Anthropology with Study Abroad BA

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.

The third year is spent studying abroad at a partner institution.

The first year gives you a foundational knowledge of anthropological theory and concepts, and how to think critically about the key challenges of studying diverse human societies. You will also be introduced to the fundamentals of the archaeological study of human society in the past, and gain important analytical techniques that will be useful across a range of subjects and research tasks. Year 1

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits ANT1004Introduction to Social Anthropology-Theorising the Everyday World 15 ANT1005Introduction to Social Anthropology: Exploring Cultural Diversity 15 ANT1008Imagining Social Worlds: Artefacts 15 ANT1003Imagining Social Worlds: Texts 15 ARC1010Themes in World Archaeology15 ARC1020Essential Archaeological Methods15 Optional modules

You should take 30 credits of year one options, examples below. You may also take up to 30 credits in another subject, in agreement with the programme director.

CodeModuleCredits ANT1006Cultures: Food15 ANT1007Media and Society15 ANT1034Contemporary Research in Sociology and Anthropology0 Year 2

In the second year you will advance your grasp of anthropological knowledge and methods through a set of compulsory modules. You will learn about the current issues and problems that attract anthropologists’ attention, and acquire the research methods that anthropologists use in their studies; you will even develop your own small research project where you can put these skills to the test. Optional modules enable you to develop specialist knowledge on a range of topics.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits ANT2002Ethnography Now 15 ANT2003Current Debates in Anthropology 15 ANT2005Current Debates in Anthropology: Practice 15 ANT2004Into the Field15 Optional modules

Students should take 60 Credits of year two options.

CodeModuleCredits ANT2004Into the Field15 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 Year 3

Students spend this stage in a partner University on an Erasmus/Socrates exchange or other approved programme of study.

The year abroad comprises 120 credits. Assessment is based on the credits gained at the partner institution abroad.

 

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits SSI3999One Year study abroad 120 Year 4

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

Students will take a compulsory Dissertation module and 90 credits of year three Options.

 

CodeModuleCredits ANT3040Anthropology Dissertation 30 Optional 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