MSc in Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology 12 months Postgraduate Programme By University of Oxford |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

28,040 GBPTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

AnthropologyMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Anthropology

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

This one-year MSc in Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology explores human thought, behaviour and culture from the perspectives of the evolutionary and cognitive sciences. Homo sapiens possess remarkable capacities for language, culture, and religion. In the first term, students will follow a course on the investigation of biological evolution and cognition and a course on quantitative methods (including statistics and research design). In the second term, students will take a course on the evolution of human behaviour, including biological, cognitive, psychological and comparative perspectives, as well as the mind and culture course, which examines how human conceptual structures inform and constrain cultural expression. Students will be assessed by coursework and three three-hour written examinations in the third term. The MSc concludes with a 15,000-word research dissertation to be completed over the summer months, which is submitted and examined at the end of August. The degree can be taken on a stand-alone basis, as well as serving as a research training degree for those wishing to go on to doctoral research.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Anthropology

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

This one-year MSc in Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology explores human thought, behaviour and culture from the perspectives of the evolutionary and cognitive sciences. Homo sapiens possess remarkable capacities for language, culture, and religion. In the first term, students will follow a course on the investigation of biological evolution and cognition and a course on quantitative methods (including statistics and research design). In the second term, students will take a course on the evolution of human behaviour, including biological, cognitive, psychological and comparative perspectives, as well as the mind and culture course, which examines how human conceptual structures inform and constrain cultural expression. Students will be assessed by coursework and three three-hour written examinations in the third term. The MSc concludes with a 15,000-word research dissertation to be completed over the summer months, which is submitted and examined at the end of August. The degree can be taken on a stand-alone basis, as well as serving as a research training degree for those wishing to go on to doctoral research.

Admission Requirements

110+
7.5+
3.7+
191+

A first-class or strong upper second-class undergraduate degree with honours (or equivalent international qualifications), as a minimum, in any cognate discipline.

12 Months
Jan-2000

Domestic
18,455 GBP
International
28,040 GBP

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