医学人类学理学硕士课程提供了一个独特的机会，可以从社会文化，生态学和进化论的角度出发，采用人类学方法研究健康。本课程为人种学方法的健康研究，健康的政治生态学以及人类学在当代公共卫生关注中的应用提供了坚实的基础，并且在人体理论和进化医学等领域提供了多种选择。我们针对健康人类学的独特生物社会方法是我们的​​主要优势之一，吸引了广泛的学生，为营造出令人兴奋和令人兴奋的学习环境做出了贡献。重视发展和应用研究技能也是我们学位的核心。
The MSc in Medical Anthropology offers a fascinating opportunity to study contemporary global health and wellbeing issues from an anthropological standpoint, considering social and cultural influences, the relationship with the environment and how change and development take place over time. This biosocial approach to the anthropology of health, supported by cutting-edge research in the Department, contributes to a stimulating and fast moving learning environment and draws students from a wide range of backgrounds.<br>The course provides a strong grounding in the ethnographic approach to the study of health, looking at the impact of culture and custom, as well as the development of health as a political issue and the application of anthropology to modern public health concerns.<br><br>Central to the MSc is the development of strong research skills, which you will be encouraged to put into practice, including the opportunity to present your work at the Department's annual postgraduate conference.<br><br>Much of the teaching on the course is carried out by academic researchers from the Department's highly regarded Anthropology of Health Research Group, which brings together the areas of biological and social anthropology, community medicine, evolutionary medicine, social epidemiology and public health at local, regional and international levels.<br><br>The course consists of core and optional modules and a dissertation, undertaken over one year on a full-time basis or over two years part time and features a mixture of interactive lectures, seminars, practical sessions and workshops.<br><br>As an anthropology student, you will have access to the Department's highly respected research laboratories including the Durham Infancy and Sleep Centre, Behavioural and Ecological Physiology Lab, Physical Activity Lab, the South Africa field station and to material culture and skeletal collections.