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Social Anthropology is no longer accepting new applications.
Teaching
The taught element of this course consists of these compulsory streams:
- The Pre-Fieldwork seminar
- The Ethnographic Methods Course, Parts I (Michaelmas) and II (Lent)
- Statistics for Social Anthropologists (workshop in Michaelmas term)
Students are also strongly encouraged to attend other optional elements:
- "Experiences from the Field" seminar, run by writing-up students recently returned from the field.
- Ad hoc sessions in transferable skills or anthropological method, such as journal publication, technologies of research and data management, film-making and research with children.
- Senior Research Seminar, scheduled for Fridays during term time. This is the place where the department really gets together, and we usually attract very good speakers from across the UK and overseas.
| One to one supervision | The supervisor’s role is to advise students on the planning and execution of their research, to provide feedback on progress, and to help students complete their work within the required time. The University of Cambridge publishes an annual Code of Practice which sets out the University’s expectations regarding supervision. |
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Feedback
Students receive written feedback on the three essays they submit as part of the pre-fieldwork course.
Students will also receive regular informal feedback from their supervisors, throughout the period of the course.
Assessment
Thesis
A PhD dissertation must not exceed 80,000 words, and is expected to be near that length. The word limit includes all footnotes, text, figures, tables and photographs, but excludes the bibliography, cited references and appendices. Statistical tables should be counted as 150 words per table. Only under exceptional circumstances, and after prior application, will the Degree Committee allow a student to exceed these limits.