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Anthropology Undergraduate Modules 2022-23

Anthropology

Anthropology

Anthropology

The module details in this section are only applicable to students who will be studying them between September 2022 and August 2023.

If you wish to look at details for a module you studied in an earlier academic year please see undergraduate modules for other academic years.

Information for Inbound Exchange Students

Please note that inbound study abroad students studying in Exeter/Penryn for one semester only can only choose from modules that are running in either Term 1 or Term 2. You are not able to choose modules that run in Terms '1 and 2' as these modules run for the full year.

Level One

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
ANT1003 Imagining Social Worlds: Texts 15 1
ANT1004 Introduction to Social Anthropology-Theorising the Everyday World 15 1
ANT1005 Introduction to Social Anthropology: Exploring Cultural Diversity 15 2
ANT1007 Media and Society 15 2
ANT1009 Theories and Approaches in Anthropology 15 2
ANT1011 Imagining Social Worlds: Qualitative Research 15 2

Interdisciplinary Modules at Level One

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)

Q Step and College Modules at Level One

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
SSI1005 Introduction to Social Data 15 1
SSI1006 Data Analysis in Social Science 1 15 2
SSI1007 Introduction to Data Analytics in R or Python 1, 2 and 3
SSI1008 Introduction to Data Analytics in Microsoft Excel 1, 2 and 3

Level Two

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
ANT2002 Ethnography Now 15 1
ANT2003 Current Debates in Anthropology 15 1
ANT2004 Into the Field 15 2
ANT2005 Current Debates in Anthropology: Practice 15 2
ANT2009 Living Cities: Migration, Place and the Politics of Identities 15 2
ANT2014 Cultures: Food 15 2
ANT2015 The Deep Past, History and Humanity 15 1
ANT2016 Anthropology of the State 15 1
ANT2017 Anthropology of Islam 15 1
ANT2021 Anthropology of the Middle East 15 2
ANT2023 Theory and Methods of Food Preservation 15 1
ANT2024 Environments in Public 15 1
ANT2041 How Organisations Work: Ethnography in Institutions 15 2
ANT2042 Gardening, Wellbeing and Community 15 1, 2 and 3
ANT2085 Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society Part 1: Medicine and Social Control 15 1
ANT2086 Addiction 30 1 and 2
ANT2087 Disability and Society 15 1
ANT2088 Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society: Part 2: Bodies in Society 15 2
ANT2089 Cultures of Race, Ethnicity and Racism 15 2
ANT2090 Sound and Society 15 2
ANT2097 Environment and Society 15 2
ANT2105 Contemporary Capitalism, Critique and Resistance 15 2
ANT2107 Culture and Wellbeing 15 2
ANT2109 Anthropology of Forced Migration 15 2
ANT2110 Animal Minds and Animal Ethics 15 2
ANT2111 Climate Change in Global and Local Perspectives 15 1
ANT2112 When Things Fall Apart: Social Infrastructures 15 2
ANT2113 Social Media, Disinformation, and Authoritarianism 15 1
ANT2114 The Anthropology of Prisons 15 1
ANT2115 Emotions, the Body, and the Social 15 1
ANT2116 Animals and Society 15 1
ANT2117 Dogs and Cats: Anthropological Subjects 15 2

Interdisciplinary Modules at Level Two

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
SPA2001 Debates, Issues and Practices 15 2
SPA2002 Quantitative Research with Microsoft Excel 15 1

Q Step and College Modules at Level Two

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
SSI2001 Learning from Work Experience in Social Sciences 15 1 and 2
SSI2002 Data Analysis in the Workplace 15 2
SSI2004 Research Design in the Social Sciences 15 2
SSI2005 Data Analysis in Social Science 2 15 1
SSI2006 Immigration in Western Societies 15 1
SSI2007 Data Analysis in Social Science 3 15 1

Level Three

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
ANT3004 Living Cities: Migration, Place and the Politics of Identities 15 2
ANT3014 Cultures: Food 15 2
ANT3015 The Deep Past, History and Humanity 15 1
ANT3016 Anthropology of the State 15 1
ANT3017 Anthropology of Islam 15 1
ANT3021 Anthropology of the Middle East 15 2
ANT3023 Theory and Methods of Food Preservation 15 1
ANT3024 Anthropology of Forced Migration 15 2
ANT3040 Anthropology Dissertation 30 1 and 2
ANT3041 Environments in Public 15 1
ANT3053 How Organisations Work: Ethnography in Institutions 15 2
ANT3054 Gardening, Wellbeing and Community 15 1, 2 and 3
ANT3085 Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society Part 1: Medicine and Social Control 15 1
ANT3086 Addiction 30 1 and 2
ANT3087 Disability and Society 15 1
ANT3088 Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society: Part 2: Bodies in Society 15 2
ANT3089 Cultures of Race, Ethnicity and Racism 15 2
ANT3090 Sound and Society 15 2
ANT3092 Animal Minds and Animal Ethics 15 2
ANT3093 Climate Change in Global and Local Perspectives 15 1
ANT3094 When Things Fall Apart: Social Infrastructures 15 2
ANT3095 Social Media, Disinformation, and Authoritarianism 15 1
ANT3096 The Anthropology of Prisons 15 1
ANT3097 Environment and Society 15 2
ANT3098 Emotions, the Body, and the Social 15 2
ANT3099 Animals and Society 15 1
ANT3100 Dogs and Cats: Anthropological subjects 15 2
ANT3107 Culture and Wellbeing 15 2
ANT3109 Contemporary Capitalism, Critique and Resistance 15 2

Interdisciplinary Modules at Level Three

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
SPA3001 Debates, Issues and Practices 15 2
SPA3002 Quantitative Research with Microsoft Excel 15 1

Q Step and College Modules at Level Three

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
SSI3002 Immigration in Western Societies 15 1
SSI3003 Data Analysis in Social Science 3 15 1
SSI3017 Learning from Work Experience in the Social Sciences 15 1 and 2
SSI3019 Quantitative Dissertation 30 1 and 2
SSI3020 Employment Experience (UK and Abroad) 120 1, 2 and 3
SSI3999 Year Abroad 120 1 and 2