Anthropology Tribhuvan University

Overview

The course for Master of Arts in Anthropology at Tribhuvan University offers altogether 32 papers, of which 15 are required (including ‘thesis writing’ in the fourth semester) and 17 are optional. 

Students may opt for optional courses in the third and fourth semesters as per their own choices which will be offered as per the departmental decision made on the basis of the availability of human resource. 

However, the regulation of Dean’s Office states that there must be at least 10 students willing to opt for one optional paper.

Objectives 

• The first objective of these courses is to impart up-to-date knowledge of the theories and methods of anthropology discipline among students along with the advanced anthropological training in ethnographic field-work. 

• The second objective is to produce skilled human resource needed for Nepal’s developmental needs. The third objective is to inculcate the spirit of human rights and principles of social justice in the minds of graduate students. 

• Thus, the overall objective is to develop professional skill among students of the anthropology discipline at par with those of the universities of advanced countries.