The Master of Social Science in Anthropology and Sociology consists of research programmes offered throughout the year. These programmes are offered as full-time and part-time modes to qualified Malaysian and International students to carry out research supervised by their respective lecturers in the field of Anthropology and Sociology. Anthropology and Sociology is an area of study for students with a particular interest in relationships and the complexity of cooperation, conflict and communication which constitutes any society. Both fields of Anthropology and Sociology explore the social and cultural realities of life in all its forms. Knowledge of Anthropology and Sociology empowers the graduates with abilities and opportunities to think creatively and critically about the connections that shape everyday lives as well as organisations and social relations in society. It has an enduring interest in the ways human beings make meaning in an uncertain and often unequal world.

Research Thrust Areas:

Poverty Studies and Micro Credit

Social Demography

Ethnicity and Identity

Development Sociology

CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) and Philanthropy

Multi-religious and Multi-cultural Studies

Social Anthropology

Gender Studies

Anthropology and Sociology