Programme summary for BSc (Hons) Anthropology with Native American Studies
About the programme
UEL’s Anthropology programme is the only one in the UK that links biological and social anthropology. To understand what human cultures are, it is necessary to know how they differ from ape societies, which requires a study of both. The programme enables you to combine a traditional route through social anthropology with modules in biological science, palaeontology and archaeology
This degree incorporates a sandwich year at the University of New Mexico, USA, to study modules in biosocial behaviour, the archaeology of the southwest, and the social origins of
Pueblo societies.
2-subject degrees
You can combine BSc (Hons) Anthropology with a range of other subjects as part of a 2-subject degree. Popular combinations include Sociology with Anthropology, and Anthropology and History.
The BSc (Hons) Anthropology with Native American Studies is not available in a 2-subject degree.
Programme structure
The four year full-time route is the single honours degree B.Sc.(Hons) Anthropology with Native American Studies.
When you have finished your second year of the B.Sc. (Hons) Anthropology programme, you take a study year at the University of New Mexico which is incorporated into your UEL degree. When you arrive at UNM you take Anthropology courses not on offer at UEL, and in which UNM specialises. You then return to UEL for the final year of your degree.
Students during level 2 have to demonstrate that they will benefit from a year’s study abroad and that they are capable of successfully completing that year.
Choice of anthropology modules increases through the degree, and you may specialise for example in either biological or social anthropology. All anthropology students are required to take the field methods and dissertation modules in the final year.
The degree can also be studied part-time over a longer year period with a full-time year at the University of New Mexico.
Career opportunities
Anthropology can open many different types of jobs paths, such as social researcher, museum curator, trainer/teacher, administrator/manager, needs assessor, planner, policy researcher or research analyst.
Support
How we support you at UEL
- While at UEL you will have a personal tutor to advise you about your individual engagement with the degree.
- We train you in a wide variety of retrieval systems to obtain up-to-date information and the latest research findings.
- While in your third year we run a careers day school, to assist you in choosing your professional career, preparing your CV, and accelerating the chances of a successful application.
- UEL provides medical, counselling and financial support and advice to all students.
- A wide range of student societies enriches your degree experience.
How we support you at UNM
Before you leave for UNM you will enrol on the module, Reflexive Reporting: the Anthropology Study Year at UNM. As one of the module’s requirements you will attend a workshop where you will be prepared and equipped for your year abroad. At that workshop UEL exchange students not at the UNM Summer School and who have just completed their year abroad report back on their experiences at UNM. We talk through the various course options open to you, and you will negotiate with your UEL tutor those that you wish to select. We will not only discuss the financial implications of a year abroad, the UNM’s academic requirements, and health and residency facilities at UNM, but also the USA visa requirements and the support and safety procedures that are in place for you during your study year. You will prepare your UNM application forms, and will be inducted into the monitoring and self-reporting procedures that you will employ during your year abroad.
When you arrive at UNM you will attend an induction programme at the International Office. The International Student Adviser will direct you to your rooms in a hall of residence. The adviser is especially prepared to deal with problems of students coming from outside the United States. If you have questions concerning housing, registration, immigration problems, monetary exchange, unfamiliar rules or facets of university life, or difficulties of a personal nature, you are urged to visit the International Programs Office for counselling.
You will go to the Anthropology Department where you have been assigned an anthropology faculty member as an academic adviser. In addition, a teaching assistant has been selected as your personal tutor and you are expected to visit him or her during his/her office hours. In particular, you should check with your personal tutor the units you are planning to take during your year at UNM. A ‘hot line’ has been set up between your UNM academic adviser and your UEL tutor in case of emergency.
You will be expected to e-mail a progress report to your UEL tutor each mid-term. This is in addition to your study year abroad final report that that you must complete at the end of the academic year. In case of emergency you should e-mail your UEL tutor for support and assistance. At the end of year you are expected to provide feedback at a workshop to the next cohort of UEL exchange students applying and preparing for their year abroad.
UNM Health Insurance is mandatory for all exchange students. In very rare circumstances is a waiver issued and a student permitted to use another type of health insurance.
The Student Health Service on campus provides facilities for medical advice, treatment, and if necessary, bed care for acute illnesses of short duration. The Student Health Service is not a teaching department and is staffed by experienced doctors and nurses.
Admission
If under 21 you will need 240 UCAS tariff points or equivalent to include two subjects at A2.. If over 21, you must be able to demonstrate in the context of an interview that you are ready for degree level study - this may be by successful completion of an Access type programme, by the accreditation of some prior learning or by providing us with a portfolio of written and other work so that we can make a proper assessment of your skills and capabilities. No specific subject requirements are required for the study of anthropology at UEL.
Overseas students will need an overall IELTS score of 6.0, with no individual component of less than 5.0.
Key facts
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