Anthropology is the exploration of the dual, biocultural nature of the human condition and its variation across space and time. Our degree offers a comprehensive training in both socio-cultural and biological aspects of human societies past and present, and offers a firm grounding in understanding the human condition.
The course is one of just a handful at UK universities to offer a blend of both social and biological anthropology, covering topics such as anthropological theory and fieldwork, cultural ecology and human-environment interaction, material culture and technology, human evolution and hands-on laboratory work, all delivered by leading practitioners in their fields.
As well as developing a comprehensive understanding of human diversity and cultural richness, you’ll gain the unique combination of highly transferable analytical, communication and presentation skills that make anthropology graduates highly attractive to a wide range of employers.
In your second and final year you’ll be able to select from a portfolio of subject options, allowing you to create a curriculum that favours your own interests, passions, and career aspirations. You’ll also complete a five or 30-week placement, depending on the length of course you choose, which will reinforce your CV, build a network of professional contacts, and ultimately enhance your career prospects after graduation.
This course received a 92% overall satisfaction rating from our final year students in the latest National Student Survey (NSS) with 100% of them agreeing that our staff are good at explaining things. Join us on live chat or register to come and meet us at an open day.
We have three different anthropology programmes at BU; whichever specific course you choose, you will learn about biological, social and cultural anthropological perspectives on human life, today and in the past, and how these are relevant to contemporary challenges in the world today.
- BSc (Hons) Anthropology: combines social/cultural and biological/ecological study of human society
- BA (Hons) Archaeology & Anthropology: interdisciplinary cultural/social, biological/ecological and historical/archaeological perspectives on human lifeways, today and in the past
- BA (Hons) Sociology & Anthropology: social/cultural, and political approaches to contemporary human societies.
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