MA Anthropology

at University College Cork

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:

• 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:
 

• AY6025 Anthropology and Aesthetics of Performance: Ritual and Theatre  (10 credits)

• 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)

• SC6627 Social Pathology, Civic Health, New Technology (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)

• SC6641 Gender and Catastrophe (10 credits)

• SC6642 Social Theory and Climate Justice (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.

A candidate for this MA programme must normally hold a Second Class Honours Grade I in a primary honours degree (NFQ, Level 8) or equivalent, in Anthropology, or a cognate subject in social/cultural sciences (Sociology, Criminology, Management, Development, Political Science, Languages, Social Sciences, Classics, Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, Study of Religions) or equivalent international qualification. 
 

Candidates who hold a Second Class Honours Grade II in a primary honours degree (NFQ, Level 8) may also be considered under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) subject to review by the Board of Studies.
 

As part of the application process all applicants will be required to submit: 

• A supporting statement which should outline your intellectual biography and your reasons for pursuing postgraduate studies in Anthropology.  

• Prospective applicants may be required to present themselves for an interview. The interviewing of overseas applicants may be conducted by Skype.
   

  Minimum Requirements and Accepted English Language Tests & Examinations
  
  The minimum English language entry requirements for admission onto a postgraduate programme at UCC are outlined below. These requirements are for postgraduate applicants whose first language is not English. If Gaeilge (Irish) is your first language these requirements do not apply to you.
   

  There are a small number of programmes with a higher minimum English language entry requirement and we list these below under Programmes with a Higher Minimum English Language Requirement.
  
  IELTS*    

   

• 6.5 Overall

• 6.0 Individual Skills (academic version)
   

• TOEFL iBT    
   

• 90 Overall

• Listening 20

• Reading 19

• Speaking 21

• Writing 20

The EU fee for this course is €7,130; €3,630 (Year 1 Part-time); €3,630 (Year 2 Part-time).
 

The Non-EU fee for this course is €18,400.

Anthropologists can be universally employed as intercultural competency, socio-cultural reflexivity and cultural literacy represent key social and educational skills in contemporary societies. Identified career paths are
 

• Research

• Education

• Higher Education

• International and national politics

• Journalism

• International Organisations (UN, UNESCO etc)

• NGO sector