1. B.SOC.SC. (HONS.) SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY SECOND YEAR

2. THE SECOND YEAR - COMPULSORY
Students on the Second Year of the BSocSc take 40 credits of compulsory courses:
SOAN20830 ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY
SOAN20842 THE ETHNOGRAPHER’S CRAFT

3. THE SECOND YEAR – OPTIONAL CORE
Students must choose a further 60 credits from the following four 20 credit courses:
SOAN20802 SEX, GENDER AND KINSHIP
SOAN20811 ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION
SOAN20821 POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY
SOAN20852 MATERIALITY AND REPRESENTATION

4. THE SECOND YEAR – FINAL 20 CREDITS
As well as the compulsory courses and the optional core courses, students must take a further 20 credits. This is chosen from the list of final year options. However, with special permission from the Programme Director, students may continue with a language, or take 20 credits of University College of Interdisciplinary Learning (UCIL) courses.

5. THE FINAL YEAR OPTIONS FIRST SEMESTER:
SOAN30051 AN ANTHROPOLOGY OF SCIENCE, MAGIC AND EXPERTISE.
SOAN30111 ANTHROPOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT AND HUMANITARIANISM
SOAN30241 ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE ARCTIC
SOAN30391 THE GOOD LIFE: ANTHROPOLOGY OF ETHICS
SOAN30811 ANTHROPOLOGY OF VISION, MEMORY AND THE SENSES

6. THE FINAL YEAR OPTIONS SECOND SEMESTER: SOAN30062 MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
SOAN30402 SPACE AND POWER IN CENTRAL ASIA
SOAN30662: BLACK IDENTITIES AND CULTURES IN LATIN AMERICA
SOAN30792: SCREENING CULTURE

7. COURSE UNIT SELECTION
Course Unit Selection opens in July, date to be confirmed.
Students are asked to complete their selections by 6th August.
Course Unit Selection is done on the Student System (not Blackboard).
Early selection is recommended because, once the room limit is reached, the courses will close. You then have to join the Waiting List. Popular courses fill up very fast!

8. CHANGES TO COURSE UNIT SELECTION
Make your selection as early as possible, making sure that you have no more than 70 credits in one semester, and no less than 50 credits.
Subject to the availability of places, changes can be made up to the end of the second week of teaching in each semester.
Changes cannot be made after you have submitted any assessed work for a course.

9. STUDYING ABROAD IN SEMESTER TWO
Students who are studying abroad in Semester 2 take the following courses:
SOAN20821: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY
SOAN20811: ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION
And 20 credits from the final year First Semester options.
Note:
SOAN20830 ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY will be taken in Year 3.

10. REMEMBER… CHOOSE YOUR COURSES EARLY…
YOU CAN CHANGE COURSES, AS LONG AS THEY HAVE SPACES, UP UNTIL THE END OF THE SECOND WEEK OF LECTURES IN BOTH SEMESTERS.
BEING ON A WAITING LIST DOES NOT GUARANTEE A PLACE ON A COURSE – HAVE A PLAN B.