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Anthropology // Structure

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Structure

75 credit points

To obtain a major in Anthropology, students must complete:

  • 25 credit points of Level 2 major core subjects
  • 12.5 credit points of Level 2 major elective subject
  • 12.5 credit points of capstone subject
  • 25 credit points of Level 3 major elective subjects

Foundation subjects

A Major begins at second year. Each discipline has one or more first-year Foundation subjects which provide excellent preparation for the Major. Please note the Capstone subject in this Major requires the completion of a first-year discipline Foundation subject as a pre-requisite - one subject from the list below.

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

Level 2 major core subjects

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ANTH20015 Melbourne: Urban Anthropology in Action
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ANTH20017 Anthropology: History, Theory, Practice
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Level 2 major elective subjects

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ANTH20001 Keeping the Body in Mind
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ANTH20011 Ethnic Nationalism and the Modern World
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ANTH20013 Diplomat, Soldier, Spy: The Deep State
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
DEVT20001 Development in the 21st Century
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
GEND20001 Gender, Sexuality, Power: Key Theories
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
GEND20008 Feminist Futures: Theory and Activism
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ANTH20012 Self, Culture and Society
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ANTH20016 Crisis, Culture and Resistance Not available in 2026 12.5

Capstone subject

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ANTH30013 The Anthropological Imagination
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Level 3 major elective subjects

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ANTH30003 Lived Religion in an Uncertain World
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ANTH30005 Power, Ideology and Inequality
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ANTH30009 Anthropology of More-Than-Human Worlds Not available in 2026 12.5
POLS30039 Australian Indigenous Public Policy
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ANTH30019 Innovation, Design, and Society Not available in 2026 12.5
ANTH30024 Money and Sweat: Economic Anthropology
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ANTH30025 Extractive Legacies in Latin America Not available in 2026 12.5
ANTH30026 Health and Illness in a Global Context
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ANTH30027 Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Links

https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/school-of-social-and-political-sciences/discipline-areas/anthropology-and-development-studies

Last updated: 3 March 2026