Pre-Master's Modules

During the Bachelor's program, advanced undergraduate students may attend particular Master's modules under certain conditions. Please consult the faculty website for more information: https://www.phil.uzh.ch/en/studies/studyessentials/modules.html

The modules that may be booked as pre-Master's modules are marked in the module catalogue with the note „Dieses Mastermodul kann durch Bachelor-Studierende vorgezogen werden (es gelten die Bedingungen der Philosophischen Fakultät).“ ( "This master's module can be taken in advance by bachelor's students (the conditions of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences apply")). In Social and Cultural Anthropology, these are all seminars from the module group "Thematic Modules" and the modules "Current Debates in Social Anthropology" and "Theoretical Encounters" from the module group "Theoretical Perspectives".

In spring semester 2026, the following Anthropology modules may be booked as pre-Master's modules:

Theoretical Encouters: Reading Anna L. Tsing (Module Group: Theoretical Perspectives)

Nomadic Futures (Module Group: Thematic Modules)

Politics from Below: Social Movements and the Struggle for Just Futures (Module Group: Thematic Modules)

What's in a Name? Identity, Power, Practice (Module Group: Thematic Modules)

You may also book the following modules, which are creditable in both the Bachelor's and Master's programmes; they are only creditable in the Master's programme  if they are not needed for the Bachelor's degree:

Lecture Series in Social Anthropology (Module Group: Theoretical Perspectives)

Anthropology of Southeast Asia: Anthropology of Viet Nam (Module Group: Regional and Methodological Extensions)

Anthropology of Europe: Alpine Anthropologie (Module Group: Regional and Methodological Extensions)

Doing Ethnography (Module Group: Regional and Methodological Extensions)

Methodenvertiefung zu Kollaborativem Forschen (Module Group: Regional and Methodological Extensions)

Kollaborative Forschung über Integration im Zürcher Oberland (Module Group: Regional and Methodological Extensions)