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Programme Requirements for 2025/26 Session


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B.A. Social Anthropology with Archaeology Full-time

Year: 3
2025/26 Session

Joint Honours Options:

Students taking 80 credits in DASA and 40 credits in CAHA:

DASA: Students choose 40 credits of optional modules (20 in each semester), which may include the 20-credit Professional Skills module plus the 40-credit DASA Dissertation
CAHA: Students choose 40 credits of optional modules (20 in each semester)
OR
DASA: Students choose 40 credits of optional modules in Semester 1, which may include the 20-credit Professional Skills module plus the 40-credit DASA Dissertation
CAHA: Students choose 40 credits of optional modules in Semester 2
OR
DASA: Students choose 40 credits of optional modules in Semester 2 plus the 40-credit DASA Dissertation
CAHA: Students choose 40 credits of optional modules in Semester 1, which may include the 20-credit Professional Skills module
OR
DASA: Students choose 40 credits of optional modules (20 in each semester), which may include the 20-credit Professional Skills module plus the DASA Dissertation
CAHA: Students choose TWO co-requisite Special Subject modules to the value of 40 credits (20 credits in each semester).

Students taking 60 credits in DASA and 60 credits in CAHA

DASA: Students choose ONE 20-credit optional module in Semester 1, which may include the 20-credit Professional Skills module, plus the 40-credit DASA Dissertation
CAHA: Students choose ONE 20-credit optional module in Semester 2 plus TWO co-requisite 20-credit Special Subject modules to the value of 40 credits (20 credits in each semester).
OR
DASA: Students choose ONE 20-credit optional module in Semester 2 plus the 40-credit DASA Dissertation
CAHA: Students choose ONE 20-credit optional module in Semester 1, which may include the 20-credit Professional Skills module plus TWO co-requisite 20-credit Special Subject modules to the value of 40 credits (20 credits in each semester).
OR
DASA: Students choose TWO 20-credit optional modules in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit optional module in Semester 2.
CAHA: Students choose ONE 20-credit optional module in Semester 2 plus the 40-credit CAHA Dissertation
OR
DASA: Students choose ONE 20-credit optional module in Semester 1 and TWO 20-credit optional modules in Semester 2
CAHA: Students choose ONE 20-credit optional module in Semester 1 plus the 40-credit CAHA Dissertation

Students taking 40 credits in DASA and 80 credits in CAHA

DASA: Students choose 40 credits of optional modules (20 in each semester)
CAHA: Students choose 40 credits of optional modules (20 in each semester), which may include the 20-credit Professional Skills module, plus the 40-credit CAHA Dissertation
OR
DASA: Students choose 40 credits of optional modules in Semester 1
CAHA: Students choose 40 credits of optional modules in Semester 2 plus the 40-credit CAHA Dissertation
OR
DASA: Students choose 40 credits of optional modules in Semester 2
CAHA: Students choose 40 credits of optional modules in Semester 1, which may include the 20-credit Professional Skills module, plus the 40-credit CAHA Dissertation
OR
DASA: Students choose 40 credits of optional modules (20 in each semester)
CAHA: Students choose TWO co-requisite Special Subject modules to the value of 40 credits (20 credits in each semester) plus the 40-credit CAHA Dissertation

Students must choose ONE of the following Independent Study modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
CAHA Dissertation 09 26194 40 Full Term
LH Dissertation 09 23603 40 Full Term

Optional modules:

DASA Optional Modules: DASA Optional Modules: This list is indicative; not all modules will run each year depending on staff availability.

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

CAHA Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Age of Empires 09 27256 20 Semester 1
LH Death, Burial and Society 09 24039 20 Semester 2
LH Face to face with Egypt’s Gods 09 32026 20 Semester 1
LH Greek Mythology 09 27276 20 Semester 2
LH Hellenistic Literature 09 29632 20 Semester 1
LH Humans and Environments 09 23536 20 Semester 2
LH Love in Greek Literature 09 28093 20 Semester 1
LH War, Peace, and Diplomacy in the Roman World 09 30686 20 Semester 1
Sparta 09 22891 20 Semester 2

CAHA Special Subjects A:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Special Subject A: (De)constructing the Romans 09 37882 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: Carthage and Rome 09 37472 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: Christianity in the Graeco-Roman World 09 37452 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: Democracy and Empire: The World of the Athenian archē 09 37454 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: Far-flung corners: being Roman in the late Roman world, c. 200-c.550 09 37460 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: From Stonehenge to Mycenae: the Bronze Age in Europe 09 37367 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: Greek Epigram 09 37458 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: Greeks and Barbarians 09 37474 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: How to build an Empire: Communication and Conflict (-Resolution) 09 37464 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: Performance Culture in the Ancient World 09 37889 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: Ritual and Religion: performance, materiality and belief 09 37462 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: The Roman Republic in Imperial Imagination 09 37467 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: The Spartan kosmos 545-371 BCE 09 37469 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: Wonderful things: an introduction to ancient Egyptian art and architecture 09 37456 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: Living and dying in wetlands 09 37369 20 Semester 1

CAHA Special Subjects B:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Special Subject B: (De)constructing the Romans 09 37807 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: Carthage and Rome 09 37473 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: Christianity in the Graeco-Roman World 09 37453 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: Democracy and Empire: The World of the Athenian archē 09 37455 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: Far-flung corners: being Roman in the late Roman world, c. 200-c.550 09 37461 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: From Stonehenge to Mycenae: the Bronze Age in Europe 09 37368 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: Greek Epigram 09 37459 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: Greeks and Barbarians 09 37475 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: How to build an Empire: Communication and Conflict (-Resolution) 09 37465 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: Living and dying in wetlands 09 37371 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: Performance Culture in the Ancient World 09 37808 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: Ritual and Religion: performance, materiality and belief 09 37463 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: The Roman Republic in Imperial Imagination 09 37468 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: The Spartan kosmos 545-371 BCE 09 37470 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: Wonderful things: an introduction to ancient Egyptian art and architecture 09 37457 20 Semester 2

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