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Bachelor Degree , Anthropology
Course Description
The Anthropology with a Year Abroad BSc looks at the biological, cultural, social and material culture aspects of communities and human beings as well as their evolution, and provides the opportunity to spend your third year at a university abroad with one of our many excellent partner institutions.
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UCL Anthropology is one of the few departments in the country that combines social anthropology, biological anthropology, material culture and medical anthropology to give you a truly broad-based anthropology degree.
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Spend your third year abroad at one of our partner institutions, for example in Istanbul, Athens, Barcelona, Malta, Leiden, Oslo, Finland, Arizona, Paris or Tokyo.
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Access to excellent resources including extensive literature in the UCL Main Library and other nearby libraries, such as in the Centre for Anthropology at the British Museum.
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We have an outstanding collection of ethnographic items and the Napier Primate Collection, and work closely with the ethnographic department of the British Museum and with the Horniman Museum.
Course Content
Year 1
Core or compulsory module(s)
Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Introduction to Material and Visual Culture
Introductory Social Anthropology
Methods and Techniques in Biological Anthropology
Researching the Social World
Optional modules
All first year modules are compulsory.
Year 2
Core or compulsory module(s)
Theoretical Perspectives in Social Anthropology and Material Culture
Being Human
Optional modules
You will select a minimum of 75 and a maximum of 90 credits from Anthropology optional modules which must include choices in biological, social, material culture and medical anthropology.
Anthropology of the Body
Art in the Public Sphere
Ethnography of Forest People
Linguistic Anthropology
Medical Anthropology
Palaeoanthropology
Primate Behaviour and Ecology
The Anthropology of Social Media
You may take up to a maximum of 15 credits from other undergraduate elective modules outside the department.
Year 3
Year abroad
Year 4
Core or compulsory module(s)
Individual Studies in Anthropology
Optional modules
You will select a minimum of 60 and a maximum of 75 credits from all final-year Anthropology options. These may include:
Anthropology of Capitalism
Ethnographic and Documentary Film Making - a practice-based introduction
Evolution and Human Behaviour
Reproduction, Fertility and Sex
Ritual Healing and Therapeutic Emplotment
Temporality, Consciousness and Everyday Life
The Anthropology of Music and Performance
Transforming and Creating Worlds: Anthropological Perspectives on Techniques and Technology
You may take up to a maximum of 15 credits from other undergraduate elective modules outside the department.
Entry Requirements
A Levels
Grades
AAB
Subjects
No specific subjects.
Please refer to UCL’s list of preferred A level subjects.
GCSEs
English Language and Mathematics at grade C or 5. For UK-based students, a grade C or 5 or equivalent in a foreign language (other than Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew or Latin) is required. UCL provides opportunities to meet the foreign language requirement following enrolment, further details at: www.ucl.ac.uk/ug-reqs
Contextual offer
Grades
BBB (more about contextual offers)
Subjects
No specific subjects.
IB Diploma
Points
36
Subjects
A total of 17 points in three higher level subjects, with no score below 5.
Contextual offer
Points
32 (more about contextual offers)
Subjects
A total of 15 points in three higher level subjects, with no score below 5.
English language requirements
If your education has not been conducted in the English language, you will be expected to demonstrate evidence of an adequate level of English proficiency. Information about the evidence required, acceptable qualifications and test providers can be found on our English language requirements page.
The English language level for this programme is: Good
A variety of English language programmes are offered at the UCL Centre for Languages & International Education.
Assessment Methods
Your modules may be assessed by written coursework, by examination or a mixture of both. Examinations are normally unseen and their formats vary according to the module. Some combine short answers with essay questions, others rely solely on longer essay answers.
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