Social and Cultural Anthropology

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Focus

Regional specialisations in Latin America (Amazonia), Conflict Anthropology, The Anthropology of Nature, Anthropology of Visual and Material Culture

Target group

Graduates with proof of a Bachelor's degree course in a relevant subject in the field of cultural and social sciences or a comparable domestic or foreign, professionally qualifying certificate of academic degree.

Annotation

General information: The Master's degree programme in Social and Cultural Anthropology aims to enable you to empirically document, analyse and understand cultural and social peculiarities and interrelationships of (non-) European cultures. The Master's degree programme in Social and Cultural Anthropology has a research-oriented profile with particular emphasis on independent scientific work. Research focuses: Regional specialisations in Latin America (Amazonia) as well as thematic specialisations in the field of conflict anthropology, the anthropology of nature as well as visual and material culture are possible. The degree course also offers you a high degree of interdisciplinarity and a strong contemporary relevance through good cooperation with the university’s other research institutions such as the Centres for Conflict Research, Gender Studies or Interdisciplinary Religious Research. With a large selection of minor subjects (e.g. Psychology, Geography, International Development Studies, Law, Peace and Conflict Research, Sociology, Indology/Tibetology, Gender Studies) and the high degree of flexibility of the degree programme, you can design your degree course according to your individual interests.

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

Fees

Currently, the German federal state of Hesse does not charge tuition fees.