Programme structure: Anthropology (MA) - what's running in 2024/25

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Anthropological Theory and Practice	ARCHM0081	40	Mandatory	TB-4
Dissertation	ANTHM1000	60	Mandatory	TB-4
Research Methods in Anthropology	ARCHM0080	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Select from:
Work Placement in Anthropology	ARCHM0082	20	Optional	TB-2
Stimulating Anthropology: Drugs and Society	ARCHM0077	20	Optional	TB-1
Anthropology of Disability and Difference	ARCHM0083	20	Optional	TB-2
Cultural Heritage of the Built Environment	ARCHM0084	20	Optional	TB-1
Plants and People	ARCHM0085	20	Optional	TB-2
Care, Labour and Gender	SOCIM0004	20	Optional	TB-2
Tools and Methods for Innovation	INOVM0024	20	Optional	TB-1
Migration, asylum and human rights: EU and global policy perspectives.	SPOLM0042	20	Optional	TB-2
Health and Health Care in a Global Context	SPOLM1066	20	Optional	TB-2
Theorising Violence: Colonialism and Anticolonial Cultural Politics	MODLM0074	20	Optional	TB-1
Theories of Visual Culture: Comparisons across Time, Space, and Media	MODLM0075	20	Optional	TB-1
History of the Book	AFACM0012	20	Optional	TB-2
A Planetary Caribbean: Land. Sea. Sky. Plantation. Plot	ARCHM0086	20	Optional	TB-1
South West Doctoral Training Partnership Pathway
Mandatory units:
Introduction to Research Methods in the Social Sciences	SSLFM0001	20	Optional	TB-1
Digital Methods and Data Skills	SSLFM0002	20	Optional	TB-1
Anthropological Theory and Practice	ARCHM0081	40	Mandatory	TB-4
Dissertation	ANTHM1000	60	Mandatory	TB-4
Research Methods in Anthropology	ARCHM0080	20	Mandatory	TB-1
SWDTP students only- select from:
Advanced Quantitative Research Methods	SSLFM0003	20	Optional	TB-2
Advanced Qualitative Research Methods	SSLFM0004	20	Optional	TB-2
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Progression/award requirements

The pass mark set by the University for any level 7 unit is 50 out of 100.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Degree classifications:

An award with Merit or Distinction is permitted for postgraduate taught masters, diplomas and certificates, where these are specifically named entry-level qualifications. An award with Merit or Distinction is not permitted for exit awards where students are required to exit the programme on academic grounds. An exit award with Merit or Distinction may be permitted where students are prevented by exceptional circumstances from completing the intended award.

The classification of the award in relation to the final programme mark is as follows:

Award with Distinction*: at least 65 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation. **Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.

Award with Merit*: at least 60 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 60 out of 100 for the dissertation. Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.

* The MA in Law has separate regulations for awarding distinction and merit.

** For the award of Distinction, the Faculty of Engineering requires at least 70 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation.

Diploma/certificate stages:

All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to choose, or be required, to leave at the postgraduate diploma or certificate stage.

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level 7.