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Description
What do we mean by culture and why are its many forms so hotly contested? Why is it so important to our sense of identity and belonging? Cultural Studies at Kent is an innovative subject with distinctive perspectives on all forms of present day culture. We explore connections between popular culture, the arts and everyday life by crossing social sciences/humanities boundaries.
Analysing culture
You cannot be part of contemporary society without being affected by the stream of ads and images of all kinds, in various media. We are all caught up the network of communications, whether in face-to-face encounters, on Facebook or by way of email. All this is both 'modern' and 'cultural' and it is something we all do, cope with, and make sense of. Cultural Studies addresses culture in more theoretical, analytical and critical ways seeing it in a broader context and evaluating its impact on the way we experience our lives and organise and govern our societies.
Social Anthropology
Anthropology addresses the big question what makes us human?
Within the Social Anthropology element of your degree, you will study how and why we do the things we do, for example, how we work, use technologies, and negotiate conflicts, relationships and change.
The programme reflects staff research interests, which include: political struggle and resistance, post-conflict reconstruction, mental illness, environmental politics, rural social transformation, science and technology, public anthropology and advocacy.
An anthropology degree gives you a thorough understanding of the history and behaviour of our species and a different perspective on the world. Our anthropology department offers an integration between social and biological anthropology, an excellent student-to-staff ratio and state-of-the-art computing facilities.
Independent rankings
Anthropology at Kent was ranked 6th in the UK for student satisfaction in the 2013 National Student Survey. And, in The Guardian University Guide 2014, Anthropology at Kent was ranked 5th for graduate employment prospects.
Detailed Course Facts
Application deadline January 15 Tuition fee- GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
- GBP 12450 Year (Non-EEA)
Start date September 2015 Credits (ECTS) 180 ECTS
Duration full-time 36 months Partnership Joint Languages Take an IELTS test
- English
Course Content
The course structure below gives a flavour of the modules that will be available to you and provides details of the content of this programme. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. Most programmes will require you to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules, you may also have the option to take wild modules from other programmes offered by the University in order that you may customise your programme and explore other subject areas of interest to you or that may further enhance your employability.
Stage 1
Possible modules may include:
SE301 - Social Anthropology
SE302 - Foundations of Biological Anthropology
SO334 - Modern Culture
SO335 - Contemporary Culture
You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage
Stage 2
Possible modules may include:
SE586 - Ethnographies 1
SO506 - Popular Culture, Media and Society
SE587 - Ethnographies 2
SE588 - Advanced Social Anthropology I
You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage
Stage 3
Possible modules may include:
SE554 - Visual Anthropology Theory
SE555 - Project in Visual Anthropology
SO657 - Digital Culture
SO676 - Cultures of Embodiment
SE556 - Social Sciences in the Classroom
SE565 - Sex Evolution and Human Nature
SE573 - Ethnicity and Nationalism
SE575 - Medicinal Plants: Home Remedy, Pharmaceutical, Illicit Drug
SE584 - The Anthropology of Business
SE585 - From the Raw to the Cooked: The Anthropology of Eating
SE534 - Special Project in Social Anthropology
SE542 - Human Ecology
SE549 - The Anthropology of Health, Illness and Medicine
SE550 - The Anthropology of Gender
SE551 - Anthropology and Language
SE552 - Culture and Cognition
SE593 - Evolution of Human Diversity
SE594 - Anthropology and Development
SE595 - Social Computing
SE752 - Anthropology of Creativity
SO505 - Sociology of Crime and Deviance
SO659 - Risk and Society
SO668 - The Sociology of Work
SO525 - Environmental Politics
SO533 - Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice
SO534 - Violence and Society
SO535 - Youth and Crime
SO537 - Race and Racism
SO539 - Environmental Policy and Practice
SO594 - Terrorism and Modern Society
SO605 - Crime , Media and Culture
CP518 - The Book and the Film: Adaptation and Interpretation
CP527 - Medieval Literature and Culture
CP530 - Marriage, Adultery and Divorce in 19th Century Fiction
CP609 - Modernism and the European Avant-Garde
CP611 - Postmodernism
CP624 - The Shoah in Literature, Film and Culture
CP627 - Science Fiction: History and Innovation
CP629 - Second Thoughts: Women Novelists from Bronte to Jelinek
CP636 - European Realism
CP642 - The Epic: From Homer to Walcott
CP644 - Creatures of the Night: Vampires in Literature and Film
CP646 - Prize Winners
CP647 - Prize Winners
CP650 - Decadence in Fin-de-Siecle Europe
CP652 - Postcolonial Images of Africa and South Asia
CP653 - Comparative Literature and English & Linguistics in the Classroom
CP656 - Shakespeare's Afterlives
CP658 - Nordic Literature and Film
FR593 - Paris: Myth and Reality in the 19th century
FR594 - Paris: Myth and Reality in the 20th century
HA573 - Print Collecting and Curating
HA587 - Against Realism: Varieties of Photograhic Pictorialism
HA591 - Dialogues: Art History in a Global Context
HA595 - Visual Arts Writing
HA649 - Exposed: The Aesthetics of the Body, Sexuality and Erotic Art
HA653 - Exposed: The Aesthetics of The Body, Sexuality and Erotic Art
HA660 - Dialogues; Art History in a Global Context
HA669 - Study of a Single Artist
HA670 - Study of a Single Artist
HA681 - Pixelated World: The Digital Revolution
HA682 - Pixelated World: The Digital Revolution
HA683 - Against Realism: Varieties of Photographic Pictorialism
HA684 - Genius: Perspectives on Artistic Creation
HA685 - Genius: Perspectives on Artistic Creation
HA686 - Thinking about the Arts
HA687 - Thinking about the Arts
HA688 - Painting in Central Italy 1440 - 1520
HA689 - Painting in Central Italy 1440 - 1520
PL526 - Aesthetics
PL610 - Aesthetics
SA503 - A Future for the Welfare State? Social Change, Challenge and Crisis
SA519 - The Social Politics of Food
SO683 - Cultural Studies Research Dissertation
SO684 - Globalization and Development
SO689 - Drugs, Culture and Control
SO709 - Modern Chinese Societies
SO710 - War, Atrocity and Genocide
SO712 - Urban Sociology
TH570 - I:Religion and Film
TH574 - H:Religion and Film
You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage
English Language Requirements
IELTS band : 6 CAE score : 75(Grade B) TOEFL paper-based test score : 580 TOEFL iBT® test : 85
To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to
take an IELTS test.Requirements
Offer levels
A level ABB, IB Diploma 33 points or IB Diploma with 16 points at Higher.
For joint honours with Modern Languages and VV59: A/AS level 320 points (3 A level equivalents) inc BB at A level, IB diploma 33 points or IB Diploma with 16 points at Higher.
The Department is committed to widening participation and has a successful tradition of admitting mature students. We welcome applications from students on accredited Access courses.
Tariffs
- A-level: ABB / pts
- IB Higher: 15
- IB Overall: 33
English language entry requirements
In order to enter directly onto a degree course. you also need to prove your proficiency in English, and we ask for one of the following:
- average 6.5 in IELTS test, minimum 6.0 in reading and writing
- a TOEFL score of at least 580 including 4.0 reading and writing (paper-based test) or 85 including 19 reading and writing (internet-based test)
- grade C in Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English
- grade B in Cambridge Advanced Certificate in English
- international GCSE English as a first language grade C; as a second language grade B.
We also accept some school English certificates.
Work Experience
No work experience is required.
Related Scholarships*
- Academic Excellence Scholarship
"The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."
- Access Bursary
Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.
- Alumni Bursary
Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students
* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University of Kent.