A student needs to complete a total of 120 credits per year.
First Year
As your core transferable skills course you take Focus on African Studies, along with the other students in the Department. In addition, you take the discipline-specific, Anthropology and ethnography course which introduces you to classical anthropology and contemporary theoretical debates. We also strongly encourage you to take Introduction to African environments and societies, because this will improve your understanding of sociological and historical thinking about the 'third world'. You can choose options from the same range of courses as Single Honours African Studies students (below), ensuring a broad introduction to Africa from different disciplines.
Options
Second Year
In the second year you take the core skills course, Perspectives on African studies includes a substantial section on dissertation preparation for your final year. The anthropological focus is given by EITHER Anthropology: debates and controversies (40 credits) or Anthropology: history and theory (20 credits). Your remaining either 60 or 80 credits should include one other course with an anthropological focus and the rest should be drawn from African Studies options
Options (Second Year only)
Options (Second and Third Year, NB not all are offered every year)
Third year
Your final-year dissertation (40 credits) should be on an anthropological topic. You also take one other anthropologically focused course from your African Studies choices and select three additional courses from a wide range of available options.