Anthropology of War in Stateless Societies (5 credits)
AY6004 Anthropology and Social Control (10 credits)
AY6005 Anthropology Research Laboratory (10 credits)
AY6006 International Political Anthropology Summer School 1 (5 credits)
AY6007 International Political Anthropology Summer School 2 (10 credits)
AY6012 Anthropology Research Laboratory (5 credits)
SC6001 Economy and Society Summer School (5 credits)
SC6002 Economy and Society Summer School - 2 (10 credits)

Students select their remaining modules from the standard taught list of electives below:

Standard Electives:
Students select 20 credits from the following:
CR6000 Governmentality: Disciplines, Institutions and Critiques (10 credits)
GV6115 European Security (10 credits)
LW6544 Criminology (10 credits)
MU6042 Ethnography of Music (10 credits)
MU6043 History and Theory of Ethnomusicology (10 credits)
RG6061 Indigenous Worldviews and Minority Religions (10 credits)
SC6631 Sociology of Sustainable Development (10 credits)
SC6638 Rethinking Borders: Sovereignty, Rights and Justice (10 credits)
SC6639 Feminist Epistemologies: Feminisms, Sexuality and Society (10 credits)
SC6642 Social Theory and Climate Justice (10 credits)
SC6643 Sociology of Science, Technology and Medicine (10 credits)
SC6644 Im/mobilities: forced migration and belonging (10 credits)

Part II
Students complete 30 credits as follows:
AY6003 Dissertation (30 credits)
or
AY6010 Fieldwork Placement (30 credits)

The Fieldwork Placement will take place in one of our partner universities and will be jointly supervised by a team of two supervisors, one based at UCC and one in the partner university. The supervisor in the partner university will oversee and facilitate the practical aspects of the fieldwork project. The fieldwork placement will be designed by the two supervisors in consultation with the student before they depart for fieldwork. Students will go on fieldwork placement for 1 to 2 months in Ireland, Europe, or to non-European partner universities between the months of April and August. The placement will be monitored by a UCC academic mentor plus a local mentor if the fieldwork is undertaken at a non-European partner university. Students will be expected to report their experiences at agreed intervals. For a student to go on Fieldwork Placement pertinent conditions must be satisfied for the Programme Director including but not limited to linguistic requirements, political stability, health concerns, travel and health insurance undertaken and logistical practicalities. Where unsure the Programme Director will consult with the Board of Studies or where conditions are unmet a student may make their case to the Board of Studies. The decision of the Programme Board of Studies is final.

Part-time
The MA Anthropology programme may be taken full-time over 12 months or part-time over 24 months from the date of first registration for the programme. Part-time students take at least the core modules in year one and the remainder required for credit over years one and two.

Part I
Year One
Students complete core modules and can select up to 20 credits from the Elective Modules (students are strongly encouraged to attend one of the summer/winter schools in either Year 1 or Year 2 and can take up to 10 credits from summer/winter schools in any given year).

Core Modulesto the value of 30 credits:

AY6002 Ethnography, Practice and Writing (15 credits)
AY6011 Re-reading the Classics (5 credits)
AY6013 Anthropology: Paradigms and Theories (10 credits)

Elective Modules:
Summer School/Winter School Elective modules:
AR2051 Anthropology of War in Stateless Societies (5 credits)
AY6004 Anthropology and Social Control (10 credits)
AY6005 Anthropology Research Laboratory (10 credits)
AY6006 International Political Anthropology Summer School 1 (5 credits)
AY6007 International Political Anthropology Summer School 2 (10 credits)
AY6012 Anthropology Research Laboratory (5 credits)
SC6001 Economy and Society Summer School (5 credits)
SC6002 Economy and Society Summer School - 2 (10 credits)

Students select their remaining modules from the standard taught list of electives below:
Standard Electives:
CR6000 Governmentality: Disciplines, Institutions and Critiques (10 credits)
GV6115 European Security (10 credits)
LW6544 Criminology (10 credits)
MU6042 Ethnography of Music (10 credits)
MU6043 History and Theory of Ethnomusicology (10 credits)
RG6061 Indigenous Worldviews and Minority Religions (10 credits)
SC6631 Sociology of Sustainable Development (10 credits)
SC6638 Rethinking Borders: Sovereignty, Rights and Justice (10 credits)
SC6639 Feminist Epistemologies: Feminisms, Sexuality and Society (10 credits)
SC6642 Social Theory and Climate Justice (10 credits)
SC6643 Sociology of Science, Technology and Medicine (10 credits)
SC6644 Im/mobilities: forced migration and belonging (10 credits)

Year Two
Students complete the remainder of the required credits.

Elective Modules:
Summer School/Winter School Elective modules:
AR2051 Anthropology of War in Stateless Societies (5 credits)
AY6004 Anthropology and Social Control (10 credits)
AY6005 Anthropology Research Laboratory (10 credits)
AY6006 International Political Anthropology Summer School 1 (5 credits)
AY6007 International Political Anthropology Summer School 2 (10 credits)
AY6012 Anthropology Research Laboratory (5 credits)
SC6001 Economy and Society Summer School (5 credits)
SC6002 Economy and Society Summer School - 2 (10 credits)

Students select their remaining modules from the standard taught list of electives below:
Standard Electives:
CR6000 Governmentality: Disciplines, Institutions and Critiques (10 credits)
GV6115 European Security (10 credits)
LW6544 Criminology (10 credits)
MU6042 Ethnography of Music (10 credits)
MU6043 History and Theory of Ethnomusicology (10 credits)
RG6061 Indigenous Worldviews and Minority Religions (10 credits)
SC6631 Sociology of Sustainable Development (10 credits)
SC6638 Rethinking Borders: Sovereignty, Rights and Justice (10 credits)
SC6639 Feminist Epistemologies: Feminisms, Sexuality and Society (10 credits)
SC6642 Social Theory and Climate Justice (10 credits)
SC6643 Sociology of Science, Technology and Medicine (10 credits)
SC6644 Im/mobilities: forced migration and belonging (10 credits)

Part II
Students complete 30 credits as follows:
AY6003 Dissertation
OR
AY6010 Fieldwork Placement (30 credits)

The Fieldwork Placement will take place either in Ireland and supervised by a member of the MA Anthropology teaching staff or abroad with one of our partner universities and will be jointly supervised by a team of one UCC supervisor and one mentor based in the region at the partner university. The mentor in the partner university will oversee and facilitate the practical aspects of the fieldwork project. The fieldwork placement will be designed in consultation with the student before they depart for fieldwork. Students will go on fieldwork placement for 1 to 2 months in Ireland, Europe, or to non-European partner universities between the months of April and August. Students will be expected to report their experiences at agreed intervals. For a student to go on Fieldwork Placement pertinent conditions must be satisfied for the Programme Director including but not limited to linguistic requirements, political stability, health concerns,travel and health insurance undertaken and logistical practicalities. Where unsure the Programme Director will consult with the Board of Studies or where conditions are unmet a student may make their case to the Board of Studies. The decision of the Programme Board of Studies is final.

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2022/2023 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2022/2023.

Postgraduate Diploma in Anthropology exit award:
Students who successfully complete and pass taught modules to the value of 60 credits in Part I and opt not to complete Part II may exit the programme and be conferred with a Postgraduate Diploma in Anthropology. A student who subsequently applies to undertake the Master's programme must do so within 5 years of successful completion of the Postgraduate Diploma in Anthropology subject to the programme being on offer.

Postgraduate Certificate in Anthropology exit award:
Students who successfully complete and pass taught modules to the value of at least 30 credits in Part I may exit the programme and be conferred with a Postgraduate Certificate in Anthropology student who subsequently applies to complete the Master's programme must do so within 5 years of successful completion of the Postgraduate Certificate in Anthropology subject to the programme being on offer.

Programme Learning Outcomes for MA in Anthropology (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of a range of classical and contemporary anthropological theories
• Show understanding of classical and current anthropological debates
• Engage in the critical reflection on contemporary theoretical discourses
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of research skills in foundational anthropological theories and contemporary anthropological paradigms
• Demonstrate knowledge on the empirical and ethical challenges of fieldwork
• Design an individual or collaborative anthropological fieldwork research project
• Identify ethical issues in the research project and show how they are to be resolved.
• Communicate advanced knowledge and understanding of a contemporary anthropological topic relating to ethnographic writing and practice
• Engage with the practical empirical challenges of fieldwork ethnographic practice and writing such as taking field notes, conducting interviews, digital ethnographies
• Demonstrate effectiveness in researching, formulating and communicating this knowledge, understanding and critical awareness in the form of a Dissertation or Fieldwork based research project and report.

Programme Learning Outcomes for Postgraduate Diploma in Anthropology (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of a range of classical and contemporary anthropological theories
• Show understanding of classical and current anthropological debates
• Engage in the critical reflection on contemporary theoretical discourses
• Demonstrate knowledge on the empirical and ethical challenges of fieldwork
• Design an individual or collaborative anthropological fieldwork research project
• Essay submission on a topic of research realised within the core modules.

Programme Learning Outcomes for Postgraduate Certificate in Anthropology (NFQ Level 9, Minor Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of a range of classical and contemporary anthropological theories
• Show understanding of classical and current anthropological debates
• Engage in the critical reflection on contemporary theoretical discourses
• Communicate advanced knowledge and understanding of a contemporary anthropological topic relating to ethnographic writing and practice.