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Master of Arts (Honours) Social Anthropology and Spanish (With Integrated Year Abroad)


MA (Hons) Social Anthropology (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): First year
Code Module name Credits
SA1002 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 (Hons) Spanish (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): First Year
Code Module name Credits
( SP1001 Spanish Language and Texts 1 20 AND
SP1002 Spanish Language and Texts 2 20 ) OR
( SP1003 Spanish for Beginners 1 20 AND
SP1004 Spanish for Beginners 2 20 ) AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
MA (Hons) Social Anthropology (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Second year
Code Module name Credits
* SA2001 The Foundations of Social Anthropology 20 AND
* SA2002 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

  • an average grade of 11 or above at first sitting must be attained in certain requisite 2000 level modules marked * Qualified Entry to Honours requires; a grade of 4.0 or above in each of the requisite modules marked * and passing the Honours Entry examinations for the modules marked * in which a student did not previously achieve a grade of 11.0 or above, such that the conditions for automatic entry to Honours Entry are met when the best grade now achieved in each module marked * is considered. An Honours Entry examination can only be taken in the same academic year as the first completed enrolment in the relevant requisite module.
MA (Hons) Spanish (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
( SP2001 Spanish Language and Critical Approaches to Texts 1 20 OR
SP2005 Spanish Language and Texts: ex-Beginners 20 ) AND
SP2002 Spanish Language and Critical Approaches to Texts 2 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

  • An average grade of 11 in all Spanish modules taken.

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: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/teaching-and-learning/policies/honsentry.pdf )

MA Honours with Integrated Year Abroad

The general requirements are 540 credits over a period of normally five years (and not more than six years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final three years are an approved Honours programme of 300 credits, of which 60 credits are gained during the integrated year abroad, 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.

MA (Hons) Spanish (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Year Abroad
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Options for Year Abroad Study
AR3101 Arabic Integrated Year Abroad 60
FR3101 French Integrated Year Abroad 60
GM3101 German Integrated Year Abroad 60
IT3101 Italian Integrated Year Abroad 60
ML3101 Modern Languages Integrated Year Abroad 60
RU3101 Russian Integrated Year Abroad 60
RU3102 Semester of Study in Russia 60
SP3101 Spanish Integrated Year Abroad 60
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 module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

select 60 credits in acadeimc year
MA (Hons) Social Anthropology (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list 30 credits from Module List: SA3000 - SA3999 (excluding SA3901 - SA3903) AND
SA3028 Anthropology of Art 10
SA3030 Critical Thinkers and Formative Texts 30
SA3031 Anthropological Study of Language and Culture 30
SA3032 Regional Ethnography 1 30
SA3033 Anthropology of the Cold War 30
SA3049 Perception, Imagination and Communication 30
SA3050 Interpreting Social and Cultural Phenomena 30
SA3053 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
SA3060 Contemporary Issues in Social Anthropology 30
SA3061 Reading Ethnography 30
SA3062 Anthropology, Indigenous Peoples and Resource Extraction 30
SA3063 Anthropology of Religion 30
SA3064 The Anthropology of Migration 30
SA3065 Anthropology of Economic Life 30
SA3066 Sorcery and Conspiracy: The Anthropology of Alternate Realities 30
SA3067 Colonial and Postcolonial Medicine 30
SA3068 Anthropology of Global Capitalism 30
SA3506 Methods in Social Anthropology 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 module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list 30 credits from Module List: SA3000 - SA4089, SA4400 - SA4899 (except SA3901 - SA3903, SA4794 - SA4797)
SA3028 Anthropology of Art 10
SA3030 Critical Thinkers and Formative Texts 30
SA3031 Anthropological Study of Language and Culture 30
SA3032 Regional Ethnography 1 30
SA3033 Anthropology of the Cold War 30
SA3049 Perception, Imagination and Communication 30
SA3050 Interpreting Social and Cultural Phenomena 30
SA3053 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
SA3060 Contemporary Issues in Social Anthropology 30
SA3061 Reading Ethnography 30
SA3062 Anthropology, Indigenous Peoples and Resource Extraction 30
SA3063 Anthropology of Religion 30
SA3064 The Anthropology of Migration 30
SA3065 Anthropology of Economic Life 30
SA3066 Sorcery and Conspiracy: The Anthropology of Alternate Realities 30
SA3067 Colonial and Postcolonial Medicine 30
SA3068 Anthropology of Global Capitalism 30
SA3506 Methods in Social Anthropology 30
SA4005 The West Indies and the Black Atlantic 30
SA4058 Visual Anthropology 30
SA4059 Living with Material Culture 30
SA4060 Anthropology of Religion and Politics 30
SA4061 Contagion: Anthropology and Global Health 30
SA4062 Anthropology of Justice 30
SA4063 Anthropology of Catastrophe 30
SA4064 Anthropology of Energy 30
SA4065 The Anthropology of Art 30
SA4500 Independent Project 1 30
SA4501 Independent Project 2 30
SA4821 Amerindian Language and Culture 30
SA4850 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
SA4863 Youth in Africa 30
SA4864 Melanesian Anthropology 30
SA4865 Ethnohistories of the Americas 30
SA4866 Anthropology and Eurasia 30
SA4867 Anthropology of Politics and Governance 30
SA4868 Anthropology of Latin America: Contemporary issues 30
SA4870 The Anthropology of Crisis 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 module catalogue 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 (Hons) Spanish (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
SP3001 Spanish Language 1 15
SP3002 Spanish Language 2 15
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: SP3000 - SP4299 (except SP4098, SP4099, SP4102), ML3201
SP3006 Literary Translation 15
SP3011 History of the Spanish Language 15
SP3101 Spanish Integrated Year Abroad 60
SP3121 Spanish American Literature I (Gauchos and Indians) 15
SP3122 Spanish American Literature 2 15
SP3123 Spanish Cinema (Topic) 15
SP3124 Spanish Cinema (Director) 15
SP3138 Mexico in the Nineteenth Century 15
SP3140 Literature and Politics in Spain 1930 - 1939 15
SP3143 Cinema and Literature in Spain 1920 - 1936 15
SP3145 Post-1975 Writing in Spain 1 15
SP3147 The Art of Subversion in Post-War Spain (1939-1975) 15
SP3148 The Argentine and Chilean Avant-Garde (1920s-1930s) 15
SP3157 Autobiographical Writing in Twentieth-Century Spain 15
SP3158 Representations of the Urban: Twentieth-Century Buenos Aires 15
SP3159 Gender and Violence in Golden Age Literature 15
SP3160 Facing the New: Spanish Literature and Society (1888 - 1918) 15
SP3161 Rebels, Reactionaries, Reformers: Women Writers in Nineteenth-century Spain 15
SP3162 Strange Girls and Domestic Angels: Women's Writing in Spain 15
SP3163 Tales of the Nation 15
SP3221 Language, Conflict and Society 15
SP3222 Love and Loss 15
SP4012 Linguistic Study of the Spanish Language 15
SP4013 Culture and Conflict: Representing the Spanish Civil War 15
SP4014 Spanish Avant-garde(s) 15
SP4015 Action Heroes and Anti-heroes in Early-Modern Spain 15
SP4016 Contemporary Galician Women Writers 15
SP4017 (R)evolutions in Early Modern Love Lyric: Perilous, Provocative, Parodic 15
SP4018 Spanish American Urban Landscapes in the Eyes of Contemporary Chroniclers 15
SP4031
SP4223 History and Culture in Spanish Texts 15
SP4224 Reality and Illusion 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 module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year
MA (Hons) Social Anthropology (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): 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
SA4058 Visual Anthropology 30
SA4059 Living with Material Culture 30
SA4060 Anthropology of Religion and Politics 30
SA4061 Contagion: Anthropology and Global Health 30
SA4062 Anthropology of Justice 30
SA4063 Anthropology of Catastrophe 30
SA4064 Anthropology of Energy 30
SA4065 The Anthropology of Art 30
SA4098 Library-based Dissertation 30
SA4099 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
SA4797 Joint Project (60cr) 60
SA4821 Amerindian Language and Culture 30
SA4850 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
SA4863 Youth in Africa 30
SA4864 Melanesian Anthropology 30
SA4865 Ethnohistories of the Americas 30
SA4866 Anthropology and Eurasia 30
SA4867 Anthropology of Politics and Governance 30
SA4868 Anthropology of Latin America: Contemporary issues 30
SA4870 The Anthropology of Crisis 30
SA4301 Anthropology in the Community 15
ID4002 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 module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

If selected SA4301 must be taken with ID4002.
MA (Hons) Spanish (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
SP4003 Spanish Language 3 15 AND
SP4004 Spanish Language 4: Communication Skills 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: SP3000 - SP4299, ID4002
SP3006 Literary Translation 15
SP3011 History of the Spanish Language 15
SP3101 Spanish Integrated Year Abroad 60
SP3121 Spanish American Literature I (Gauchos and Indians) 15
SP3122 Spanish American Literature 2 15
SP3123 Spanish Cinema (Topic) 15
SP3124 Spanish Cinema (Director) 15
SP3138 Mexico in the Nineteenth Century 15
SP3140 Literature and Politics in Spain 1930 - 1939 15
SP3143 Cinema and Literature in Spain 1920 - 1936 15
SP3145 Post-1975 Writing in Spain 1 15
SP3147 The Art of Subversion in Post-War Spain (1939-1975) 15
SP3148 The Argentine and Chilean Avant-Garde (1920s-1930s) 15
SP3157 Autobiographical Writing in Twentieth-Century Spain 15
SP3158 Representations of the Urban: Twentieth-Century Buenos Aires 15
SP3159 Gender and Violence in Golden Age Literature 15
SP3160 Facing the New: Spanish Literature and Society (1888 - 1918) 15
SP3161 Rebels, Reactionaries, Reformers: Women Writers in Nineteenth-century Spain 15
SP3162 Strange Girls and Domestic Angels: Women's Writing in Spain 15
SP3163 Tales of the Nation 15
SP3221 Language, Conflict and Society 15
SP3222 Love and Loss 15
SP4012 Linguistic Study of the Spanish Language 15
SP4013 Culture and Conflict: Representing the Spanish Civil War 15
SP4014 Spanish Avant-garde(s) 15
SP4015 Action Heroes and Anti-heroes in Early-Modern Spain 15
SP4016 Contemporary Galician Women Writers 15
SP4017 (R)evolutions in Early Modern Love Lyric: Perilous, Provocative, Parodic 15
SP4018 Spanish American Urban Landscapes in the Eyes of Contemporary Chroniclers 15
SP4031
SP4098 Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 15
SP4099 Long Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 30
SP4102 Semester with Study Abroad in Spain 30
SP4223 History and Culture in Spanish Texts 15
SP4224 Reality and Illusion 15
ID4002 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 module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

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 St Andrews School in the Learning Agreement (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/study-abroad/academic ).