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Study Abroad/JYA at SOAS

Arts & Humanities Undergraduate Courses

Courses that run across the full year are available to all visiting students - whether at SOAS for the full year, term 1 only or terms 2&3 only
Department of Anthropology

Some of the courses within the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS are specialised in nature and taught at an advanced level. In order to derive benefit from them, students, both SOAS students and visiting students, are asked to meet entry requirements in terms of prerequisite previous courses they must have studied. New students will be expected to have passed equivalent courses at their home institution to those listed as prerequisite for SOAS students. Both to clarify their eligibility and to ensure that they enrol on courses properly advised, they are requested to contact the relevant course convenor before arrival at SOAS. Contact details for course convenors are given with the course descriptions or you can contact the Study Abroad office for details.

Erasmus Students

Unfortunately Erasmus Exchange students are not eligible to choose courses from the Anthropology department since this department has no Erasmus agreements. Students can consider courses from all other departments.

Course TitleLevel
(1,2 or 3)
Taught inCourse Code
African and Asian Cultures in the Diaspora2/3term 115 180 2052
Anthropology and Film2/3term 215 180 2026
Anthropology of Travel and Tourism A2/3term 115 180 2071
Anthropology of Travel and Tourism B2/3term 215 180 2072
Ethnography of a selected region - China2/3across the full year15 180 2050
Ethnography of a selected region - East Africa2/3across the full year15 180 2043
Ethnography of a selected region - Japan2/3across the full year (not available to terms 2&3 only students)15 180 2045
Ethnography of a selected region - South Asia2/3across the full year15 180 2047
Ethnography of a selected region - South East Asia2/3across the full year15 180 2048
Ethnography of a selected region - West Africa2/3across the full year15 180 2044
Ethnography of a selected region: Near & Middle East2/3across the full year15 180 2066
New Media and Society2/3term 215 180 2070
Principles of Social Investigation2/3term 115 180 2024
Psychoanalysis and Anthropology2/3term 115 180 2017
The Anthropology of African and Asian communities in British Society2/3term 215 180 2035
The Anthropology of Gender3term 215 180 2031
The Other in Science Fiction and Horror Films3term 115 180 2061
Department of Art and Archaeology
Course TitleLevel
(1,2 or 3)
Taught inCourse Code
African Art I: Context and Representation2/3across the full year15 490 0105
African Art III: The Art and Architecture of North Eastern Africa2/3across the full year15 490 0132
Angkor and Khmer Art in Southeast Asia2/3term 115 490 0146
Architecture of Tibet and the Himalayas2/3term 215 490 0165
Art and Archaeology of Ancient China2/3term 115 490 0143
Art and Culture in Imperial China2/3term 115 490 0140
Art and Empire in Early Modern South India2/3term 215 490 0153
Arts of Tibet2/3term 115 490 0164
Contemporary Korean Arts in East Asia2/3term 215 490 0150
Hindu Art in Medieval India2/3term 115 490 0162
Introduction to the art and archaeology of Africa1term 115 490 0155
Introduction to the art and archaeology of East Asia1term 215 490 0163
Introduction to the art and archaeology of South & Southeast Asia1term 115 490 0156
Introduction to the art and archaeology of the Near and Middle East1term 215 490 0101
Islamic Architecture2/3across the full year15 490 0107
Japanese Art2/3across the full year15 490 0110
Royal Arts of Korea2/3term 115 490 0152
Selected sites in Asian and African art and archaeology2/3across the full year15 190 0038
Theory and Method in the study of Asian and African Art1across the full year15 490 0104
Department of History
Course TitleLevel
(1,2 or 3)
Taught inCourse Code
H101 Approaches to History1across the full year15 480 0166
H110 Introduction to the History of Africa1across the full year15 480 0228
H120 Introduction to the History of East Asia1across the full year15 480 0229
H130 Introduction to the History of the Near and Middle East1across the full year15 480 0230
H140 Introduction to the History of South Asia1across the full year15 480 0231
H150 Introduction to the History of Southeast Asia1across the full year15 480 0232
H234 Culture And Identity In Modern South Asia, 1800-20002/3across the full year15 480 0264
H235 Gandhi and Ghandhiism2/3across the full year15 480 0103
H241 The Middle East in the Period of the Crusades, 1050-12912/3across the full year15 480 0254
H247 Turks, Mongols And Mamluks, 1054-15002/3across the full year15 480 0222
H248 The Making of the Modern Middle East2/3across the full year15 480 0227
H253 Islamic Reformism in Southeast Asia 1760s-1960s2/3across the full year15 480 0212
H270 Society and Culture in Twentieth-Century Africa2/3across the full year15 480 0244
H275 Race, Class and Culture in the History of Southern Africa2/3across the full year15 480 0221
H280 Atlantic Slavery and its Legacies: Western Africa c. 1500-20002/3across the full year15 480 0247
H283 Modern Japan2/3across the full year15 480 0233
H297 Modern China2/3across the full year15 480 0281
H337 Histories of Partition: India and Pakistan 19473across the full year15 480 0282
H343 Reform, Resistance and Revolution: The Ottoman Empire 1876-19092/3across the full year15 480 0197
H346 Cities Of Paradise And Empire2/3across the full year15 480 0211
H348 Rulers, Rebels and Scholars in Early Islam2/3across the full year15 480 0277
H353 The Creation of Modern Burma, 1852-c.1941 (I)2/3across the full year15 480 0252
H373 Gender, Sex and Identity in Africa, 1800-20002/3across the full year15 480 0278
H378 Muslim Societies in West Africa2/3across the full year15 480 0284
H378 Violence, Identity & Politics in Modern East and Northeast Africa2/3across the full year15 480 0262
H379 Asante, the Gold Coast and the British 1870-1935 (I)3across the full year15 480 0217
H382 Opium and Empires: China's Narcotic Trade and Culture in Global Context2/3across the full year15 480 0192
H446 History of Iran: Qajars to the Islamic Republic2/3across the full year15 480 0234
Department of Music
Course TitleLevel
(1,2 or 3)
Taught inCourse Code
Atlantic Africa: (P)Layers of Mediation in African Popular Music2/3across the full year15 580 0079
Composition3half unit, taught across the full year; only open to full year students15 580 0082
Ethnomusicology: Themes and Variations2term 115 580 0065
Introduction to Music Analysis1half unit, taught across the full year; only open to full year students15 580 0070
Klezmer Music: Roots and Revival2/3term 215 580 0074
Music and Culture2/3half unit, taught across the full year; only open to full year students15 580 0060
Music in the Cultures of South Asia2/3across the full year15 580 0036
Music of the Middle East and North Africa2/3across the full year15 580 0068
Musical Traditions of East Asia2/3term 215 580 0078
Performance 1a1half unit, taught across the full year; only open to full year students15 580 0061
Performance 1b1half unit, taught across the full year; only open to full year students15 580 0062
Pop and Politics in East Asia2/3term 115 580 0077
Popular Music and Politics in Israel2/3term 115 580 0075
Popular and Fusion Music in South East Asia2/3term 215 580 0081
Sounds and Cultures 1: Africa, the Jewish World, West and Central Asia1term 115 580 0071
Sounds and Cultures 2: East, Southeast and South Asia1term 215 580 0072
The Music Business2/3term 215 580 0053
The World of Cuban Music2/3term 115 580 0058
Urban Soundscapes3term 115 580 0083
Department of the Study of Religions
Course TitleLevel
(1,2 or 3)
Taught inCourse Code
Advanced Theory in the Study of Religions2/3across the full year15 800 0135
Avestan2/3across the full year15 800 0182
Buddhism: Foundation1term 115 800 0110
Critical Theory and the Study of Religions2/3across the full year15 800 0116
Eastern Christianity2/3term 115 800 0132
Hinduism: Foundation1term 215 800 0118
Introduction to Islam1/2across the full year15 740 0020
Introduction to Jainism1/2across the full year15 800 0053
Introduction to the Study of Religions1across the full year15 800 0096
Islam in Britain2/3across the full year15 800 0169
Judaism: Foundation1term 115 800 0148
Mysticism in the Great Traditions3across the full year15 800 0022
Orthodox Christianity2/3term 215 800 0131
Pentecostalism in Africa: Past and Present2/3term 115 800 0185
Religion and Gender2/3across the full year15 800 0024
Religions of Africa1term 215 800 0119
Religions of East and Central Asia1term 215 800 0100
Religious Philosophies of Ancient and Medieval India2/3across the full year15 800 0123
Representing Religion in Japanese Films2/3term 115 800 0184
Shi'a Islam: Religious Authority and Community Identity2/3across the full year15 800 0147
Syriac for Beginners2/3across the full year15 800 0034
The Role and Representation of Women in Judaism2/3term 215 800 0154
The Representation of Jews and Judaism in Film2/3term 115 800 0186
Tibetan Buddhism2/3term 115 800 0050
World Christianities Foundation1term 215 800 0117
Zoroastrianism In The Ancient And Modern Worlds2/3across the full year15 800 0029