Programme Requirements for 2024/25 Session


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B.A. Anthropology and Politics with Year Abroad Full-time

Year: 4
2024/25 Session

Students can choose to do either a 40-credit Dissertation, or a 20-credit Independent Study. The 40-credit Dissertation can be taken either in Anthropology or in Political Science. The 20-credit Independent Study can be taken either in Anthropology or in Political Science.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Dissertation 08 20905 40 Full Term
LH Dissertation 09 23603 40 Semester 1
LH Independent Study 09 17954 20 Semester 1

Students writing the 40 credit Dissertation should choose 20 credits of DASA modules. Students writing the 20 credit Independent Study should choose 40 credits of DASA modules. (NB. Students who are exempt from the Dissertation/Independent Study should choose 60 credits of DASA modules below. Optional modules may include:

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 Anthropology and/of Activism 09 39832 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 Kinship, Gender and Sexuality 09 29604 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 The Anthropology of Tomorrow 09 38811 20 Semester 2
LH The Struggle for Zimbabwe: Nationalism, Liberation and the International Community Since the Cold War 09 39831 20 Semester 2
LH Urban Anthropology 09 31887 20 Semester 2
The Social Life of the Economy 09 24821 20 Semester 1

Students taking the POLSIS Dissertation should choose a further 20 credits from the POLSIS modules below. Students not taking the POLSIS dissertation should choose 60 credits from the modules below:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Contemporary International Political Economy 08 20911 20 Semester 1
LH Controversies in Contemporary Democracies 08 22555 20 Semester 1
LH Dissertation 08 20905 40 Full Term
LH Global Capitalism and Migration 08 27334 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 2
LH The Politics of Protest and Dissent 08 37822 20 Semester 1
LH Topics in British Politics 08 20912 20 Semester 1

Students who have taken LI 37673 Sustainable Development: Climate, Culture, Society and Policy cannot take the LH version of this module.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Sustainable Development: Climate, Culture, Society and Policy 09 38933 20 Semester 1