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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
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Sandwich
23-SEP-24
4 Years
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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
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Sandwich
23-SEP-24
4 Years
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Anthropology offers a unique and powerful means for understanding cultural and social diversity in the modern world. It considers issues which can lead to mind blowing revelations about how individuals and cultures experience life differently.Anthropology is concerned with contemporary issues such as multiculturalism, identity politics, racism and ethnic nationalism, changing forms of the family, religious conflict, gender, and the political role of culture.It also addresses perennial questions about human nature, such as: ‘What do we have in common with each other cross-culturally?’ and ‘What makes us different?’.If you are intrigued by these questions and want to study a discipline that will enrich your everyday life as well as equip you for a great variety of occupations, anthropology is the right course for you.Our rigorous programme gives you the freedom to choose one of our pathway options:--Anthropology-Anthropology (Childhood, Youth and Education)-Anthropology (Global Health)-Anthropology (Development, War and Humanitarian Assistance)Through a set of compulsory modules in your first year, you will gain a firm foundation in the central themes and debates in anthropology as you are introduced to the international work carried out by the teaching staff that explores the practicalities of undertaking anthropological fieldwork. Towards the end of your first year, you get to choose your degree pathway – either to remain on the general Anthropology route or to specialise in Anthropology (Childhood, Youth and Education), Anthropology (Development, War and Humanitarian Assistance), or Anthropology (Global Health). In years two and three, you will follow a pre-set group of compulsory modules according to your pathway choice, plus optional modules choices according to your interests.A special feature of the course at Brunel is the opportunity to do fieldwork placements anywhere in the world according to your anthropological interests.Fieldwork is excellent preparation for work and a chance to make useful contacts and will help to add greater meaning to academic studies.Around half of Brunel’s anthropology students carry out a placement or fieldwork abroad, in places as wide ranging as India, Nepal, Australia, South Africa, Papua New Guinea and Jamaica. Recent UK placement destinations include the Royal Anthropological Institute, Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, Amnesty International and the Department of Health.Examples of dissertation titles based on fieldwork findings have included work in a Nepalese monastery, a South African women’s refuge, the Police Complaints Authority (on the Stephen Lawrence case), as well as in schools and charities.Outside of classes, you can look forward to a one of the most cultural diverse campuses in the UK with opportunity to meet people from all over the world.Additionally, Brunel’s anthropological student society arrange class trips to places like the Pitt Rivers museum in Oxford, and the campus’s London location makes it ideal for exploring places like the British Museum in Central London.This is a four-year course with two six-month placements.
Exam type
A levelA level:
BBC - ABB Grades / Points required
Scottish Advanced Higher:
BBC Grades / Points required
Access to HE Diploma:
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal:
M2,M2,M3 Grades / Points required
GCSE/National 4/National 5:
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:
29 Grades / Points required
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):
H3,H3,H3,H3,H4 Grades / Points required
OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma:
DM Grades / Points required
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate:
M Grades / Points required
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma:
DMM Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
DM Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016):
M Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
DMM Grades / Points required
T Level:
M Grades / Points required
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Obtain a minimum of 112 UCAS tariff points in an Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at Level 3.
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
A minimum of 5 GCSEs at grade C or grade 4 and above are required including English Language (or grade B/5 in English Literature).
including SL5 or HL4 in English (if applicant does not have GCSE English grade C/4 or above)
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
in any subject and an A level at grade C
in any subject with A levels grade BB
in any subject
in any subject and an A level at grade C
in any subject with A levels grade BB
in any subject
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
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England
£9,250 per year
Students from England
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£9,250 per year
Students from Scotland
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£9,250 per year
Students from Wales
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£9,250 per year
Students from Northern Ireland
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£9,250 per year
Students from Channel Islands
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£19,430 per year
Students from EU
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£19,430 per year
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