Programme And Module Handbook
 
Programme Requirements for 2026/27 Session


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B.A. Social Anthropology with Year in Sustainability Full-time


Students taking 60 credits in Drama and 60 credits in English Literature (choose from Option 5-10)
Option 5
• English Literature Dissertation
• One module from English Literature Block C or Block D
• One module from Drama Block A
• One module from Drama Block B
• One module from Drama Block C or Block D
Option 6
• English Literature Dissertation
• One module from English Literature Block C or Block D
• Production Semester 1
• One module from Drama Block C
Option 7 • English Literature Dissertation • One module from English Literature Block A or Block B • One module from Drama Block A or Block B • One module from Drama Block C • One module from Drama Block D
Option 8
• English Literature Dissertation
• One module from English Literature Block A or Block B
• Production Module – Semester 2
• One module from Drama Block A
Option 9
• Drama Dissertation
• One module from Drama Block A or Block B
• One module from English Literature Block A or Block B
• One module from Drama Block C
• One module from Drama Block D
Option 10
• Drama Dissertation
• One module from Drama Block C or Block D
• One module from English Literature Block A • One module from English Literature Block B • One module from English Literature Block C or Block D

The following must be taken:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Dissertation 40 Full Term
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 and/of Activism 20 Semester 1

Students choose 80 credits of optional DASA modules.

Students cannot take at LH any modules they have taken at LI. Students must take a minimum of 40 credits of optional modules in Social Anthropology.

Students may take up to 40 credits of modules outside of Social Anthropology. They may replace 20 credits with ONE 20-credit LH Professional Skills module if not undertaken at LI.

An indicative list of modules is provided below.

Credits must be evenly balanced across semesters.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Anthropology of Islam 09 34356 20 Semester 2

Students choose 80 credits of optional DASA modules.

Students cannot take at LH any modules they have taken at LI. Students must take a minimum of 40 credits of optional modules in Social Anthropology.

Students may take up to 40 credits of modules outside of Social Anthropology. They may replace 20 credits with ONE 20-credit LH Professional Skills module if not undertaken at LI.

An indicative list of modules is provided below.

Credits must be evenly balanced across semesters.

Students choose 80 credits of optional DASA modules.

Students cannot take at LH any modules they have taken at LI. Students must take a minimum of 40 credits of optional modules in Social Anthropology.

Students may take up to 40 credits of modules outside of Social Anthropology. They may replace 20 credits with ONE 20-credit LH Professional Skills module if not undertaken at LI.

An indicative list of modules is provided below.

Credits must be evenly balanced across semesters.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Anthropology of Migration 09 31404 20 Semester 1
Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Anticolonial, Postcolonial, Decolonial 09 37917 20 Semester 1

Students choose 80 credits of optional DASA modules.

Students cannot take at LH any modules they have taken at LI. Students must take a minimum of 40 credits of optional modules in Social Anthropology.

Students may take up to 40 credits of modules outside of Social Anthropology. They may replace 20 credits with ONE 20-credit LH Professional Skills module if not undertaken at LI.

An indicative list of modules is provided below.

Credits must be evenly balanced across semesters.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Development in Africa 09 25042 20 Semester 2
LH Ethnographies of the Marginalised 09 29673 20 Semester 2
LH Gender and Colonialism in African History 10 21887 20 Semester 1

Students choose 80 credits of optional DASA modules.

Students cannot take at LH any modules they have taken at LI. Students must take a minimum of 40 credits of optional modules in Social Anthropology.

Students may take up to 40 credits of modules outside of Social Anthropology. They may replace 20 credits with ONE 20-credit LH Professional Skills module if not undertaken at LI.

An indicative list of modules is provided below.

Credits must be evenly balanced across semesters.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
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 Recovering Africa's Past: oralities in the digital age 09 39829 20 Semester 1
LH Religion and Ritual 09 28072 20 Semester 2
LH The African Canon 09 35379 20 Semester 1

Students choose 80 credits of optional DASA modules.

Students cannot take at LH any modules they have taken at LI. Students must take a minimum of 40 credits of optional modules in Social Anthropology.

Students may take up to 40 credits of modules outside of Social Anthropology. They may replace 20 credits with ONE 20-credit LH Professional Skills module if not undertaken at LI.

An indicative list of modules is provided below.

Credits must be evenly balanced across semesters.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH The Struggle for Zimbabwe: Nationalism, Liberation and the International Community Since the Cold War 09 39831 20 Semester 2
Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Urban Anthropology 09 29639 20 Semester 2

English Literature Block B:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
The Social Life of the Economy 09 27598 20 Semester 1

OR 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 37899 20 Semester 1

OR 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 - Freelance 09 37013 20 Semester 1