Course summary

Course details Our BSc Health & Human Sciences degree is designed to give you a thorough grounding in the anthropology of health, bringing together perspectives from both social and biological anthropology. This degree will expand your understanding of health, bringing together biological and evolutionary research into human genetics and physiology with ethnographic approaches to the social, political, ideological and ecological contexts that shape health risks and treatments. Studying the anthropology of health will equip you with the skills to critically debate healthcare from an interdisciplinary perspective that draws together local, regional and international scales of analysis. In the first year, you will receive a thorough grounding in the theory and practice of anthropology in the broadest sense, including the anthropology of health, social anthropology and biological anthropology. In your second year, you will begin to specialise in the anthropology of health while still maintaining breadth with optional modules in other areas of anthropology. You will also gain ‘hands-on’ experience of conducting research through a series of local field trips and activities. In your final year, you will design and carry out your own research project for your dissertation and take part in our residential Field Course module, an intensive 7-day experience at one of several European destinations, or online as part of our Virtual Field Course. As you move through your degree, you will shift from being a consumer to a generator of knowledge, ready for professional or postgraduate life. You can also apply to add a placement year or a year abroad to your degree, increasing the course from three years to four.