Anthropology BSc

Level 1 offers a firm grounding in the central themes and debates in anthropology. It introduces students to the international work being carried out by the teaching staff and explores the practicalities of undertaking anthropological fieldwork.

At Level 2, you will take more advanced modules in the history and theory of anthropology, alongside modules covering topics such as kinship, ethnicity, religion, sex and gender, and regional ethnography.

At Level 3, in addition to training in contemporary anthropological theory, students can select from a range of topics as varied as personhood, the body, disability, medical anthropology, international development, childhood and youth, education, and psychological and psychiatric anthropology.

The BSc consists of both compulsory and optional modules, a typical selection can be found below. Modules can vary from year to year, but these offer a good idea of what we teach.

Level 1

Compulsory

Introduction to Anthropology: Themes

Fieldwork Encounters: Thinking Through Ethnography

Introduction to Anthropology: Beliefs and Ways of Thinking

Research Methods in Anthropology

Anthropology and Contemporary Debates

Anthropology, Objects and Images

Level 2

Compulsory

Ethnicity, Culture and Identity

Ethnography of a Selected Region

Kinship, Sex and Gender

Classical Anthropological Theory

Political and Economic Issues in Anthropology

Optional

Global Communication

Sociology of Everyday Life: Issues in Contemporary Culture

Level 3

Compulsory

Social Anthropology Dissertation

Contemporary Anthropological Theory

Optional

Anthropology of the Person

Anthropology of the Body

Anthropology of Childhood and Youth

Themes in Psychological and Psychiatric Anthropology

Medical Anthropology in Clinical and Community Settings

Anthropology of Education and Learning

Ethnography of a Selected Region

Anthropological Perspectives on War and Humanitarianism

Anthropology of International Development

Global Health in Anthropological Perspective

Dissertation

All students write a 10-15,000 word dissertation in their final year (which, on four-year degrees, usually draws on research conducted during the second Work Placement). This is on a topic of your choice. In past years, students have written on topics such as:

· A New Age Settler Colony in South India

· The Effectiveness of AIDS Education Programmes

· The Role of Indigenous Healers in a South African Village

· Migration and Social Investment in a Mexican Village

· Exploring Modern Urban Paganism

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