Course summary

Course details Studying the anthropology of health will expand your world, bringing together biological and evolutionary research into human genetics and physiology with comparative ethnographic approaches to the social, political, ideological and ecological contexts that shape health risks and treatments. This degree will equip you with the skills to critically debate healthcare from an interdisciplinary anthropological 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, addressing the core disciplines of social, biological and health anthropology. In your second year, you will begin to specialise increasingly in the anthropology of health while still being able to maintain a broader, more integrative approach if you wish. In your final year, you will design and carry out your own dissertation project and take part in our Field Course Module. The Field Course offers 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. Course Structure Year 1 Core modules: Peoples and Cultures . Human Evolution and Diversity Being Human: An Introduction to the History and Practice of Anthropology Doing Anthropological Research Health, Illness and Society Year 2 Core modules: Anthropological Research Methods Research Project Design Global Health and Disease Sex, Reproduction and Love Examples of optional modules: Biology, Culture and Society Reading Ethnography Kinship and Religion Politics and Economics Evolution, Variation and Adaptation Our Place in Nature Environment, Climate and the Anthropocene. Year 3 (Year 4 if undertaking a placement year or year abroad) In your final year, you will design and carry out your own Dissertation which will develop your skills of independent research and project management by pursuing a substantial research project in a topic of your choice. The 12,000-word dissertation is worth one third of your final year credits. You will also take part in our Anthropology Field Course module. The Field Course offers an intensive 7 day fieldwork experience at one of the department’s residential field schools, or online as a virtual Field Course. Examples of optional modules: Anthropology of Ethics and Morality Anthropological Skills for Climate Change Survival Power and Governance Anthropology of Physical Activity for Health Evolutionary Medicine: Maternal and Infant Health Comparative Cognition and Culture Primates in Peril Forensic Anthropology Palaeoanthropology and Palaeoecology Anthropology of the Body Food Security, Nutrition, and Sustainable Livelihoods.