AT5914: Dissertation in Environmental Anthropology

AT5914: DISSERTATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY (2026-2027)

Last modified: 01 Oct 2026 12:47

Course Overview

Students will make use of the knowledge and critical understanding gained through participation in the MSc Environmental Anthropology to identify a research topic for the dissertation, conduct research, and produce an analysis in the form of a 12,000 - 15,000-word dissertation.

Course Details

Study Type	Postgraduate	Level	5
Term	Third Term	Credit Points	60 credits (30 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Dr Jo Vergunst

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

This is the dissertation for students doing the MSc Environmental Anthropology. It involves a research project, which could potentially involve fieldwork. Students will be given a supervisor, who will guide them through their research, provide feedback and evaluate their methods.

Students should:

demonstrate a grasp of the major anthropological approaches to environmental anthropology.
demonstrate a capacity to assess critically these approaches.
demonstrate the skills of critical reasoning and argument in an extended piece of writing.
conduct independent research and report on it.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 21st September 2026 for Term 1 and Full Year courses and 8th January 2027 for Term 2 courses.

Summative Assessments

Dissertation

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	100
Assessment Weeks		Feedback Weeks		Look up Week Numbers
Feedback	Word Count: 12,000 to 15,000

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Procedural	Analyse	Collect and analyse data from environmental anthropological research.
Procedural	Apply	Apply knowledge gained throughout the programme to a research field in environmental anthropology.
Reflection	Create	Create and design a research project and then write this up into an original dissertation in environmental anthropology.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Procedural	Apply	Apply knowledge gained throughout the programme to a research field in environmental anthropology.
Procedural	Analyse	Collect and analyse data from environmental anthropological research.
Reflection	Create	Create and design a research project and then write this up into an original dissertation in environmental anthropology.

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