BA Anthropology
Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 35 with 665 in higher level subjects.
About this course
BA (Hons) Anthropology is an undergraduate degree in social anthropology, examining human social life and cultural diversity across the world. Core topics include Research Methods, Fieldwork, Critical & Analytical Thinking and a Global & Comparative Perspective. The degree includes a compulsory final-year Dissertation in which students design their own research project, and a compulsory Anthropology Field Course delivered through a residential or virtual field school. Optional modules are offered in each year, and no prior study of scientific subjects is required for entry. The first year establishes foundations across the discipline through People and Cultures, Human Evolution and Diversity, Being Human: An Introduction to the History and Practice of Anthropology, and Doing Anthropological Research. Being Human covers the history and major theoretical developments of the discipline, while Doing Anthropological Research provides hands-on training in both quantitative and qualitative methods. The second year moves into advanced skills and thematic study, with Research Skills and Project Design preparing students for dissertation research, alongside Ritual, Religion and Belief, Power and Inequality, and Applying Anthropology. Ritual, Religion and Belief examines belief systems, ritual practice and world religions across cultures; Power and Inequality covers state formations, human rights and violence; Applying Anthropology links anthropological knowledge to professional contexts. The final year centres on the compulsory Dissertation and the Anthropology Field Course. Optional modules include Global Health & Inequality, Primate Societies and Human Minds, Exhibiting Anthropology, and Capitalism in Ruins.
Modules
- People and Cultures
- Human Evolution and Diversity
- Being Human: An Introduction to the History and Practice of Anthropology
- Doing Anthropological Research
- Health, Illness and Society
- Example optional modules
- Research Skills and Project Design
- Ritual, Religion and Belonging
- Power and Inequality
- Applying Anthropology
- Example optional modules
- Dissertation
- Anthropology Field Course
- Example optional modules