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Master of Arts (Honours) Geography and Social Anthropology


MA (Hons) Geography (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
GG1001 Welcome to the Anthropocene: Society, Population, Environment 20 AND
GG1002 A World in Crisis? 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
MA (Hons) Social Anthropology (Joint Honours): 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) Geography (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ GG2013 Geography: Exploring the discipline 1 20 AND
^ GG2014 Geography: Exploring the discipline 2 20 AND
^ SD2100 Sustainable Scotland 20

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • passes in modules marked ^
MA (Hons) Social Anthropology (Joint Honours): 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

  • passes in modules marked ^

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/students/academic/academic-advising/glossary/honours-entry/ )

MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 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) Geography (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 120 credits from Module List: GG3205 - GG4296
GG3205 Developing a Geography Research Proposal 10
GG3206 Quantitative Methods for Social Scientists 10
GG3207 Qualitative Methods for Human Geographers 10
GG3208 Survey Design 10
GG3209 Spatial Analysis with GIS 10
GG3210 Remote Sensing 10
GG3211 Research Design and Methods for Physical Geography 10
GG3212 Data Analysis for Physical Geography 10
GG3213 Physical Geography Fieldclass 20
GG3214 Human Geography Field Course 20
GG3215 Secondary and Archival Data 10
GG3229 Environmental Management in Scotland 20
GG3237 Political and Cultural Geographies of the Border 20
GG3238 Development: voice, power and identity in global times 20
GG3241 Quaternary Palaeoecology 20
GG3260 Periglacial Geomorphology 20
GG3261 Quaternary Geomorphology of Scotland 20
GG3262 Climate and Weather Systems 20
GG3263 Glaciers and Glaciation 20
GG3264 Oceans and Climate 20
GG3274 Socio-Ecological Systems 20
GG3275 Geomorphology: Landscapes, Landforms and Earth Surface Processes 20
GG3278 Critical Dimensions of Environmental Management 20
GG3280 Geopolitics 30
GG3281 Quaternary Environmental Change 30
GG3282 Human ecodynamics: understanding ecosystem change in the Anthropocene 30
GG3283 Migration and Mobilities 30
GG3284 European Population: trends, patterns and future challenges 30
GG3301 Special Topic for Joint or Major Honours in Geography (Junior Honours) 10
GG3302 Special Topic for Honours in Geography (Senior Honours) 10
GG401A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG401B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG401C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG402A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG402B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG402C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG404A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG404B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG404C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG405A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG405B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG405C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG406A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG406B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG406C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG407A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG407B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG407C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG408A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG408B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG408C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG409A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG409B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG409C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG410A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG410B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG410C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG411A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG411B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG411C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG412A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG412B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG412C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG4221 Review Essay 20
GG4226 Advanced Topics in Remote Sensing 20
GG4243 Geographies of Race, Racialisation and Racism 30
GG4244 Decolonial Geographies 30
GG4245 Biogeography and the Earth System 30
GG4246 Geographies of Disability 30
GG4247 Geographies of health in sub-Saharan Africa 30
GG4248 The Nature of Political Ecology 30
GG4249 Placing Peru: a decolonial development geography 30
GG4250 Diversity, inequality and place 30
GG4251 Volcanic ash: dispersal, impacts and applications 30
GG4252 Ice and climate 30
GG4253 Cultural geographies of climate activism 30
GG4254 Health and Social Inequalities Across the Life Course 30
GG4255 Geographies of Urban Housing 30
GG4256 Coastal Processes 30
GG4257 Urban Analytics: A Toolkit for Sustainable Urban Development 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 between 120 to 160 credits in academic year

Students must have at least 120 Geography honours credits in total by the end of their honours programme.
MA (Hons) Social Anthropology (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list 30 credits from Module List: SA3000 - SA3999 (excluding SA3901 - SA3903) AND
SA301A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA301B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA301C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA302A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA302B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA302C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
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
SA303A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA303B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA303C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA304A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA304B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA304C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA3053 Individuality, Community and Morality 30
SA3055 Anthropology and History 30
SA3057 Sex and Gender 30
SA3059 Colonial and Post-Colonial Representations 30
SA305A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA305B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA305C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA3060 Contemporary Issues in Social Anthropology 30
SA3061 Reading Ethnography 30
SA3062 Anthropology, Indigenous Peoples and Resource Extraction 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
SA3069 The Anthropology of Borders, Boundaries and Frontiers 30
SA306A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA306B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA306C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA3070 Anthropology of Planetary Health 30
SA3071 Anthropology of the City: From Ur to Urban Hip Hop 30
SA3072 The Anthropology of Political Violence 30
SA307A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA307B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA307C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA308A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA308B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA308C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA309A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA309B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA309C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA310A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA310B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA310C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA311A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA311B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA311C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA312A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA312B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA312C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
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)
SA301A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA301B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA301C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA302A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA302B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA302C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
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
SA303A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA303B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA303C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA304A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA304B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA304C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA3053 Individuality, Community and Morality 30
SA3055 Anthropology and History 30
SA3057 Sex and Gender 30
SA3059 Colonial and Post-Colonial Representations 30
SA305A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA305B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA305C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA3060 Contemporary Issues in Social Anthropology 30
SA3061 Reading Ethnography 30
SA3062 Anthropology, Indigenous Peoples and Resource Extraction 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
SA3069 The Anthropology of Borders, Boundaries and Frontiers 30
SA306A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA306B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA306C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA3070 Anthropology of Planetary Health 30
SA3071 Anthropology of the City: From Ur to Urban Hip Hop 30
SA3072 The Anthropology of Political Violence 30
SA307A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA307B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA307C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA308A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA308B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA308C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA309A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA309B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA309C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA310A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA310B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA310C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA311A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA311B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA311C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA312A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA312B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA312C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA3506 Methods in Social Anthropology 30
SA4005 The West Indies and the Black Atlantic 30
SA401A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA401B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA401C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA402A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA402B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA402C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA4040 Perception, Imagination and Communication 30
SA404A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA404B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA404C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA4058 Visual Anthropology 30
SA4059 Living with Material Culture 30
SA405A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA405B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA405C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA4060 Anthropology and Religion 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
SA406A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA406B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA406C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA407A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA407B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA407C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA408A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA408B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA408C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA4850 Andes 30
SA4855 Anthropology, Literature and Writing 30
SA4857 West Africa 30
SA4862 Imagining the World: The Anthropology of Consciousness 30
SA4863 Youth in Africa 30
SA4864 Melanesian Anthropology 30
SA4866 Anthropology and Eurasia 30
SA4867 Anthropology of Politics and Governance 30
SA4868 Anthropology of Latin America: Contemporary issues 30
SA4870 Crisis and Rupture: Theories of social change in the contemporary world 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 between 120 to 160 credits in academic year

SA3506 must be taken if the student wishes to take SA4099, SA4794 or SA4796 in Fourth Year.
MA (Hons) Geography (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 120 credits from Module List: GG3205 - GG4399
GG3205 Developing a Geography Research Proposal 10
GG3206 Quantitative Methods for Social Scientists 10
GG3207 Qualitative Methods for Human Geographers 10
GG3208 Survey Design 10
GG3209 Spatial Analysis with GIS 10
GG3210 Remote Sensing 10
GG3211 Research Design and Methods for Physical Geography 10
GG3212 Data Analysis for Physical Geography 10
GG3213 Physical Geography Fieldclass 20
GG3214 Human Geography Field Course 20
GG3215 Secondary and Archival Data 10
GG3229 Environmental Management in Scotland 20
GG3237 Political and Cultural Geographies of the Border 20
GG3238 Development: voice, power and identity in global times 20
GG3241 Quaternary Palaeoecology 20
GG3260 Periglacial Geomorphology 20
GG3261 Quaternary Geomorphology of Scotland 20
GG3262 Climate and Weather Systems 20
GG3263 Glaciers and Glaciation 20
GG3264 Oceans and Climate 20
GG3274 Socio-Ecological Systems 20
GG3275 Geomorphology: Landscapes, Landforms and Earth Surface Processes 20
GG3278 Critical Dimensions of Environmental Management 20
GG410A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG410B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG410C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG411A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG411B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG411C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG412A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG412B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG412C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG4201 Advanced Debates in Geography 10
GG4221 Review Essay 20
GG4226 Advanced Topics in Remote Sensing 20
GG4243 Geographies of Race, Racialisation and Racism 30
GG4244 Decolonial Geographies 30
GG4245 Biogeography and the Earth System 30
GG4246 Geographies of Disability 30
GG4247 Geographies of health in sub-Saharan Africa 30
GG4248 The Nature of Political Ecology 30
GG4249 Placing Peru: a decolonial development geography 30
GG4250 Diversity, inequality and place 30
GG4251 Volcanic ash: dispersal, impacts and applications 30
GG4252 Ice and climate 30
GG4253 Cultural geographies of climate activism 30
GG4254 Health and Social Inequalities Across the Life Course 30
GG4255 Geographies of Urban Housing 30
GG4256 Coastal Processes 30
GG4257 Urban Analytics: A Toolkit for Sustainable Urban Development 30
GG4298 Single Honours Research Dissertation in Geography 50
GG4301 Advanced Study for Joint or Major Honours in Geography 10
GG4302 Advanced Quantitative Analysis 30
GG4303 Advanced Qualitative Analysis 30
GG4304 Advanced analysis in Physical Geography 30
GG4305 Environmental Geography: advanced analysis across human and physical geography 30
GG4328 Advanced Topics in Geographic Information Science (GISci) 30
GG4399 Research Dissertation in Geography 30
GG3280 Geopolitics 30
GG3281 Quaternary Environmental Change 30
GG3282 Human ecodynamics: understanding ecosystem change in the Anthropocene 30
GG3283 Migration and Mobilities 30
GG3284 European Population: trends, patterns and future challenges 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

Students must have at least 120 Geography honours credits in total by the end of their honours programme.
MA (Hons) Social Anthropology (Joint Honours): 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
SA401A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA401B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA401C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA402A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA402B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA402C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA4040 Perception, Imagination and Communication 30
SA404A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA404B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA404C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA4058 Visual Anthropology 30
SA4059 Living with Material Culture 30
SA405A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA405B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA405C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA4060 Anthropology and Religion 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
SA406A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA406B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA406C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA407A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA407B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA407C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA408A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA408B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA408C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA4098 Library-based Dissertation 30
SA4099 Primary Research-based Dissertation 30
SA409A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA409B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA409C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA410A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA410B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA410C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA411A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA411B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA411C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA412A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA412B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA412C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
SA4795 Joint Dissertation (60cr) 60
SA4796 Joint Project (30cr) 30
SA4797 Joint Project (60cr) 60
SA4850 Andes 30
SA4855 Anthropology, Literature and Writing 30
SA4857 West Africa 30
SA4862 Imagining the World: The Anthropology of Consciousness 30
SA4863 Youth in Africa 30
SA4864 Melanesian Anthropology 30
SA4866 Anthropology and Eurasia 30
SA4867 Anthropology of Politics and Governance 30
SA4868 Anthropology of Latin America: Contemporary issues 30
SA4870 Crisis and Rupture: Theories of social change in the contemporary world 30
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.

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 ).