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The study programme is research-based. Students carry out fieldwork, a project in the museum or do literature-based research in the library. They attend a preparatory and follow-up colloquium, and their work culminates in the Master's thesis. In preparation for their research activities, they also take modules on anthropological theories and methods.
ISEK - Social and Cultural Anthropology has three main research areas/ foci: “Transformation and Development”; “Material Culture and Museum” and; “Ethics, Religion, Knowledge”. It offers modules in these fields of study, and students engage in smaller research-projects on these topics. Further modules with a regional, theoretical or methodological focus are also part of the study programme.
The Master's programme can be completed in four semesters. It is consecutive, i.e. a Bachelor's degree in Social Anthropology is required for admission. Admission without conditions is granted to students with a Bachelor's degree in the major programme Social Anthropology, or in the minor programme Social Anthropology of the University of Zurich. In the case of other degrees, the university examines whether or which additional requirements have to be fulfilled (see link to study regulations below).
Students who started studying Social Anthropology before autumn semester 2019 have been transferred to the successor programmes. Special regulations apply to them, see "Bologna 2020: Information on the transition".
Module group and modules |
Major 90 |
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| Anthropological Theory | 9 ECTS Credits | |
| Theories in Anthropology, 6 ECTS Credits | required | |
| Lecture Series in Social Anthropology, 3 ECTS Credits | at least one Lecture Series | |
| Anthropological Research | 18 ECTS Credits | |
| Methods and Research Design, 6 ECTS Credits | required | |
| Master-Colloquium I, 3 ECTS Credits | required Core elective: one of the three modules |
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| Fieldwork, 6 ECTS Credits | ||
| Museum Research, 6 ECTS Credits | ||
| Extended Literature Research, 6 ECTS Credits | ||
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Master-Colloquium II, 3 ECTS Credits |
required | |
| Foci | 21 ECTS Credits at least 21 ECTS credits from the focus modules, including at least 1 research seminar |
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| Focus Transformation and Development, Research seminar 9 ECTS Credits and thematic additions 6 ECTS Credits |
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| Focus Ethics, Religion, Knowledge, Research seminar 9 ECTS Credits and thematic additions 6 ECTS Credits |
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| Focus Material Culture and Museum, Research seminar 9 ECTS Credits and thematic additions 6 ECTS Credits |
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| Thematic, Regional and Methodological Extensions | 6 ECTS Credits | |
| [non-focus related thematic contents], 6 ECTS Credtis | elective | |
| [regional modules], 6 ECTS Credits | elective | |
| [excursion], 6 ECTS Credits | elective | |
| [summer school], 6 ECTS Credits | elective | |
| [museum internship at the Ethnographic Museum], 6 ECTS Credits | elective | |
| [methodological in-depth training (Methodenvertiefungen)], 3 ECTS Credits | elective | |
| Anthropology of Asia and the Middle East, 6 ECTS Credits | elective | |
| Other curricular modules | bookable for fulfillment of the free choice rule (see below) | |
| [various formats according to module catalogue and course catalogues] | elective | |
| Master's thesis | 30 ECTS Credits | |
| Master's thesis, 30 ECTS Credits | required | |
| Free choice rule | at least 6 ECTS credits of free choice within the programme | |
As of autumn semester 2019, a new study order ("Bologna 2020") came into force at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Students who started studying Social Anthropology before autumn semester 2019 were transferred to successor programmes. Special transition regulations have been drawn up so that all previously acquired achievements can be credited during the transition. In the following cases, you will continue your studies according to the transition regulations:
| Enrollment in previous programme until FS19 | New programme from HS19 | Current regulations |
| Master Major Social Anthropology 90 ECTS Credits | Master Major Social Anthropology 90 ECTS Credits | Transitional Regulations Major 90 ECTS Credits (German) |
| Master Minor Social Anthropology 30 ECTS Credits | Master Minor Social Anthropology 30 ECTS Credits | Transitional Regulations Minor 30 ECTS Credits (German) |
| Master Minor 15 ECTS Credits | expiring, no new programme | Transitional Regulations Minor 15 ECTS Credits |
If you have any questions, please contact the Student Advisory Service.
