BSc in Social Anthropology
Programme Code: UBANS2
Department: Anthropology
For students starting this programme of study in 2017/18
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Three-year classification scheme for BA/BSc degrees for all students from the 2018/19 academic year
Students on this programme have the opportunity to receive a language specialism attached to their degree certificate and transcript. See the details at the bottom of this page for more information.
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 | ||
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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: | |
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) | |
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And courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the following: | |
Year 3 | ||
Paper 9 |
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Paper 10 |
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Papers 11 & 12 |
AN357 Economic Anthropology (2): Transformation and Globalisation (0.5) and AN398 Special Essay Paper in Social Anthropology (0.5) # | |
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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. An exception to this requirement is for students pursuing the language specialism. See footnotes for details. A | |
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Courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the following: | |
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
AN216 Cognition and Anthropology: Human Development in Cultural Environments (0.5) # (not available 2019/20) | |
AN221 The Anthropology of Christianity (0.5) # (not available 2019/20) | |
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) # (not available 2019/20) | |
AN244 Anthropology and Media (0.5) (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
AN245 Borders and Boundaries: Ethnographic Approaches (0.5) (not available 2019/20) | |
AN247 Anthropological Approaches to Questions of Being (0.5) (not available 2019/20) | |
AN251 Cognition and Anthropology: Learning and Thinking in Relation to Social Institutions (0.5) # (not available 2019/20) | |
AN252 Anthropological Approaches to Value (0.5) | |
AN274 Subjectivity and Anthropology (0.5) # (not available 2019/20) | |
AN275 The Anthropology of Revolution (0.5) # (not available 2019/20) | |
AN276 Anthropology and the Anthropocene (0.5) (not available 2019/20) | |
AN281 Health and Welfare: Anthropological Perspectives (0.5) | |
Ethnographic options
AN205 The Anthropology of Melanesia (0.5) | |
AN223 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (0.5) (not available 2019/20) | |
AN240 Investigating the Philippines - New Approaches and Ethnographic Contexts (0.5) | |
AN250 The Anthropology of South Asia (0.5) # (not available 2019/20) | |
AN277 Topics in the Anthropology of sub-Saharan Africa (0.5) # (not available 2019/20) | |
Language Courses
LN104 Mandarin Language and Society Level 1 (Beginner) (1.0) # | |
LN142 Mandarin Language and Society 2 (Intermediate) (1.0) # | |
LN251 Comparative Literature and 20th Century Political History (1.0) # | |
LN270 Society and Language: Linguistics for Social Scientists (1.0) | |
Undergraduate Outside Options List (Year 1)
Where the regulations refer to an approved paper taught outside the department, this means that you may take any course in a subject other than the principal subject(s) of your degree, subject to timetabling constraints and any restrictions listed in the Course Guides. If your degree is for joint honours (e.g. Philosophy and Economics) or is a major/minor combination (e.g., Geography with Economics), a course outside the department means a course taught in any department other than the two named in the title of your degree. The home department of each course is indicated by the first two letters in its code. | |
Outside Options for students in Year 1: | |
AC102 Elements of Financial Accounting (0.5) | |
AC103 Elements of Management Accounting, Financial Management and Financial Institutions (0.5) | |
AN100 Introduction to Social Anthropology (1.0) | |
AN101 Ethnography and Theory: Selected Texts (1.0) | |
AN102 Anthropology, Text and Film (1.0) | |
EH101 The Internationalisation of Economic Growth, 1870 to the present day (1.0) | |
GV100 Introduction to Political Theory (1.0) | |
GV101 Introduction to Political Science (1.0) | |
GY100 Introduction to Geography (1.0) | |
GY103 Contemporary Europe (1.0) | |
GY120 Environmental Change: Past, Present and Future (1.0) | |
GY121 Sustainable Development (1.0) | |
GY140 Introduction to Geographical Research (1.0) | |
HY113 From Empire to Independence: The Extra-European World in the Twentieth Century (1.0) | |
HY116 International Politics since 1914: Peace and War (1.0) | |
HY118 Faith, Power and Revolution: Europe and the Wider World, c.1500-c.1800 (1.0) | |
IR100 International Relations: Theories, Concepts and Debates (1.0) | |
LL104 Law of Obligations (1.0) | |
LL105 Property I (0.5) | |
LL106 Public Law (1.0) | |
LL108 Criminal Law (1.0) | |
LL109 Introduction to the Legal System (0.5) | |
LN104 Mandarin Language and Society Level 1 (Beginner) (1.0) # | |
LN142 Mandarin Language and Society 2 (Intermediate) (1.0) # | |
LN251 Comparative Literature and 20th Century Political History (1.0) # | |
LN270 Society and Language: Linguistics for Social Scientists (1.0) | |
PB102 Social Psychology (1.0) | |
PH101 Logic (1.0) | |
PH103 The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy (1.0) # | |
SO100 Key Concepts: Introduction to Social Theory (1.0) | |
SO110 Power, Inequality, and Difference: Contemporary Themes in Sociology (1.0) | |
SP100 Understanding International Social and Public Policy (1.0) | |
SP170 Crime and Society: Representations and Realities (1.0) * | |
SP233 Introduction to Global Population Change (1.0) # (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
Footnotes for Undergraduate Outside Options List (Year 1) | |
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options
* means available with permission
Footnotes
A : Approved courses to the value of 1.0 unit can be selected from the Language Courses list for students wishing to receive a language specialism attached to their degree certificate and transcript. Language options may be chosen if they are a continuation of a language studied in Years 1 and 2. Language options must be above Level 2.
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
Language Specialism:
Students who have taken and passed one language course in each year of their degree (i.e. 25% of their overall programme of study) will receive a language specialism attached to their degree certificate and transcript. Students must take all courses in the same language (French, Spanish, German, Mandarin or Russian) in order to qualify for the specialism. The three courses must also be consecutively harder in level, for example: beginner, intermediate and advanced. Students who choose language courses in each year according to these rules will receive a language specialism. Degree certificates which include a language specialism will state the language in the title, for example: BSc in Social Anthropology with French.
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.
