Anthropology and Social Theory

Major/Minor/Specialisation !D23-AA-SPC+1001 (2009)

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Year and Campus:	2009

Coordinator

Dr Tamara Kohn
School of Philosophy, Anthropology and Social Inquiry
Email: tkohn@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

Arts and Music Student Centre
Contact: http://arts-unimelb.custhelp.com

Overview:	• Thesis 15,000 words (50 points) • One compulsory subject (12.5 points) • At least two core subjects (12.5 points) • One elective subject from those listed (12.5 points)
Objectives:	Students who complete the Postgraduate Diploma will: • acquire a detailed understanding of current theoretical issues in anthropology and social theory; • acquire an understanding of the history and development of anthropology and social theory; • develop skills necessary for original research in anthropology and social theory; • acquire the formal qualifications necessary to proceed to higher degree research.
Subject Options:	Thesis subject Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 121-510 Anthropology & Social Theory Thesis Semester 1, Semester 2 50.00 Compulsory subject Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 121-409 Philosophy and Scope of Anthropology Semester 1 12.50 Core subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 121-445 Reading Anthropology Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 121-446 Explanation and Understanding Semester 1 12.50 136-430 Theories of Modernity Semester 1 12.50 136-431 Imagined Societies Semester 2 12.50 136-532 Reading Texts in Social Theory Not offered in 2009 12.50 Elective subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 121-415 Migrancy, Home and Exile Semester 2 12.50 121-491 Directed Study in Anthropology Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 121-493 Debates in Anthropology and Development Semester 2 12.50 131-432 Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective Semester 1 12.50 131-547 Rethinking Rights and Global Development Semester 2 12.50 136-432 The Critical Imagination Semester 2 12.50 106-423 Romanticism and Modernity Semester 2 12.50 106-432 Cultural Studies in Asia Not offered in 2009 12.50 161-431 Recent European Philosophy Semester 1 12.50
Related Course(s):	Postgraduate Diploma in Arts

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