Philosophy and Anthropology
UCAS Code: VL56
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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About this course
A Joint Honours programme in Anthropology and Philosophy offers students an exciting and attractive collaboration. Anthropology and Philosophy are cognate subjects that explore ideas and the impact of ideas on human culture, society and individuals.
• Philosophy explores the big questions – Who are we? What is our place in the world? How should we live? What is reality? Philosophy approaches such questions through argument, vision and imagination.
• Philosophy is different from other academic disciplines in that it teaches you not what to think, but how to think, challenging one's beliefs and assumptions about the world.
• Anthropology explores the fundamentals of what it means to be human and the eye-opening variety of human behaviours both in the present and from the past.
• We take an immersive approach to learning offering a diverse range of teaching approaches, including lectures, seminars, tutorials and workshop sessions.
• You will attend small-group classes with a focus on discussion and learning activities to encourage the self-development and critical reflection accepted as key to the development of personal and professional capacities.
*Fancy studying another subject alongside philosophy and anthropology?
Interested in history, English literature, creative writing, ancient civilisations, the environment or classics?
This joint honours programme gives you the opportunity to diversify your studies by studying other areas. For example, you could combine your course with modules in any of the above subjects or with modules in the following ones:
Politics: www.uwtsd.ac.uk/undergraduate/politics--economics/politics-pathway
Economics: www.uwtsd.ac.uk/undergraduate/politics--economics/economics-pathway
Ecology: www.uwtsd.ac.uk/undergraduate/ecology/ecology-pathway
International Development: www.uwtsd.ac.uk/undergraduate/international-development-and-global-politics/international-development-pathway
Other humanities subjects: www.uwtsd.ac.uk/undergraduate
Modules
Taking into account that student choices and requirements can differ radically, as well as ensuring a rounded knowledge of Philosophy and Anthropology generally, the scheme offers modules covering a wide range of topics and issues. Some of the areas of study include, for example, ethics, self and identity, knowledge and reality, equality, justice, existentialism, animal ethics, political philosophy, environmental issues, freedom, Buddhist philosophy, the body and culture, sacred journeys, water and society, gender, human evolution and hunter-gatherers. Options to study abroad may also be available.
** Note that a range of modules in other disciplines is offered alongside the philosophy and anthropology ones. You could take modules in, for example, history, English, or classics.
Assessment methods
The programme is assessed in a variety of ways and will include several of the following types of assessment: essays of 1000 to 4000 words in length, document analyses, book reviews, short reports and reflective journals, timed tests, take-home? exams, field journals, posters, group and individual presentations, dissertations of 10,000 words, wikis, commentaries and film evaluations.
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Sociology, social policy and anthropology
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This is a pretty flexible degree and a good one if you want to keep your options open. Just over 1,250 graduates completed anthropology degrees last year, and they were well spread out across a whole range of jobs — many industries have jobs that can be done by anthropology graduates and unlike a lot of degrees, there aren't many jobs we can point to and say ‘graduates from this degree do that job’. Management, marketing, housing and recruitment jobs are the most popular, though, and many graduates go into the education or social care sectors. Graduates are also rather more likely than average to work in London, or to go overseas to work. This is quite a popular subject at postgraduate level, and if you want to go into research, you'll need to think about postgrad study - and it's one of the few where numbers are on the up at the moment.
Philosophy and religious studies
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Although there aren't a lot of jobs around for professional philosophers, philosophy degrees are a relatively popular option, with more than 2,000 students graduating in a philosophy-related subject in 2015 - a little down on previous years, but still healthy. Nearly a quarter of philosophy graduates take a postgraduate qualification, and it's a relatively common subject at both Masters and doctorate level — so if you think academic life might be for you, think ahead about how you might fund further study. For those who go into work, philosophy grads tend to go into teaching, accountancy, consulting, journalism, PR, housing, marketing, human resources and the arts while a few go into the computer industry every year, where their logical training is highly rated.
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