BA in Anthropology and Sociology

There are several areas of overlap between Anthropology and Sociology, making them particularly suitable for combination in a joint honors degree. The BA Anthropology and Sociology course combine modules from the BA Anthropology and BA Sociology providing a comprehensive understanding of humans as social and cultural beings.

Year 1

In the first year, students currently take core (compulsory) modules (two from each Department) and select two additional electives (optional) modules (one from Anthropology and one from Sociology, with the option of substituting one of those elective modules with a modern foreign language module).

Compulsory modules currently available:

• People and Cultures
• Human Evolution and Diversity
• Societies in Transition. 

Optional modules currently available:

 Anthropology

• Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Methods
• Health, Illness, and Society
• A module in a modern foreign language (only one foreign language module can be taken in the first year).

Sociology

• Introduction to Research
• Conceptualizing Society
• A module in a modern foreign language (only one foreign language module can be taken in the first year).

Year 2

Students currently select modules for a total of 60 credits from Anthropology and 60 credits from Sociology. Alternatively, there is currently the option of taking only 40 credits from one of the Departments and adding a modern foreign language module.

Modules currently available: 

Sociology

Either

• Sociological Imaginations

Or

• Social Research Methods

Plus one of the following:

• Self, Identity and Society
• The Sociology of Social Exclusion
• Children, Young People, and Families
• A module in a modern foreign language (a further modern language module cannot be taken in the third year if one is taken in the second year).

Anthropology

Two modules from this list:

• Evolution, Variation and Adaptation
• Our Place in Nature
• Ecology, Genomics and Health
• Political and Economic Organisation
• Kinship
• Cultures and Classifications
• Sex, Reproduction and Love
• International Health and Development

And one module from this list:

• Evolution, Variation and Adaptation
• Ecology, Genomics and Health
• Political and Economic Organisation
• Kinship
• Cultures and Classifications
• Sex, Reproduction and Love
• International Health and Development
• Biology Culture and Society
• Methods and Analysis
• A module in a foreign language (a further modern language module cannot be taken in the third year if one is taken in the second year).

Year 3

You take a 40-credit Dissertation in Anthropology or a 40-credit Dissertation in Sociology (provided you have the necessary preparatory modules for your chosen dissertation). Additionally, students currently take 40 credits of modules in each Department.

Optional modules currently available include:

Anthropology

• Business Anthropology: Global and Local Competencies
• Palaeoanthropology
• Hunters and Gatherers Past and Present
• Material Culture
• Nutritional and Disease Ecology
• Change and Development
• Social Evolution
• Field Course
• Violence and Memory
• Power and Governance
• Science, Culture, and Ethics
• Anthropology of Conflict and Law
• Cognitive Anthropology
• Human Reproductive Ecology
• Evolutionary Medicine: Life History Theory
• Anthropology of Care
• Forensic Anthropology
• A module in a modern foreign language (if not taken in the second year).

Sociology

• Sociology of Health and Medicine
• Drugs, Crime, and Society
• Social Policy
• Nature, Environmental and Society
• Cybercrime: Crime in the Information Age
• Sociology of Forensic Science and Criminal Investigation
• Sociology of Gender and Sexuality
• Rural Studies and Social Policy
• Sociology of Work and Professions.

A module in a modern foreign language (if not taken in the second year and if not taken as an alternative to an Anthropology option).

Study Abroad

Anthropology

Study abroad or placement activities are undertaken as part of a degree are not only enjoyable but can give a significant edge when it comes to employability. ERASMUS exchanges are possible on our programs, and we currently have links with the University of West Bohemia (Czech Republic), the University of Iceland, the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) and the University of Malta, with new opportunities being added every year. We also run a third-year Field Course module, involving fieldwork at our South African field site.

Sociology and Criminology

We are part of the SOCRATES/ERASMUS program which encourages students to study for part of their course in a university of another EU country.

We currently have links with the universities of Helsinki in Finland and Duisburg-Essen in Germany. Students can also apply to the university-wide international exchange program with universities in North America, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand