Anthropology and History (joint honours) BA (Hons)/BSc (Hons)
Oxford Brookes University
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) or Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BA/BSc (H)

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) or Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BA/BSc (H)

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3 Years

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) or Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BA/BSc (H)

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) or Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BA/BSc (H)

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6 Years

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OverviewOur joint honours course allows students to pursue their own areas of interest within Anthropology and History whilst also providing them with a solid foundation in both disciplines and a range of personal and professional skills which will serve as a springboard for their future career development. The programme is carefully designed to enable students to gradually develop their knowledge and skills and become autonomous, effective and independent learners.When you study Anthropology, ...Read more

Overview

Our joint honours course allows students to pursue their own areas of interest within Anthropology and History whilst also providing them with a solid foundation in both disciplines and a range of personal and professional skills which will serve as a springboard for their future career development. The programme is carefully designed to enable students to gradually develop their knowledge and skills and become autonomous, effective and independent learners.

When you study Anthropology, you’ll explore what makes us human, what drives our diversity and how we’re connected to our environment. History is about far more than studying the past. It enables you to discover why people act the way they do and to explore how societies develop.

Links between research and undergraduate teaching are an important and distinctive feature of the programme, and the combined research experience and competencies of staff have shaped its design, content and delivery.

Learning and assessment

In your first year, you’ll explore what it means to be human. You’ll learn about gender in different societies and you’ll learn about ancient human communities and our endangered primate cousins. You’ll develop the core skills needed for History while studying an exciting range of material, from the beginnings of Europe’s colonisation of the rest of the world to more recent discussions of race and the environment.


In your second year, you’ll be able to focus on areas such as human origins and archaeology, international development, environment and conservation. You’ll examine global challenges like environmental hazards and disasters. You’ll explore more specialist historical issues, like what the Jack the Ripper case tells us about Victorian society, or how thinkers like Charles Darwin have influenced our culture.

In your final year you’ll be free to focus on what you care about most, including your dissertation topic. You might examine the illegal wildlife trade, or investigate habitat loss. You might explore life in Renaissance Italy, or the fall of the Russian monarchy.

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Anthropology
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
23rd
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
46th
Anthropology
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 94 = 6% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
6%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
80%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Anthropology graduate salary at this uni
£19,000
UK Anthropology graduate salary
£19,000
History
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 92 = 8% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
8%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
83%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
History graduate salary at this uni
£20,000
UK History graduate salary
£20,000
What students say
SR
Student Reviewer
20 Jan 20

Loving it so far, everything is simple to process and if help is needed all you have to do is go to from desk at entrance and they send you in the correct direction of the person..Read more

SR
Student Reviewer
04 Apr 14

BROOKES PROVIDES A FANTASTIC PLACE OF LEARNING LECTURERS AHVE BEEN INTELLECTUALLY STIMULATIMG AND VERY SUPPORTIVE THE EXPERIENCE COULD AHVE BEEN IMPROVED WITHOUT BUILDING WORK ON..Read more

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104 Grades / Points required

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Popular A-level subjects

Anthropology

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

English Literature
35%
Geography
28%
History
27%
Psychology
25%
Sociology
22%
HESA
History

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

History
48%
Psychology
43%
English Literature
32%
Biology
17%
Geography
13%
HESA

Tuition fees

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England

£9,250 per year

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Students from England

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Scotland

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This is the fee you pay if you live within Scotland. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

£9,250 per year

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Students from Wales

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This is the fee you pay if you live within Wales. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

£9,250 per year

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Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from Northern Ireland

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This is the fee you pay if you live within Northern Ireland. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

£15,950 per year

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Students from International

This is the fee you pay if you are an International student. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

£15950 Per year

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Student Reviewer
20 Jan 20
History BA (Hons)
Loving it so far, everything is simple to process and if help is needed all you have to do is go to from desk at entrance and they send you in the correct direction of the person...
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SR
Student Reviewer
04 Apr 14
BROOKES PROVIDES A FANTASTIC PLACE OF LEARNING LECTURERS AHVE BEEN INTELLECTUALLY STIMULATIMG AND VERY SUPPORTIVE THE EXPERIENCE COULD AHVE BEEN IMPROVED WITHOUT BUILDING WORK ON...
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Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University , Oxford

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