Master of Anthropology and Planetary Futures (Advanced)

The Australian National University (ANU)

Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution
Level: Postgraduate
CRICOS: 00120C

This program provides a humanities and social science lens to understand overlapping threats to social, ecological, political, economic, and health systems. It offers Australias only combined biological and cultural approach to grasp these planetary scale problems while foregrounding anthropologys unique ethnographic method, which centres grounded and people focused perspectives and values.

Structure

The Master of Anthropology and Planetary Futures Advanced requires completion of 72 units.

Subjects

  • ANTH8061 Anthropology and Planetary Futures
  • ANTH8062 Ethnography and Theory
  • BIAN8005 Theory Seminar in Biological Anthropology
  • ANTH8059 Doing Ethnography
  • ANTH8001 Ethnography and Research Ethics Pro Seminar
  • BIAN6019 Research Design and Analysis in Archaeological and Evolutionary Science
  • ANTH8063 Special Topics in Anthropology and Planetary Futures (may be completed up to two times on different topics)
  • CHMD8014 Perspectives on Culture, Health and Medicine
  • SOCY8006 Health Inequalities
  • ASIA6039 Burma/Myanmar a Country in Crisis
  • ANTH8007 Key Concepts Anthropology of Development
  • ANTH8056 Introduction to Humanitarian Action
  • ASIA8050 Social Conflict and Environmental Challenges in Asia and the Pacific
  • ANTH8125 Indigenous Worlds: Challenges of Emergence, Recognition, and Futurity
  • ASIA8023 Race, Culture, and Asian Body in the Age of Biotech
  • ASIA8038 Cultural Creativity and Research in Asia and the Pacific
  • INDG8001 Indigenous Peoples and Development in Australia: Principles and Practices for Indigenous led Change
  • INDG8004 First Nations Peoples and Public Policy in Australia
  • ANTH8047 Land Rights and Resource Development
  • ASIA8048 Disasters and Epidemics in Asia and Pacific (6 units)
  • EMDV8017 Toxic: Pollution and Waste
  • EMDV8082 Food Wars: Food Security and Agricultural Policy
  • EMDV8103 Impact: Assessing Environment, Resource and Development Projects
  • EMDV8124 Disaster Risk Management
  • ANTH6065 Indonesia Field School
  • ENVS6017 Vietnam Field School
  • PASI6005 Pacific Islands Field School

Standard entry requirements

  • A cognate Bachelor degree or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 5/7
  • A Bachelor degree or international equivalent AND a Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in a cognate discipline with a minimum GPA of 4/7

Study information

CampusFeesMid year intakeAttendance
Canberra International: $76,230 No
  • Full-time : 1.5 years

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