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BA in Social Anthropology

Page contents > Anthropology Selection List A | Approved Outside Options (Year 1) | Ethnographic options | Language Courses

Programme Code: UBANA2

Department: Anthropology

For students starting this programme of study in 2018/19

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

See note

LSE100 The LSE Course: Understanding the causes of things

Year 1

Paper 1

AN100 Introduction to Social Anthropology (1.0)

Paper 2

AN101 Ethnography and Theory: Selected Texts (1.0)

Paper 3

AN102 Anthropology, Text and Film (1.0)

Paper 4

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:
Note that in addition to this list of courses offered in outside departments, any available language course run by the Language Centre will also be approved.

Approved Outside Options (Year 1)

Language Courses

Year 2

Paper 5

AN200 The Anthropology of Kinship, Sex and Gender (1.0)

Paper 6

AN226 Political and Legal Anthropology (1.0)

Papers 7 & 8

AN256 Economic Anthropology (1): Production and Exchange (0.5) and AN298 Research Methods in Social Anthropology (0.5)

 

And courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the following:

Anthropology Selection List A

Ethnographic options

Year 3

Paper 9

AN300 Advanced Theory of Social Anthropology (1.0) #

Paper 10

AN301 The Anthropology of Religion (1.0) #

Papers 11 & 12

AN357 Economic Anthropology (2): Transformation and Globalisation (0.5) and AN398 Special Essay Paper in Social Anthropology (0.5) #

 

And courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the following:

Anthropology Selection List A

Ethnographic options

Notes

LSE100 is taken by all students in the Lent Term of Year 1 and the Michaelmas Term of Year 2. The course is compulsory but does not affect the final degree classification.

Anthropology Selection List A

Students must take ethnographic options to the value of at least one half unit under Papers 7 & 8 and Papers 11 & 12. If no ethnographic option is selected under Papers 7 & 8 then one must be selected under Papers 11 & 12.

AN216 Cognition and Anthropology: Human Development in Cultural Environments (0.5) #  (not available 2018/19)

AN221 The Anthropology of Christianity (0.5) #

AN237 The Anthropology of Development (0.5)

AN238 Anthropology and Human Rights (0.5) #  (withdrawn 2018/19)

AN243 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography (0.5) #

AN244 Anthropology and Media (0.5)  (not available 2018/19)

AN245 Borders and Boundaries: Ethnographic Approaches (0.5)  (not available 2018/19)

AN247 Anthropological Approaches to Questions of Being (0.5)

AN251 Cognition and Anthropology: Learning and Thinking in Relation to Social Institutions (0.5) #  (not available 2018/19)

AN252 Anthropological Approaches to Value (0.5)  (not available 2018/19)

AN274 Subjectivity and Anthropology (0.5) #  (not available 2018/19)

AN275 The Anthropology of Revolution (0.5) #  (not available 2018/19)

AN276 Anthropology and the Anthropocene (0.5)  (not available 2018/19)

AN278 Anthropology and Global History (0.5) #

Approved Outside Options (Year 1)

GV100 Introduction to Political Theory (1.0)

GV101 Introduction to Political Science (1.0)

GY100 Introduction to Geography (1.0)

GY121 Sustainable Development (1.0)

HY113 From Empire to Independence: The Extra-European World in the Twentieth Century (1.0)

HY116 International History since 1890 (1.0)

HY118 Faith, Power and Revolution: Europe and the Wider World, c.1500-c.1800 (1.0)

LN252 Global Literature and Society (1.0) #

LN270 Society and Language: Linguistics for Social Scientists (1.0)

PB102 Social Psychology (1.0)

PH103 The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy (1.0) #

SO110 Power, Inequality, and Difference: Contemporary Themes in Sociology (1.0)

Ethnographic options

Students must take ethnographic options to the value of at least one half unit under Papers 7 & 8 and Papers 11 & 12. If no ethnographic option is selected under Papers 7 & 8 then one must be selected under Papers 11 & 12.

Courses to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following:

AN205 The Anthropology of Melanesia (0.5)  (not available 2018/19)

AN223 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (0.5)

AN240 Investigating the Philippines - New Approaches and Ethnographic Contexts (0.5)  (not available 2018/19)

AN250 The Anthropology of South Asia (0.5) #

AN269 The Anthropology of Amazonia (0.5) #  (not available 2018/19)

AN277 Topics in the Anthropology of sub-Saharan Africa (0.5) #

Language Courses

LN100 Russian Language and Society 3 (advanced) (1.0) #

LN101 Russian Language and Society 1 (beginner) (1.0) #

LN102 Russian Language and Society 2 (intermediate) (1.0) #

LN104 Mandarin Language and Society Level 1 (Beginner) (1.0) #

LN110 German Language and Society 3 (advanced) (1.0) #

LN112 German Language and Society 2 (Intermediate) (1.0) #

LN120 Spanish Language and Society 3 (advanced) (1.0) #

LN121 Spanish Language and Society 1 (beginner) (1.0) #

LN122 Spanish Language and Society 2 (intermediate) (1.0) #

LN130 French Language and Society 3 (advanced) (1.0) #

LN131 French Language and Society 1 (beginner) (1.0) #

LN132 French Language and Society 2 (intermediate) (1.0) #

LN140 Mandarin Language and Society 3 (Advanced) (1.0) #

LN142 Mandarin Language and Society 2 (Intermediate) (1.0) #

LN200 Russian Language and Society 4 (proficiency) (1.0) #

LN210 German Language and Society 4 (proficiency) (1.0) #

LN220 Spanish Language and Society 4 (proficiency) (1.0) #

LN230 French Language and Society 4 (proficiency) (1.0) #

LN240 Mandarin Language and Society 4 (Proficiency) (1.0) #

LN250 English Literature and Society (1.0) #

LN251 Comparative Literature and 20th Century Political History (1.0) #

LN252 Global Literature and Society (1.0) #

LN253 European Literature and Philosophy (1.0) #

LN254 Literature and Aspects of Ethics (1.0) #

LN270 Society and Language: Linguistics for Social Scientists (1.0)

LN320 Spanish Language and Society 5 (mastery) (1.0) #

LN330 French Language and Society 5 (mastery) (1.0) #

LN340 Mandarin Language and Society 5 (Mastery) (1.0) #

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

Note for prospective students:
For changes to undergraduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the undergraduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the undergraduate summary page for future students.

 
 
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