BA (Hons) Anthropology & Media

at Goldsmiths University of London

Year 1 (credit level 4)
You'll learn about some of the main theories within social anthropology – political anthropology, economic anthropology, and kinship. You'll also consider the role of ethnography, and will be given a foundation in anthropological methodological practice. For the media element, you'll study verbal and visual language; changes in the media over the last two centuries; debates surrounding the term 'culture'; and the examination of media texts through an understanding of systems of narrative, realism and genre.

You take the following compulsory modules:

Module title    

• Approaches to Contemporary Anthropology    
• Anthropological Methods    
• Film and the Audiovisual: Theory and Analysis    
• Media History and Politics  
• Culture and Cultural Studies   
• Key Debates in Media Studies    
• Ethnography of a Selected Region 1   

Year 2 (credit level 5)
You'll consider the anthropology of religion, morals and symbolism, and explore interactions between changing economic and political structures in the world today. You'll take media theory modules that cover the internationalisation of cultural and media studies, the psychology of communications or theories of political economy in the cultural industries. You'll also take a media practice module in which you develop production skills by creating small-scale projects.

You take the following compulsory modules:

Module title    

• Politics, Economics and Social Change   
• Anthropology and the Visual
• Anthropology of Religion    
• Cross-Platform Media Practice 1    
• Anthropology and Political Economy    
• Working with Images    

You also take 30 credits worth of modules from the following list:

Module title   
Psychology, Subjectivity and Power    
Money, Society, and Culture    
Media, Memory and Conflict   
Television and After   
Culture, Society and the Individual    
Moving Image and Spectatorship
Media, Modernity and Social Thought    

Year 3 (credit level 6)
In your final year you have the opportunity to design your own learning experience. You'll choose from module options in Anthropology and Media, and will take your second cross-platform media practice module, which will enable you to develop your skills and build on what you learned in your second year.

You select four Anthropology option modules. Those recently available have 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

Additional costs
In addition to your tuition fees, you'll be responsible for any additional costs associated with your course, such as buying stationery and paying for photocopying. You can find out more about what you need to budget for on our study costs page.

This programme will equip you with a range of specialist and transferable skills. These include: 

• communication skills (including public speaking, developing and presenting an argument, note taking, report writing)
• critical and analytical skills
• proficiency in assessing evidence and in expressing ideas clearly
• awareness of social, political and cultural processes
• ability to bring together insights from a range of subjects
• learning to think 'outside the box'
• IT skills
• communications skills
• journalistic and creative writing skills

Careers
Our graduates go on to employment in a variety of areas, including:

• journalism
• documentary and feature filmmaking
• applied or advocacy work for NGOs and development agencies
• teaching and research in higher education
• marketing and public relations
• arts and administration
• many more careers both within the public and private sectors