Compulsory anthropology courses address political and legal systems, economic life, kinship and gender, religion and globalisation. All students will undertake an ethnographic study during the second year and complete an extended essay in the third year. Students can also select their own courses from within and outside of the Department. Students can also spend their second year summer break undertaking independent fieldwork through the Department's Summer Fieldwork Projects scheme.
Students can select whether they wish to graduate with a BA or BSc title - the programme content is the same.
Language specialism
Students who have taken and passed at least one language course in each year of their degree can opt to receive a language specialism attached to their degree certificate and transcript. The three courses must be consecutively harder in level, for example: beginner, intermediate and advanced. Students must take all courses in the same language (French, Spanish, German, Mandarin or Russian) in order to qualify for the specialism. Students who choose to take language courses are not obligated to receive a specialism, but have the option if they wish. Degree certificates which include a language specialism will state the language in the title, for example: BA in Social Anthropology (with French).
Politics specialism
Students who have taken and passed at least one course from the Department of Government in each year of their degree (ie, 25 per cent of their overall programme of study) will be offered the opportunity to receive a Politics specialism attached to their degree certificate and transcript. In order to qualify for the specialism, students must take an introductory course in their first year and more advanced courses in the second and third years. Students who choose to take Government courses are not obligated to receive a specialism, but have the option if they wish. Degree certificates which include a Politics specialism will state this in the title, i.e. BSc in Social Anthropology (with Politics).
International History specialism
Students who have taken and passed at least one course from the Department of International History in each year of their degree (ie, 25 per cent of their overall programme of study) will be offered the opportunity to receive an International History specialism attached to their degree certificate and transcript. In order to qualify for the specialism, students must take an introductory course in their first year and more advanced courses in the second and third years. Students who choose to take International History courses are not obligated to receive a specialism, but have the option if they wish. Degree certificates which include an International History specialism will state this in the title, i.e. BSc in Social Anthropology (with International History).
For detailed information regarding entry requirements, programme content, preliminary reading and accreditation please visit our BA Social Anthropology and BSc Social Anthropology programme pages.