Anthropology BSc

Programme structure

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

The Anthropology degree programme is made up of compulsory (core) and optional modules, which are worth 15 or 30 credits each. Full-time undergraduate students need to complete modules worth a total of 120 credits each year.

Depending on your programme you can take up to 30 credits each year in another subject, for instance a language or business module, to develop career-related skills or just widen your intellectual horizons.

Please note that modules offered are subject to change, depending on staff availability, timetabling, and demand.

Year 1

In the first year, you will take introductory modules in socio-cultural and physical anthropology. You will gain a thorough foundation in the past and present conditions of human social and cultural life and gain an understanding of quantitative methods.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits ANT1005Introduction to Social Anthropology: Exploring Cultural Diversity 15 ANT1004Introduction to Social Anthropology-Theorising the Everyday World 15 ARC1010Themes in World Archaeology15 ARC1020Essential Archaeological Methods15 SOC1041Data Analysis in Social Science 15 SOC1004Introduction to Social Data 15 Optional modules

Plus 30 credits of Anthropology and Archaeology year one modules.

CodeModuleCredits Anthropology modules ANT1003Imagining Social Worlds: Texts15 ANT1006Cultures: Food15 ANT1007Media and Society15 ANT1008Imagining Social Worlds: Artefacts15 ANT1034Contemporary Research in Sociology and Anthropology0 Archaeology modules ARC1007Archaeological and Forensic Science Practicals15 ARC1004AArtefacts 115 ARC1004BArtefacts 215 ARC1008Introduction to Forensic Archaeology15 Year 2

In your second year, you’ll learn about the current issues and topics that attract socio-cultural anthropologists’ attention and the approaches and methods they have developed to understand them. You will learn practical research skills used by anthropologists to understand human behaviour and interaction and start carrying out small independent research projects. Your second year will include modules in forensic anthropology and you will continue to develop skills in quantitative research methods. In addition, you will be able to choose from a wide range of options covering topics such as childhood, addiction, warfare, and family life, as well as the development of material culture, hunter-gatherer societies, African and South American civilizations, or relating to past societies such as the Stone or Bronze Ages. . Optional modules enable you to develop specialist knowledge on a range of topics.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits ANT2002Ethnography Now 15 ARC2514Introduction to Forensic Anthropology15 ANT2003Current Debates in Anthropology 15 ANT2005Current Debates in Anthropology: Practice 15 ANT2004Into the Field 15 Optional modules

45 credits of optional modules:

CodeModuleCredits Anthropology modules ANT2010Human-Animal Interactions15 ANT2008Childhood15 ANT2009Living Cities: Migration, Place and the Politics of Identities15 ANT2011Anthropology of Africa: Histories, Politics and Perspectives15 ANT2012The Human Condition: Classic Readings in Anthropology 30 ANT2013Visual Anthropology: Methods and Perspectives15 ANT2029Sociology and Philosophy of Globalisation15 ANT2031Ethnomusicology15 ANT2032Culture and Perception15 ANT2033Addiction15 ANT2078Eat: The Social Self as Consumer15 ANT2085Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society Part 1: Medicine and Social Control15 ANT2087Disability and Society15 ANT2088Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society: Part 2: Bodies in Society15 ANT2089Cultures of Race, Ethnicity and Racism15 ANT2090Sound and Society15 Archaeology modules ARC2107Hunter Gatherers: Archaeology and Ethnography15 ARC2117The Archaeology of the Indian Subcontinent15 ARC2121Brooches, Beads, Swords and Shields: Early Medieval Culture15 ARC2122Egyptian Style: Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt15 ARC2123Sustainability and Collapse in Past Societies15 ARC2124Giving and Taking: the Archaeology & Anthropology of Circulation and Exchange15 ARC2125Ancient Arts and Crafts: Perspectives on Material Culture15 ARC2406Medieval Castles in Context15 ARC2407Neolithic Britain in its European Context15 ARC2504Zooarchaeology15 ARC2506AReading Stone Tools15 ARC2512Palaeobotany15 ARC2513Aerial Survey15 Year 3

The centre-point of the final year is the dissertation. This provides you with the opportunity to explore an area of interest and to demonstrate what you have learned over the previous years of your degree. You will also take specialist modules to create a programme of work fully reflecting your interests.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits ANT3040Anthropology Dissertation OR ARC300030 ARC3000Archaeological Dissertation OR ANT304030 Optional modules

90 credits of year three Anthropology Modules

CodeModuleCredits ANT3002Childhood 15 ANT3004Living cities: Migration, place and the politics of identities15 ANT3005Human-Animal Interactions15 ANT3006Anthropology of Africa15 ANT3029Sociology and Philosophy of Globalisation15 ANT3084Ethnomusicology15 ANT3085Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society Part 1: Medicine and Social Control15 ANT3086Addiction 30 ANT3087Disability and Society15 ANT3088Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society: Part 2: Bodies in Society15 ANT3089Cultures of Race, ethnicity and racism15 ANT3090Sound and Society 15