2023/24 UBANS2 BSc in Social Anthropology

Paper 1

This paper is examined at level I
This paper may be taken in year 1

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• AN100 Being Human: Contemporary Themes in Social Anthropology (1.0)

Paper 2

This paper is examined at level I
This paper may be taken in year 1

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• AN101 A History of Anthropological Theory (1.0)

Paper 3

This paper is examined at level I
This paper may be taken in year 1

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• AN102 Ethnography through Mixed Media (1.0)

Paper 4

This paper is examined at level I
This paper may be taken in year 1

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

Note:
For information on specialisms please refer to the regulations in the calendar: https://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/programmeRegulations/undergraduate/2022/BScSocialAnthropology.htm

• GV100 Introduction to Political Theory (1.0)
• GV101 Introduction to Political Science (1.0)
• GY100 Introduction to Geography (1.0)
• GY121 Sustainable Development (1.0)
• HY113 Empires and Resistance in Global History (1.0)
• HY116 International Politics since 1914: Peace and War (1.0)
• HY118 Faith, Power and Revolution: Europe and the Wider World, c.1500-c.1800 (1.0)
• LN252 Contemporary Literature and Global Society (1.0)
• LN270 Society and Language: Linguistics for Social Scientists (1.0)
• PB102 Social Psychology (1.0)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• PH103 The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy (1.0)
• SO110 Power, Inequality, and Difference: Contemporary Themes in Sociology (1.0)

Paper 5

This paper is examined at level II
This paper may be taken in year 2

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• AN200 The Anthropology of Kinship, Sex and Gender (1.0)

Paper 6

This paper is examined at level II
This paper may be taken in year 2

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• AN226 Political and Legal Anthropology (1.0)

Paper 7

This paper is examined at level II
This paper may be taken in year 2

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• AN256 Economic Anthropology (1): Production and Exchange (0.5)
• AN298 Fieldwork in London: Learning Ethnographic Methods (0.5)

Paper 8

This paper is examined at level II
This paper may be taken in year 2

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

Note:
Students are strongly encouraged to take ethnographic options to the value of at least one half unit under Papers 7 & 8 and Papers 11 & 12. Ethnographic options are: AN205, AN223, AN240, AN250, AN269, AN277, AN282, AN292 For details of language specialism requirements please check the programme regulations in the Calendar

• AN205 The Anthropology of Melanesia (0.5)
• AN221 The Anthropology of Christianity (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• AN223 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• AN237 The Anthropology of Development (0.5)
• AN245 Borders and Boundaries: Ethnographic Approaches (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE - DISCONTINUED)
• AN250 The Anthropology of South Asia (0.5)
• AN269 The Anthropology of Amazonia (0.5)
• AN275 The Anthropology of Revolution (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• AN276 Anthropology and the Anthropocene (0.5)
• AN277 Topics in the Anthropology of sub-Saharan Africa (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• AN280 Public Anthropology (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• AN281 Health and Welfare: Anthropological Perspectives (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• AN283 Anthropology, Art, and Poetics (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• AN284 Anthropological Approaches to Race, Racism, and Decolonisation (0.5)
• AN285 Mind and Society (0.5)
• AN292 Anthropological Entanglements in the Middle East (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• AN393 Language, Signs, World, Action! Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• AN395 Digital Anthropology (0.5)
• GV225 Analytical Politics (1.0)
  (Only if GV100 taken or GV101 taken)
• GV248 Power and Politics in the Modern World: Comparative Perspectives (1.0)
  (Only if GV100 taken or GV101 taken)
• GV249 Research Design in Political Science (1.0)
  (Only if GV100 taken or GV101 taken)
• GV250 Ethics and Politics of Artificial Intelligence (0.5)
  (Only if GV100 taken or GV101 taken)
  (NOT AVAILABLE - DISCONTINUED)
• GV251 Government, Politics and Public Policy in the European Union (1.0)
  (Only if GV100 taken or GV101 taken)
• GV252 Politics and Policy of Data Science (0.5)
  (Only if GV100 taken or GV101 taken)
• GV262 Contemporary Political Theory (1.0)
  (Only if GV100 taken or GV101 taken)
• GV263 Public Policy Analysis (1.0)
  (Only if GV100 taken or GV101 taken)
• GV264 Politics and Institutions in Europe (1.0)
  (Only if GV100 taken or GV101 taken)
• GV267 Global Political Thought (1.0)
  (Only if GV100 taken or GV101 taken)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• HY200 The Rights of Man: the History of Human Rights Discourse from the Antigone to Amnesty International (1.0)
  (Only if HY116 taken)
• HY200 The Rights of Man: the History of Human Rights Discourse from the Antigone to Amnesty International (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken)
• HY206 The International History of the Cold War, 1945-1989 (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken)
• HY206 The International History of the Cold War, 1945-1989 (1.0)
  (Only if HY116 taken)
• HY221 The History of the Russia Empire, 1676-1825 (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
• HY221 The History of the Russia Empire, 1676-1825 (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
• HY226 The Greater War 1912-1923 (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
• HY226 The Greater War 1912-1923 (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
• HY235 Modernity and the State in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea since 1840 (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
• HY235 Modernity and the State in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea since 1840 (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
• HY239 People, Power and Protest in Latin America, c.1895 to the present day (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
• HY239 People, Power and Protest in Latin America, c.1895 to the present day (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
• HY240 From Empire to Commonwealth: war, race and imperialism in British History, 1780 to the present day (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
• HY240 From Empire to Commonwealth: war, race and imperialism in British History, 1780 to the present day (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
• HY241 What is History? Methods and Debates (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
• HY241 What is History? Methods and Debates (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
• HY242 The Soviet Union: Domestic, International and Intellectual History (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
• HY242 The Soviet Union: Domestic, International and Intellectual History (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
• HY243 Islamic Empires, 1400 - 1800 (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
• HY243 Islamic Empires, 1400 - 1800 (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
• HY245 The United States and the World since 1776 (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
• HY245 The United States and the World since 1776 (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
• HY246 The Global Caribbean: Colonialism, Race and Revolutions 1780s-1980s (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• HY246 The Global Caribbean: Colonialism, Race and Revolutions 1780s-1980s (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• HY247 The History of Modern Turkey, 1789 to the Present (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• HY247 The History of Modern Turkey, 1789 to the Present (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• LN251 Comparative Literature and 20th Century Political History (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)
• LN251 Comparative Literature and 20th Century Political History (1.0)
  (Only if HY113 taken or HY116 taken)

Paper 9

This paper is examined at level III
This paper may be taken in year 3

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• AN303 Advanced Theory of Social Anthropology (0.5)
• AN357 Economic Anthropology (2): Transformation and Globalisation (0.5)

Paper 10

This paper is examined at level III
This paper may be taken in year 3

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• AN301 The Anthropology of Religion (1.0)

Paper 11

This paper is examined at level III
This paper may be taken in year 3

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• AN397 Special Essay Paper in Social Anthropology (1.0)

Paper 12

This paper is examined at level III
This paper may be taken in year 3

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

Note:
Students are strongly encouraged to take ethnographic options to the value of at least one half unit under Papers 7 & 8 and Papers 11 & 12. Ethnographic options are: AN205, AN223, AN240, AN250, AN269, AN277,AN282,AN292 For details of language specialism requirements please check the programme regulations in the Calendar

• AN205 The Anthropology of Melanesia (0.5)
• AN221 The Anthropology of Christianity (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• AN223 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• AN237 The Anthropology of Development (0.5)
• AN243 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• AN250 The Anthropology of South Asia (0.5)
• AN269 The Anthropology of Amazonia (0.5)
• AN275 The Anthropology of Revolution (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• AN276 Anthropology and the Anthropocene (0.5)
• AN277 Topics in the Anthropology of sub-Saharan Africa (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• AN280 Public Anthropology (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• AN281 Health and Welfare: Anthropological Perspectives (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• AN283 Anthropology, Art, and Poetics (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• AN284 Anthropological Approaches to Race, Racism, and Decolonisation (0.5)
• AN285 Mind and Society (0.5)
• AN292 Anthropological Entanglements in the Middle East (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• AN393 Language, Signs, World, Action! Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2024/25)
• AN395 Digital Anthropology (0.5)
• MC300 Media, Communication and Power (0.5)