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BSocSc Social Anthropology

University of Manchester

Institution
University of Manchester
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Social Anthropology
Duration
3-4 years
UCAS code
L600
Typical offer
A-level ABB

Entry requirements

A level: ABB including at least one of the following A-Level subjects (preference will be given to applicants studying two of these subjects): Accounting; Economics; Finance; Business Studies; Development Studies; Government and Politics; Economic and Social History; Mathematics; Anthropology; Sociology; Philosophy; Religious Studies; English Language; English Literature; Geography; Psychology; Classical Civilisation; History; Archaeology; Communication Studies; Environmental Studies; World Development; Biology; Chemistry; Physics; Modern Languages

About this course

BSocSc in Anthropology, examining human societies and cultures. Core topics include Research Methods and Global & Comparative Perspective. Students complete a final-year dissertation and can choose a four-year variant including an optional professional placement or a year studying abroad at an international partner institution.

Modules

  • Visual Anthropology
  • Anthropology of Art, Sound and Images
  • Power and Culture: Inequality in Everyday Life
  • Cultural Diversity in Global Perspective
  • Key Ideas in Social Anthropology
  • Intro to Ethnographic Reading
  • Regional Studies of Culture: 1
  • Regional Studies of Culture: 2
  • Introduction to Business Anthropology: Consumers, Companies and Culture
  • Anthropological Theory
  • The Ethnographer's Craft
  • Anthropology of Kinship, Gender and Sex
  • Anthropology of Religion
  • Political and Economic Anthropology
  • Materiality and Representation
  • The Human and the Digital
  • The Anthropology of Health and Wellbeing
  • The Good Life: An Anthropology of Ethics
  • Migrants, Borders and Im/mobilities
  • Dissertation A
  • Screening Culture
  • Anthropology of Vision, Senses and Memory
  • Food and Eating: The Cultural Body
  • Extra-Terrestrial Anthropology
  • Climate Anthropology