BSc in Social Anthropology

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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.

Year 1
Paper	Course number, title (unit value)
See note	LSE100 The LSE Course: Understanding the causes of things
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:
	Undergraduate Outside Options List (Year 1)
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Paper 9	AN300 Advanced Theory of Social Anthropology (1.0) ^# (withdrawn 2020/21)
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(2): Transformation and Globalisation (0.5) *and* AN398 Special Essay Paper in Social Anthropology (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2020/21)
	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
	Courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the following:
	Anthropology Selection List A
	Ethnographic options
	Language Courses
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

Ethnographic options

Language Courses

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. Please note that some course combinations are not allowed. Please see the Mutually Exclusive Options list. The courses available as outside options where regulations permit are:
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)
EC100 Economics A (1.0) ^#
EC102 Economics B (1.0) ^#
EH101 The Internationalisation of Economic Growth, 1870 to the present day (1.0)
EH102 Pre-industrial Economic History (1.0) ^*
FM101 Finance (0.5)
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)
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 Contemporary Literature and Global 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) ^# (not available 2020/21)
MA100 Mathematical Methods (1.0) ^#
MA102 Mathematical Proof and Analysis (0.5) ^#
MA103 Introduction to Abstract Mathematics (1.0) ^#
MA107 Quantitative Methods (Mathematics) (0.5) ^# ^*
MA110 Basic Quantitative Methods (1.0) ^#
MG104 Operations Management (0.5)
MG105 Organisational Behaviour and Leadership (0.5)
PB100 Foundations of Behavioural Science (1.0) ^*
PB101 Foundations of Psychological Science (1.0) ^* ^~A
PB102 Social Psychology (1.0) (not available 2020/21)
PH101 Logic (1.0) (withdrawn 2020/21)
PH103 The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy (1.0) ^#
PH105 Historical and Global Perspectives on Philosophy (0.5)
PH111 Introduction to Logic (0.5) ^~1
PH112 Intermediate Logic (0.5) ^# ^~2
PH223 Mind and Metaphysics (0.5) ^# ^~3
PH224 Epistemology (0.5) ^# ^~4
PH238 Philosophy of Language (0.5) ^# (not available 2020/21)
SO100 Key Concepts: Introduction to Social Theory (1.0)
SO102 Data in Society: Researching Social Life (1.0) ^*
SO110 Power, Inequality, and Difference: Contemporary Themes in Sociology (1.0)
SP110 Sociology and Social Policy (1.0)
SP111 Social Economics and Policy (1.0) ^#
SP112 Politics of Social Policy Making (1.0)
SP170 Crime and Society: Representations and Realities (1.0) ^* (not available 2020/21)
SP171 Identities, Crime and Criminal Justice (1.0) ^* (not available 2020/21)
SP172 Policing and Security (0.5) ^* (not available 2020/21)
SP173 Politics and Crime (0.5) ^* (not available 2020/21)
ST101 Programming for Data Science (0.5) ^*
ST102 Elementary Statistical Theory (1.0) ^#
ST107 Quantitative Methods (Statistics) (0.5) ^#
ST108 Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences (1.0) ^#
Footnotes for Undergraduate Outside Options List (Year 1) ~A : PB101 is not available to third year students.
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options for Undergraduate Outside Options List (Year 1) ~1 : PH111 can not be taken with PH101, PH104 ~2 : PH112 can not be taken with PH101, PH104 ~3 : PH223 can not be taken with PH221 ~4 : PH224 can not be taken with PH221

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.

B : LN250 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes.

C : LN251 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes.

D : LN252 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes.

E : LN253 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes.

F : LN254 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes.

G : LN270 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes.

# 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.

AN216 Cognition and Anthropology: Human Development in Cultural Environments (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2020/21)
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) ^# (not available 2020/21)
AN244 Anthropology and Media (0.5) (withdrawn 2019/20)
AN245 Borders and Boundaries: Ethnographic Approaches (0.5) (not available 2020/21)
AN247 Anthropological Approaches to Questions of Being (0.5) (not available 2020/21)
AN251 Cognition and Anthropology: Learning and Thinking in Relation to Social Institutions (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2020/21)
AN252 Anthropological Approaches to Value (0.5) (not available 2020/21)
AN274 Subjectivity and Anthropology (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2020/21)
AN275 The Anthropology of Revolution (0.5) ^# (not available 2020/21)
AN276 Anthropology and the Anthropocene (0.5) (not available 2020/21)
AN280 Public Anthropology (0.5) ^# (not available 2020/21)
AN281 Health and Welfare: Anthropological Perspectives (0.5) (not available 2020/21)

AN205 The Anthropology of Melanesia (0.5) (not available 2020/21)
AN223 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (0.5) (not available 2020/21)
AN240 Investigating the Philippines - New Approaches and Ethnographic Contexts (0.5) (not available 2020/21)
AN250 The Anthropology of South Asia (0.5) ^# (not available 2020/21)
AN269 The Anthropology of Amazonia (0.5) ^# (not available 2020/21)
AN277 Topics in the Anthropology of sub-Saharan Africa (0.5) ^#