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Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie (Master of Arts)
(Social and Cultural Anthropology)
Overview
Conditions of admission
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Overview
Course content and focus areas |
The MA in Social and Cultural Anthropology offers students the opportunity to intensively devote 4 semesters to their own, more extensive social and cultural anthropological research project. Social and cultural anthropology links into the self-definition and professional debates of British social anthropology, American cultural anthropology, and “Ethnologie” in German-speaking academia. Like these, it focuses on the human being (anthropos) in his social and cultural environment and is thus dedicated to both contemporary and historical themes in order to understand socio-cultural phenomena as processes and expressions of diverse dynamics. The diversity of human action and its institutions is considered both at the local level, especially outside Europe, and in a comparative and global context. Social and cultural anthropology pursues a qualitative research approach, a central method of empirical investigation being participant observation/field research. The Master's programme in Social and Cultural Anthropology is research-oriented and aims at a research and scientific specialisation and, among other things, the deepening of intercultural, foreign-language and region-specific competencies. The framework for the studies is provided by the research idea for a social and cultural anthropological research project, developed independently by the respective students and which should be carried out abroad if possible. To prepare for this, students examine the (self-)reflective application of concepts necessary for the critical interpretation of human action strategies and institutions. They deepen and expand both specific and project-related specialist and interdisciplinary subject matter; they deal intensively with debates on cultural and social theory and their genesis, deal in detail with current socio-cultural phenomena and with qualitative methods that serve their scientific analysis. Students work on research questions and develop a research concept. The development, implementation and evaluation of the project will be accompanied individually over four semesters by an academic member from the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology. Student projects relating to any of the core academic areas of the Department are acceptable. Projects oriented towards the framework topics which are set up every year by the Department are particularly welcome. Within the framework of the independently planned research project, students themselves (individually or in groups) will spend several months researching, if possible abroad, thereby acquiring in-depth intercultural and, if necessary, specific foreign-language skills. Research students will thereby develop a high degree of critical self-reflection. They will be examining complex social contexts not only independently but will also be reflecting on their apparatus of methods in a self-critical and scientifically critical way. On the basis of their research results, they will generate scientifically sound findings that take social and ethical implications into account. The results will link into existing academic discussions and current research topics and will be integrated into socially relevant scientific debates. The MA in Social and Cultural Anthropology is a consecutive course of study that ties in with the basic knowledge and skills from the BA in “Ethnologie” and deepens and specialises these. However, the programme is not only aimed at students with a first degree with a major or minor anthropology, but also at graduates of related subjects, who may be admitted subject to the condition that they take some specific basic core courses of the BA in “Ethnologie”. Graduates of the Bachelor's programme "Kulturanthropologie und Europäische Ethnologie" of the Goethe University may be admitted without the requirement of additional credits and module examinations from the Bachelor's programme "Ethnologie" (see below: admission requirements). Alternatively, applicants for the MA in Social and Cultural Anthropology may also apply for the Franco-German MA programme option. This is offered jointly by the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)/Paris and the Goethe University/Frankfurt; participating students then study for two semesters at each university. For further information on the Franco-German programme, please click here. |
Detailed information |
Information about the department |
Degree |
Master of Arts in Social and Cultural Anthropology |
Duration |
The standard length of study for the Master of Arts is 4 semesters. |
Languages of instruction |
German |
Start of the programme |
The study programme starts at the beginning of the wintersemester. |
Student advisory service |
Institut für Ethnologie Master in Social and Cultural Anthropology: |
Conditions of admission
Admission requirements |
The Examination Board decides on the recognition and comparability of qualifications. Applicants must not have finally failed a Master's examination in the same or related subject area at another university or otherwise lost the Right to Examination.
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Provisional admission |
Applicants who do not have a first degree in Ethnologie/Social and Cultural Anthropology as a major or minor from any university or a first degree in Kulturanthropologie und Europäische Ethnologie from the Goethe University must provide evidence of a total of at least 60 CP in academic achievements and module examinations in subjects related to ethnology. If evidence cannot be provided, they may be provisionally admitted subject to the condition that, at the latest by the end of the first academic year, they provide the missing CPs through academic achievements and module examinations from the Bachelor's programme in Ethnology (scope of requirement: max. 60 CP). The student receives ongoing supervision during the period of fulfilment of the requirements. Depending on the extent to which the requirements are to be fulfilled, the standard period of study may be exceeded. Applicants who, at the time of application, have not yet completed their studies on the Bachelor's programme, have registered their Bachelor's dissertation, but have not yet received a Bachelor's certificate, may also be admitted to the Master's programme, subject to the proviso that the Bachelor's degree is verified by the Examination Board. Provisional admission is valid until the end of the first semester of the master’s program. The bachelor’s degree must thus be handed in by March 31 (winter intake) or September 30 (summer intake) the latest. For provisional admission, applicants must submit proof of enrolment in the Bachelor's programme, a recommendation from the supervisor of the Bachelor's dissertation and a special certificate from the examination office. This must be based on examination achievements amounting to at least 80 percent of the CPs required for the Bachelor's degree and must include a provisional average grade calculated on the basis of these examination achievements in accordance with the respective regulations. In unclear cases, the Examination Board decides on admissions, exceptions and any other uncertainties. |
Mode of admission |
Admission is restricted. |
Applications
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Application period |
01.05. - 15.06. |
Address for applications |