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Anthropology
Contact information
Coordinator
Semester 1
Associate Professor Erin Fitz-Henry
Email: erinfh@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
Professor Tamara Kohn
Email: tkohn@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
50 credit points
Duration: 6 months full-time / 1 year part-time
Program Requirements -
- Four elective subjects (50 points), where at least one subject must be at Level 4 or above. Students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level
Total 50 points
Subject Options
Level 4 Electives
Please note: students must take at least 12.5 points of elective subjects at level 4
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTH40011 | Critical Anthropological Theory | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SOTH40001 | Emotions in Society | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective Subjects
Note: Students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTH10001 | Anthropology: Studying Self and Other | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ANTH10002 | Anthropology & Food in Everyday Life | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ANTH20001 | Keeping the Body in Mind | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ANTH20008 | Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ANTH20011 | Ethnic Nationalism and the Modern World | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ANTH20012 | Self, Culture and Society | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ANTH30003 | Lived Religion in an Uncertain World | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ANTH30005 | Power, Ideology and Inequality | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ANTH30009 | Anthropology of More-Than-Human Worlds | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ANTH20013 | Diplomat, Soldier, Spy: The Deep State | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ANTH20015 | Melbourne: Urban Anthropology in Action | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ANTH20016 | Crisis, Culture and Resistance | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ANTH30019 | Innovation, Design, and Society | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ANTH30024 | Money and Sweat: Economic Anthropology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ANTH30025 | Extractive Legacies in Latin America | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ANTH30026 | Health and Illness in a Global Context | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/ssps
Last updated: 21 November 2025