Anthropology with Foundation Year (Integrated Degree)
Goldsmiths, University of London
UCAS Code: L601 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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About this course
This is a four-year degree at Goldsmiths. If you successfully achieve the progression requirements of the foundation year, you can continue with the full-time three-year BA (Hons) Anthropology degree.
**Why study the Integrated Degree in Anthropology at Goldsmiths**
- All you need is an interest in Anthropology – there aren’t any formal entry requirements
- You’ll learn about anthropology, human society and the difference between cultures, as well as globalisation and visual anthropology. You’ll explore relevant political, economic and social anthropological themes (including money, work and consumption; nation, place and migration; race and ethnicity, sex and gender; violence; and fundamentalism)
- You’ll develop key study skills on a dedicated course throughout the programme
- If you successfully achieve the progression requirements for the course, you'll progress onto Year 1 of the BA Anthropology degree, and really delve into the specifics of the subject
Modules
During the Foundation year (Year 0) you will study the following modules:
Ways into Anthropology
Contemporary Issues in Anthropology
Doing Anthropology : Methods and Ethics
Studying Anthropology
Visual Media and Digital Cultures
Short Research Project (Anthropology)
Individual tutorial support and academic guidance is given by the programme tutor. You'll also attend a study skills course as part of the programme.
Year 1 (credit level 4)
In your first year, you'll study the following compulsory modules.
Being Related
Approaches to Contemporary Anthropology
Anthropological Methods
Ethnographic Film
Academic Skills for Anthropology
Anthropology in London
And
Anthropological Ideas
or
Anthropology Today
Year 2 (credit level 5)
In your second year, you'll take five compulsory modules and 45 credits of optional modules.
Compulsory modules
Critical Ecologies: black, indigenous and transnational feminist approaches
Anthropology and Political Economy
Thinking Anthropologically
Thinking Through Race
The Goldsmiths Elective
Optional modules
You'll then take 2 or 3 from the following optional module list:
Anthropology and Public Policy
Indigenous Cosmopolitics, Anthropology and Global Justice
Anthropology of Religion
Working with Images
Anthropology in Public Practice
Goldsmiths’ Social Change Module
Year 3 (credit level 6)
In your third year, you'll complete an individual research project. You can choose either to complete an Individual Project or to complete an extended version.
Individual Project
or
Extended Individual Project
You will make up the remaining 75-90 credits (depending on your chosen project) from a list of optional modules. Recent examples of optional modules include:
Anthropology in Public Practice
Psychological Perspectives in Anthropology
Anthropology of Health and Medicine
Anthropology of Art
Anthropology and the Environment
Anthropology of Development
Anthropology and Gender Theory
Anthropology of Rights
Multimodal Experiments
Theorising the Visual
Anthropology of Violence
Learning from Social Movements
Borders and Migration
Digital Anthropology
Please note that due to staff research commitments not all of these modules may be available every year.
Assessment methods
You’ll be assessed by a variety of methods, depending on your module choices. These include coursework, examinations, group work and projects.
The Uni
Goldsmiths, University of London
Anthropology
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