Medical Anthropology

Description

Why do people get sick? Are humans the only species that use medicine? How do medical systems evolve? What happens when folk medicine and professional biomedicine are used at the same time? What are the health effects of mass-produced food? What makes plants effective medicines?

Medical anthropology studies the causes and consequences of illness and disease. Medical anthropologists are interested in how culture, environment, history and political economy influence health, sickness, care facilities and medicine.

Kent is one of only two UK universities that offer a stand-alone Medical Anthropology degree to undergraduates. The School of Anthropology and Conservation is very highly rated in both teaching and research and there is a friendly atmosphere and strong relations between staff and students. The programme provides a unique opportunity to study a range of subjects that could lead to a variety of careers.

Independent rankings

Anthropology at Kent was ranked 6th in the UK for student satisfaction in the 2013 National Student Survey. And, in The Guardian University Guide 2014, Anthropology at Kent was ranked 5th for graduate employment prospects.

Detailed Course Facts

Application deadline January 15 Tuition fee

• GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
• GBP 12450 Year (Non-EEA)

Start date September 2015 Credits (ECTS) 180 ECTS
Credits Total Kent credits: 360
Duration full-time 36 months Languages Take an IELTS test

• English

Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Part-time, Full-time More information Go To The Course Website

Course Content

The course structure below gives a flavour of the modules that will be available to you and provides details of the content of this programme. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. Most programmes will require you to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules, you may also have the option to take ‘wild’ modules from other programmes offered by the University in order that you may customise your programme and explore other subject areas of interest to you or that may further enhance your employability.

Stage 1

Possible modules may include:

SE301 - Social Anthropology

SE302 - Foundations of Biological Anthropology

SE307 - Thinkers and Theories: An Introduction to theHistory and Development of

SE308 - Skills for Anthropology and Conservation

You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage

Stage 2

Possible modules may include:

SE567 - Methodology in Anthropological Science

SE575 - Medicinal Plants: Home Remedy, Pharmaceutical, Illicit Drug

SE549 - The Anthropology of Health, Illness and Medicine

SE581 - Biological Anthropology: The Human Animal

SE582 - Comparative Perspectives in Primate Biology

Stage 3

Possible modules may include:

SE533 - Project in Anthropological Science

SE585 - From the Raw to the Cooked: The Anthropology of Eating

SE593 - Evolution of Human Diversity

SE594 - Anthropology and Development

SE589 - Advanced Social Anthropology II

SE569 - Palaeopathology

SE542 - Human Ecology

SE550 - The Anthropology of Gender

SE554 - Visual Anthropology Theory

SE565 - Sex Evolution and Human Nature

SE566 - Human Osteology

SE555 - Project in Visual Anthropology

SE556 - Social Sciences in the Classroom

SE551 - Anthropology and Language

SE552 - Culture and Cognition

SE547 - South East Asian Societies

SE541 - The Evolution of Hominin Behaviour

SE573 - Ethnicity and Nationalism

SE579 - The Anthropology of Amazonia

SE580 - Primate Behaviour and Ecology

SE591 - Southern Mediterranean Societies: Mashriq andMaghreb

SE592 - The Ethnography of Central Asian Societies

SE595 - Social Computing

SE601 - European Societies

SE752 - Anthropology of Creativity

SE584 - The Anthropology of Business

DI503 - Evolutionary Genetics and Conservation

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6.5

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

take an IELTS test.

Requirements

The University will consider applications from students offering a wide range of qualifications, typical requirements are listed below, students offering alternative qualifications should contact the Admissions Office for further advice. It is not possible to offer places to all students who meet this typical offer/minimum requirement.

Qualification Typical offer/minimum requirement

• A level: ABB including a science subject (biology preferred) or Psychology grade B.

• GCSE: Mathematics grade C

• Access to HE Diploma: The University of Kent will not necessarily make conditional offers to all access candidates but will continue to assess them on an individual basis. If an offer is made candidates will be required to obtain/pass the overall Access to Higher Education Diploma and may also be required to obtain a proportion of the total level 3 credits and/or credits in particular subjects at merit grade or above.

• BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (formerly BTEC National Diploma): The university will consider applicants holding BTEC National Diploma and Extended National Diploma Qualifications (QCF; NQF;OCR) on a case by case basis please contact us via the enquiries tab for further advice on your individual circumstances.

• International Baccalaureate: 34 overall or 16 at HL including Mathematics 4 at HL or SL (Mathematics Studies 5 at SL) plus Biology/Geography/Environmental Science/Chemistry 5 at HL or 6 at SL

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

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• ✔️ Experienced teachers
• ✔️ Certificate upon completion

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