Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - Social Anthropology
- 3 years
- Duration
- Upon request
- Price
- Sept 2025
- Start
- May 2025
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Oxford / United Kingdom
- Location
- Oxford Brookes University
- School
Program description
Want to become an expert on global issues? When you select Social Anthropology at Oxford Brookes, you'll investigate everything from labor migration to religious practices while developing skills for a job market that demands person-centered, culturally informed viewpoints.
Experts in social anthropology who have published their work will be your instructors. You'll work in a vibrant, incredibly supportive department where you'll have access to cutting-edge ideas and hone your research abilities. Whether your research focuses on the cultural effects of digital technology or the interaction between people and animals, we'll support you in realizing your full potential. Additionally, you'll be able to enroll in modules in relevant fields like sociology.
Our teaching staff are award-winning experts in their fields and are all active researchers. This means that your learning will benefit from the latest thinking and research in social anthropology. You’ll learn through a variety of methods, including:
- interactive lectures
- documentary films
- student-led seminars
Program structure
Year 1
- Introduction to Biological Anthropology
- Introduction to Social Anthropology
- Introduction to Japanese Society and Culture
- Family, Kinship, and Society
- Becoming an Anthropologist
- Deep History
Optional modules
- Contemporary Societies: Structure and Change
- Death, Disease and Doctors: Medicine and Society
- Foundations of Social Theory
- Theory of Knowledge
Year 2
- Research Methods in Social Anthropology
- Social Anthropology Theory
- Reading Contemporary Ethnography
- Ritual and Society
Optional modules
- Anthropology in Action
- European Societies
- Understanding India: Society Culture and Economy
- Personhood, Gender and the Body in Contemporary Japan
- Gender and Society
- 'Race', Ethnicity and Inequality
- Work-based Learning
Year 3
- Social Anthropology Dissertation
Optional modules
- Development and Humanitarianism
- Minorities and Marginality in Contemporary Japan
- People and Other Animals
- Africa: Social and Economic Transformations
- Culture and Care
- Anthropology Independent Study
- Subjectivities and Social Transformation
- Racialised Identities in Super-Diverse Societies
Price
Requirements for applicants
General Entry Requirements
- Acceptable passes in five subjects (exceptionally four subjects) at GCSE or GCE including:
- one 12-unit vocational A-level, or
- two A-levels or two 6-unit vocational A-levels, or
- one A-level or 6-unit vocational A-level plus two AS-levels, or
- two 3-unit vocational A-levels
- A National Certificate or Diploma at a good standard.
- The International Baccalaureate Diploma (minimum of 24 points) or the European Baccalaureate Diploma (minimum of 60%).
- Five subjects in SCE with two at Higher level or one at Advanced Higher level.
- Three subjects in Scottish Highers or two at Advanced Higher level.
- Any other qualifications considered by the Academic Board to be of equivalent standard.
- A recognised access course
English Language Requirements
- IELTS 6.5 or 7.0 overall with 6.5 or 7.0 in all components
About the university
The history of Oxford Brookes University spans more than 150 years. We began as a modest School of Art in rented classrooms and have expanded into one of the UK's top modern universities with a reputation for distinction in teaching and research on the local, national, and worldwide levels.
Our primary goal is to provide a top-notch educational experience that helps each of our graduates to be competent, self-assured, and prosperous. The standard of instruction students receive is an integral component of this.
Oxford Brookes works with a wide range of partners both domestically and internationally. Our connections are essential to improving our instruction, research, and information sharing. Additionally, they provide our students a wealth of placement, internship, and employment options.
In cooperation with our Associate College Partners as well as directly, we offer a variety of higher education and degree apprenticeships (ACPs).
