Anthropology and African Studies BA

Please note: You will take 120 credits of modules in each year of study. The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. Unless indicated otherwise, the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2020. On rare occasions, we may need to make unexpected changes to compulsory modules; in this event we will contact offer holders as soon as possible to inform or consult them as appropriate.

Every degree programme at the University is divided into 120 credits of study for each year of the programme. In the first year of a Joint Honours programme, you will study 60 credits in each subject as you learn the core elements of the disciplines. We recognise that students on Joint Honours programmes might come to favour one subject slightly more than another. To account for this, we have added more flexibility into the second and final years of our programmes. In the second year, you can stick with the 60-60 split between the two subjects or shift to a 80-40 credit weighting, effectively a major/ minor combination. You can either go back to 60-60 in the final year, maintain the same 80-40 split or reverse the major and the minor and go to a 40-80 weighting.

Compulsory modules

• Studying Societies (African Studies and Anthropology) (10 credits)
• Africa and its Disciplines (10 credits)
• Thinking Anthropologically (20 credits)
• Anthropology of Africa (20 credits)

Optional modules

• 60 credits of African Studies and Anthropology optional modules

Detailed descriptions of first year modules

• 80 credits – Theory and Ethnography; Research in Practice; optional modules
• 60 credits – Theory and Ethnography; Research in Practice; optional module
• 40 credits – optional modules

Detailed descriptions of second year modules

You can apply to study abroad for a year in an approved university around the world. If you achieve a grade of 2.1 or above in your first year then you will be invited to apply for a Year Abroad in your second year. If your application is successful, you will go abroad in your third year and return to us for your final year. Find out more.

• 80 credits – Dissertation; optional modules
• 60 credits – Dissertation; optional module
• 40 credits – optional modules

Detailed descriptions of final year modules