Social and Cultural Anthropology (M.A.)
Features
The Master's programme in Social and Cultural Anthropology imparts the necessary specialist knowledge and methodological know-how to adequately grasp and analyse the multi-layered processes of social and cultural change in the current, globally networked world. The focus is on the major regions of Asia-Pacific (especially Southeast Asia and Oceania) and Africa with their respective specific problems and challenges. A profiling area allows students to choose from three subject areas and thus set their own content-related focal points.
- Name:
- Social and Cultural Anthropology
- Degree:
- Master of Arts
- Options:
- Full-time studies or Part-time studies
- Standard period of study:
- 4 Semesters, up to 7 semester in part-time studies
- Start of studies:
- winter and summer semester
- Language of the programme:
- German
- Admission:
- open
- Orientation events:
- Orientation events are offered
Get to know us
Details
The aim of the Master's programme is to acquire in-depth scientific knowledge and the ability to independently apply social and cultural anthropological theories and methods to specific social problems, especially in the Institute's priority regions. In addition to a compulsory core study area, a profiling area offers the possibility to choose from 3 subject areas and thus give the degree programme its own profile:
- Subject area I: Materiality and Environment
- Subject area II: Mobility and Identity
- Subject area III: Knowledge and Religion
The central element of the programme is the intensively supervised planning, preparation and implementation of an ethnological research or internship project in one of the three profile-forming subject areas. It is recommended that the project be located in a priority region of the institute (Asia-Pacific or Africa) and thus experience research work across linguistic and cultural borders. Integration into existing research structures of the Institute of Ethnology or the Ethnological Collection is possible; the Institute's many collaborations with universities and research institutions in the priority countries can also be used here.
The degree programme qualifies students by imparting subject-specific knowledge and methodological-analytical skills relevant to the professional field, especially in questions of cultural contact and cultural transfer, cultural exchange and development cooperation, and creates the academic basis for further studies in a doctoral programme. Possible fields of activity in public and private institutions are:
- Science and (international) science management
- Museum and exhibition management
- Cultural exchange and international cultural promotion
- Counselling and mediation (e.g. migration and refugee work, development cooperation, humanitarian aid, health care, tourism, international business)
- Media, public relations, adult education (especially for cultural and global contexts)
Consecutive programmes
Consecutive programmes
Structure
This degree programme can be studied in 2 different profiles.
- Singe Honours MA totalling 78 credits (Mono-master)
- Joint Honours MA totalling 42 credits in combination with one module package (minor) totalling 36 credits
You apply for one study profile.
To obtain a master’s degree, students must complete 120 credits which, depending on the chosen profile, are distributed as follows:
Single Honours MA (mono-master):
- Mayor studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology: 78 C
- Key competencies: 12 C
- Master’s thesis: 30 C
Joint Honours MA (combined master):
- Mayor studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology: 42 C
- External module package: 36 C
- Key competencies: 12 C
- Master’s thesis: 30 C
The combined master can only be studied part-time, if the module package(s) is also suitable for part-time studies.
Regulations and module directory
Application
Application deadlines:
- Until May 15th for the winter semester
- Until November 15th for the summer semester
Lottery procedure:
- From October 1st – 5th for the winter semester
- From April 1st – 5th for the summer semester
Previous studies:
- B.A.-degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology or equivalent
- At least 150 ECTS at the time of application
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Eligibility:
- Achievements in ethnology, ethnology, social and/or cultural anthropology totalling at least 50 C (of which at least 6 C in qualitative research methods and at least 6 C in non-European regional ethnology)
Language requirements:
- If your mother tongue is not German , you must prove sufficient knowledge of the German language at DSH-2 level .
Contact
Academic Advising
Annegret Schallmann
Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3
37073 Göttingen
Tel. +49 551 39 27159
Fax. +49 551 39 26542