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Structure
75 credit points
Anthropology
MAJOR
A major in Anthropology consists of eight 12.5-point subjects (total 100 points) as follows:
Level 1 (25 points)
- ANTH10001 Anthropology: Studying Human Diversity (compulsory subject)
AND - One Arts Foundation Subject (MULT10018 Power highly recommended); OR
- DEVT10001 The Developing World
Level 2 (37.5 points)
- ANTH20012 Engaging the World in Theory and Practice (compulsory subject)
- At least one level 2 core subject
- maximum one level 2 elective subject (12.5 points)
Level 3 (37.50 points)
- ANTH30013 Theory and the Anthropological Imagination (compulsory capstone subject)
- At least one level 3 core subject
- maximum one level 3 elective subject
Total 100 points
MINOR
A minor in Anthropology consists of six 12.5-point subjects (total 75 points) as follows. As not all subjects listed in the major are available to students completing a minor, please see below for a separate list of subjects that can be taken.
Level 1 (25 points)
- ANTH10001 Anthropology: Studying Human Diversity (compulsory subject)
AND - One Arts Foundation Subject (MULT10018 Power highly recommended)
Level 2 (25 points)
- Two core subjects
Level 3 (25 points)
- Two core subjects
Total 75 points
The capstone subject is not available in the minor or as breadth studies outside the BA. Not all subjects listed in the major are available to students completing a minor; for Level 2 and Level 3 subjects included in the minor, see below.
*Please note that the Anthropology major has had a name change. Students who commenced prior to 2013 can complete the 'Anthropology & Social Theory' major or the 'Anthropology' major.
Subject Options
Level 1 Compulsory Subject
Students completing a major in Anthropology must complete ANTH10001 Anthropology: Studying Human Diversity (compulsory) and one Arts Foundation Subject (MULT10018 Power highly recommended) OR DEVT10001 The Developing World.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT10001 | The Developing World | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH10001 | Anthropology: Studying Human Diversity | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 2 Compulsory Subject
Students completing the major in Anthropology must complete the following subject.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANTH20012 | Engaging the World in Theory & Practice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 2 Core Subjects
Students completing a major in Anthropology must complete a minimum of one of the following level 2 core subjects.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANTH20001 | Keeping the Body in Mind | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH20008 | Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH20007 | Working with Value | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH20011 | Ethnic Nationalism and the Modern World | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH20006 | Culture Change and Protest Movements | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
ANTH20013 | Corporations and their Critics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH20014 | Doing Ethnographic Research | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 2 Elective Subjects
Students completing a major in Anthropology may include a maximum of one of the following level 2 elective subjects:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GEND20003 | Genders, Bodies & Sexualities | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND20008 | Sex and Gender Present and Future | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT20003 | Critical Analytical Skills | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT20001 | Development in the 21st Century | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND20001 | Sex, Gender and Power | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LING20010 | Language, Society and Culture | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS20006 | Contemporary Political Theory | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOTH20003 | Social Theory and Political Analysis | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
DEVT20004 | Understanding Poverty | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 Capstone Subject
Students completing a major in Anthropology must complete the following compulsory capstone subject:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANTH30013 | Theory & the Anthropological Imagination | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 Core Subjects
Students completing a major in Anthropology must complete a minimum of one of the following level 3 core subjects:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANTH30005 | Power, Ideology and Inequality | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH30009 | Anthropology of Nature | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH30018 | Cultures of Law | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH30017 | Cultural Tourism in Southeast Asia | July (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
ANTH30004 | Anthropology of Kinship and Family | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
ANTH30003 | Society, Politics, and the Sacred | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH30019 | Beauty as Ethnographic Practice | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH30020 | Anthropology of Urban Life and Conflict | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH30021 | Work in Crisis | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
Level 3 Elective Subjects
Students completing a major in Anthropology may include a maximum of one of the following level 3 elective subjects:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MULT30017 | Indigenous People and Social Control | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI30001 | Contemporary Sociological Theory | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOTH30001 | Critical Theories | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOTH30004 | Psychoanalysis and Social Theory | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
Minor: Level 1 Subject
Students completing a minor in Anthropology must complete ANTH10001 Anthropology: Studying Human Diversity and one Arts Foundation Subject (MULT10018 Power highly recommended).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANTH10001 | Anthropology: Studying Human Diversity | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Minor: Level 2 Core Subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANTH20001 | Keeping the Body in Mind | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH20008 | Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH20012 | Engaging the World in Theory & Practice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH20007 | Working with Value | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH20011 | Ethnic Nationalism and the Modern World | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH20006 | Culture Change and Protest Movements | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
Minor: Level 3 Core Subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANTH30005 | Power, Ideology and Inequality | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH30009 | Anthropology of Nature | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH30018 | Cultures of Law | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH30017 | Cultural Tourism in Southeast Asia | July (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
ANTH30003 | Society, Politics, and the Sacred | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH30004 | Anthropology of Kinship and Family | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
Links
http://ssps.unimelb.edu.au/study-areas/anthropology-and-development-studies
Last updated: 18 December 2020