Anthropology AS Level (A2 in second year)

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Anthropology is the study of humans. Through a range of modules, you will explore the evolution of the human body and how it relates to the way that people live today. Students also investigate the diversity of human cultures and societies across the world, and discover the many ways in which we are all united in being human. This is varied, multidisciplinary subject which bridges the gap between science and humanities. Pairs especially well with Archaeology, Biology, History and Psychology.

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Fosse Way Campus Stroud Road, GL7 1XA

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There are two major units as part of the first year course:


Unit 1: Being Human
Unit 2: Becoming a Person


Unit 1 focuses on unity and diversity. Students will discuss on four main areas:


The human body: evolution, race, sexual selection, handedness, clothing
Ways of thinking and communication: language, symbolism, religion and magic
Organising social relations: power, chiefs and equality, kinship, exchange
Engaging with nature: how humans relate to their environment


Unit 2 investigates identity and belonging, covering:


Personhood: relationships with others
Becoming a person: how identity is formed, including gender and class
Rites of passage: changing identity 
Inclusion and exclusion: deviance, discrimination and warfare. We look at groups around the world and at home


We look at human characteristics and compare these in social groups around the world, such as the Masai of East Africa, the Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea and Sikh teenagers in Leeds. We look at the behaviours, symbols and rituals that characterise cultures.

Anthropology has been taught in British universities for over one hundred years and remains a popular degree subject. It is an academic subject which requires you to read a range of studies and write analytical essays; it is not for the reluctant reader or those who struggle with extended writing. 

Kate Fox wrote an ethnographic study of aspects of her own culture called "Watching the English"; it became a best seller. She started by considering the important question of why the English always apologised when someone else bumped into them...

Anthropologists live with the ethnic group they are studying, observe, note behaviour, and report back – this kind of fieldwork is called participant observation and the report is called an ethnography. Anthropologists also observe groups that are more familiar to them. They compare behaviours, rituals, or symbols in their own societies to those of other groups.


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Anthropology AS Level (A2 in second year)

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