BA Anthropology
Entry requirements
A-Level: ABB-BBB IB: 32/655-30/555 BTEC: DDM
About this course
BA in Anthropology, an anthropology degree focused on the study of human societies, cultural diversity, and social institutions. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Fieldwork, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. Students complete a three-year undergraduate programme with opportunities to select optional modules. The first year introduces foundational ideas through compulsory modules such as Introduction to Social Anthropology, Traditions of Anthropological Inquiry, and Imagining Social Worlds, alongside optional study in areas like Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. The second year advances theoretical and practical training with compulsory modules Current Debates in Anthropology and Knowing the Social World. Optional modules allow students to explore diverse themes such as migration, the state, Islam, health, environments, and human-animal relations.
Modules
- Introduction to Social Anthropology
- Traditions of Anthropological Inquiry
- Imagining Social Worlds
- Contemporary Society: Themes, Perspectives and Case Studies
- Population and Society
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- Current Debates in Anthropology
- Knowing the Social World
- Living Cities: Migration, Place and the Politics of Identities
- Anthropology of the State
- Anthropology of Islam
- Gardening, Wellbeing and Community
- Anthropology of Forced Migration
- The Anthropology of Prisons
- Animals and Society
- Dogs and Cats: Anthropological Subjects
- Aging, Health and Society
- Science, Technology and Society
- Politics of Food and Farming
- Bodies and Society
- BioSocieties
- Environments and Societies