Programme Requirements for 2025/26 Session

B.A. Social Anthropology and Politics Full-time

Year: 3
2025/26 Session

Students take ONE of the following Independent Study modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Dissertation	08 20905	40	Full Term
LH Dissertation	09 23603	40	Full Term

Students taking 60-80 credits in DASA may choose ONE 20-credit LH Professional Skills module if not undertaken at LI.

All optional lists are indicative; not all modules will run each year depending on staff availability.

Credits must be evenly balanced across semesters.

Students taking 80 credits in DASA and 40 credits in Politics
DASA: Students choose 40 credits of optional modules (20 in each semester) which may include the LH Professional Skills module, PLUS the 40-credit DASA Dissertation. Politics: Students choose 40-credits of options (20 in each Semester).

Students taking 60 credits in DASA and 60 credits in Politics
DASA: Students choose ONE 20-credit optional module in Semester 1, which may include the LH Professional Skills module, PLUS the 40-credit DASA Dissertation Politics: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 AND TWO 20-credit options in Semester 2.
OR
DASA: Students choose ONE 20-credit optional module in Semester 2, PLUS the 40-credit DASA Dissertation Politics: Students choose TWO 20-credit options in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2.
OR
DASA: Students choose TWO 20-credit optional modules in Semester 1, which may include the LH Professional Skills module, AND ONE 20-credit optional module in Semester 2. Politics: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2 PLUS the 40-credit Politics dissertation.
OR
DASA: Students choose ONE 20-credit optional module in Semester 1, which may include the LH Professional Skills module, AND TWO 20-credit optional modules in Semester 2. Politics: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 PLUS the 40-credit Politics dissertation.

Students taking 40 credits in DASA and 80 credits in Politics
DASA: Students choose 40 credits of optional modules (20 in each semester).
Politics: Students choose 40-credits of options (20 in each Semester, PLUS the 40-credit Politics Dissertation.

This list is indicative; due to staff availability not all modules will run each year.

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
Atlantic Slavery: West Africa and the Caribbean	09 22696	20	Semester 2
LH African Popular Culture	09 20437	20	Semester 1
LH Africans in the Global Diaspora	09 30663	20	Semester 1 or 2
LH Anthropology of Islam	09 31885	20	Semester 2
LH Anthropology of Migration	09 31404	20	Semester 1
LH Anticolonial, Postcolonial, Decolonial	09 37917	20	Semester 1
LH Development in Africa	09 37919	20	Semester 2
LH Ethnographies of the Marginalised	09 29673	20	Semester 2
LH From Colony to Nation: Ghana 1874-1966	09 28015	20	Semester 1
LH Gender and Colonialism in African History	09 37921	20	Semester 1
LH Kinship, Gender and Sexuality	09 29604	20	Semester 1
LH New African Writing	09 23567	20	Semester 1
LH Political Anthropology	09 35014	20	Semester 2
LH Religion and Ritual	09 28072	20	Semester 2
LH The African Canon	09 23564	20	Semester 1
LH Urban Anthropology	09 31887	20	Semester 2
The Social Life of the Economy	09 24821	20	Semester 1

POLSIS Options. Students choose between 40-60 credits of optional modules. POLSIS Options: This list is indicative. Not all modules will run each year, depending on staff availability:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Advanced Modern Asia	08 19471	20	Semester 1
LH Contemporary International Political Economy	08 20911	20	Semester 1
LH Controversies in Contemporary Democracies	08 22555	20	Semester 1
LH International Negotiation	08 37821	20	Semester 1
LH Regionalism and the Global South	08 37823	20	Semester 2
LH Social Justice and Politics	08 37824	20	Semester 1
LH Statelessness and Citizenship	08 37825	20	Semester 1
LH The Politics of Protest and Dissent	08 37822	20	Semester 1
LH Topics in British Politics	08 20912	20	Semester 1

OR DASA Students may also apply to undertake a Professional Skills module at level H. If successful this will be taken in place of one of their semester 1 taught modules. 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 who undertook 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
LH Professional Skills	09 36876	20	Semester 1
LH Professional Skills - Freelance	09 37013	20	Semester 1