**Course details**
Studying the anthropology of health will expand your world, bringing together biological and evolutionary research into human genetics and physiology with comparative ethnographic approaches to the social, political, ideological and ecological contexts that shape health risks and treatments.
This degree will equip you with the skills to critically debate healthcare from an interdisciplinary anthropological perspective that draws together local, regional and international scales of analysis.
In the first year, you will receive a thorough groun...
**Course details**<br/>Studying the anthropology of health will expand your world, bringing together biological and evolutionary research into human genetics and physiology with comparative ethnographic approaches to the social, political, ideological and ecological contexts that shape health risks and treatments.<br/><br/>This degree will equip you with the skills to critically debate healthcare from an interdisciplinary anthropological perspective that draws together local, regional and international scales of analysis.<br/><br/>In the first year, you will receive a thorough grounding in the theory and practice of anthropology in the broadest sense, addressing the core disciplines of social, biological and health anthropology.<br/><br/>In your second year, you will begin to specialise increasingly in the anthropology of health while still being able to maintain a broader, more integrative approach if you wish.<br/><br/>In your final year, you will design and carry out your own dissertation project and take part in our Field Course Module. The Field Course offers an intensive 7-day experience at one of several European destinations, or online as part of our Virtual Field Course.<br/><br/>As you move through your degree, you will shift from being a consumer to a generator of knowledge, ready for professional or postgraduate life. You can also apply to add a placement year or a year abroad to your degree, increasing the course from three years to four.<br/><br/>**Course Structure**<br/>**Year 1**<br/>**Core modules:**<br/>Peoples and Cultures <br/>Human Evolution and Diversity <br/>Being Human<br/>Doing Anthropological Research <br/>Health, Illness and Society <br/><br/>**Year 2**<br/>**Core modules:**<br/>Anthropological Research Methods <br/>Research Project Design <br/>Global Health and Disease <br/>Sex, Reproduction and Love <br/><br/>**Examples of optional modules:**<br/>Biology, Culture and Society<br/>Reading Ethnography<br/>Kinship and Religion<br/>Politics and Economics<br/>Evolution, Variation and Adaptation<br/>Our Place in Nature<br/>Environment, Climate and the Anthropocene.<br/><br/>**Year 3 (Year 4 if undertaking a placement year or year abroad)**<br/><br/>In your final year, you will design and carry out your own **Dissertation** which will develop your skills of independent research and project management by pursuing a substantial research project in a topic of your choice. The 12,000-word dissertation is worth one third of your final year credits.<br/><br/>You will also take part in our Anthropology* Field Course* module. The Field Course offers an intensive 7 day fieldwork experience at one of the department’s residential field schools, or online as a virtual Field Course.<br/><br/>**Examples of optional modules:**<br/>Anthropology of Ethics and Morality<br/>Anthropological Skills for Climate Change Survival<br/>Power and Governance<br/>Anthropology of Physical Activity for Health<br/>Evolutionary Medicine: Maternal and Infant Health<br/>Comparative Cognition and Culture<br/>Primates in Peril<br/>Forensic Anthropology<br/>Palaeoanthropology and Palaeoecology<br/>Anthropology of the Body<br/>Food Security, Nutrition, and Sustainable Livelihoods.
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
30/09/2024
Campus
Durham City
Application deadline
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Course Code
LF64
Institution Code
D86
Points of Entry
Year 1
A levelA,A,B UCAS TariffScottish HigherA,A,A,B,B We will normally make offers based on Advanced Highers. If an applicant has not been able to take 3 Advanced Highers, offers may be made with a combination of Advanced Highers and Highers, or on a number of Highers. Access to HE DiplomaD:30,M:15 We require 60 credits with a minimum of 45 credits at level 3 (or equivalent). International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme36 Seventeen points (6, 6, 5) from Higher Level subjects. Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)DDD Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)H2,H2,H2,H2,H3 OCR Cambridge Technical Extended DiplomaDDD Scottish Advanced HigherA,A,B Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - PrincipalD3,D3,M2 Extended ProjectWelsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)T LevelAt Durham we welcome applications from students of outstanding achievement and potential from all educational backgrounds. We will consider applicants studying T level qualifications for entry to many of our courses. Where a course requires subject specific knowledge and this is not covered within the T level being studied, you may need to supplement your T level studies with a suitable qualification to meet this requirement, for example at A level. Where this is needed this will be clearly stated in our entry requirements. Detailed entry requirements can be found on individual course entries on our courses database: https://www.durham.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/ |
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Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year |
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England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland | £9,250 | 2024/25 | Year 1 |
EU, International | £25,000 | 2024/25 | Year 1 |