Anthropology Undergraduate Modules 2023-24

The module details in this section are only applicable to students who will be studying them between September 2023 and August 2024.

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.

If you intend to study one of these modules from September 2024 or later, you may refer to these descriptors as a guide, but please be aware that details they contain – including (but not limited to) reading lists, duration and assessments – may change for your academic year.

Notes

The module list for Level One is currently incomplete; this will be finalised in August 2023.
The next compiled module list for the September 2024 - August 2025 academic year will be published here in March 2024 (exact date to be confirmed).

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)
SPA1001	Animal Politics	15	2

Q Step and College Modules at Level One

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)
SSI1002	Programming for the Social Sciences	30	1 and 2
SSI1004	Social Problems	15	1
SSI1005	Introduction to Social Data	15	1
SSI1006	Data Analysis in Social Science 1	15	2

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
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	2
ANT2088	Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society: Part 2: Bodies in Society	15	2
ANT2089	Cultures of Race, Ethnicity and Racism	15	1
ANT2090	Sound and Society	15	1
ANT2097	Environment and Society	15	1
ANT2107	Culture and Wellbeing	15	2
ANT2109	Anthropology of Forced Migration	15	2
ANT2110	Animal Minds and Animal Ethics	15	1
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	2
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	1
SPA2005	Asking the Right Question: Surveys in the Social Sciences	15	2
SPA2006	Understanding Social Inequalities	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
SSI2004	Research Design in the Social Sciences	15	2
SSI2005	Data Analysis in Social Science 2	15	1
SSI2007	Data Analysis in Social Science 3	15	2
SSI2008	Mapping the Social World: Introduction to Spatial Analysis in the Social Sciences	15	2

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
ANT3021	Anthropology of the Middle East	15	2
ANT3023	Theory and Methods of Food Preservation	15	1
ANT3024	Anthropology of Forced Migration	15	2
ANT3025	Social Movements and Collective Action	15	2
ANT3040	Anthropology Dissertation	30	1 and 2
ANT3041	Environments in Public	15	1
ANT3044	Imagined Futures: Environment, Industry, Health and Society	15	2
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	2
ANT3088	Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society: Part 2: Bodies in Society	15	2
ANT3089	Cultures of Race, Ethnicity and Racism	15	1
ANT3090	Sound and Society	15	1
ANT3092	Animal Minds and Animal Ethics	15	1
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	2
ANT3097	Environment and Society	15	1
ANT3098	Emotions, the Body, and the Social	15	1
ANT3099	Animals and Society	15	1
ANT3100	Dogs and Cats: Anthropological subjects	15	2
ANT3107	Culture and Wellbeing	15	2

Interdisciplinary Modules at Level Three

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)
SPA3001	Debates, Issues and Practices	15	1
SPA3003	Data Justice and Surveillance Capitalism	15	1

Q Step and College Modules at Level Three

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)
SSI3003	Data Analysis in Social Science 3	15	2
SSI3017	Learning from Work Experience in the Social Sciences	15	2
SSI3019	Quantitative Dissertation	30	1 and 2
SSI3020	Employment Experience (UK and Abroad)	120	1, 2 and 3
SSI3021	Mapping the Social World: Introduction to Spatial Analysis in the Social Sciences	15	2
SSI3999	Year Abroad	120	1 and 2