Sociology and 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 Sociology and 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. In combined honours degrees like this you will take an equal amount of credits from each subject.

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.

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

Year 1

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

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits SOC1037Introduction to Social Analysis: Classical Social Theory 15 SOC1038Introduction to Social Analysis: Contemporary Social Theory 15 SOC1019Contemporary Society: Themes and Perspectives 15 SOC1020Contemporary Society: Fields and Case Studies 15 ANT1005Introduction to Social Anthropology: Exploring Cultural Diversity 15 ANT1004Introduction to Social Anthropology: Theorising the Everyday World 15 ANT1003Imagining Social Worlds: Texts 15 ANT1008Imagining Social Worlds: Artefacts 15 Year 2

In the second year you will advance your grasp of sociological and anthropological knowledge and methods through a set of compulsory modules. Optional modules enable you to develop specialist knowledge on a range of topics.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits SOC2005Theoretical Sociology 30 SOC2004Into the Field 15 ANT2002Ethnography Now 15 ANT2003Current Debates in Anthropology 15 Optional modules

30 credits from level 2 and/or level 3 sociology options, 30 credits from level 2 and/or level 3 anthropology options.

CodeModuleCredits Sociology modules SOC2050Knowing the Social: perception, memory and representation15 SOC3016Gender and Society30 SOC3028Media in Society15 SOC3029Sociology and Philosophy of Globalisation15 SOC3030Sociology of Art and Culture15 SOC3046AThe Holocaust, Genocide and Society30 SOC3084Ethnomusicology15 SOC3085Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society Part 1: Medicine and Social Control15 SOC3086Addiction 30 SOC3087Disability and Society15 SOC3088Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society: Part 2: Bodies in Society15 Anthropology modules 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 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 up to three other specialist modules to create a programme of work fully reflecting your interests.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits SOC3040Sociology Dissertation or ANT304030 ANT3040Anthropology Dissertation or SOC304030 Optional modules

If taking Sociology Dissertation, select a further 30 credits of Sociology options and 60 credits Anthropology options.

If taking Anthropology Dissertation, select a further 30 credits of Anthropology options and 60 credits Sociology options.

CodeModuleCredits Sociology level 3 modules SOC3016Gender and Society30 SOC3028Media in Society15 SOC3029Sociology and Philosophy of Globalisation15 SOC3030Sociology of Art and Culture15 SOC3046AThe Holocaust, Genocide and Society30 SOC3084Ethnomusicology15 SOC3085Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society Part 1: Medicine and Social Control15 SOC3086Addiction 30 SOC3087Disability and Society15 SOC3088Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society: Part 2: Bodies in Society15 Anthropology level 3 modules 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