Anthropology within Natural Sciences 2024-2025

This pages is primarily intended for existing students. It consists of modules available to Natural Sciences students, Joint-Honours regulations and general advice (which includes links to Departmental advice.)

The following lists the module code and the title of each module by the level of each module - clicking on the link will take you to further details listed in the Faculty Handbook.

The last digit of the module code indicates whether the module is single, double or triple. The level indicates the year in which modules are normally taken, but it is often the case that students take modules from the adjacent level beneath the year of study. Visit the Subjects page for the general overarching rules and structure.

Please note that the modules on offer and the requirements for progression can change from year to year and that the only combinations of modules that are guaranteed to fit in the timetable are those splits between the two departments on an approved Joint Honours route (MSci and BSc).

Within Natural Sciences, Anthropology has BSc Joint-Honours programmes with: Biology.

In BSc students' final year, they are required to take no less than 20 credits and no more than 60 credits of Capstone Modules. These modules are denoted with G

Anthropology modules available to Natural Sciences students

Level 1 modules

Health, Illness And Society (ANTH1041)
People And Cultures (ANTH1061)
Human Evolution And Diversity (ANTH1091)
Doing Anthropological Research (ANTH1101)
Being Human: An Introduction To The History And Practice Ofanthropology (ANTH1111)

Level 2 modules

Research Project Design (ANTH2187)
Biology, Culture And Society (ANTH2207)
Anthropological Research Methods In Action (ANTH2231)
Anthropology Of The Body (Term 1) (ANTH2257)
Critical Global Health (Term 1) (ANTH2267)
Health And Inequality (Term 2) (ANTH2277)
Markets And Exchange (Term 1) (ANTH2287)
Mind And Culture (Term 2) (ANTH2297)
Palaeoanthropology: The Story Of Human Evolution (Term 2) (ANTH2307)
Power And Inequality (Term 2) (ANTH2317)
Primate Societies (Term 1) (ANTH2327)
Reading The Skeleton (Term 1) (ANTH2337)
Relations And Belonging (Term 2) (ANTH2347)
Ritual, Religion And Belief (Term 1) (ANTH2357)
Sex, Reproduction And Health (Term 2) (ANTH2367)
The Anthropocene And Multispecies Anthropology (Term 2) (ANTH2387)

Level 3 modules

Exhibiting Anthropology (Term 1) (ANTH30A7)
Anthropology Field Course (ANTH30B1)
Decolonising Anthropology (Term 1) (ANTH30C7)
Power And Governance (Term 2) (ANTH30F7)
Religion And Contemporary Society (Term 2) (ANTH30M7)
Social Movements In Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Term 2) (ANTH30P7)
Political Ecologies Of Health (Term 2) (ANTH30S7)
Anthropology Dissertation (20 Credits)G (ANTH3141)
Violence And Memory (Term 1) (ANTH3247)
Specialised Aspects Of Health And Medical Anthropology 5(10 Credits) (Term 2) (ANTH3287)
Evolutionary Medicine Of Maternal And Infant Health (Term 1) (ANTH3297)
The Social Anthropology Of Hormones (Term 1) (ANTH3307)
Technical Primates (Term 1) (ANTH3317)
Anthropology Dissertation Ch/hns/laG (ANTH3382)
Evolution Of Music (Term 2) (ANTH3777)
Physical Activity For Health: Anthropological/criticalperspectives (Term 2) (ANTH3797)
Primates In Peril (Term 2) (ANTH3867)
Forensic Anthropology (Term 1) (ANTH3887)
Anthropology Of Art And Experience (Term 2) (ANTH3937)
The Anthropology Of Sport (Term 1) (ANTH3957)

Requirements for Joint Honours (BSc Programmes)

Anthropology

Year 1	60 credits: Human Evolution And Diversity (ANTH1091), Doing Anthropological Research (ANTH1101) and Being Human: An Introduction To The History And Practice Ofanthropology (ANTH1111).
Year 2	60 credits: Research Project Design (ANTH2187), Biology, Culture And Society (ANTH2207), 40 credits of Level 2 Anthropology to include at least 20 credits from: Mind And Culture (ANTH2297); Primate Societies (ANTH2327); Palaeoanthropology: The Story Of Human Evolution (ANTH2307); Reading The Skeleton (ANTH2337).
Year 3	40 credits: From the Level 3 Anthropology list.

Advice for progression and other aspects

Department advice: SharePoint
Natural Sciences advice

Year 1

Doing Anthropological Research (ANTH1101), Being Human: An Introduction To The History And Practice Ofanthropology (ANTH1111), Human Evolution And Diversity (ANTH1091). Progression from: ANTH1101; ANTH1111; ANTH1091.

Year 2

Taking Research Project Design (ANTH2187) and Reading Ethnography (ANTH2197) are compulsory to take your Capstone module in Anthropology. If students have taken Organisms And Environment (BIOL1161) AND Genetics (BIOL1171) in Year 1, then it should be possible to take: Mind And Culture (ANTH2297); Primate Societies (ANTH2327); Palaeoanthropology: The Story Of Human Evolution (ANTH2307); Reading The Skeleton (ANTH2337); without having taken any Anthropology at Level 1. Progression from: ANTH2187; ANTH2197; ANTH2297; ANTH2327; ANTH2307; ANTH2337; BIOL1161; BIOL1171.