7. Anthropology in Higher Education

The popularity of anthropology continues to grow unabated. Recent figures (UCAS 1997) indicate that between 1989 and 1995 applications for anthropology courses increased by 378%, a growth second only to that of business management (481%). The number of acceptances for anthropology during this same period increased by 330%, fourth after business management (707%), sociology (529%) and town and country planning (369%).

Anthropology is not as yet taught at A-level. As a consequence, students are likely to encounter a fairly flexible response in terms of the subjects required when approaching the admissions procedure of a British university. The subject matter encountered during a three year anthropology degree will be broad, fascinating and challenging and most combinations of A-levels will provide some general preparation. Some departments go so far as to point out that there is no advantage to be gained from studying subjects seemingly related to anthropology such as sociology, geography and psychology. Instead, emphasis is placed on the value of a broadly-based education and a desire to learn, as well as an assessment of applicants as individuals. As Professor Jean La Fontaine once pointed out, an indication of suitability to study anthropology may actually be made evident by a student's inability to decide between the arts and sciences. However, in circumstances where there is a multi-disciplinary element or courses such as physical/ biological anthropology, human biology and human nutrition within the degree programme, there may well be an expectation that students have an A-level in biology or a related subject.

Whereas the subjects required to study anthropology are likely to be flexible, what is more consistent is the expected standard of A-levels. Anthropology is a very popular subject and in many departments it is over-subscribed. The grades required at A-level are therefore likely to be relatively high. Many of the more well-known and established departments will require three A- levels in the region of 20-30 points (an 'A' gains 10 points, a 'B' gains 8 and so on, with an 'E' earning 2). However, the number of universities offering anthropology either as a single honours or joint honours or as part of a modular programme is now increasing and it is possible to get on to some courses with fewer than 20 points. As anthropology is the study of people and cultures, admissions tutors often look favourably on work experience and travel in judging the appropriateness of applicants. Weak A-levels might well be compensated for by time spent abroad.

Increasingly, anthropology departments are approached by students with non-ordinary qualifications such as BTECs and Advanced GNVQs. Some departments appear to be quite comfortable with vocational qualifications such as these whereas others prefer to stick firmly to the standard yardstick of A-level performance. Mature students approaching departments with Access qualifications are looked on very favourably by many institutions. The combination of work and life experience, an ardent desire to learn and the fascination of anthropology makes for an exciting addition to any class or lecture for staff and students alike. Anthropology also recruits a large number of nurses. If you have basic nursing qualifications it would be worthwhile discussing your application with an admissions tutor to establish whether these are relevant and indeed whether they might be considered as accreditation of prior learning (APL).

There are at present over twenty universities in Britain that offer anthropology as a major component in their undergraduate degree programmes. These include Belfast, Brunel, Cambridge, Durham (including the University of Durham, Stockton Campus), East London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Goldsmiths, Hull, Keele, Kent, Lampeter (University of Wales), London School of Economics (LSE), Manchester, Oxford Brookes, Oxford, Roehampton, St Andrew's, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Sussex, Swansea and University College London (UCL). From 1999 Aberdeen will be offering an undergraduate degree in social anthropology.

Belfast, Cambridge, Durham (including University of Durham, Stockton Campus), Edinburgh, Goldsmiths, Kent, LSE, Manchester, Oxford, St Andrew's and UCL have departments dedicated specifically to the teaching of anthropology.

Others, such as Hull, Keele, Kent, SOAS and Swansea combine the teaching of social anthropology with sociology in a single department. Brunel, Oxford Brookes, Roehampton and Sussex offer their anthropology degrees as part of a more generic and multi-disciplinary approach which enables students to study anthropology with other arts or humanities subjects.

Social anthropology at East London and Glasgow is taught within the sociology department.

Physical/biological anthropology is taught at Cambridge, Durham (including UDSC), East London, Oxford, Roehampton and UCL.

If you are interested in anthropology it is also important to be aware that in many institutions the subject may be offered under another title or feature as part of another degree. For example, at Brunel, the University of Durham, Stockton Campus, and Oxford, anthropology is taught as part of a multi-disciplinary programme which comes under the heading of Human Sciences and comprises physical/biological anthropology as well as social/cultural anthropology. In other universities, anthropology courses are offered as composite parts of other degrees. For example, at Aberdeen, anthropology is taught as part of a Cultural History degree. At Belfast, anthropology courses feature as part of programmes in Women's Studies, Irish Studies, Rural Studies, European Studies, Cultural Studies and Popular Culture. Birmingham University locates its anthropology courses within combined and single honours degrees in African Studies. At Liverpool University anthropology is offered across a wide range of other degrees. At Newcastle University, anthropology courses can be taken as part of the Social Policy and Social Studies programmes. At the University of East Anglia anthropology features as part of the inter-disciplinary programmes in the School of Development Studies. At the University of the West of England the Visual Anthropology course is part of an Art, Media and Design degree. Indeed, anthropologists are to be found making an input on a wide range of degrees; these currently include education, medicine, public health, social work, tourism, urban studies and women's studies.

At the Open University some social anthropology comes into a number of courses but there are no courses dealing specifically with anthropology.

The normal duration of undergraduate degrees in anthropology is three years. There are two important exceptions to this. Firstly, Edinburgh and St. Andrew's offer four year degrees, as is generally the case with Scottish universities. Secondly, Brunel University combines work placements with its degree and therefore offers a four year degree. 

The teaching of anthropology is currently undergoing some major changes. On the one hand there are what might be referred to as 'traditional' approaches to curriculum design and course delivery. These approaches are characterised by courses which cover the classic sub-fields of anthropology and include the study of kinship, politics, economics, religion, anthropological theory and regional ethnography. These will also tend to emphasise an approach to teaching in which the student learns a substantive body of knowledge about non-western, small-scale, non-literate societies.

Increasingly, however, such approaches are being modified and to some extent displaced by ones which are informed by a rather different philosophy. These are characterised as follows: 

• concern with practical applications of the subject in order to cater for the interests and needs of older students and those with non-A-level qualifications

• reflexive approaches to encourage students to consider how anthropology relates to their own lives

• anthropology of home/Europe, showing that fieldwork can be carried out in western societies as well as non-western ones

• fluidity of boundaries between disciplines, showing the connections between anthropology and sociology, geography, history, and so on

• modularisation of degrees so that courses can be easily combined with courses from other disciplines, thus increasing student choice in designing the contents of their degrees.

Needless to say, not everything identified as 'traditional' is bad and the 'new' is not always good. Each anthropology department will have its own distinctive mix of the 'traditional' and the 'new'. Before embarking on any anthropology course careful research needs to be undertaken to establish precisely what the curriculum contains and how it is taught. For example, is the course assessed predominantly by examination or continuous assessment? Does it involve other kinds of assessment such as group work and oral presentation?

In this section, general information about the main undergraduate anthropology teaching departments is provided along with particular information about distinctive features. If you wish to know more about these departments and the degrees they offer we recommend that you contact them directly. Addresses, phone numbers, email numbers and website addresses are given.

Belfast, The Queen's University

Department: Department of Social Anthropology, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 lNN, Northern Ireland.
Tel: 01232 273876/273701,
Fax: 01232 247895
Email: anthropology1@clio.arts.qub.ac.uk.
Website: http://www.qub.ac.uk/pas/sa/

Degrees offered in Social Anthropology: Undergraduate: BA single honours, major/minor, joint honours with a wide variety of other subjects, including modern languages, history, music, philosophy, politics, sociology, geography and archaeology.

Graduate: (taught) Diploma, MA by Examination; MPhil (by research); PhD.

Degrees offered in Ethnomusicology: Undergraduate: BA joint, major and minor honours.

Graduate: (taught) Diploma, MA by Examination, MPhil (by research), PhD.

Research and undergraduate students: Social Anthropology and Ethnomusicology: postgraduate 20; undergraduate 180.

Number of degrees granted in Social Anthropology and Ethnomusicology: graduate: PhD 4, MA 4; undergraduate: single honours 11, major honours 12 joint, minor and combined honours 19.

Requirements for MA by Examination in Social Anthropology: A 2:1 subject other than anthropology. MA by Examination in Ethnomusicology: a 2:1 in an appropriate subject area; professional musical qualifications may substitute for a first degree. Diploma (Social Anthropology, Ethnomusicology): normally honours degree.

Requirements for MPhil and PhD by research: Candidates are accepted for undifferentiated research status; approval of written research proposal required for advancement to MPhil and PhD candidacy.

Special Programmes: Ethnomusicology. The Department's regional special interests include S. Asia and W. Europe including Ireland, North and South. Social Anthropology is a component in interdisciplinary Women's Studies, Development Studies, and Cultural Studies options, in the MA Irish Studies and the BA General Honours (part-time degree).

Academic year system: The university operates on a two semester year with three vacations; Christmas, Easter and Summer. Formal teaching in the department is organised into two concentrated 12-week semester units.

Special Resources and Facilities: Study rooms for graduates, common room, kitchen; ethnomusicology performance room and instruments; computer facilities for music analysis and desk top publishing; a small museum; collections of ethnographic films and recordings; archive of research materials in ethnomusicology, disabled access.

Exchange Programmes: Socrates undergraduate exchange; Socrates/Erasmus postgraduate intensive programme.

For Prospectus write to: Admissions, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 lNN, Northern Ireland.

For further information: undergraduate: Admissions office as above; postgraduate:
Head of Department, Department of Social Anthropology, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland.
Tel: 01232 273701/273876,
Fax: 01232 247895,
Email: anthropology1@clio.arts.qub.ac.uk,
Telex: 74487

The University of Birmingham

Department: Anthropology teaching is mainly concentrated in the interdisciplinary Centre of West African Studies.

Special programmes: A course in anthropology is offered as part of single and combined honours degrees in African Studies. Graduate: MPhil, PhD by research in African Studies.

Degrees offered:

Undergraduate programme: A course in popular African culture is taught, together with Yoruba language (two courses).

Graduate programme: MPhil, PhD by research in African Studies.

Requirements for taught postgraduate degrees: Upper second class degree.

Requirements for research postgraduate degrees: Admission is normally for the MPhil in the first instance, upgraded to PhD when appropriate. Entry requirement is an upper second class degree or an MA.

Special programmes: Yoruba language, African popular culture.

Special resources: CWAS is building up a collection of videos on African culture and drama, including some original material not available elsewhere. Language laboratory tapes and facilities available for Yoruba. Students have access to word processors and instruction in their use.

For further information and prospectus write to: Director of Studies, Centre for West African Studies, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 21TT.
Tel: 0121 4145128, Fax: 0121 4143328.

Brunel University

Department: Department of Human Sciences, Brunel University, Uxbridge,
Middlesex UB8 3PH.
Tel: 01895 274000
Website: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/hs

Degrees offered in anthropology:
BSc in Social Anthropology and Psychology
BSc in Social Anthropology and Sociology
BSc in Social Anthropology and Communications
MSc in Medical Anthropology
MSc in the Social Anthropology of Childhood and Child Development

Students in Residence 1996-97:
Undergraduates: 80 (40 FTEs); Taught Masters courses: 13 full time, 37 part time (31 FTEs); Research Students: 4 full time, 10 part time.

Degrees granted in anthropology, 1995-96:
1 PhD degree; 29 MSc degrees;
11 undergraduate: (joint honours)

Requirements for taught postgraduate degrees:
A good first degree, preferably but not necessarily in a social science, or a comparable professional qualification.

Requirements for research postgraduate degrees:
A good honour's degree, normally in social anthropology.

Special programs: Postgraduate taught courses in medical anthropology and the anthropology of childhood; combined undergraduate honours degrees in social anthropology and communication, social anthropology and psychology.

Brunel operates a placement system on some undergraduate and postgraduate degrees enabling students to get workplace experience and produce empirically based dissertations.

Academic year system: Semesters

For prospectus and further information write to: The Secretary, Department of Human Sciences, Brunel University,
Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH.

Cambridge University

Department: Department of Social Anthropology, Free School Lane,
Cambridge, CB2 3RF.
Tel: 01223 334599; Fax: 01223 335993
Email: pfc21@hermes.cam.ac.uk
Website: http://www.socanth.cam.ac.uk/
(also see http://www.cam.ac.uk/index.html)

Degrees offered in anthropology:
Undergraduate: BA Hons [MA] (Archaeology and Anthropology Tripos Part I, Part IIA and Part IIB).

Graduate: (Taught) MPhil in Social Anthropology, Option A (Economics, Politics, Kinship and Family Religion), Option B (Work of a Museum), Option C (Community) and Option D (Development); after 1998/9, there will be a taught MPhil option and a research MPhil option. By research: MLitt, PhD.

Students in residence 1996-7:
Graduate: (PhD) 63, MPhil 17;
Undergraduate: 139 (full-time).

Number of undergraduate degrees granted in anthropology 1996-7: 43

Requirements for all post-graduate course: A high 2:1 or better.

Academic year system: Three eight-week terms.

Special resources and facilities: Haddon Library; Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; Large video collection; African Studies Centre; Centre for South Asian Studies; Centre of Latin American Studies; Scott Polar Institute; Mongolian Studies Unit; MacArthur Foundation, Department journal: Cambridge Anthropology.

For Prospectus write to:
Postgraduate: The Department Secretary, Department of Social Anthropology, Free School Lane, Cambridge, CB2 3RF or
Email: socanth-admin@lists.cam.ac.uk or
Website: http://www.socanth.cam.ac.uk

Undergraduate: Cambridge Intercollegiate Applications Office, Kellet Lodge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QJ.

For information on degrees in Biological Anthropology write to: Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ.

University of Derby

Department: Division of Social Sciences, School of Education and Social Sciences.

Degrees offered in Social Anthropology: MPhil, PhD

Post graduate students in social science division in residence 1995-96: (ft) 9 (pt) 4.

Requirements for MPhil or PhD: Good honours degree in anthropology, sociology or cognate discipline.

Resources and facilities: Computing and word processing facilities, Centre for Religious Studies, Centre for Social Research. Paid teaching opportunities sometimes available for suitable PhD students. Good range of research training modules with Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) at MSc level. Postgraduate students are generally given same privileges as staff in regard to access to library, computing facilities, etc.

For further information: Prof U. Sharma, University of Derby, Mickleover, Derby DE3 5GX. Tel: 01332 622222 ext. 2060,
Fax: 01332 514323.

University of Durham

Department: Department of Anthropology,
43 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HN.

Degrees offered in Anthropology:
Undergraduate: Single Honours Anthropology, Joint Hons Archaeology and Anthropology, Joint Hons Anthropology and Psychology, Joint Hons Anthropology and Sociology (at Durham main campus).

BA Honours in Human Sciences, BSc Honours in Health and Human Sciences (at the University's Stockton Campus)

Graduate: (taught) Diploma/MA in Social Anthropology, Diploma/MSc in Biological Anthropology; (taught or by research) MA in Social Anthropology; (by research) MPhil, PhD.

Requirements for taught postgraduate degrees:
Diploma: lower second class honours degree in a subject other than Anthropology. MA/MSc: Upper second class honours degree in a subject other than anthropology. Research postgraduate degrees: upper second class honours degree.

Academic years system: Three terms (Durham), two semesters (Stockton Campus).

Student Awards: David Brooks Memorial Fund, Postgraduate Research Studentships.

Special Resources: Material Culture Collection (Durham), Extensive Information Technology and Multimedia Resources (UDSC).

For Prospectus write to: The Chief Clerk, University of Durham, Old Shire Hall, Durham DH1 3HP. Tel: 0191 3742925.

For further information write to: Department of Anthropology, 43 Old Elvet,
Durham DH1 3HN,
Tel: 0191 3742000, Fax: 0191 3742870.
Website: http://www.dur.ac.uk

University of East Anglia

Degrees offered in anthropology: Anthropology teaching at UEA is now concentrated in the interdisciplinary School of Development Studies and around the MA in the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas.

School of Development Studies

Department: School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7TJ. Tel: 01603 56161,
Fax: 01603 451999.

Academic year: 2 Semesters annually.

For Prospectus and further information write to: Administrative Officer, School of Development Studies, UEA, Norwich NR4 7TJ.

Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts

Department: Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ.
Tel: 01603 592498, Fax: 01603 259401.

Degrees offered: 1-year MA in Advanced Studies in the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas. Sainsbury Research Unit Staff also supervise doctoral candidates.

Students in residence, 1993/4: MA 5 full-time, PhD 3 full-time, 1 part-time.

Degrees granted 1992/3: MA 2.

Requirements for taught postgraduate degrees: At least 2:1 in undergraduate degree.

Requirements for research postgraduate degrees: High Pass in MA.

Special resources: Robert Sainsbury Library; Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection.

University of East London

Department: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of East London, Longbridge Road, Dagenham, Essex RM8 2AS. Tel: 0181 5907000, Fax: 0181 8493616,
Email: @uel.ac.uk

Degrees offered in anthropology: BSc (Hons) Anthropology (3 year); BSc (Hons) Anthropology and Social Research (3 year and 4 year with professional placement); BA (Hons) Anthropology and European Studies (3 year and 4 year with one year in a European University); MA Anthropology by Independent Study 

Numbers of students in residence (anthropology): Undergraduates: 140;
MA Ant. by IS: 5. (A taught Masters degree is presently being devised for a 1999 launch);
PhD: 2.

Special resources: Annual one week field trip to area near Prescelli Hills in Pembrokeshire to learn and simulate the anthropology of ritual; Field Trips to South Sussex Fire Festivals and Avebury Megaliths; Careers guidance and training; Linked to a course on 'The Anthropology of Carnival' is the University Samba band (The Barking Bateria), set up by the Anthropology Subject Area.

Exchange programmes: Strong links with the European Studies degree programmes allows students to exchange with the Anthropology departments of European Universities. Also exchange links with Venezuela.

For prospectus write to: Diane Ball, Anthropology Secretary at the above address.

University of Edinburgh

Department: Department of Social Anthropology, Adam Ferguson Building,
40 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LL.
Tel: 0131 6503933, Fax: 0131 6503945.
Email for information: Moira.Young@ed.ac.uk

Degrees offered in social anthropology:
Undergraduate MA; Graduate: (taught) MSc, Diploma in social anthropology, MSc; (by research) MSc by Research (Social Anthropology); MPhil, PhD.

Students in residence 1996-97:
Graduate: 39; Undergraduate: 445.

Graduate support available: ESRC studentships, University of Edinburgh Scholarships, tutorships.

Degrees granted in Anthropology:
MA (28F, 13M); MSc (6F, 3M); PhD (4M, 2F).

Requirements for MSc, MPhil, PhD:
MSc: 100 hours required for MSc, research training required for MSc (Anthropological Research), MPhil and PhD. Language proficiency for fieldwork, fieldwork, and oral defence of thesis required for PhD.

Special Programmes: MLitt in oral tradition and ethnology. Strong links with Schools of Scottish Studies, Agriculture; Centres of African, Islamic and Middle Eastern, Canadian and South Asian Studies, Faculty of Divinity, History, Linguistics, Psychology, Scottish History, Sociology, Social Policy, Geography, Gender Studies, Development.

Academic year system: 3 ten-week terms.

Special Resources and Facilities: Computing and Social Studies Micro labs, National Library of Scotland; Centre of African Studies Library; Royal Scottish Museum; extensive video archive.

Exchange programmes: exchange programmes with North America (eg University of Pennsylvania, Carlton) and Europe through Erasmus and Socrates schemes.

New courses/degrees 1997-98: Persian & Social Anthropology.

For Undergraduate Prospectus write to: Undergraduate Office, Faculty of Social Sciences, 55 George Square, EH8 9JU.

For Postgraduate Prospectus and further information write to: The Administrative Secretary, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh, Adam Ferguson Building, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LL.

University of Glasgow

Department: Department of Sociology, Adam Smith Building, The University,
Glasgow G12 8QQ.
Tel: 0141 3305981, Fax: 0141 3303554.

Degrees offered in social anthropology: there is currently no single honours anthropology degree available but combinations with a wide range of other subjects are possible.

Students taking anthropology courses 1997-8: 65 full-time student equivalents.

Requirements for PhD: Approved first degree, 3 years study, thesis.

Academic year system: 3-term year

Special resources and facilities: Latin American Institute, Hunterian Museum with ethnographic collections from 18th century

For prospectus, write to: Undergraduate Office, Faculty of Social Science, Adam Smith Building, The University, Glasgow G12 8RT.

For further information write to: Simon Charsley, Sociology Department, Adam Smith Building, The University, Glasgow G12 8RT.
Email: S.R.Charsley@socsci.gla.ac.uk

Goldsmiths College, University of London

Department: The Department of Social Anthropology, Goldsmiths College, New Cross, London SE 14 6NW
Tel: 0171 9197800, Fax: 0171 9197813,
Email: gcanth@gold.ac.uk

Degrees offered: BSc Anthropology;
BA Anthropology/Communications;
BA Anthropology/Sociology; MA Social Anthropology; MA Applied Anthropology and Community and Youth Work; MA Anthropology & Cultural Process; MA in Gender, Anthropology & Development; MA in Visual Anthropology; MPhil, PhD.

The Department also teaches on the following masters' degrees: MA in Latin American Studies (Institute of Latin American Studies) MA in Contemporary Caribbean Cultural History (Department of Historical and Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College). Also MA in Environmental Issues in Latin America (Inst. of Latin American Studies).

Students in residence 1994-95:
Postgraduate: MPhil/PhD: 19, MA: 35, Undergraduates: 195, Total FTEs: 182.

Number of degrees granted 1994-95:
BSc Anthropology: 30, BA Anthropology and Communication Studies: 17, BA Anthropology and Sociology: 13, MA in Social Anthropology: 9.

Requirements for taught postgraduate degrees: MA Social Anthropology: Upper second class in social science degree MA in Applied Anthropology and Community and Youth Work: either first degree in anthropology or professional qualification in community and youth work. Also Upper 2nd in Social Science or Humanities for MA in Anthropology and Cultural Process. MPhil: Upper second or MA/MSc in Anthropology (NB all registrations are initially at MPhil level with possibility of upgrading to PhD) or successful completion of qualifying year.

Special Programmes/expertise: Media and communications, gender, environment, medical anthropology, the city.

Special resources: Visual anthropology and video production, large video collection, training in computing and IT, training in European languages (Spanish, Italian, French, German, English as a foreign language).

For Departmental handbooks (undergraduate and postgraduate) write to the Department.

For College prospectuses (Undergraduate and (Postgraduate) write to: The Registry, Goldsmiths College, New Cross, London SE14 6NW.

University of Hull

Department: Sociology and Anthropology, University of Hull, HU6 7RX.
Tel: 01482 466213 Fax: 01482 466366

Degrees offered:
Undergraduate: Sociology and Social Anthropology; Sociology and Social Anthropology with Development Studies. Joint degrees: with Geography, Law, Philosophy, Politics, Gender Studies, Economic and Social History, Social Policy and Theology. Options available in South-East Asian Studies.

Graduate: MPhil/PhD; Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Applied Social Research (Sociology and Social Anthropology); Postgraduate Diploma/MA in Developing Area Studies; Postgraduate Diploma in Social and Political Sciences [all part-time/full-time].

Students in residence 1996/7: Undergraduate: 232 (184 FTEs)
Postgraduate: 46.

Degrees granted in Sociology and Social Anthropology (1997):
Postgraduate: PhD: 4, MPhil: 0, MSc/MA: 17
Undergraduate: Single/Joint Hons: 59.

Requirements for taught post-graduate degrees:
MSc: Normally 2:1 Honours or equivalent in sociology, social anthropology or a related subject. MA: Normally 2:1Honours or equivalent in a social science subject or geography. Professional qualifications and relevant experience considered.

Requirements for research postgraduate degrees: Normally 2:1 Honours or equivalent in sociology, social anthropology or a related subject. All students who have not previously done research are registered initially for an MPhil, with upgrading to PhD on the basis of course-work and written work submitted after the first nine months. Part-time and full-time registration are available.

Special Resources and facilities: British Council links with institutions in Tanzania and Swaziland. Research partnerships with Department of International Health Care Research (IHCAR), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Institute for African Studies (IAS), University of Zambia; Child Health and Development Centre (CHDC) Makerere University, Uganda; etc. South-East Asian Studies library and museum holdings through association with Centre for SEAS.

New Courses in Preparation: Under consideration for 1998: Special single honours degree in Social Anthropology; Special (4 year) single honours degree in Sociology and Social Anthropology with a Modern Language; MA in Social Anthropology of Childhood;

Address for Obtaining University Prospectuses: The Academic Secretary, The University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX.

Address for Obtaining Departmental Information: The Secretary (Undergraduate or Postgraduate), Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Hull, HU6 7RX.

University of Keele

Department: Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, University of Keele, Keele, Staffs. ST5 5BG
Tel: 0178 2583355, Fax: 0178 258415l.

Degrees offered in Social Anthropology:
Undergraduate: BA Hons. Sociology and Social Anthropology (with more or less emphasis on social anthropology; joint honours with another subject).

Postgraduate:
Taught courses:
MSc Medical Social Anthropology
MA Social Theory and Organisation
MA Culture and Identity (beginning 1996)
MA Science, Technology and Social Theory (beginning 1996)

By Thesis: MA, PhD.

Students in residence 1995-6:
Undergraduate: 300 PR: 77 Subsid (198 students doing Sociology & Social Anthropology as a principal; 35 do a subsidiary course).

Number of degrees granted 1995-6:
MSc Medical Anthropology -10.
BA Hons Sociology and Social Anthropology (all joint honours).

Requirements for taught postgraduate degrees: 2:1+ or alternative in relevant discipline.

Requirements for research postgraduate degrees: 2:1+ in social anthropology or equivalent.

Admission: MSc in Medical Social Anthropology: Applicants for the MSc will normally be expected to have a first or second class honours degree in social anthropology, sociology, social policy and related subjects or medicine, nursing or other health related subject.

Applications for the Diploma in Medical Social Anthropology are welcome from those without a first degree but with professional experience and qualifications in health care (or related activities). The Diploma can lead on to admission into the MSc programme.

MA in Social Theory and Organisation: If you have a strong interest in identity, organisation, technology, knowledges, consumption, spatiality or belonging, want to apply contemporary social theory to organisation, or prepare yourself to write a doctorate from a strong interdisciplinary bases then we would like to encourage you to joint our MA programme.

Special programmes: International Centre for Contemporary Cultural Research (with Manchester University) focusing particularly on colonialism and post-colonialism; Centre for Social Theory and Technology (with the Department of Management) focusing on technology, organisation and contemporary social theory; postgraduate degrees in medical anthropology; and interdisciplinary degrees in cultural theory; social theory and organisation; science, technology and social theory. The Sociological Review Fellowship is granted to junior post-doctoral anthropologists and sociologists to enable them to complete a major piece of work. This award is based at Keele.

Academic year: two semester year.

For Prospectus write to: The Admissions Office, Department of Academic Affairs, University of Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 SBG.

For further information write to: Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, University of Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG.

University of Kent at Canterbury

Department: Department of Anthropology, Canterbury, Canterbury CT2 7NY.
Tel: 01227 764000 (ext 3942 for anthropology) Fax: 01227 827289
Email: anthro-office@ukc.ac.uk
Website: http://www.ukc.uk/anthropology

Degrees offered in anthropology: Undergraduate: Single honours social anthropology (BA), anthropology (BSc); combined honours in social anthropology and other social science disciplines, inter-faculty degrees in social anthropology and philosophy or history.

Graduate:
Taught: Diploma/MA in Social Anthropology, Social Anthropology and Computing, MA and MSc in Environmental Anthropology; MA in Nationalism, Ethnicity and Race; Msc in Ethnobotany
By research: MA, MPhil, PhD.

Students in residence 1996-97: Undergraduate: 206; Graduate: 26

Degrees granted in anthropology 1996-97:
Undergraduate: (single 35, combined 12)

Graduate: MA: 6

Requirements for MA: 7 written pieces of coursework, 8,000 word dissertation.

Requirements for PhD: 3 years registration, 80,000 word dissertation

Special Programs:
Undergraduate: Four-year degree in social anthropology with a language; multidisciplinary degree in Development Studies (Social Anthropology).

Module 'The Anthropology of the British Isles' can include a fieldwork component.

Graduate: MA in social anthropology and computing, MA or MSc in environmental anthropology, MA in Nationalism, Ethnicity and Race, Msc in Ethnobotany (with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)

Academic year system: Three 10 week terms.

Special resources and facilities:
Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE); Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing and HEFCE teaching initiative in social anthropology and computing; Orion minicomputer running Unix, linked to UKC computer ring; microcomputer laboratory and graduate research room with Macintosh, Atari and IBM compatible machines; Laser printing and optical reading/scanning capability; Ethnobiology Laboratory; close research links with Powell-Cotton Museum, Birchington.

Exchange programmes: Bologna, Sienna, Madrid, Mainz, Aix-en-Provence, Tampere, Jyvaskyla.

New Courses: Ethnographic Areas; The Anthropology of Health and The Anthropology of Gender.

For prospectus write to: Undergraduate: Admissions Office, Registry, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NZ.

Graduate: Graduate Office, Registry, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NZ.

For further information write to:
The Anthropology Secretary, Eliot College, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NS.

Liverpool University

Department: The Research Group in Social Anthropology, University of Liverpool,
PO Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX
Tel: 0151 7942000.

Degree Programme:
The Research Group is recognised by the ESRC as an outlet for postgraduate training at PhD level (Mode A). The Research Group is made up of people working in various departments and some individuals already work in, or have contacts with interdisciplinary centres, such as the Institute of Latin American Studies, and the Centre of African Studies.

For further information contact:
Dr Renaldo Munck, Dept of Sociology,
University of Liverpool P.O. Box 147,
P4 Myrtle Street, Liverpool L69 3BX.
Tel: 0151 7942670

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

Department: Department of Social Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE.
Tel: 0171 4057686, Fax: 0171 8311684
Email: @uk.ac.lse.vax

Degrees offered in anthropology:
BA/BSc; BSc (Econ); MSc, MPhil, and PhD in Social Anthropology; BA in Social Anthropology and Law.

Graduate support available: LSE 1980s fund

Requirements for MSc entry: Normally a First Class or 2:1 honours degree from a British University or its equivalent from a foreign university. MSc is designed for those who have a degree in a subject other than anthropology, and for those who have studied anthropology within the context of a more general degree.

Requirements for MPhil entry: Normally a class I or II(i) honours degree in social anthropology from a British university or its equivalent, or attainment of a high standard in the LSE MSc course.

Requirements for PhD: All PhD students initially register for MPhil: those who make good progress and are able to undertake field research may be upgraded to PhD. MPhil thesis may be based on library research: PhD thesis nearly always based on fieldwork, and should not exceed 100,000 words.

Academic year system: 3 term year

Special resources and facilities: Ethnographic films; Research student computer room; Departmental Library.

Special resources: computer rooms,  departmental library, main library specialising in material on the social sciences.

Departmental series: LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology.

For Prospectus and further information write to: Undergraduate Admissions Office/Postgraduate Admissions, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE.

University of Manchester

Department: Department of Social Anthropology, Oxford Road,
Manchester M13 9PL
Tel: 0161 2754000, Fax: 0161 2754023.

Degrees offered in anthropology:
Undergraduate: BSocSci; BA (Econ); BA in Combined Studies, Faculty of Arts; Joint honours degrees in Social Anthropology and Linguistics and in Social Anthropology and Comparative Religion; Part-time BA, Faculty of Economic and Social Studies;

Graduate: Taught: Postgraduate Diploma; MA (Econ) in Social Anthropology; MA (Econ) in Visual Anthropology; MA (Econ) in the History and Social Anthropology of Science, Technology and Medicine
By research: MPhil; MPhil in Visual Anthropology; PhD.

Students in residence 1996-97: 81 BSocSci specialist undergraduate students; 10 MA (Econ) Social Anthropology, 8 MA (Econ) Visual Anthropology, 4 MA History and Social Anthropology of Science, Technology and Medicine, 9 MPhil, 31 PhD students.

Number of degrees granted in Social Anthropology in 1995-96:
Undergraduate: 22 BSocSci, Postgraduate: 6 MA (Econ) in Social Anthropology, 7 MA (Econ) in Visual Anthropology, 2 MA (Econ) in the History and Social Anthropology of Science, Technology and Medicine, 4 PhD.

Requirements for taught postgraduate degrees:
MA (Econ) entry: normally an honours degree of an Upper Second or First Class standard, according to UK conventions, or an equivalent standard from a European or Overseas University, in an appropriate subject. Those whose first degree is in a subject which falls outside the range of those considered 'appropriate' as a background for study in Social Anthropology, or who have not achieved the requisite honours standard, or who lack conventional academic qualifications, can apply for the Postgraduate Diploma course.

M.Phil entry: normally an honours degree of an Upper Second or First Class standard (or overseas equivalent) in Social Anthropology, or a Master's qualification in the subject that represents an equivalent level of specialisation.

PhD entry: applicants must already hold a Master's qualification with a research component. Students normally register initially for the MPhil, and may be upgraded to PhD status after a minimum of one year, subject to satisfactory progress.

Special Programmes: MA (Econ) in Visual Anthropology (taught course including camcorder skills training); MA (Econ) in the History and Social Anthropology of Science, Technology and Medicine (taught course).

Academic System: Two semesters.

Special resources and facilities: Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology (University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL,
Tel: 0161 2753999, Fax: 0161 2752529), Departmental Learning Resource Centre (books and photocopied material), Links with the Manchester Museum, International Centre for Contemporary Cultural Research (Director Prof R P Werbner, address as for the Department). Group for Debates in Anthropological Theory (annual debate published as Departmental booklet); Satterthwaite Colloquium of African Religion (annual meeting); Forman Lecture (Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, annual lecture); Max Gluckman Memorial Lecture (ICCCR, annual lecture).

For prospectus and further information write to: The Undergraduate/Postgraduate Admissions Tutor, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Manchester,
Roscoe Building, Brunswick Street,
Manchester M13 9PL
Tel: 0161 2754000
Website: http://les.man.ac.uk/sa/index.html
Email: lynn.dignan@man.ac.uk (undergrad) and karen.egan@man.ac.uk (postgrad)

Oxford Brookes University

Department: School of Social Sciences, Anthropology Unit, Oxford Brookes University, Headington OX3 0BP.
Tel: 01865 483750, Fax: 01865 483937.

Degrees offered in Anthropology:
BA/Sc Degree and Hon Degree, Modular Course: Students study 2 subjects of which anthropology can be one. Diploma in Advanced Studies in Anthropology, MPhil, MA in the Social Anthropology of Japan. PhD.

Students in Residence: 167 undergraduates taking anthropology as one of their two subjects, 5 full-time: 7 part-time: PhD students, 1 diploma student.

Degrees with anthropology awarded in 1994/5: 60

Academic Structure: 3 Year Course, 3 terms per year, Modular (3-4 Modules per term).

Special Programmes: Visual Studies Department (anthropology/visual Studies degrees); highly equipped computer centre; Japan interest group; Erasmus programme.

For Prospectus write to: Admissions Officer, Registry, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 OBP.

For further information write to: School of Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 OBP.

Oxford University

Department: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology.

Students in residence: The Institute normally has about 90 registered graduate students and about 30 FTE undergraduates.

Requirements for postgraduate degrees:
The MSc is a one-year course, requiring a 2.i or equivalent in any discipline. Successful candidates may transfer to Probationer Research Student status (leading to MLitt or DPhil) or to MPhil status. The entry requirement for MPhil is a good pass in the MSc or a 2:1 equivalent in anthropology.

Candidates are admitted to DPhil status if they have an MSc or MPhil or equivalent qualification, or a very good first degree in Social Anthropology.

Academic Year System: Three ten-week terms, October to June

Special resources and facilities: Pitt Rivers Museum; Bodleian Library; Tyler Library; Balfour Library; graduate computing facilities in Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology.

Graduate student support available: The only substantial funds earmarked for students in social or cultural anthropology are: (i) the Philip Bagby Studentship. It is awarded at most once a year to a research student (including potentially one approaching the second year of the MPhil) for 'comparative study of the development of urban literate cultures'; (ii) The Ioma Evans-Pritchard Junior Research Fellowship is advertised at intervals by St Anne's College, Oxford. This is for a student conducting research in the field of African social anthropology, and suitable for a person approaching completion of a DPhil or doing post-doctoral work; (iii) The Peter Lienhardt Memorial Fund annually makes small grants to young scholars (whether registered students or not) working in the field of social anthropology at Oxford;
(iv) The Alan Coltart Scholarship is advertised when available by Exeter College. It is for students conducting research in anthropology at Oxford.

For University Prospectus write to: Oxford Colleges Admissions Office, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD.

For further information write to:
Mrs I. Birkin, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, 5l Banbury Road,
Oxford OX2 6PF.

Roehampton Institute

Department: School of Sociology and Social Policy.

Degrees offered in anthropology:
Undergraduate: anthropology (social and biological) is offered as a single subject degree and also as part of joint degrees.

Graduate: MA Sociology and Anthropology of Travel and Tourism.

Students in residence 1996-97:
(i) 400 student equivalents in sociology/ social administration
(ii) 15 MA students
(iii) 4 PhD students.

Requirements for MA: First degree, preferably in social sciences.

Requirements for PhD: Good second degree.

Academic year system: Two-semester year.

New courses: Political Anthropology; Visual Anthropology; Anthropology of Women; Women, Health and Development.

For Prospectus write to: Administrator,
School of Sociology and Social Policy,
Southlands College, 80 Roehampton Institute London, Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5SL

For further information write to: Dr John Eade, address as above.

St Andrews University

Department: Social Anthropology,
The University, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AL Tel: 01334 462977, Fax: 01334 462985.

Degrees offered in anthropology:
Single Honours Social Anthropology. Joint Honours in social anthropology with many other disciplines.

Graduate: Diploma, MPhil, MLitt and PhD in Social Anthropology; MLitt in Social Anthropology and Linguistics and Social Anthropology and Philosophy; Diploma, MPhil and PhD in Amerindian Studies.

Students in residence 1997-98: Graduates 35.

Requirements for taught postgraduate degree: Diploma: 3 modules; MLitt (taught mode): 3 modules plus 15,000 word dissertation; MPhil: 3 modules plus 40,000 word dissertation.

Requirement for research postgraduate degrees: PhD: 3 years, 100,000 word maximum dissertation.

Special Programmes: Postgraduate courses in Social Anthropology and Linguistics or Philosophy, and in Amerindian Studies

New Courses: Anthropology of Art, Themes in Pastoralism, Amazonia

Graduate support available: There are a number of full University Scholarships as well as fees-only awards offered through St Leonards College, the University's post-graduate centre. The School of Philosophical and Anthropological Studies also disburses grants to support postgraduate students during fieldwork. Further information can be gained from either Faculty Offices, North Street, St Andrews, or the Head of Department.

Academic year system: Two semesters each of 15 weeks: the first from mid September; the second from early February.

Special Facilities: Centre for Indigenous American Studies and Exchange.

Prospectuses: Undergraduate: Admissions Officer or Head of Social Anthropology,
The University, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AL. Postgraduate: Dean of Postgraduate Studies or Head of Social Anthropology.

Further information write to: The Head of Social Anthropology.

School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Department: Department of Anthropology and Sociology.

Degrees offered in anthropology: Undergraduate: Social anthropology may be read either for a single-subject degree in the discipline, or as one of two subjects in combination. Currently it may be combined with the following disciplines and languages: Art and Archaeology, Development Studies, Economics, Geography, History, Law, Linguistics, Music, Politics, Religious Studies, Amharic, Hausa, Swahili, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Turkish, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Nepali, Sanskrit, Sinhalese, Tamil, Urdu, Burmese Studies, Thai Studies, Indonesian Studies, Vietnamese.

Postgraduate: The Department presently offers four MA programmes: Social Anthropology, Social Anthropology of Development, Medical Anthropology and the Anthropology of Media. These programmes are recognised by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). MA Area Studies programmes (Africa, Far East, Middle East, South Asia, and South East Asia) include courses in regional anthropology.

Research Degrees: MPhil, PhD.

Students in residence 1996-97:
Undergraduate: 123 FTE's
Masters and Research 106.5
Others: 25 FTE's

Degrees granted 1995-96:
Undergraduate: Single subject: 37,
two-subject: 30
Masters: 54
MPhil: 1 (period 3/96 to 3/97)
PhD: 10 (period 3/96 to 3/97)

Requirements for postgraduate degrees:
MPhil and PhD degrees: Applicants will normally be expected either to have a first or upper second class honours degree or Masters degree from a UK university, or equivalent overseas academic or professional qualification.

PhD: All students are registered in the first place for the MPhil degree, unless they already hold an MPhil or equivalent research degree. Some students will complete an MPhil degree programme over a minimum two years. The minimum registration for the PhD degree is three years full-time.

MA: The courses commence in September at the beginning of the academic year, and last one calendar year (for full-time students), or two or three calendar years (for part-time students). All of the MA programmes can be pursued as two or three year part-time degrees. Applicants will usually have a good previous degree (a British upper second class degree or its equivalent). Mature applicants with wide experience may be accepted with alternative qualifications.

Graduate support available: ESRC studentships (MA, PhD); SOAS bursaries (MA); SOAS language scholarships (MPhil/PhD); SOAS teaching fellowships (MPhil/PhD).

Academic year system: Two teaching terms of 11 weeks September-March; third term eight weeks (examinations).

Special resources and facilities: Teaching in African and Asian languages. SOAS National Library for African and Asian Studies.

For prospectus: Tel: 0171 3236078 (this is a 24-hour service dedicated to requests for prospectuses for all degrees), or write to: The Registrar School of Oriental & African Studies Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square London WCIH OXG
Tel: 0171 6372388, Fax: 0171 4363844
Email: registrar@soas.ac.uk

For further information: Please contact the Department, Tel: 0171 3236331,
Fax 0171 3236363.

University of Sheffield

Department: Department of Sociological Studies.

Courses: Undergraduate: social anthropological modules offered as part of the BA (Hons) programmes in Sociology and Sociology and Social Policy.Graduate: social anthropological supervision offered for the PhD.

For prospectus and further information contact: Dr Sharon Macdonald, Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, Elmfield, Northumberland Road, Sheffield S10 2TU.
Tel: 0114 2226444, Fax: 0114 2768125
Email: s.j.macdonald@sheffield.ac.uk

University of Sussex

Schools: Undergraduate: School of African and Asian Studies, (AFRAS), School of Cultural and Community Studies, (CCS), School of European Studies, (EURO). Graduate: Graduate Studies in Social Anthropology, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QN. : 01273 606755, Fax: 01273 623572,
Email: J.A.Brogden@sussex.ac.uk

Graduate: Graduate Division of Social Anthropology

Degrees offered in anthropology: Undergraduate: Social Anthropology (available with inter-disciplinary courses taken in one of the 3 schools listed above); Social Anthropology with Development Studies (AFRAS); Social Anthropology with a European Language (4 years) (EURO).

Graduate: Taught: MA (3 options: Advanced Social Anthropology, The Anthropology of Development and Social Transformations, Anthropology of Europe)
By research: MPhil, DPhil.

Students in residence 1996-97: Undergraduates: 209, Graduates: 28

Degrees awarded in anthropology 1996-97: Undergraduates 63, 1996: Postgraduate, PhD 2, MA 6.

Requirements for postgraduate degrees: A good honours degree in Social Anthropology or a cognate discipline.

Special Programmes: MAs in The Anthropology of Development & Social Transformation, The Anthropology of Europe. Graduate support available ESRC recognition.

Academic Year System: Three ten week terms.

Special Resources and Facilities: Institute of Development Studies; Mass Observation Archives: Interdisciplinary Research Centre links with Graduate Research Centres in Culture, Development and Environment; Culture and Communication; Sussex European Institute; joint programme with IDS in MA in Gender and Development.

Address for all applications: The Admissions Office, Sussex House, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RH.

University College, London

Department: Department of Anthropology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT.

Degrees offered in anthropology:
Undergraduate: BSc Honours
BA Anthropology/Linguistics
BA Anthropology/History
BA/BSc Anthropology/Geography
BSc Human Sciences.

Graduate: MSc Social anthropology, MSc Medical Anthropology, MSc in Inter-Cultural Therapy (not 1998/99), MSc Human Evolution and Behaviour, MSc Anthropology and Ecology of Development, MSc with Inter-cultural Therapy, MA History and Social Anthropology (not 1998/99), MA Anthropology of Art, MA Museum Ethnography, MPhil/PhD (all areas of anthropology).

Academic year system: 3 term year.

Special programmes: A junior year abroad program is available for overseas undergraduates, postgraduate emphasis on development anthropology.

Special resources and facilities: Nutritional Assay Laboratory, Material culture collection, extensive collection of fossil casts, Napier primate collection, excellent library, in addition to wider facilities of the British Museum, Natural History Museum, Royal Anthropological Institute and other colleges and institutes of the University of London.

Exchange programmes: links to The Sorbonne, René-Descartes University, Ecole des Hautes Etudes des Sciences Sociales, Paris, University of Leiden, Holland, The Ludwig Maximillan Institute, Munich, Panteian University, Athens.

For further information write to: Department of Anthropology, University College, London, Gower Street, London WClE 6BT
Tel: 0171 3877050, Fax: 0171 3807728
Website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk or  http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Anthropology.

University of Wales, Lampeter

Department: Anthropology Department, University of Wales, Lampeter, Ceredigion, Wales SA48 7ED
Tel: 01570 423530, Fax: 01570 423423
Email: j.hall@lamp.ac.uk (dept secretary) or
Dr Fiona Bowie: bowie@lamp.ac.uk
Website: http://www.lamp.ac.uk/

Degrees offered in anthropology:
Undergraduate: BA Single Honours, Joint Honours, Combined Honours. Integrated degrees in Anthropology and Archaeology and Anthropology and Religion. Joint honours degrees, and most Combined Honours degrees, may be taken in combination with the following subjects: Australian Studies, Archaeology, Church History, Classical Studies, English Literature, French, Geography, German, German Studies, Greek, History, Cultural Studies in Geography, Informatics, Islamic Studies, Latin, Management, Medieval Studies, Philosophical Studies, Religious Studies, Theology, Victorian Studies, Welsh, Welsh Studies, Women's Studies. There is also a Single Honours degree, Religion, Ethics and Society, which combines Social Anthropology, Religious Studies and Philosophy, and a two year diploma in Information Technology and Anthropology.

Postgraduate: MPhil and PhD by research. Available full or part time, residentially or at a distance. MA in Anthropology, MA in Environment Anthropology, MA in Death Studies (with other departments).

Study Abroad: Students can take part in existing ERASMUS schemes with a number of European universities and in an exchange with two North American universities.

Students in residence: (1996/7) First year undergraduate: 45, Second year undergraduate: 29. Research: 4.

Requirements for Postgraduate Degrees:
MPhil and PhD degrees: Applicants will normally be expected to have an upper second class honours degree or equivalent. Students with a BA normally register for an MPhil. Students in possession of an MA may register for a PhD at the discretion of the Postgraduate Studies Committee.

Graduate support available: The Federal University of Wales and the University of Wales Lampeter offer a limited number of postgraduate studentships. Overseas students may apply for an Overseas Research Student (ORS) award. For further details contact the Registry at the address below.

Special resources: computing facilities, links with archaeology experimental lab, Media resource centre, Founders Library (theological volumes). Some distance learning packages are available in anthropology at level one.

Academic Year System: Three terms: Two 11 week teaching terms and one 8 week term with examinations.

For a prospectus and further information: please telephone 01570 423530 or write to: The Anthropology Secretary, University of Wales Lampeter, Ceredigion SA48 7ED. 

University of Wales, Swansea

Department: School of Social Sciences and International Development, University of Wales, Swansea SA2 8PP.
Tel: 01792 295309, Fax: 01792 295750
Email: soc.anth@swansea.ac.uk
Website: http://www.swan.ac.uk/sociology

Degrees offered in anthropology: Undergraduate: BScEcon single honours; joint honours with American Studies (includes year abroad), Development Studies, Geography, Philosophy, Psychology, Social History, Social Policy, Sociology. BA joint honours with Ancient History and Civilisation, English, History, Medieval Studies, Welsh; French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish include a year abroad.

Graduate: MPhil and PhD by research. The School is recognised by the ESRC for full-time research training programmes and for part-time programmes.

Study abroad: The School participates in two ERASMUS schemes with several European universities, and exchange schemes with American universities. BA joint honours programmes with anthropology and a modern language include a year abroad.

Students in residence 1996/7: Undergraduate 701 (Part I: 405; Part 2: 296). Graduate 13.

Graduate support available: Some financial aid may be available; apply in the first instance to the School for further information. Additionally, the School is recognised by the ESRC as an outlet for all modes of postgraduate training in social anthropology and sociology. For residents of Northern Ireland, DENI awards are tenable in the Department.

Degrees granted in anthropology 1996/7: Single honours 28, joint honours 32.

Requirements for MSc by coursework and examination, MPhil and PhD by research: Good undergraduate degree (normally 2:1). Research students are normally accepted for a Master's degree and upgraded later.

Academic year system: 3-term year.

Special resources and facilities: Computer and word processing facilities, special collection in College Library of books in Welsh and about Wales; Centre for Development Studies, University of Wales Conference Centre at Gregynog, ethnographic film series, video teaching library, thriving student society.

Exchange programmes: Socrates, Union College, New York, USA.

For Prospectus and further information:
(undergraduate) write to: Undergraduate Admissions Tutor;
(postgraduate) write to: Dr F. Hughes-Freeland, Postgraduate Admissions.

University of Ulster

Department: Sociology.

Degrees offered in anthropology: MPhil and DPhil.

Students in residence 1995-95: (i) 350 undergraduate student equivalents (ii) 14 postgraduate students.

Requirement for postgraduate degrees: Normally, a good honours degree in Social Anthropology or a cognate discipline.

Academic year system: Semesters.

For Prospectus: The Academic Registrar, University of Ulster, Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland BT52 lSA.

For further information write to: Dr Simon Harrison, address as above, or
Email: SJ.Harrison@ulst.ac.uk

The Open University offers interdisciplinary degrees (BA and BSc) to part-time students who work through supported distance-learning using a variety of learning modes (including print, broadcast, audio, video, and computer-based) and with their own personal tutor. There are no formal entry requirements, but students are expected to achieve normal undergraduate standards in their work. Anthropology is not taught as a separate discipline nor do relevant courses normally make explicit reference to anthropology as such; but the following long (60-point) courses do contain some social anthropological material and/or would be relevant for someone wishing in due course to study anthropology in a more specialist context:

D103 Society and Social Science: A Foundation Course

DA301 Studying Family and Community History: 19th and 20th Centuries

D318 Culture, Media and Identities

U205 Health and Disease

U207 Issues in Women's Studies (till 1999)

U208 Third World Development

Academic year: February to October (part-time); applications from May to September/October the preceding year

For prospectus: write to The Open University, Freepost, PO Box 625, Dane Road, Milton Keynes MK1 1TY asking for the prospectus on 'Courses, Diplomas and BA/BSc degrees', Tel: 01908-858585

For further information on sociology courses: write to The Secretary, Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA. Tel: 01908-654457

Academic year system: February to October (part-time distance learning modules)

Anthropology is being offered at undergraduate level at an increasing number of colleges and universities. The list below is taken from the 1996 census of student registration compiled by the Higher Educational Statistical Agency (HESA); it shows the institutions that returned courses under the anthropology code (L6).

• The University of Greenwich

• The University of Lincolnshire and Humberside

• Leeds Metropolitan University

• The Manchester Metropolitan University

• Middlesex University

• The University of Portsmouth

• Staffordshire University

• The College of Ripon and York St John

• The University of Sunderland

• Thames Valley University

• The University of the West of England

• The University of Wolverhampton

• The University of Lancaster

• The University of Newcastle

We suggest that you contact these institutions directly to find out more about the anthropology courses they have on offer.