Course Information & Syllabus
MSc Anthropology, Cotton College State University (CCSU), Guwahati
Eligibility
B.A./B.Sc. (in the 10 + 2 + 3 pattern) with Major Course (1st preference) in the concerned subject.
Only those candidates who obtain their qualifying degree on or after 2011 are eligible to apply.
Recognition of qualifying degree obtained under Distance Education Programmes will be as per the prevailing guidelines of the University Grants Commission.
Eligibility criteria for MA in Sociology is graduation in any discipline who passed on or after 2011.
Eligibility criteria for MA in Psychology is graduation in any discipline who passed on or after 2011.
Semester – I
ANT 701C- Core issues in Social and Cultural Anthropology
ANT 702C- Core issues in Biological Anthropology
ANT 703C- Core issues in Archaeological Anthropology
ANT 704C- Anthropology of India
ANT 1201E- Language, Culture and Society
ANT 1202E- Anthropological Perspective on Everyday Life (for students with a non-anthropology background)
Semester – II
ANT 801C- Anthropological Theories
ANT 802C- Human Genetics and Variation
ANT 803C- Early Man and Cultures: Palaeolithic and PostPalaeolithic Archaeology
ANT 804C- Research Methodology and Field work in Anthropology
ANT 1220E Gender and Society
For Semester III and IV, students will be required to choose any one of
the specialisations:
A. Advanced Social and Cultural Anthropology
B. Advanced Biological Anthropology
C. Advanced Archaeological Anthropology
Semester – III
ANT 901C- Economy and Polity from an Anthropological Perspective
ANT 902C- Anthropology of North East India
ANT 903C- Rural and Urban Anthropology
ANT 910C- Specialisation in Advanced Social and Cultural Anthropology: Anthropology of Religion
ANT 930C- Specialisation in Advanced Biological Anthropology: Research Methodology in Biological Anthropology
ANT 950C- Specialisation in Advanced Archaeological Anthropology: Research Methodology in Archaeological Anthropology
Semester – IV
ANT 1001C- Ecological Anthropology
Specialisation in Advanced Social and Cultural Anthropology:
ANT 1010C- Anthropology of Kinship and Family
ANT 1011C- Anthropology of Development
ANT 1012C- Ethnography: Theory and Methods
Specialisation in Advanced Biological Anthropology:
ANT 1030C- Formal Human Genetics
ANT 1031C- Population Genetics
ANT 1032C- Anthropological Demography
Specialisation in Advanced Archaeological Anthropology:
ANT 1050C- Environmental Archaeology
ANT 1051C- Archaeological Anthropology of South and Southeast Asia
ANT 1052C- Pre-historic Economic Patterns and Socio Archaeology
