BA Human Sciences
Entry requirements
A level: AAA IB: 38 (including core points) with 666 at HL
About this course
BA in Human Sciences, a biology and sociology and anthropology degree focused on the study of humans from biological and social perspectives. Core topics include Research Methods and Global & Comparative Perspective. The degree requires a dissertation to be completed by the beginning of the final term. The first year introduces foundational subjects through Ecology and evolution, Physiology and genetics, Society, culture and environment, and Sociology and demography. The second year expands into specialized areas such as Behaviour and its evolution, Human genetics and evolution, Human ecology, Demography and population, and Anthropological analysis and interpretation or Sociological theory. The final year involves option courses and a dissertation to be completed by the beginning of the final term. Optional courses span specialized subjects such as Biological conservation, Gender theories and realities: cross-cultural perspectives, Geographies of migration, Health and disease, and Physical and forensic anthropology: an introduction to human skeletal remains.
Modules
- Ecology and evolution
- Physiology and genetics
- Society, culture and environment
- Sociology and demography
- Quantitative methods for the human sciences
- Behaviour and its evolution
- Human genetics and evolution
- Human ecology
- Demography and population
- Either Anthropological analysis and interpretation or Sociological theory
- Dissertation to be completed by the beginning of the final term
- Option courses (two chosen) from a list which may vary slightly depending on teaching availability: Anthropology of a selected region (for example Japan, Lowland South America or the Middle East); The anthropology of Buddhism; Biological conservation; Gender theories and realities: cross-cultural perspectives; Geographies of migration, Health and disease; Physical and forensic anthropology: an introduction to human skeletal remains; Quantitative methods; Social policy; plus a range of psychology options