MA Cultural Anthropology at University of Münster

Specialised Master's programme (offered since winter semester 2009/10, re-accredited for study from 2022/23) in cultural anthropology. It develops independent research skills in comparative and cultural-analytical approaches, with a focus on everyday culture in Germany and its global connections. It combines historical-anthropological and contemporary ethnographic methods with questions of cultural and social theory.

Faculty: Faculty 08: History and Philosophy (Fachbereich Geschichte/Philosophie)  |  Department: Institute of Cultural Anthropology/European Ethnology (Institut fuer Kulturanthropologie/Europaeische Ethnologie)  |  Duration: 2 years (4 semesters), 120 ECTS credits  |  Intake: Winter semester only  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Location: Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Seven modules: research fields and questions in current and history-of-science perspectives; themes in comparative perspective; analytical categories and theoretical approaches; fields of practice; research practice (a two-semester teaching research project or an internship); self-study and reading course; colloquium and Master's thesis (25 of the 120 credits). Further elements include an annual summer school on museology, regular excursions and student publications.

Career pathways

Practice and career fields in research and in the communication of culture analysis and science, including museums.

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