Sub-major - Anthropology
Western Sydney University
Sub-major
Code:
SM1131.1
Related Courses
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1667.4
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Bachelor of Social Science
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Available to students in other Western Sydney University Courses :
YES, if the specialisation is available on your Home campus. Please ensure your course structure allows space for enrolment in the units in this unit set. Students must also meet any pre-requisite requirements. Consult your Course Advisor for further advice.
Social Anthropology is the study of humans and the cultures they create. The sub-major in Anthropology within the Bachelor of Social Science offers students the opportunity to examine social patterns and practices across cultures, to discover similarities and differences between cultures, and to understand the processes by which humans organise and create meaning. Areas of focus include the development of anthropology as a discipline; globalisation and culture; power and politics; gender and sexuality; identity and belonging; ethnography and ethnographic methods; Indigenous peoples and nation states. Specific attention is given to cultures of Australasia, Southeast Asia and Oceania, and to cross cultural interactions, at both global and local levels. The sub-major seeks to equip students with multi-cultural knowledge as well as to provide a thorough grounding in research methods and ethics with utility in a variety of professional and academic contexts.
Sub-major
Structure
Students must successfully complete 40 credit points from the units below.
Students must complete the following compulsory unit:
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102344
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Different Ways of Being in the World: Introduction to Social Anthropology
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And choose three of
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102346
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Ethnographies of Southeast Asia and the Pacific
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102345
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Global Structures, Local Cultures
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101905
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Indigenous Cultures: A Global Perspective
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102348
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Power as a Cultural System
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102844
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Society, Culture and Human Diversity
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102349
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The Anthropologies of Gender and Sexualities
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Equivalent Specialisation Units
The specialisation units listed below count towards completion of this major for students who passed these units in 2020/21 or earlier.
102347 - Anthropologies of the Everyday