B.A. Social Anthropology and Social Policy (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Canterbury
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Bachelor's degree
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Canterbury
The BA in Social Anthropology and Social Policy (Hons) from the University of Kent is a distinctive degree programme allowing for the holistic study of peoples ideas, beliefs, practices and activities in a wide range of local, global, diasporic and transnational settings. Social anthropologists study how and why we do the things we do, for example, how we work, use technologies, and negotiate conflicts, relationships and change.
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Subjects
- Social Anthropology
- Social Policy
- Sociology
- University
Course programme
The course structure below gives a flavour of the modules that will be available to you and provides details of the content of this programme. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. Most programmes will require you to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules, you may also have the option to take wild modules from other programmes offered by the University in order that you may customise your programme and explore other subject areas of interest to you or that may further enhance your employability.
Stage 1Possible modules may include:
- Sociology of Everyday Life
- Fundamentals of Sociology
- Social Anthropology
- Foundations of Biological Anthropology
- Social Problems and Social Policy I: Youth,The family and the State
- Health, Care and Wellbeing
Possible modules may include:
- Welfare in Modern Britain
- Social Research Methods
- Ethnographies 1
- Ethnographies 2
- Advanced Social Anthropology 1: Power and Economy
- Advanced Social Anthropology II: Religion & Cosmological Imagination
Possible modules may include:
- The Ethnography of Central Asian Societies
- European Societies
- The Anthropology of Amazonia
- South East Asian Societies
- Social Sciences in the Classroom
- Reproductive Health Policy in Britain
- Health and Health Policy
- A Future for the Welfare State? Social Change, Challenge and Crisis
- Sociology of Religion
- The Social Politics of Food
- Education,Training and Social Policy
- The Care and Protection of Children and Families
- The Third Sector: Charities and Social Enterprises in Modern Societies
- Kent Student Certificate for Volunteering, Platinum Award
- Caring for Vulnerable Adults: Understanding Social Care
- Research Dissertation
- Health, Illness and Medicine
- Mental Health
- Childhood, Society and Children's Rights
- Poverty, Inequality and Social Security
- Sociology and Social Politics of the Family
B.A. Social Anthropology and Social Policy (Hons)