University Master's Degrees
University Master's Degree in Urban Anthropology
- Mode:
- Qualification awarded: Master's Degree in Urban Anthropology
- Places available: 20
- Fees
- Admission to doctoral programmes
- Contact
- Participating institutions
- Presentation
- Admission requirements
- Contents
- Modes
- On-line pre-registration
- Received grants
Participating institutions
Rovira i Virgili University
Compulsory student mobility: no
Presentation
The aim of this master's degree is for students to acquire sufficient knowledge to understand the main problems that affect the processes of urban transformation. It hopes to provide the ability and the knowledge for them to understand particular citizens' conflicts and to design research projects. The causes of urban problems are investigated and the main solutions of social mediation and conflict resolution are discussed.
Admission requirements
The admission requirements for this Masters can be reached through the link "Access and admissions regulations".
Contents
Course taught in: Catalan and Spanish
The course is structured in four semesters that are taught over two years.
Subjects
First semester (common subjects)
- Introduction to Urban Anthropology
- Social Theory 1: the Classics of Social Thought
- Multiculturalism and Citizenship in Contemporary Societies
- Social Theory 2: History of the City and Urbanism
- Fundamentals of the Scientific Method
- Ethnographic Methodology
Second semester (common subjects)
- Symbolic Constructions in Contemporary Society
- Introduction to Social Movements
- Social Theory 3: Phenomenology and Social Interactionism
- Workshop on Demography
- Social Theory 4: Contemporary Debates on Metropolis and Transnationalism
- Quantitative Techniques
- Qualitative Techniques
Third semester (formative modes)
- Urban Ethnography Workshop 1 (common subject)
Gender and Cultural Diversity
- Sex, Gender and Love
- Kinship, Family and Gender Relations in Urban Societies
- Gender and Consumption
- Interculturality and Religion
- Social Movements and Citizenship
Urbanism and Organizations
- Metropolis and Social Conflict
- Urban Ethnography Workshop 2
- The cities of Latin America
- Anthropology Applied to the Analysis of Organizational and Business Cultures
- Work and Society in Postindustrialism
- City, Urban Landscapes and Heritage
- Globalization, Economy, Politics and Development
- Agrarian Society and Processes of Urbanization
Transversal subjects
- Public Policies and Social Welfare 1: Social Exclusion
- Public Policies and Social Welfare 2: Welfare Mechanisms
- City and Urban Planning
- Cuisine, Identities and Multiculturalism
- Philanthropy, Welfare State and Public Policies
Fourth semester
Practicum (professional profile)
Seminar (professional profile)
Research work (research profile)
Research seminar (research profile)
Modes
- Professional (to be activated in 2007-08)
- Research
Official Master's degrees offer specific Modes which will be effectively initiated -or not- depending on the number of students finally admitted.
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Dr. Jaume Vallverdú Vallverdú
Department of Anthropology, Philosophy and Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
977 299 477
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Received grants
Ministry of Education
- Mobility scholarship for professors in master's degree (2009-10)
Further information
- Schedule for procedures involving students
- Access and admission regulation
- Programme
- Consult subjects, schudeles...
- Educational Guide
- Schedule for the subject "Citizenship and Career Guidance"
- Faculty/school for registration
- Administrative procedure
- Pre-registration on-line
- Documentation required for preregistration
- Requirements for foreign documents
- Frequently-asked questions
- Payment of fees from abroad