English version published 2005-10-25 15.54.53

Study units and instruction

Study unit Bachelor´s Degree

In Finnish: Kandidaatin opinnot/vtk

Bachelor´s Degree

(In Finnish: Kandidaatin opinnot )
Credits: 180, Credit Units: 120,
  • Studies in major subject: basic studies 25 credits, intermediate studies 53 credits (minors 35 credits)
  • All-faculty general studies: 24 credits
  • Elective studies or minor subjects: a minimum of 78 credits

Subordinate units

Study unit General Studies

In Finnish: Yleisopinnot/yleisopinnot

Compulsory Studies

(In Finnish: Yleisopinnot )
Credits: 24,
  • Personal study plan (HOPS) 1 credit
  • Finnish/Swedish language 15 credits
  • Foreign Language Text Comprehension + Oral Course 3 credits
  • ICT (TVT-opinnot) 5 credits

Study unit Basic Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

In Finnish: Perusopinnot (25 op/15 ov)/75018

Basic Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

Credits: 25, Credit Units: 15,

Superordinate Units

Subordinate units

Study unit 101. Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology

In Finnish: 101 Sosiaali- ja kulttuuriantropologian johdantokurssi (5 op / 3 ov)/758101

101. Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology

Credits: 5, Credit Units: 3,

Mode of assessment:

Lecture course which includes the examination of Eriksen’s book “Small Places, Large Issues”, or faculty examination.

Literature

  • Keesing, R & Strathern, A: Cultural Anthropology; A Contemporary Perspective (examined separately in the faculty exam.)

Study unit 102. Introductory Seminar

In Finnish: 102 Sosiaali- ja kulttuuriantropologian johdantoseminaari (4 op / 2 ov)/758102

102. Introductory Seminar

Credits: 4, Credit Units: 2,

Mode of Assessment:

Students majoring in Social and Cultural Anthropology, general sociology, demography, or cultural anthropology take part in the introductory seminar instructed by a graduate student. Students majoring in other subjects complete the requirement in the faculty examination.

Literature

  • Delaney, C.: Investigating Culture. An Experiential Introduction to Anthropology.

Study unit 103. History of Anthropological Theory

In Finnish: 103 Sosiaali- ja kulttuuriantropologian oppihistoria (8 op / 5 ov)/758103

103. History of Anthropological Ideas

Credits: 8, Credit Units: 5,

Mode of Assessment:

Students majoring in Social and Cultural Anthropology take part in the lecture and theme seminar organised in the Spring semester. The course is also open to students majoring in general sociology, demography, and cultural anthropology. Other students complete the requirement in the faculty examination.

Literature

  • Bohannan, P: High Points in Anthropology
  • Stocking, G: The Ethnographer's Magic
  • Stocking, G: After Tylor

Study unit 104. Central Themes of Anthropological Research

In Finnish: 104 Sosiaali- ja kulttuuriantropologian keskeiset suuntaukset (8 op / 5 ov)/758104

104. Main Currents in 20th Century Anthropology

Credits: 8, Credit Units: 5,

Mode of Assessment:

Students majoring in Social and Cultural Anthropology take part in the lecture and theme seminar organised in the Spring semester. The course is also open to students majoring in general sociology, demography, and cultural anthropology. Other students complete the requirement in the faculty examination.

Literature

  • Malinowski, B: Argonauts of the Western Pacific
  • Firth, R: We, the Tikopia
  • Evans-Pritchard, E.E: Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande
  • Kluckhohn, C: Navaho Witchcraft
  • Sahlins, M: Tribesmen

Study unit Intermediate Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

In Finnish: Aineopinnot (53 op/31 ov)/75022

Intermediate Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

Credits: 53, Credit Units: 31,

Superordinate Units

Subordinate units

Study unit 201. Anthropological Research Problems I: Economy and Exchange

In Finnish: 201 Tutkimusala I (7 op/4 ov)/758201

201. Topics and Traditions I. Economic Anthropology

Credits: 7, Credit Units: 4,

Mode of Assessment:

Participation in a lecture course with writing assignments, or faculty exam.

Literature

Choose four of the following works:

  • Alexander, J: Trade, Traders and Trading in Rural Java
  • Godelier, M: The Enigma of the Gift
  • Gregory, C: Gifts and Commodities
  • Mauss, M: The Gift (suomeksi: Lahja)
  • Sahlins, M: Stone Age Economics
  • Mintz, S: Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History

Study unit 202. Anthropological Research Problems II: Politics and Society

In Finnish: 202 Tutkimusala II (7 op/4 ov)/758202

202. Topics and Traditions II. Political Anthropology

Credits: 7, Credit Units: 4,

Mode of Assessment:

Participation in a lecture course with writing assignments, or faculty exam.

Literature

Choose four of the following works:

  • Evans-Pritchard, E.E: The Nuer
  • Geertz, C: Negara. The Theatre-State in 19th Century Bali
  • Gluckman, M: Politics, Law and Ritual in Tribal Society
  • Godelier, M: The Making of Great Men
  • Koskinen, A: Ariki, the First-Born
  • Scott, J: Seeing Like a State
  • Turner, V: Schism and Continuity in an African Society
  • Sahlins, M: Islands of History

Study unit 204. Anthropological Research Problems IV: Myth and Worldview

In Finnish: 204 Tutkimusala IV (7 op/4 ov)/758204

204. Topics and Traditions IV. Modes of Thought

Credits: 7, Credit Units: 4,

Literature

Choose four of the following works:

  • Douglas, M: Purity and Danger
  • Sather, C: Seeds of Play, Words of Power
  • Keesing, R: Kwaio Religion
  • Lévi-Strauss, C: Savage Mind
  • Okhnuki-Tierney, E (ed.): Culture through Time
  • Reichel-Dolmatoff, G: Amazonian Cosmos
  • Siikala, J: Akatokamanava
  • Robbins, J: Becoming Sinners
  • Valeri, V: The Forest of Taboos

Study unit 301. Ethnographic Seminar

In Finnish: 301 Etnografiaseminaari I (7 op/4 ov)/758301

301. Ethnography Seminar I.

Credits: 7, Credit Units: 4,

Mode of Assessment:

Participation in a lecture course with writing assignments, or faculty exam.

Literature

See list provided in the departmental office and consult the examiner.

Study unit 401. Field Methods

In Finnish: 401 Antropologiset kenttämenetelmät (7 op/4 ov)/758401

401. Anthropological Field Methods

Credits: 7, Credit Units: 4,

Mode of Assessment:

Participation in a lecture course with writing assignments, or faculty exam.

Literature

  • Metcalf, P: They Lie, We Lie
  • Powdermaker, H: Stranger and Friend: The Way of an Anthropologist
  • Wolcott, H: The Art of Fieldwork

Study unit 402. Analysis of Data

In Finnish: 402 Aineiston käsittely ja analyysi (7 op/4 ov)/758402

402. Practicing Anthropological Analysis (not required from minor students)

Credits: 7, Credit Units: 4,

Mode of Assessment:

Participation in a course and completion of writing assignments.

Study unit 501. Proseminar

In Finnish: 501 Proseminaari, vain pääaineopiskelijoille (5 op/3 ov)/758501

501. Pro-Seminar (not required from minors)

Credits: 5, Credit Units: 3,

Mode of Assessment:

Submission of an essay of 15-20 pages and active participation in the seminar in the roles of defendant and opponent.

Study unit 502. Bachelor´s Thesis in Social and Cultural Anthropology

In Finnish: Kandidaatintutkielma, vain pääaineopiskelijoille (6 op/4 ov)/758607

502. Bachelor´s Thesis in Social and Cultural Anthropology

Credits: 6, Credit Units: 4,

Study unit Master´s Degree

In Finnish: Maisteriopinnot/vtm

Master’s Degree

(In Finnish: Maisteriopinnot )
Credits: 120, Credit Units: 160,
  • Advanced studies: 113-120 credits
  • Elective minor subject studies: a minimum of 0-7 credits

Subordinate units

Study unit Anthropological Research Problems III: Kinship and Social Organisation

In Finnish: 203 Tutkimusala III (10 op/4 ov)/758203

203 Topics and Traditions III. Kinship and Social Organisation

Credits: 10, Credit Units: 4,

Mode of Assessment:

Participation in a lecture course with writing assignments, or faculty exam.

Literature

Choose four of the following works:

  • Fortes, M: The Web of Kinship among the Tallensi
  • Piot, C: Remotely Global
  • Schneider, D: American Kinship
  • Lévi-Strauss, C: The Elementary Structures of Kinship
  • Radcliffe-Brown, A.R: The Social Organisation of Australian Tribes
  • Fruzzetti, L: Gift of a Virgin

Study unit 205. Anthropological Research Problems V: Rituals

In Finnish: 205 Tutkimusala V: Rituaalit (10 op/4 ov)/758205

205. Topics and Traditions V. The Anthropology of Ritual

Credits: 10, Credit Units: 4,

Mode of Assessment:

Participation in a lecture course with writing assignments, or faculty exam.

Literature

Choose four of the following works:

  • van Gennep, A: The Rites of Passage
  • Lewis, G: Day of Shining Red
  • Richards, A: Chisungu: A Girls' Initiation Ceremony
  • Bloch, M & Parry, I: Death and the Regeneration of Life
  • Huntington & Metcalf: Celebrations of Death: The Anthropology of Mortuary Ritual
  • Lambek, M: Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte
  • Turner, V: The Forest of Symbols
  • Hubert & Mauss: Sacrifice: Its Forms and Functions
  • Valerio, V: Kingship and Sacrifice

Study unit 302. Ethnographic Seminar II

In Finnish: 302 Etnografiaseminaari II (10 op/4 ov)/758302

302. Ethnography Seminar II

Credits: 10, Credit Units: 4,

Literature

See list of books at the departmental office (Anthropology, Unioninkatu 38) and consult the examiner.

Study unit 403. Anthropological Research Methodology

In Finnish: 403 Syventävä metodologia (10 op/4 ov)/758403

403. Methodology of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Credits: 10, Credit Units: 4,

Mode of Assessment:

Faculty Exam, or participation in a course if available

Literature

Choose three of the following works:

  • Munn, N: The Fame of Gawa
  • Lévi-Strauss, C: The Way of the Masks
  • Hanks, W: Language and Communicative Practices
  • Urban, G: Metaphysical Community
  • Briggs, C: Learning How to Ask

Study unit Advanced Methods in Anthropology

In Finnish: 404 Erikoismenetelmäkurssi (5 op/2 ov)/758404

404 Special Methods Course

Credits: 5, Credit Units: 2,

Mode of Assessment:

Participation in one of the methods courses included in the “methods basket” of the Social Sciences faculty. With the agreement of the instructor, this requirement can also be satisfied by participating in the course listed under unit 402: Practicing anthropological analysis.

Study unit Teori studier i antropologi

In Finnish: 502 Syventävät teoriaopinnot (10 op / 4 ov)/758625

502 Advanced Anthropological Theory

Credits: 10, Credit Units: 4,

Mode of Assessment:

Participation in a course with writing assignments, or faculty examination

Literature

  • Tcherkezoff, S: Dual Classification Reconsidered
  • Barraud, de Coppet, Iteanu & Jamous: Of Relations and the Dead
  • Strathern, M: The Gender of the Gift

Study unit 503. Final Exam

In Finnish: 503 Lopputentti (8 op/4 ov)/758503

503. Final Exam

Credits: 8, Credit Units: 4,

Literature

  • Sahlins, M: Apologies to Thucydides
  • Kapferer, B: Feast of the Sorcerer
  • Dumont, L: Homo Hierarchicus

Study unit 603. Thesis Research Seminar I

In Finnish: 603 Tutkielmaseminaari I (5 op/2 ov)/758603

603. Thesis Seminar I

Credits: 5, Credit Units: 2,

Study unit 604. Thesis Research Seminar II

In Finnish: 604 Tutkielmaseminaari II (5 op/2 ov)/758604

604. Thesis Seminar II

Credits: 5, Credit Units: 2,

Study unit 605. M.Soc.Sc. Thesis

In Finnish: 605 Tutkielma (40 op/20 ov)/758605

605. M.Sc. Thesis

Credits: 40, Credit Units: 20,

Study unit 606. Practical Work Training

In Finnish: 606 Työharjoittelu ( vapaaehtoinen, 7 op/3 ov)/758606

606. Internship (optional)

Credits: 7, Credit Units: 3,

Study unit Social and cultural anthropology as a Minor Subject

In Finnish: Sosiaali- ja kulttuuriantropologia sivuaineena/sivuaineena

Social and Cultural Anthropology as a Minor Subject

Subordinate units

Study unit Basic Studies

In Finnish: Perusopinnot (25 op/15 ov)/perussivu

Basic Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

Credits: 25, Credit Units: 15,

Superordinate Units

Subordinate units

Study unit Intermediate Studier

In Finnish: Aineopinnot (35 op/20 ov)/ainesivu

Intermediate Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

Credits: 35, Credit Units: 25,

Superordinate Units

Subordinate units

Study unit Postgraduate Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

In Finnish: Jatko-opinnot/75082

Postgraduate Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

(In Finnish: Jatko-opinnot )

Subordinate units

Study unit 1. Pre-fieldwork studies (first year)

In Finnish: 1. Kenttätyötä edeltävät opinnot (1 vuosi)/j1

Pre-fieldwork studies (first year)

Study unit 1a. Research proposal

In Finnish: 1a. Tutkimussuunnitelma (2 ov)/758700

1a. Research proposal

Study unit 1 b. Course work.

In Finnish: 1b. Kurssimuotoiset opinnot (24 ov)/j1b

1 b. Course work.

Study unit Comparative ethnography

In Finnish: Vertaileva etnografia (8 ov)/758701

Comparative ethnography

Study unit General Anthropological Theory

In Finnish: Yleinen antropologinen teoria (8 ov)/758702

General Anthropological Theory

Study unit Research theory related to thesis topic

In Finnish: Omaan aiheeseen liittyvä tutkimusteoria (8 ov)/758703

Research theory related to thesis topic

Study unit 2. Fieldwork (about 1 year)

In Finnish: 2. Kenttätyö (n 1 vuosi)/j2

Fieldwork (about 1 year)

Study unit 3. Post-fieldwork studies

In Finnish: 3. Kenttätyön jälkeiset opinnot/j3

Post-fieldwork studies

Study unit Research seminar

In Finnish: 3a. Tutkijaseminaari (4 ov)/758704

Research seminar

Study unit Internship

In Finnish: 3b. Työharjoittelu (5 ov)/758705

Internship

Study unit 3c. Coursework.

In Finnish: 3c. Väitöskirjan valmistelu ohjaajan alaisuudessa/j3c

Study unit Pos-graduate Studies

In Finnish: Lukuvuonna 2004-2005 järjestettävä jatkokoulutus/jatkope

Pos-graduate Studies

Study unit Philosophy of values and world views

In Finnish: Elämänkatsomustieto (ET)/et

Philosophy of values and world views

Subordinate units

Study unit Philosophy of values and world views: introduction to anthropology

In Finnish: Elämänkatsomustieto: antropologian perusteet/758647

Philosophy of values and world views: introduction to anthropology

Study unit Philosophy of values and world views: Central Themes of Anthropological Research

In Finnish: Elämänkatsomustieto: antropologian keskeiset suuntaukset/758648

Philosophy of values and world views: Central Themes of Anthropological Research

Study unit Philosophy of values and world views: Anthropological Research Problems - Myth and Worldview

In Finnish: Elämänkatsomustieto: antropologian tutkimusalakurssi - myytti ja maailmankuva/758649

Philosophy of values and world views: Anthropological Research Problems - Myth and Worldview

Courses

Kjohdk    101. Sosiaali- ja kulttuuriantropologian johdantokurssi syksy 05 (5 op/3 ov)
Kjohds    102. Antropologian johdantoseminaari syksy 05 (4 op/2 ov)
Koppih    103. Antropologian oppihistoria kevät06 (8 op, 5 ov)
Kkesks    104. Antropologian keskeiset suuntaukset kevät06 (8 op/5 ov)
Ktuta_1    201. Antropologian tutkimusala I (4 ov)
Ktuta_2    202. Antropologian tutkimusala II (4 ov)
Ktuta_3    203. Antropologian tutkimusala III (4 ov)
Ktuta_4    204. Antropologian tutkimusala IV (4 ov)
Ketno_2    302. Etnografiaseminaari II (4 ov)
Kakent    401. Antropologiset kenttämenetelmät kevät06 (4ov)
Kaika    402. Aineiston käsittely ja analyysi (4 ov)
Kmetod    403. Antropologisen tutkimuksen metodologia (4 ov)
Kpros    501. Proseminaari (3 ov)
Ktutse_1    603. Tutkielmaseminaari I / II syksy05 (2 ov)
Ktutse_2    604. Tutkielmaseminaari I / II kevät06 (2 ov)
island    Anthropological Perspectives on Religious Diversity in Southeast Asia spring05 (4 ov)
nyky    Antropologinen nykytutkimus kevät05 (4 ov)
religion    Core Topics in the Anthropology of Religion spring05 (4 ov)
etaasia    Etelä-Aasian etnografiaseminaari kevät05 (4 ov)
film    Ethnographic film autumn04 (4 ov)
africa05    Etnografiaseminaari: Afrikka (7 op/ 4 ov)
gift    Gifts and Exchanges autumn04 (4 ov)
Ketno_1    Houses and House Societies autumn04 (4 ov)
intro    Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology spring06 (3 ov)
kinship    Kinship autumn04 (4 ov)
pietila1-05    Kulttuurituotteet, hyödykkeet ja arvo (7 op/4 ov)
religious05    New Religious Movements and Social Change (10 op/4 ov)
political05    Political Anthropology (7 op/4 ov)
southamerica06    South American Ethnography
Kj3a    Tutkijaseminaari
Kj1a    Tutkimussuunnitelma (2 ov)
tyynimeri05    Tyynenmeren etnografiaa
valtio    Valtion antropologiaa syksy04 (4 ov)
kandiweboodi    Kandidaatintutkielman tarkastukseen jättäminen webOodissa