Location	Lithuania, Kaunas
Academic field	Social studies (JACS L000)
Type	Graduate, full-time
Nominal duration	2 years
Study language	English
Awards	MA (Master of Social Sciences)

Tuition fee	€2,900.00 per year
Application fee	€100.00 one-time Vytautas Magnus University bank details: Bank Address: Gedimino pr. 12, 01103 Vilnius, Lithuania Bank Account: LT04 7044 0600 0284 8625 Bank Code: 70440 SWIFT/BIC: CBVILT2X Application fee is not refundable.

Entry qualification

Undergraduate diploma (or higher) The prospective students are expected to hold a BA or its equivalent in the fields of social sciences or humanities. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. You must take verified copies of the entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university.

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: Cambridge English, IELTS, TOEFL or other equivalent

Other requirements	A motivation letter must be added to your application. Education Documents (University Cerificate and Transcript of Records) will need to be assessed by the accredited institution during the first semester of studies.

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Overview

Master in Social Anthropology, the first anthropology program lunched in the Baltic States – gives the opportunity to become an expert in cross-cultural analysis and a mediator of socio-cultural encounters.

The Programme offers an intensive introduction to contemporary anthropology. It is open for graduates with little or no previous training in anthropology. It is also designed to provide the students with a thorough theoretical and methodological grounding in anthropology essential for attaining non-judgmental understanding and appreciation of the diversity of other cultures, significance of cross-cultural perspectives and intercultural understanding.

The Programme combines classroom and experiential field-based learning activities that are adopted to each student’s career plans. The Programme teaches students how to conduct independent scientific research and ethnographic fieldwork as well as apply other methods of inquiry.

The MA Degree in Social Anthropology will enable the student to:

Carry out empirical research based on qualitative methodology, applying participant observation and other anthropological fieldwork methods; Design and conduct research on socio-cultural encounters between different global, transnational, national, regional and local development perspectives, majority and minority interests in conditions of social change, social mobility, and multiculturalism; Address, both politically and practically, problems arising from socio-cultural differences as well as monitor stigmatized and/or marginalized and other segregated groups representing the interests of these groups in intercultural mediation; Mediate in the fields of national and international cooperation by developing strategies and programmes for the implementation of sustainable development in education, public health, culture, ethnic relations, environment and cultural heritage management; Study in PhD programmes and teach social and cultural anthropology in college and university level programmes.

Programme structure

Certificate in Intercultural Understanding (Southern Illinois University, USA)

An international cooperation between VMU and Southern Illinois University (SIU) offers an opportunity for the Programme students to attain the SIU Certificate in Intercultural Understanding. Students may complete the 24 ECTS credits of the Module of Study in Intercultural Understanding offered by the Department of Anthropology, SIU, by taking a total of four courses given at VMU campus as part of their degree studies. The Certificate from SIU is issued alongside their MA Degree from VMU.

Career opportunities

This Programme is primarily geared towards the student who plans to continue her/his graduate studies towards a Ph.D. in Anthropology or in Sociology (available at VMU at the Doctoral School in Sociology) or seeks career advancement in either private or public sectors in human resource development, international business, cultural resource management or work within various organizations as well as international, state and local governmental agencies, etc.

Career opportunities include but are not limited to:

Project planner and manager; Public policy researcher; Cultural resources manager; Cultural sustainability analyst; Anthropological consultant to cross-cultural agencies; Urban and rural development advisor; Public health advisor; Cultural heritage and sustainable development consultant; Migration, refugee and ethnic minority problems’ analyst; International (cultural, educational, public health, defense) organizations and nongovernmental agencies consultant.