Fees for 2017/18 entrants. The fees are per academic year. Please note that fees go up each year. Further details can be found in the Fees and Funding tab on this page or in the Registry Undergraduate Tuition Fees page
BTEC: DDM
Access to HE: Minimum of 30 Level 3 Credits at Distinction
Scottish Highers: AAABB
Scottish Advanced Highers: AAB
Irish LC: 340 points from 5 Higher level subjects at grade C1 or above
Advanced Placement: 4 4 5 (Two semesters - UCAS Group A) plus US HSGD with GPA 3.0
Euro Bacc: 80%
French Bacc: 14/20
German Abitur: 2.0
Italy DES: 80/100
Austria Mat: 2.0
Polish Mat: Overall 75% including 3 extended level subjects
Programme Code: See May Be Combined With
Start of programme: September
Mode of Attendance: Full-time
Social Anthropology is an academic discipline that in many respects straddles the social sciences and humanities. It both draws from and contributes to such disciplines as philosophy, linguistics and literature, as well as sociology and history.
The full title of the department of Anthropology and Sociology emphasises the range of our concern with Third World studies, from more remote communities to more recent urban development, avoiding any arbitrary distinction that may be implied by reference to either anthropology or sociology alone.
The BA Social Anthropology teaches the methods of social anthropological investigation, emphasising the detailed study of multiple, interwoven areas of social life, through long participation and linguistic familiarity. Students have a great deal of scope to tailor their programme of study according to their own interests.
African Studies, Bengali, Development Studies, Economics, Geography, Georgian, History, History of Art/Archaeology, Law, Linguistics, Music, Persian, Politics, Sinhalese, South Asian Studies, South East Asian Studies, Study of Religions, Tamil, Turkis
Burmese, Hindi, Indonesian, Nepali, Thai, Vietnamese
Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Hausa, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Swahili.
The information for BA, BSc, or LLB programmes refer to data taken from the single subject degrees offered at SOAS; however, due to the unique nature of our programmes many subjects have a separate set of data when they are studied alongside another discipline. In order to get a full picture of their chosen subject(s) applicants are advised to look at both sets of information where these occur.
Please see the Unistats data for the various combinations of this programme under the Combinations tab.
+ 4-year degree with (compulsory) one year abroad
++ 3 or 4-year degree with option of one year abroad
* Taught at King’s College London
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Most two-subject degrees take three years, but degrees including Arabic, Chinese, Hausa, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Swahili, Turkish and some South East Asian languages are taken over four years, with the first and second years mainly devoted to language study.
Two-subject degree students must take a minimum of 5 units in Anthropology.
Students take core modules which are designed to build up a knowledge of the history of the discipline and relevant theoretical, methodological and empirical aspects. They can choose from a range of optional modules.
Year 1: Two subject degree students take 2 introductory units and 2 units from their other subjects.
Year 2: Combined degree students do to the value of 2 units from the Anthropology side and 2 units from their other subject. The modules in this year are more advanced theoretically and offer a wide choice of ethnographies.
These 0.5 unit regional ethnography modules are designed (in the second year) to be combined - according to student interest and module availability - with a second regional ethnography module taught in a different term to form a compulsory full unit of ethnography modules (e.g., Japan and China; South Asia and South East Asia; East Africa and West Africa), or (in the third year) to be taken as a free-standing option.
Year 3: The theoretical modules in this year are yet more advanced, and offer a wide range of themes. Contemporary Trends in the Study of Society is recommended for two subject students, but not compulsory. As an alternative, two-subject students may choose modules from the list of anthropology options, or take units from their other subject, subject to completing at least 5 units in anthropology overall.
| Module | Code | Unit value | Term | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Ethnographic Study | 151802022 | 0.5 Units | Full Year | |
| African and Asian Cultures in the Diaspora | 151802052 | 0.5 Units | Term 1 | |
| Anthropology and Film | 151802026 | 0.5 Units | Term 1 | |
| Anthropology of Globalisation | 151802077 | 0.5 Units | Term 2 | Not Running 2017/2018 |
| Anthropology of Human Rights | 151802075 | 0.5 Units | Term 2 | Not Running 2017/2018 |
| Independent Study Project in Social Anthropology | 151802039 | 1 Unit | Full Year | |
| Introduction to Legal Anthropology | 151802076 | 0.5 Units | Term 2 | |
| Mind, Culture and Psychiatry | 151802017 | 0.5 Units | Term 2 | |
| New Media and Society | 151802070 | 0.5 Units | Term 2 | |
| Principles of Social Investigation | 151802024 | 0.5 Units | Term 1 | |
| New Religious Movements in Africa, Asia and the Middle East | 151802073 | 0.5 Units | Term 1 | |
| The Anthropology of African and Asian Communities in British Society | 151802035 | 0.5 Units | Term 2 | |
| The Anthropology of Gender | 151802031 | 0.5 Units | Term 2 |
Full details of undergraduate tuition fees can be found on the Registry's Undergraduate Tuition Fees page.
Fees for 2017/18 entrants. The fees below are per academic year. Please note that fees go up each year.
| Programme | Full-Time | |
|---|---|---|
| UK/EU Students |
Overseas Students |
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| BA, BSc, LLB | £9,250 | £16,575 |
| BA/BSc Language Year Abroad | £1,350 | £8,288 |
Application Deadline: 2017-04-17 17:00
For further details and information on external scholarships visit the Scholarships section
Students who study Social Anthropology develop a wide range of transferable skills such as research, analysis, oral and written communication skills.
The communication skills of anthropologists transfer well to areas such as information and technology, the media and tourism. Other recent SOAS career choices have included commerce and banking, government service, the police and prison service, social services and health service administration. Opportunities for graduates with trained awareness of the socio-cultural norms of minority communities also arise in education, local government, libraries and museums.
Choosing to study a joint degree programme will increase the breadth of your knowledge, and will develop additional skills with which to further your studies of the Social Anthropology, or to make comparative study with other areas. Social Anthropology may be combined with a huge range of other disciplines. For more information on the extra skills you will gain from your second subject, please see the relevant departmental page.
For more information about Graduate Destinations from this department, please visit the Careers Service website.
Atika MalikSOAS is a brilliant place to study social anthropology. The broad range of ethnic backgrounds means I can constantly be in touch with many of the issues and topics raised in my study.
If you still have questions about this programme or studying at SOAS get in touch.
Undergraduate applications should be made through UCAS.
