BA (Hons) Anthropology

at Goldsmiths University of London

Year 1 (credit level 4)

Module title    

• Approaches to Contemporary Anthropology    
• Anthropological Methods    
• Ethnographic Film   
• Anthropological Ideas    
• Anthropology Today    
• Anthropology in London    
• Ethnography of a Selected Region 1    

Year 2 (credit level 5)

Module title   

• Working with Images    
• Politics, Economics and Social Change  
• Thinking Anthropologically    
• Thinking Through Race    
• Anthropology of Religion   
• Ethnography of a Selected Region 2 (Europe)    
• Ethnography of a Selected Region 2 (Highland Latin America)   
• Anthropology and Political Economy   

Year 3 (credit level 6)
In your third year you also take one of the following research project modules. You will choose and design your own project, after agreeing with your departmental supervisor.

Module title    

• Individual Project    
• Extended Individual Project

    
You will make up the remaining 75-90 credits (depending on your chosen project) from a list of optional modules that has recently included:

Module title   

• Anthropological Approaches to History    
• Anthropology of Health 1    
• Anthropology and Gender Theory    
• Anthropology and the Visual 2
• Material Cultures
• Anthropology in Public Practice    
• Borders and Migration    
• Learning from Social Movements    
• Psychological Perspectives in Anthropology   
• Anthropology of Art   
• Anthropology of Rights    
• Anthropology and the Visual: Production Module
• Digital Anthropology   
• Anthropology of Violence    
• Anthropology of Development    
• Gender Theory in Practice    
• Staff/Student Research Project    

We accept the following qualifications:

• A-level: BBB
• BTEC: DDM
• International Baccalaureate: 33 points overall with Three HL subjects at 655
• Access: Pass with 45 Level 3 credits including 30 Distinctions and a number of merits/passes in subject-specific modules
• Scottish qualifications: BBBBC (Higher) or BBC (Advanced Higher)
• European Baccalaureate: 75%
• Irish Leaving Certificate: H2 H2 H2 H2

We don't assume you have any knowledge of anthropology, and welcome applications from anyone with arts, social studies or science backgrounds. 

International qualifications
We also accept a wide range of international qualifications. Find out more about the qualifications we accept from around the world.

If English isn’t your first language, you will need an IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 6.0 with a 6.0 in writing and no element lower than 5.5 to study this programme. If you need assistance with your English language, we offer a range of courses that can help prepare you for degree-level study.

These are the fees for students starting their programme in the 2022/2023 academic year.

From August 2021 EU/EEA/Swiss nationals will no longer be eligible for 'Home' fee status. EU/EEA/Swiss nationals will be classified as 'International' for fee purposes, more information can be found on our fees page.

Home - full-time: £9250
International - full-time: £17890

Skills

Our Anthropology programmes and courses aim to equip you with a range of specialist and transferable skills.

As part of your studies, seminars and course work, you'll develop skills in:

• communication (including public speaking, developing and presenting an argument, note taking, report writing)
• analytical thinking
• awareness of social, political and cultural processes
• awareness of social and cultural difference
• thinking 'outside the box'

These skills provide a good foundation for a number of career paths, find out more on our Anthropology skills and careers page. 

Careers
Our students have been successful in a range of areas, from postgraduate research and teaching in higher education, to film making and other media careers, journalism, and museum curating, to applied or advocacy work for NGOs and development agencies.

Our particular emphasis on public anthropology encourages our students to explore options in a range of practice-based and public sector career paths.