There are several areas of overlap between Anthropology and Sociology, making them particularly suitable for combination in a joint honours degree. The BA Anthropology and Sociology course combines modules from the BA Anthropology and BA Sociology providing a comprehensive understanding of humans as social and cultural beings.
**Year 1**
In the first year, you take a selection of modules from across the two Departments (i.e. Anthropology and Sociology):
Compulsory theory modules: People and Cultures and/or Classical Sociological Theory
Compulsory research modules: Doing Anthropological Research or Social Research Methods
Optional modules:
Being Human / Critical Scholarship in the Social Sciences / Health, Illness and Society /Human Evolution and Diversity / Introduction to Criminological Theory / Societies in Transition (double module)
**Year 2**
Students currently select a mixture of modules from both Anthropology and Sociology, either split evenly or weighted towards one or the other disciplines, including compulsory research training in either Anthropology or Sociology as preparation for the final year dissertation module.
Compulsory research modules: Research Methods in Action (double module) or Anthropological Field Course / Interrogating Anthropology
Optional modules currently available in Sociology:
Communities and Social Justice / Contemporary Criminological Theory / Modern and Contemporary Sociological Theory / Police and Policing / Self, Identity and Society / Sociology of Education / Sociological Approaches to Violence and Abuse
Optional modules currently available in Anthropology:
Evolutionary Variation and Adaptation / Global Health and Disease / Kinship and Religion / Our Place in Nature / Politics and Economics / Sex, Reproduction and Love
**Year 3**
You take a 40-credit Dissertation in Anthropology or a 40-credit Dissertation in Sociology in view of previous training in social research. Additionally, students currently take up to 60 credits of modules in each Department.
Optional modules in Anthropology:
Specialised Aspects in Evolutionary Anthropology (20 or 40 credits)
Specialised Aspects in Health and Medical Anthropology (20 or 40 credits)
Specialised Aspects in Social Anthropology (20 or 40 credits)
Example modules in Sociology:
Community Placement / Cybercrime: Crime in the Information Age / Drugs, Crime and Society / Issues in Criminal Justice / Social Policy / Sociology of Forensic Science and Criminal Investigation / Sociology of Health and Medicine / Sociology of Work and Professions / Young People, Crime and Justice
**Study Abroad**
Anthropology: Study abroad or placement activities undertaken as part of a degree are not only enjoyable but can give a significant edge when it comes to employability. ERASMUS exchanges are possible on our degrees, and we currently have links with the University of West Bohemia (Czech Republic), the University of Iceland, the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) and the University of Malta, with new opportunities being added every year. We also run a third-year Field Course module, involving fieldwork at our South African field site.
Sociology and Criminology: We are part of the ERASMUS programme which encourages students to study for part of their course in a university of another EU country.
We currently have links with the universities of Helsinki in Finland and Duisburg-Essen in Germany. Students can also apply to the university-wide international exchange programme with universities in North America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
For more information on this course, please see our website.
Course Details - Modules
Year 1
In the first year, you take a selection of modules from across the two departments (i.e. Anthropology and Sociology):
Compulsory theory modules:
People and Cultures
and/or
Classical Sociological Theory.
Compulsory research modules:
Doing Anthropological Research
or
Social Research Methods.
Optional modules:
Being Human
Critical Scholarship in the Social Sciences
Health, Illness and Society
Human Evolution and Diversity
Introduction to Criminological Theory
Societies in Transition (double module)
Year 2
Students currently select a mixture of modules from both Anthropology and Sociology, either split evenly or weighted towards one or the other disciplines, including compulsory research training in either Anthropology or Sociology as preparation for the final year dissertation module.
Compulsory research modules:
Research Methods in Action (double module)
or
Anthropological Field Course
Research Project Design.
Optional modules currently available in Sociology:
Communities and Social Justice
Contemporary Criminological Theory
Modern and Contemporary Sociological Theory
Police and Policing
Self, Identity and Society
Sociology of Education
Sociological Approaches to Violence and Abuse.
Optional modules currently available in Anthropology:
Evolutionary Variation and Adaptation
Global Health and Disease
Kinship and Religion
Our Place in Nature
Politics and Economics
Sex, Reproduction and Love
Reading Ethnography
Biology, Culture and Society.
Year 3
You take a 40-credit Dissertation in Anthropology or a 40-credit Dissertation in Sociology in view of previous training in social research. Additionally, students currently take up to 60 credits of modules in each Department.
Optional modules in Anthropology:
Specialised Aspects in Evolutionary Anthropology
Specialised Aspects in Health and Medical Anthropology
Specialised Aspects in Social Anthropology.
Example modules in Sociology:
Community Placement
Cybercrime: Crime in the Information Age
Drugs, Crime and Society
Issues in Criminal Justice
Social Policy
Sociology of Forensic Science and Criminal Investigation
Sociology of Health and Medicine
Sociology of Work and Professions
Young People, Crime and Justice.
Please note that the list of optional modules available in any year will vary depending on available teaching staff. The lists above provide an example of the type of modules which may be offered.
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
LL36
Institution code:
D86
Campus Name:
Trevelyan College
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
Applicants taking Science A-levels that include a practical component will be required to take and pass this as a condition of entry. This refers only to English A Levels.
We will normally make offers based on Advanced Highers. If an applicant has not been able to take 3 Advanced Highers, offers may be made with a combination of Advanced Highers and Highers, or on a number of Highers.
We require 60 credits with a minimum of 45 credits at level 3 (or equivalent). Applicants may be required to meet additional subject-specific requirements for particular courses at Durham.
Seventeen points (6, 6, 5) from Higher Level subjects.
Our contextual offer for this programme is A level BBC (or equivalent). To find out if you’re eligible, please visit: www.dur.ac.uk/study/ug/apply/contextualoffers/.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
https://www.dur.ac.uk/study/ug/apply/entry/
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
Durham University welcomes applications from all students irrespective of background. We encourage the recruitment of academically well-qualified and highly motivated students, who are non-native speakers of English, whose full potential can be realised with a limited amount of English Language training either prior to entry or through pre-sessional and/or in-sessional courses.
It is the normal expectation that candidates for admission should be able to demonstrate satisfactory English proficiency before the start of a programme of study, whether via the submission of an appropriate English language qualification or by attendance on an appropriate pre-sessional course.
Acceptable evidence and levels required can be viewed by following the link provided.
