Anthropology and Sociology

Description

This degree is particularly suited to students who are curious about their own and other societies, and who are interested in understanding social processes and meanings in the world around them.

Rigorous training is provided in a range of methodologies and research skills appropriate to anthropology and sociology.

A central theme of Sociology at Brunel is the study of the development of techno-cultural phenomena such media and information technology, and environmental issues, which straddle traditional conceptual distinctions between the social, the natural, the technical and the material.

Within this broad framework, a central theme of Sociology at Brunel is the study of the development of techno-cultural phenomena such media and information technology, and environmental issues, which straddle traditional conceptual distinctions between the social, the natural, the technical and the material.

It also needs to be stressed that, at Brunel, Sociology has developed a particularly close relationship with Communication and Media Studies, reflecting and emphasising the central and ever-increasing importance of the communications media within our culture.

Among the more specific interests of Brunel sociologists are, for example, social theory, celebrity culture, the influence of the media, environmental risk, media regulation, media discourses, and contemporary social structure and change, urban spaces, and addiction and deviance. These various interests strongly reflect the options available in the third level of our degree course.

Detailed Course Facts

• GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
• GBP 13000 Year (Non-EEA)

• English

Course Content

Level 1 (Core)

You will gain a broad social science training in your first year. This includes an introduction to key theoretical issues and practical training in research methods, such as interviewing and participant observation.

Level 2

Anthropology modules introduce students to the history and theory of Anthropology, and to some of the current issues in the fields of ethnicity, gender, religion and kinship. Sociology topics include sociological theory, methods and contemporary social institutions. You also continue your studies of research methods, and conduct your own research exercises.

Level 3

You can choose from a wide range of advanced options in topics as varied as family, gender, kinship, ethnicity, medical anthropology and cultural patterns of consumption.

Dissertation

All students produce a dissertation of about 10,000 words in their final year. This is based on a topic of your choice, but is usually related to your second work placement.

Typical Modules

Please note that module availability is subject to change

Level 1

• Introduction to Anthropology: Themes
• Introduction to Sociology
• Introduction to Anthropology: Beliefs and Ways of Thinking
• Anthropology, Objects adn Images
• Research Methods in Anthropology
• Globalisation

Level 2 Core

• Political and Economic Issues in Anthropology
• Social Divisions
• Classical Anthropological Theory
• Work and Society
• Sociology of Everyday Life: Issues in Contemporary Culture

Level 2 Optional

Students take one module from the following list:

• Ethnicity, Culture and Identity
• Ethnography of a Selected Region: South Asia

Level 3 Core

• Social Anthropology and Sociology Dissertation

Level 3 Options

Students take two modules from the following list:

• Anthropology of the Body
• Anthropology of Childhood and Youth
• Anthropology of Disability and Difference
• Themes in Psychological and Psychiatric Anthropology
• Ethnography of a Selected Region: South Asia
• Anthropology of International Development
• Anthropology of the Person
• Medical Anthropology in Clinical and Community Settings
• Anthropology of Education and Learning
• Anthropological Perspectives on War and Humanitarianism
• Global Health in Anthropological Perspective

And two modules from the following list:

• City Lives and Urban Cultures
• Crime, Deviance and Addiction
• Multiculturism
• Popular Music and Popular Culture
• Understanding Audiences
• The Age of New Media
• Forensic Science and Society

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6.5 CAE score : 60(Grade C) TOEFL paper-based test score : 580 TOEFL iBT® test : 92

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Requirements

• GCE A-level ABB

• BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma D*DD in a related subject.

• BTEC Level 3 Diploma DD in a related subject with an A-Level at grade A.

• BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma D in a related subject with A-Levels grade AB.

• International Baccalaureate Diploma 33 points.

• Access to Higher EducationDiploma Complete and pass a related subject Access course with 45 credits at Level 3, of which 30 credits must be at Distinction and 15 credits at Merit or higher.

GCSE Mathematics grade C and GCSE English grade C are also required.

Please check our Admissions pages for more information on other factors we use to assess applicants as well as our full GCSE requirements and accepted equivalencies in place of GCSE’s.

English Language Requirements

• IELTS: 6.5 (min 5.5 in all areas)

• Pearson: 58 (51 in all subscores)

• BrunELT: 65% (min 55% in all areas)

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 Brunel University.