Curriculum

Curriculum Structure and Timetable
The M.A. (Sociology-Anthropology) consists of 54 credits taken over four semesters. In the final semester, students also write a research report on some aspect of Rural Development. Approved students can choose to write a thesis on a topic within the field of Rural Development, which is written in roughly six months. Students choosing to write a thesis, which is worth 12 credit points, do not attend the final semester's classes.
The course timetable consists of three lecture sessions, each lasting one and a half hours, held each week. Classes are taught in the mornings only.

Total: 54 Credits

Semester One
Course	Course Code	Credit
English and Writing Skills for Academic Purposes	MSA101	3
Quantitative Research Methods	MSA102	3
Advanced Social Theory	MSA103	3
Qualitative and Ethnographic Methods	MSA104	3
Statistical Data Analysis Skills	MSA105	3
Semester two
Development Theory and Practice	MSA201	3
Culture and Development	MSA202	3
Social Demography and Rural Population Dynamics	MSA203	3
Local Knowledge and Sustainable Development	MSA204	3
Education and Development	MSA205	3
Semester three
Cambodia's Poverty Issues Analysis	MSA301	3
Rural Development and Social and Cultural Change in Cambodia	MSA302	3
Rural Resource Management	MSA303	3
ASEAN Economies and Societies in Transition	MSA304	3
Workshop on Guidelines for Research Thesis or Field Research Report Writing	MSA305	0
Semester Four
Society, Gender and Development	MSA401	3
Social Economy in Rural Development	MSA402	3
Rural Social Structures in Cambodia	MSA403	3
Masters Field Study Report	MSA404	3
OR
Masters Research Thesis	MSA405	12
TOTAL		54 Credits

Contact

Course Coordinator:

Callum McCulloch

Tel:(855) 12-257-554

Email:
biodiversity.conservation
@gmail.com

Office:Room #415, Campus I