BSc (Hons) Anthropology

Key Information

Duration and delivery: 3 years full-time with optional 5-week placement, or 4 years full-time with a minimum 30-week placement

Entry requirements: 104 - 120 tariff points

Required subjects:

None

If English is not your first language: IELTS (Academic) 6.0 with a minimum of 6.0 in reading or writing and 5.5 in all other components or equivalent

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Anthropology is the study of humans: what unites us as a species, and how and why individuals and groups vary both biologically and culturally across space and time. This degree –one of just a handful at UK universities to offer complementary units covering social anthropology alongside the core focus on biological anthropology – provides a firm foundation for understanding how societies work through comprehensive study of the dual biological/social nature of humans and human societies, past and present.

Comprehensive understanding

The course is designed to give you a comprehensive understanding of human biological and cultural diversity. You will also undertake hands-on practical and laboratory work, all delivered by leading academics. Along the way, you will gain a unique combination of transferable analytical, communication and presentation skills that are highly valued by employers.

Built around your interests

In your second and third years you will be able to select options from biological and social anthropology and allied disciplines, allowing you to create a course of study built around your own passions, and career aspirations. You’ll also have the chance to complete a five- or a 30-week placement. This will give you the chance to apply what you have learned, as well as to build a network of professional contacts and a strong CV.

Career opportunities

This course will equip you for a wide range of careers. Graduates often go on to work in the public and not-for-profit sectors, for charities, government and non-governmental organisations, teaching and policy. Others pursue opportunities in general graduate-level professions, from retail and management to law enforcement, marketing and banking. Employers tell us they really value the mix of skills from across the humanities, social sciences and physical/natural sciences that anthropology graduates bring.

Studying anthropology will lead you to question all kinds of things you’ve taken for granted about the way we live our lives and how our society works.

Dr Fiona Coward, Associate Professor in Archaeological Sciences

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