经经济与社会研究理事会批准的文学硕士可以提供研究方法方面的培训，重点是人类学研究人员所使用的方法。在本课程结束时，您将为继续进行人类学或相关学科的研究做好准备。大多数学生期望继续攻读博士学位。该课程包括社会科学研究人员所需要的定性和定量方法方面的培训，并利用人类学系内的专业知识来提供有关社会文化人类学，医学人类学，发展人类学或文化进化的专业培训（取决于您选择的途径） 。它隶属于北爱尔兰和东北大学的博士培训合作伙伴关系，该合作伙伴关系为有兴趣参加达勒姆大学博士学位课程的英国和欧洲联盟学生提供资金。
Our MA in Research Methods (Anthropology) is designed to boost your knowledge and understanding of the human experience as you immerse yourself in a department which is passionate about producing the next generation of research anthropologists.<br><br>The course consists of three core modules, including qualitative and quantitative methods which are coordinated through the Durham Research Methods Centre. The remaining modules are selected from an extensive range, allowing you to tailor your learning to your chosen pathway be it socio-cultural anthropology, medical anthropology, the anthropology of development or cultural evolution. You can further tailor the direction of your study through your dissertation. The dissertation is often used as a pilot study in preparation for future PhD work.<br><br>As a student in one of the largest integrated anthropology departments in the UK, you will study in an environment that is focused on discussion and debate of current issues in the field, this gives you plenty of opportunities to engage with academic issues at the forefront of research. You will also have access to weekly research seminars hosted by the Durham Infancy and Sleep Centre, the Behavioural and Ecological Physiology Laboratory, the Physical Activity Laboratory, the South Africa Field Station and the Material Culture and Skeletal Collections.<br><br>The course is approved by the Economic and Social Research Council, which is the UK's largest funder of economic, social, behavioural and human data science and is affiliated to the Northern Ireland and North East Doctoral Training Partnership of which the University is a member.