FACULTY OF ARTS
Department of Anthropological Sciences
Programme of studies during the Academic Year 2014-2015
B.A. Honours Programme
YEAR I
Year (This unit starts in Semester 1 and continues in Semester 2.)
Compulsory Study Unit (all students must register for this unit)
ANT 1004
Ethnography and Anthropological Theory (nc)[PC, JPB]
8 credits
Semester 1 (October 2014-January 2015)
Compulsory Study Units (all students must register for these units)
ANT 1003
ANT 1055
Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology (nc) [PC]
Writing Anthropology [RF]
4 credits
4 credits
Anthropological Sciences minimum workload this semester: 12 credits
Semester 2 (February 2015-June 2015)
Compulsory Study Units (all students must register for these units)
ANT 1001
ANT 1009
ANT 1040
Human Societies-Comparative Perspective (nc) [PSC, JM, JPB]
Anthropology and the Contemporary World [PSC]
Symbols in Culture and Society [JPB]
4 credits
2 credits
4 credits
Anthropological Sciences minimum workload this semester: 14 credits
Anthropological Sciences minimum workload this year: 26 credits
nc: non-compensatable. This means that a compensated pass cannot be awarded to a student who fails to obtain
the minimum pass mark.
N.B. B.A. / B.A. Hons students are reminded that during their first year of study they are required to register
for study units from the other area programme of study to the value of 26 credits and to also register for optional
study-units to the value of 8 credits. Students following this programme may choose any of the elective units as
optionals.
Requirement for regular progression to YEAR II :
Total B.A. course this year:
26 credits in Anthropological Sciences
26 credits in other area
8 credits in optional units
60 credits
YEAR II B.A. (HONOURS)
Semester 1 (October 2014 – January 2015)
Compulsory Study Units (all students must register for these units)
ANT 3007
Economic Anthropology [PC]
4 credits
Elective Study Units
(Students are to obtain elective units to the value of 30 credits over Semester 1 and 2)
ANT 2003
ANT 2049
ANT 3023
ANT 3064
ANT 3084
ANT 3083
CVL 1013
ANT 3061
ANT 3041
Nation, State, and Society in N.Africa/M.East (nc) [RF]
Culture and Society in Contemporary Korea (JPB)
Anthropological Perspectives on Human Rights [DZ]
Psychoanalysis and Anthropology [JPB]
Seminar on Social Theory [RF]
Material Culture [EB]
Introduction to Legal Anthropology [DZ]
Special Topic in Anthropological Thought [CP]
Anthropology of Islam [RF]
4 credits
2 credits
4 credits
4 credits
2 credits
2 credits
4 credits
2 credits
4 credits
Anthropological Sciences minimum workload this semester: 4 credits
Semester 2 (February 2015 - June 2015)
Compulsory Study Units (all students must register for these units)
ANT 2008
ANT 3006
ANT 2058
Ethnographic Research Strategies [PSC, JPB]
Political Anthropology [RF]
Research Methods [PSC, PC, JPB, RF]
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
Elective Study Units
(Students are to obtain elective units to the value of 30 credits over Semester 1 and 2)
ANT 3043
ANT 3021
ANT 3047
African Cultures and Societies [PC]
Feminism and Anthropology [RR]
Introduction to Medical Anthropology [VS]
4 credits
2 credits
2 credits
ANT 3080
ANT 3035
History, Memory and Identity [PSC]
Special Topic in Anthropology [AB]
4 credits
2 credits
Anthropological Sciences minimum workload this semester: 12 credits
Anthropological Sciences minimum workload this year: 46 credits
Requirement for regular progression to YEAR III:
Total B.A. (Hons) this year:
46 credits in Anthropological Sciences
10 credits in subsidiary area
4 credits in optional units
60 credits
nc: non-compensatable. This means that a compensated pass cannot be awarded to a student who fails to obtain
the minimum pass mark.
YEAR III B.A. (HONOURS)
Year (This unit starts in Semester 1 and continues in Semester 2.)
Compulsory Study Unit (all students must register for this unit)
ANT 3065
Anthropology Honours Dissertation (nc)
12 credits
Semester 1 (October 2014 – January 2015)
Compulsory Study Units (all students must register for these units)
ANT 3007
ANT 3062
Economic Anthropology [PC]
Research Seminar (nc) [PSC]
4 credits
4 credits
Elective Study Units
(Students are to obtain elective units to the value of 22 credits over Semester 1 and 2)
ANT 2003
ANT 2049
ANT 3023
ANT 3064
ANT 3084
ANT 3083
CVL 1013
ANT 3061
ANT 3041
Nation, State, and Society in N.Africa/M.East (nc) [RF]
Culture and Society in Contemporary Korea (JPB)
Anthropological Perspectives on Human Rights [DZ]
Psychoanalysis and Anthropology [JPB]
Seminar on Social Theory [RF]
Material Culture [EB]
Introduction to Legal Anthropology [DZ]
Special Topic in Anthropological Thought [CP]
Anthropology of Islam [RF]
Anthropological Sciences minimum workload this semester: 14 credits
4 credits
2 credits
4 credits
4 credits
2 credits
2 credits
4 credits
2 credits
4 credits
Semester 2 (February 2015 - June 2015)
Compulsory Study Units (all students must register for these units)
ANT 3006
ANT 3066
ANT 3067
ANT 3010
Political Anthropology [RF]
Synoptic Study Unit: General Anthropology (nc)
Synoptic Study Unit: Regional and Global Anthropology (nc)
Current Issues in Cultural and Social Anthropology:
Synoptic Revisions [PSC,PC,RF,JPB]
4 credits
6 credits
6 credits
2 credits
Elective Study Units
(Students are to obtain elective units to the value of 22 credits over Semester 1 and 2)
ANT 3043
ANT 3021
ANT 3047
ANT 3080
ANT 3035
African Cultures and Societies [PC]
Feminism and Anthropology [RR]
Introduction to Medical Anthropology [VS]
History, Memory and Identity [PSC]
Special Topic in Anthropology [AB]
4 credits
2 credits
2 credits
4 credits
2 credits
Anthropological Sciences minimum workload this semester: 24 credits
Anthropological Sciences minimum workload this year: 60 credits
nc: non-compensatable. This means that a compensated pass cannot be awarded to a student who fails
to obtain the minimum pass mark.
Requirement for award of B.A. (Hons) in Anthropological Sciences:
Programme of Studies, 36 in a subsidiary area and 12 for optional units.
180 credits, of which 132 in Anthropology as in this
Note: This course of study is governed by “The General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2004 ” and by the ByeLaws for the award of the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) under the auspices of the
Faculty of Arts.