Programme Requirements for 2024/25 Session

B.A. Social Anthropology with Year in Sustainability 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	08 20895	20	Semester 2

Social Anthropology Modules

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Africans in the Global Diaspora	08 31213	20	Semester 1 or 2

Social Anthropology Modules

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Aid, NGOs and Development	09 17887	20	Semester 2

Choose 80 credits from the following modules. Where modules are linked, both elements must be chosen:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Anthropology and/of Activism	08 20900	20	Semester 1

Social Anthropology Modules

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
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	08 37828	20	Semester 1

Social Anthropology Modules

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Gender and Colonialism in African History	08 36027	20	Semester 1

Social Anthropology Modules

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Independent Study	08 37890	20	Full Term

Social Anthropology Modules

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Kinship, Gender and Sexuality	08 37827	20	Semester 1

Social Anthropology Modules

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
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

Social Anthropology Modules

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Rural Livelihoods and Development Interventions in West Africa	09 24295	20	Semester 1
LI The Anthropology of Tomorrow	09 38821	20	Semester 2
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).