BSc (Hons) Anthropology
Course Overview
This Anthropology degree offers a unique and comprehensive exploration of humanity, blending biological and social perspectives to tackle issues from human evolution to contemporary global challenges. You will learn from world-class researchers and develop a versatile skill set highly valued by employers across various sectors. The course is defined by its hands-on approach, featuring immersive field trips and opportunities to pursue your own research interests.
Key Program Highlights
- Learn from expert researchers active in fieldwork around the globe
- Gain a unique, integrated perspective combining Biological and Social Anthropology
- Participate in exciting field trips to primate sanctuaries and world-class museums
- Develop highly transferable skills for a wide range of fantastic careers
- Pursue your own interests through specialized research projects
Course Overview
This Anthropology degree offers a unique and comprehensive exploration of humanity, blending biological and social perspectives to tackle issues from human evolution to contemporary global challenges. You will learn from world-class researchers and develop a versatile skill set highly valued by employers across various sectors. The course is defined by its hands-on approach, featuring immersive field trips and opportunities to pursue your own research interests.
Key Program Highlights
- Learn from expert researchers active in fieldwork around the globe
- Gain a unique, integrated perspective combining Biological and Social Anthropology
- Participate in exciting field trips to primate sanctuaries and world-class museums
- Develop highly transferable skills for a wide range of fantastic careers
- Pursue your own interests through specialized research projects
Requirements
Modules
- Becoming an Anthropologist 1
- Becoming Human
- Being Human
- Family, Kinship, and Society
- Primate Societies
- Becoming an Anthropologist 2
- Introduction to Physical Geography
- Contemporary Societies: Structure and Change
- Human Evolution
- Social Anthropology Theory
- Anthropology in Practice
- Anthropology in Action
- Understanding India: Society Culture and Economy
- Ritual and Society
- Anthropology Work Placement
- Health, Culture, and Ecology
- Gender and Society
- ‘Race’, Ethnicity and Inequality
- Primate Adaptation and Evolution
- Conservation and Heritage Management
- Quaternary Environmental Change
- Independent Study
- Year Abroad
- Anthropology Dissertation
- Culture, Capitalism and Global Transformation
- Development and Humanitarianism
- Cognitive Evolution
- Culture and Care
- Dawn of Civilisation
- Africa: Social and Economic Transformations
- Political geographies of borders: past, present and future
- Forensic Anthropology
- People and Other Animals
- Primate Conservation
- Independent Study
