- Location: Maynooth University, North Campus, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland - Ireland
- Duration: 1 Year
Course details
The MA in Anthropology & Development is a one year taught master’s programme designed for development and humanitarian aid professionals (and those who envisage such a career) who would like to add an anthropological perspective to their development expertise. The course provides a holistic and critical approach to culture, the inevitable context of all relief and development activity. The MA course is quite intensive and is designed for students with a background in anthropology. Students with no background in anthropology are encouraged to pursue the Postgraduate Certificate in Anthropology & Development.
Entry Requirements
- BA degree (2.2 or higher) in Anthropology or cognate discipline, or a recognised international equivalent.
- Minimum English language requirements:
- IELTS: 6.5 minimum overall score
- TOEFL (Paper based test): 585
- TOEFL (Internet based test): 95
- PTE (Pearson): 62
Module
Year 1
- TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT - PART I
- INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY & DEVELOPMENT
- THEORY & ETHNOGRAPHIC PRACTICE II
- THEORY AND ETHNOGRAPHIC PRACTICE IV
- THESIS
- TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT - PART II
- TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT - PART III
- THEORY AND ETHNOGRAPHIC PRACTICE I
- THEORY AND ETHNOGRAPHIC PRACTICE III
Course Location
About Maynooth University
This means that students at Maynooth benefit from an international outlook, and those of you who wish to study abroad for a semester or an academic year during yTheir degree have a network of connections to tap in to. During the cTheirse of their academic degree students from Maynooth have studied subjects such as Law at Boston College, Mandarin Chinese at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Music in the University of Vienna.
Maynooth has many shared research projects with universities around the world.
- In the Dept of Psychology, Prof Dermot Barnes-Holmes is working with academics in Columbia University in New York to predict the success of cocaine abuse treatment.
- Mathematician Dr. Ken Duffy is working with immunologists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in MelbTheirne, Australia to analyse cell behaviTheir in a study that could have significant implications for Their understanding and treatment of diseases like Coeliac disease, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.
- Historian Dr Tom O Connor is working with colleagues from the University of Alcala and the Irish Colleges in Spain, discovering the hidden stories of Irish people who got caught up in the Spanish Inquisition.
- ADHD Course LineEUR 23
EUR 441Duration: Upto 5 Hours - EUR 58Duration: Upto 40 Hours
