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You will question taken-for-granted ideas and learn to understand how others see the world.</p></p> <div class="alert alert--info"> <dl class="paired-values-list collapse-top font-scale-1 collapse-bottom" aria-label="Key information"> <dt class="paired-values-list__name font-weight--bold t4text">UCAS code</dt> <dd class="paired-values-list__value sits">L600</dd> <dt class="paired-values-list__name font-weight--bold t4text" >Start date</dt> <dd class="paired-values-list__value sits">September 2025</dd> <dt class="paired-values-list__name font-weight--bold t4text">End date</dt> <dd class="paired-values-list__value sits">September 2029</dd> <dt class="paired-values-list__name font-weight--bold t4text">Duration</dt> <dd class="paired-values-list__value sits">Four years full time</dd> <dt class="paired-values-list__name font-weight--bold t4text">School</dt> <dd class="paired-values-list__value sits">School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies</dd> </dl> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="nav-top" class="sticky-cta affix-top"> <div class="sta-container"> <a class="btn btn-action" href="/study/register/">Register your interest</a> <a class="btn btn-action-secondary" href="/study/apply/ug/">How to apply</a> <div class="sticky-cta__label"><span class="font-weight--bold">Social Anthropology MA (Honours)</span> 2025 entry</div> </div> </div>  <div class="section__anchor--sticky margin-bottom--half"> <div class="sta-container sta-grid__main-aside"> <aside class="sta-grid-item__aside"> <nav class="sta-contents sta-contents-aside sta-contents-aside--sticky" aria-labelledby="sta-contents-heading"> <h2 id="sta-contents-heading" class="sta-contents__heading">On this page</h2> <ul id="sta-contents-sticky"> <li><a href="#overview">Overview</a></li> <li><a href="#entry-requirements">Entry requirements</a></li> <li><a href="#course-details">Course details</a></li> <li><a href="#fees">Fees</a></li> <li><a href="#joint-honours">Joint Honours degrees</a></li> <li><a href="#careers">Careers</a></li> <li><a href="#nextsteps">What to do next</a></li> <li><a href="#contact">Contact</a></li> <li><a href="#discover & uni">Discover Uni</a></li> </ul> </nav> </aside> <article class="sta-grid-item__main content">  <section id="overview" class="heading-section content-section section__anchor--sticky"> <figure class="blockquote"> <blockquote class="font-scale-1"> “Social Anthropology is a subject that has not only supplemented but encouraged my personal development, offering me a means through which I can understand and decode the world I live in rather than a rigid understanding of a specific issue or subject. ” </blockquote> <figcaption class="blockquote__author"> <div class="blockquote__author-thumbnail"> </div> <div><b>Taylor</b> <br>- West Lothian, Scotland </div> </figcaption> </figure> </section>  <section id="entry-requirements" class="heading-section content-section section__anchor--sticky"> <h2 class="heading-section__heading t4text">Entry requirements</h2> <p class="t4text">The University offers different entry requirements, depending on your background. Find out more about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements using <a href="https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/entry/academic-entry-explained/">academic entry explained</a> and see which entry requirements you need to look at using the <a href="https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/entry/indicator">entry requirements indicator</a>.</p> <p class='t4text'>For degrees combining more than one subject, the subject with the higher entry requirements determines the grades you need. You will also need to meet any further subject-specific entry requirements as outlined on their pages.</p>  <ul class="accordion-group"> <li class='accordion-item'> <div class="accordion-item__toggle"> <h3 class="accordion-item__toggle-title t4text"> <button class="accordion-item__toggle-button t4text"> SQA Highers</button> </h3> </div> <div class="accordion-item__content"> <dl class="paired-values-list paired-values-list--divided"> <dt class="paired-values-list__name font-weight--bold t4text">Standard entry grades: <dd class="paired-values-list__value sits">AAAB </dd> </dt> <dt class="paired-values-list__name font-weight--bold t4text">Minimum entry grades: <dd class="paired-values-list__value sits">AABB </dd> </dt> <dt class="paired-values-list__name font-weight--bold t4text">Gateway entry grades: <dd class="paired-values-list__value t4text">Applicants who have narrowly missed the minimum entry grades, but meet the University's contextual criteria, may be interested in one of the <a href="https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/pathways/gateway/">University’s Gateway programmes</a>. </dd> </dt> </dl> </div> </li> <li class='accordion-item'> <div class="accordion-item__toggle"> <h3 class="accordion-item__toggle-title"> <button class="accordion-item__toggle-button t4text">GCE A-Levels</button> </h3> </div> <div class="accordion-item__content"> <dl class="paired-values-list paired-values-list--divided"> <dt class="paired-values-list__name font-weight--bold t4text">Standard entry grades: <dd class="paired-values-list__value sits">AAB </dd> </dt> <dt class="paired-values-list__name font-weight--bold t4text">Minimum entry grades: <dd class="paired-values-list__value sits">ABB </dd> </dt> </dl> </div> </li> <li class='accordion-item'> <div class="accordion-item__toggle"> <h3 class="accordion-item__toggle-title"> <button class="accordion-item__toggle-button t4text">IB points</button> </h3> </div> <div class="accordion-item__content"> <dl class="paired-values-list paired-values-list--divided"> <dt class="paired-values-list__name font-weight--bold t4text">Standard entry grades: <dd class="paired-values-list__value sits"> 36 (HL 6,6,5) </dd> </dt> <dt class="paired-values-list__name font-weight--bold t4text">Minimum entry grades: <dd class="paired-values-list__value sits">36 (HL 6,5,5) </dd> </dt> </dl> </div> </li> </ul> <h3 class="t4text">General entry requirements</h3> <p class="t4text">All applicants must have attained the following qualifications, or equivalent, in addition to the specific entry requirements for individual programmes.</p>  <ul class="accordion-group"> <li class='accordion-item'> <div class="accordion-item__toggle"> <h4 class="accordion-item__toggle-title"> <button class="accordion-item__toggle-button t4text">SQA qualifications</button> </h4> </div> <div class="accordion-item__content t4text"> <p>SQA National 5 (B) in English and one SQA National 5 (B) from the following:</p> <ul> <li>Biology</li> <li>Chemistry</li> <li>Computing science</li> <li>Geography</li> <li>Applications of Mathematics</li> <li>Mathematics</li> <li>Physics</li> <li>Psychology.</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class='accordion-item'> <div class="accordion-item__toggle"> <h4 class="accordion-item__toggle-title"> <button class="accordion-item__toggle-button t4text">GCSE qualifications</button> </h4> </div> <div class="accordion-item__content t4text"> <p>GCSE (5) in English language or English literature, and one GCSE (5) from the following:</p> <ul> <li>Biology</li> <li>Chemistry</li> <li>Computing Science</li> <li>Geography</li> <li>Mathematics</li> <li>Physics</li> <li>Psychology.</li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> <h4 data-unsp-sanitized="clean" class="t4text">Other qualifications</h4> <p class="t4text">We accept a wide range of qualifications for entry on to our programmes. Please see our <a data-unsp-sanitized="clean" href="https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/entry/" title="Find out more">entry requirements</a> for more information.</p> <p class="t4text">More information on how to apply via other entry routes or accreditation of prior learning and experience can be found on the <a href="https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/entry/">University’s entry requirements web page</a>.</p> <h3 data-unsp-sanitized="clean">Do I need to have studied this subject before?</h3><p><p>No previous knowledge of social anthropology is required.</p></p> <h3 data-unsp-sanitized="clean">Alternative study options</h3><p><p><strong>Study abroad</strong></p> <p>Social anthropology students can apply to participate in the University-wide St Andrews Abroad programme. You may also have the opportunity to participate in the School Abroad exchange programme. For information about study abroad options, please see the <a href="http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad">study abroad site</a>.</p></p>  <h3 class="t4text">International applicants</h3> <p class="t4text">If English is not your first language, you will need to provide an English language test score to evidence your English language ability. Find out more about <a href='/subjects/entry/language-requirements/profiles/3-d/'>approved English language tests and scores for this course</a>. </p> </section>  <section id="course-details" class="heading-section content-section section__anchor--sticky"> <h2 class="heading-section__heading t4text">Course details</h2> <p>The MA (Hons) in Social Anthropology is a four-year course run by the Department of Social Anthropology. The course explores the diversity of human experience from a standpoint that is reflexive and critically aware. You will learn to study the lives of others while examining your own position in the world.</p> <p>In the first two years, you will be introduced to the wide variety of issues that anthropologists study, to their methods, and to some key theoretical approaches. This is a good opportunity to explore different anthropological topics and find out where your interests lie.</p> <p>Alongside social anthropology, in the first year of your studies you will be required to study two additional subjects. In the second year you will usually carry on at least one of these subjects, sometimes two. Find out more about <a href="/study/undergraduate/degree-routes/honours/">how academic years are organised</a>.</p> <p>During your final two years (Honours), you will build on what you have already learned and be able to advance into more specialised topics that suit your individual interests. Specialist subject areas may include: </p> <ul> <li>how and why people move and migrate across the world</li> <li>capitalism, colonialism and postcolonialism, and their impact on local lives</li> <li>how justice and ethics are conceptualised and implemented by different groups</li> <li>how humans make and understand art and material culture</li> <li>how people across the globe understand and deal with illness</li> <li>how different groups view and deal with the body, sex and gender</li> <li>how the past is understood, represented and mobilised</li> <li>how war and conflict are experienced at local level</li> <li>how resource extraction and energy issues shape local and global relations</li> <li>theoretical and methodological approaches such as historical, medical, visual or feminist anthropology</li> </ul> <p>Modules in anthropological theory and research methods will prepare you to undertake a 10,000-word dissertation in your final year on a topic of interest chosen in consultation with your supervisor.</p> <p>Graduates in social anthropology from St Andrews will gain key practical skills in analysing social and cultural dynamics and how they shape relations, attitudes and experiences. They will learn how to communicate cross-culturally and to examine problems reflexively and holistically, revealing and questioning taken-for-granted assumptions. These skills are transferable to many different careers, and are particularly sought after in development, the non-profit sector, the civil service, human resources, museums and curation, business, and education.</p> <p class="t4text">The University of St Andrews operates on a flexible modular degree system by which degrees are obtained through the accumulation of credits. More information on the structure of the modules system can be found on the <a href="https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/flexible/">flexible degree structure web page.</a></p> <h3 id="modules" class="t4text">Modules</h3> <p>In the first two years of your degree, known as sub-honours, you will take the required modules in social anthropology alongside modules in one or two other subjects. </p> <p>Typically, you will take one social anthropology module per semester during your first two years, and one or two modules per semester during your third and fourth year, known as Honours, depending on whether you are studying anthropology as a single or joint Honours student. </p> <div class="tabs-container"> <ul class="nav nav-tabs" role="tablist"> <li class='active in' role='presentation'><a aria-selected='true' href='#tab-1' data-toggle='tab' aria-controls='tab-1' role='tab'>First year</a></li> <li role='presentation'><a aria-selected='true' href='#tab-2' data-toggle='tab' aria-controls='tab-2' role='tab'>Second year</a></li> <li role='presentation'><a aria-selected='true' href='#tab-3' data-toggle='tab' aria-controls='tab-3' role='tab'>Honours</a></li> </ul> <div class="tab-content"> <div class='tab-pane fade active in' id='tab-1' role='tabpanel'> <p>Students will take the following compulsory first-year module: </p> <ul> <li><strong><a href='https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/modules/catalogue/?meta_modulecode=SA1002'>Ways of Thinking</a></strong>: concentrates on the ways in which human beings think about their place in the world and on the different modes of thought and systems of belief that are manifest in societies across the globe. Covering a range of topics and geographic areas, the module teaches you to think anthropologically about human being and becoming.</li> </ul> <p>Students are strongly encouraged to take the following optional first-year module:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Anthropology in the World</strong>: provides an introduction to the key anthropological approaches and methods, and to the huge diversity of human ways of living and thinking about the world.</li> </ul></div><div class='tab-pane fade in' id='tab-2' role='tabpanel'> <p>Students will take both of the following second-year modules:</p> <ul> <li><strong><a href='https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/modules/catalogue/?meta_modulecode=SA2001'>The Foundations of Social Anthropology</a></strong>: you will learn about the history of anthropological thinking and about the key concerns that have guided the development of the discipline as the comparative study of human social experience.</li> <li><strong><a href='https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/modules/catalogue/?meta_modulecode=SA2002'>Ethnographic Encounters</a></strong>: you will learn about the centrality of fieldwork practice (what we call "participant observation") to social anthropology. You will engage in your own fieldwork mini-project and write it up.</li> </ul></div> <div class='tab-pane fade' id='tab-3' role='tabpanel'><p>If you decide to take Social Anthropology in your third and fourth years, you will choose from a wide variety of advanced options that cover a range of ethnographic areas and theoretical concerns. These will include modules that will allow you to explore societies in regions such as Africa, Europe, Central Asia, Latin America and the Pacific. </p> <p>Honours modules which have been offered in previous years include: </p> <ul> <li>Anthropology and Religion </li> <li>Anthropology of Catastrophe</li> <li>Planetary Health </li> <li>Sorcery and Conspiracy: The Anthropology of Alternate Realities </li> <li>The Anthropology of Borders, Boundaries and Frontiers </li> <li>Visual Anthropology </li> <li>Sex and Gender</li> <li>Technologies of Power and Resistance</li> <li>Communicating Anthropology</li> <li>Anthropology of Economic Life</li> </ul> <p>In fourth year, students also undertake a 10,000-word dissertation. This research project enables you to independently explore a theme of your choice, which can include fieldwork in a selected community. </p></div> </div> <p style='margin-top:25px' class="t4text">The modules above are examples of what has been taught in previous academic years and may be subject to change before you start your course. Please see the <a href="https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/modules/">module catalogue</a> for more details of each module, including weekly contact hours, teaching methods and assessment.</p> <h3 class="t4text">Teaching</h3> <div class="tabs-container"> <ul class="nav nav-tabs" role="tablist"> <li class='active in' role='presentation'><a aria-selected='true' href='#tab-11' data-toggle='tab' aria-controls='tab-11' role='tab'>Teaching format</a></li> <li role='presentation'><a aria-selected='true' href='#tab-12' data-toggle='tab' aria-controls='tab-12' role='tab'>Assessment</a></li> <li role='presentation'><a aria-selected='true' href='#tab-13' data-toggle='tab' aria-controls='tab-13' role='tab'>Support</a></li> </ul> <div class="tab-content"> <div class='tab-pane fade active in' id='tab-11' role='tabpanel'><p>Social anthropology sub-honours modules are primarily delivered through formal lectures (100 to 350 students) complemented by small group tutorials (10 students), workshops and ethnographic film screenings.</p> <p>At Honours level, instruction is predominately through lectures, seminars and workshops (maximum 27 students) which combine films, presentations and discussions.</p> <p>When not attending lectures, seminars, tutorials and workshops, you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-study. Typically, this will involve: </p> <ul> <li>working on individual and group projects </li> <li>undertaking research in the library </li> <li>preparing coursework assignments and presentations </li> <li>preparing for examinations</li> </ul></div> <div class='tab-pane fade' id='tab-12' role='tabpanel'><p>Modules in social anthropology are assessed either by coursework or by a combination of coursework (at least 40%) and written or online exams.</p> <p>Coursework includes: </p> <ul> <li>presentations </li> <li>essays </li> <li>group and individual projects </li> <li>student diaries and learning journals </li> <li>posters</li> <li>blogs, op eds, concept notes</li> <li>creative writing </li> <li>tutorial participation</li> </ul> <p>Examinations are held at the end of each semester during a dedicated exam diet with revision time provided beforehand. </p> <p>The Department aims to provide feedback on every assessment within three weeks to help you improve on future assessments.</p><p>Undergraduates at the University of St Andrews must achieve at least 7.0 on the St Andrews 20-point grade scale to pass a module. To gain access to Honours-level modules, students must achieve the relevant requisites as specified in the <a href='https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/policy/academic-policies-student-progression-entry-to-honours/entry-to-honours.pdf'>policy on entry to Honours</a> and in the relevant <a href='https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/reqs/'>programme requirements</a>. To find out the classification equivalent of points, please see the <a href='https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/policy/academic-policies-assessment-examination-and-award-common-reporting-scale/common-reporting-scale.pdf'>common reporting scale.</a></p></div> <div class='tab-pane fade' id='tab-13' role='tabpanel'><p>You will be taught by a research-led teaching team with expertise and knowledge of social anthropology. Postgraduate research students who have undertaken teacher training may also contribute to the teaching of tutorials under the supervision of the module leader.</p> <p>Course conveners have weekly contact hours when you can receive one-to-one advice or have discussions about the progress of your work. If you choose to write a dissertation, you will be allocated an individual supervisor who will support you from planning to submission</p> <p>You can find contact information for all social anthropology staff on the <a href="/social-anthropology/people/" target="null">Department of Social Anthropology website</a>. </p><p>The University’s Student Services team can help students with additional needs resulting from disabilities, long-term medical conditions or learning disabilities. More information can be found on the <a href='https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/support/students-with-disabilities/'>students with disabilities web page.</a></p></div> </div> </div> </section>  <section id="fees" class="heading-section content-section section__anchor--sticky"> <h2 class="heading-section__heading t4text">Fees</h2> <p class="t4text"><b>Scotland</b><br><span class="sits">£1,820</span></p> <p class="t4text"><b>England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands, Isle of Man</b></p> <p>Following the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/higher-education-reform-to-back-opportunity-and-protect-students">decision of the UK Government to raise undergraduate tuition fees</a> and maintenance loans in line with inflation from April 2025, we are reviewing the consequences of that decision for fees payable by students from the rest of the UK who have chosen to study in Scotland. We will update the information on this page as soon as possible.</p> <p class="t4text"><b>EU and overseas</b><br><span class="sits">£31,670</span></p> <p class="t4text">More information on tuition fees can be found on the <a href="https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/undergraduate/">undergraduate fees and funding</a> page.</p> <h3 class="t4text">Accommodation fees</h3> <p class="t4text">Find out about <a href="https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/accommodation/undergraduate/fees/">accommodation fees</a> for University accommodation.</p> <h3 class="t4text">Funding and scholarships</h3> <p class="t4text">The University of St Andrews offers a number of <a href="/study/fees-and-funding/scholarships/">scholarships</a> and <a href="/study/fees-and-funding/undergraduate/financial-assistance/">support packages</a> to undergraduate students each year.</p> </section>  <section id="joint-honours" class="heading-section content-section section__anchor--sticky"> <h2 class="heading-section__heading t4text">Joint Honours degrees</h2> <p class="t4text">You can also take Social Anthropology as part of a <a href="https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/degree-routes/honours/joint/">joint Honours degree</a> in which you will take core modules of your chosen subjects.</p> <table class="dataTable table table-primary dpl-form sits" role="grid"> <thead> <tr role="row"> <th class="sorting_asc" tabindex="0" aria-sort="ascending" aria-label="Course name: activate to sort column descending">Course name</th> <th class="sorting" tabindex="0" aria-label="UCAS code: activate to sort column ascending">UCAS code</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Ancient History & Archaeology and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>VVL6</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Ancient History and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>V1L6</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Arabic and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>LT66</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Arabic and Social Anthropology (With Integrated Year Abroad)</td><td class='sits'>TV81</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Art History and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>LV63</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Classical Studies and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>LQ68</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Classics and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>Q8L6</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Comparative Literature and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>QL26</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Economics and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>LL16</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) English and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>QL36</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Film Studies and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>PL36</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) French and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>LR61</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) French and Social Anthropology (With Integrated Year Abroad)</td><td class='sits'>LRP1</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Geography and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>LL67</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) German and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>LR62</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) German and Social Anthropology (With Integrated Year Abroad)</td><td class='sits'>RL26</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Greek and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>Q7L6</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) International Relations and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>LL62</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Italian and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>LR63</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Italian and Social Anthropology (With Integrated Year Abroad)</td><td class='sits'>RL36</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Latin and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>QL60</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Medieval History and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>LV61</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Middle East Studies and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>TL66</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Modern History and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>LVP1</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Persian and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>LQ66</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Philosophy and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>LV65</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Psychology and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>CL86</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Russian and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>LR67</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Russian and Social Anthropology (With Integrated Year Abroad)</td><td class='sits'>LRP7</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Scottish History and Social Anthropology</td><td class='sits'>LVQ2</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Social Anthropology and Spanish</td><td class='sits'>LR64</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Social Anthropology and Spanish (With Integrated Year Abroad)</td><td class='sits'>LRP4</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Social Anthropology and Sustainable Development</td><td class='sits'>F894</td></tr><tr><td class='sorting_1 sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Social Anthropology and Theological Studies</td><td class='sits'>LV66</td></tr> </tbody> </table> <p>It is also possible to combine a degree in Social Anthropology with both Arabic and Russian.</p> <p>Joint degrees taken with Arabic, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish and the triple degree with Arabic and Russian are also available 'With Integrated Year Abroad'.</p> <h3 class="t4text">"With" degrees</h3> <p class="t4text">You can take Social Anthropology as part of a "with" Honours degree in which the majority of the course deals with the first name subject. St Andrews offers the following "with" degrees in Social Anthropology:</p> <ul><li class='sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Economics with Social Anthropology - UCAS code L1L6</li><li class='sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Geography with Social Anthropology - UCAS code L7L6</li><li class='sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Social Anthropology with Geography - UCAS code L6L7</li><li class='sits'>Master of Arts (Honours) Social Anthropology with Religion in Society - UCAS code LT30</li></ul> </section>   <section id="careers" class="heading-section content-section section__anchor--sticky"> <h2 class="heading-section__heading t4text">Careers</h2> <p>A degree in social anthropology is important for any career where knowledge of other worldviews and of cross-cultural communication is vital, such as in development, human resources or community relations work. A degree in social anthropology gives you the skills to decode social contexts and cultural scripts, and to reflexively evaluate your own position in society. Graduates from the Social Anthropology MA have entered into a wide range of careers, including the diplomatic service, media, social work, journalism, technology and communications, the voluntary sector, law, museums and business. </p> <p>Popular career paths for social anthropology graduates include: </p> <ul> <li>advertising and marketing </li> <li>civil service </li> <li>education and social work </li> <li>human rights </li> <li>humanitarian aid </li> <li>international or non-profit organisations </li> <li>media and journalism</li> <li>museums and curating</li> <li>human resources</li> <li>technology</li> </ul> <p>The insight of an anthropologist is valued in any occupation that requires a sensitivity to different ways of life and thought, and that assesses complex human needs. A full understanding of 'the human element' in technological processes is increasingly in demand. </p> <p>In your degree, you will also gain a number of transferable skills which are highly valued by employers across all sectors. 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