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Programme Requirements for 2024/25 Session


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B.A. Social Anthropology with Year Abroad Full-time

Year: 2
2024/25 Session

The following must be taken:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Research in Practice 09 33702 20 Semester 2
LI Theory and Ethnography 09 24291 20 Semester 1

Students must take a minimum of 40 optional credits in Social Anthropology.

Students may take up to 40 credits of modules outside of Social Anthropology, across LI and LH. This may include ONE 20-credit Future or Professional Skills module.

An indicative list of modules is provided below.

Credits must be evenly balanced across semesters.

Social Anthropology Modules

Module Title Code Credits Semester
African Popular Culture 09 20436 20 Semester 1
Atlantic Slavery: West Africa and the Caribbean 09 22695 20 Semester 2
LI Africans in the Global Diaspora 09 30662 20 Semester 1 or 2
LI Aid, NGOs and Development 09 17887 20 Semester 2
LI Anthropology and/of Activism 09 39836 20 Semester 1
LI Anthropology of Islam 09 31886 20 Semester 2
LI Anthropology of Migration 09 31403 20 Semester 1
LI Anticolonial, Postcolonial, Decolonial 09 37918 20 Semester 1
LI Development in Africa 09 37920 20 Semester 2
LI Ethnographies of the Marginalised 09 29674 20 Semester 2
LI From Colony to Nation: Ghana 1874-1966 09 28016 20 Semester 1
LI Gender and Colonialism in African History 09 37923 20 Semester 1
LI Independent Study 09 17908 20 Full Term
LI Kinship, Gender and Sexuality 09 29605 20 Semester 1
LI Law, Rights and Justice 09 29607 20 Semester 2
LI New African Writing 09 23566 20 Semester 1
LI Political Anthropology 09 35012 20 Semester 2
LI Recovering Africa's Past: oralities in the digital age 09 39834 20 Semester 1
LI Religion and Ritual 09 28073 20 Semester 2
LI Rural Livelihoods and Development Interventions in West Africa 09 24295 20 Semester 1
LI The Social Life of the Economy 09 24822 20 Semester 1
LI The Struggle for Zimbabwe: Nationalism, Liberation and the International Community Since the Cold War 09 39835 20 Semester 2
LI Urban Anthropology 09 31888 20 Semester 2

Future Skills Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Humanities in the classroom 09 37804 20 Semester 2
LI Media in Practice 09 37869 20 Semester 1
LI Sustainable Development: Climate, Culture, Society and Policy 09 37673 20 Semester 1

OR Students may also apply to undertake a Professional Skills module at level I. If successful this will be taken in place of 20 credits of taught modules. The credits to be dropped will be discussed with the programme convenor. The placement can be taken either during the summer vacation (part-time or full-time) or during semester 1 (part-time only). The placement must be completed prior to the Christmas vacation. Students undertaking a Professional Skills module at level I will not be able to undertake a Professional Skills module at level H.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Professional Skills 09 36839 20 Semester 1
LI Professional Skills – Freelance 09 37012 20 Semester 1

OR Students may also apply to undertake a Semester Abroad at level I. If successful, this will be taken in semester two, and will replace all semester two modules (including the compulsory module “LI Research in Practice”). As per University Regulations, in order to be eligible to go on a semester abroad, you will need to be able to show that the modules you will be studying on your semester abroad will cover similar / the same content as you would take at UoB (i.e. you will need to ensure you gain the skills, knowledge and competencies as you would on the compulsory module).