MA Medical Anthropology and Mental Health at SOAS University of London

Programme overview

The SOAS MA in Medical Anthropology and Mental Health facilitates understanding of health from diverse perspectives and investigates the complexity of human suffering, as well as varied forms of healing and treatment. The programme offers training in anthropological approaches to the major health and mental health challenges of our time.

Department: Department of Anthropology and Sociology | Duration: 1 year | Study mode: full-time or part-time | Intake: September | Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The programme consists of 180 credits, made up of taught modules of 15 or 30 credits, taught over 10 or 20 weeks, and a dissertation of 60 credits. Core and compulsory modules include 799A Dissertation (MA) in Anthropology, 701 Contemporary Anthropological Theory, 702 Ethnographic Research Methods, 754 Medical Anthropology: Global Perspectives, 755 Bodies and Cultures, 753 Mind, Culture and Psychiatry.

Career pathways

The MA Medical Anthropology and Mental Health equips our graduates with basic skills in anthropological analysis and ethnographic research that are also usable in a variety of healthcare and other settings. Our graduates are prepared for a wide range of employment.

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Application information

Entry requirements

We will consider all applications with a 2:2 (or international equivalent) or higher in a social science or humanities subject. In addition to degree classification we take into account other elements of the application such as supporting statement. References are optional, but can help build a stronger application if you fall below the 2:2 requirement or have non-traditional qualifications. See international entry requirements and English language requirements. Applicants from Ghana: Bachelor's degree from a recognised institution accepted as equivalent to a UK 2:2: Lower Second Class Hons.

Domestic applicants: GBP 12,965 a year. Full-time tuition fee Source

International applicants: GBP 25,320 a year. Full-time tuition fee Source

Intake: September

Duration: 1 year

Apply through the official page: https://www.soas.ac.uk/how-apply-postgraduate-study

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