Note about optional modules (if available): The below is indicative of the typical modules offered, but is not intended to be construed or relied on as a definitive list of what might be available in any given year. The module content and availability is subject to change.
Year 1 (credit level 4)
In your first year, you'll take the following compulsory modules:
Module title |
Credits |
Being Related
|
15 credits |
Approaches to Contemporary Anthropology
|
30 credits |
Anthropological Methods
|
15 credits |
Media History and Politics
|
15 credits |
Key Debates in Media Studies
|
15 credits |
Culture and Cultural Studies
|
15 credits |
Film and the Audiovisual: Theory and Analysis
|
15 credits |
Year 2 (credit level 5)
In your second year, you'll take the following compulsory modules:
Module title |
Credits |
The Goldsmiths Elective
|
15 credits |
Cross-Platform Media Practice 1
|
30 Credits |
Anthropology option modules
You'll also take 45 credits of option modules from the Department of Anthropology. Option module availability is subject to change, and recent examples include:
Module title |
Credits |
Critical Ecologies: black, indigenous and transnational feminist approaches
|
15 credits |
Anthropology and Political Economy
|
15 credits |
Thinking Anthropologically
|
15 credits |
Thinking Through Race
|
15 credits |
Indigenous Cosmopolitics, Anthropology and Global Justice
|
15 credits |
Anthropology of Religion
|
15 credits |
Working with Images
|
15 credits |
Anthropology in Public Practice
|
30 credits |
Politics, Economics and Social Change
|
15 credits |
Media, Communications and Cultural Studies option modules
You'll also take 30 credits of option modules from a list provided annually by the Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies.
Year 3 (credit level 6)
In your final year you have the opportunity to design your own learning experience.
Anthropology modules
You'll choose 60 credits of option modules from the Department of Anthropology from a list provided annually by the Department. Please note that you will only be able to complete the Individual Project in Anthropology if you are not completing a Dissertation in Media.
Media, Communications and Cultural Studies modules
You'll choose 30 credits of option modules from a list provided annually by the Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies. You'll also complete one of the two following compulsory modules:
Module title |
Credits |
Cross-Platform Media Practice 2
|
30 Credits |
or |
Dissertation
|
30 credits |
Teaching style
This programme is mainly taught through scheduled learning - a mixture of lectures, seminars and workshops. You’ll also be expected to undertake a significant amount of independent study. This includes carrying out required and additional reading, preparing topics for discussion, and producing essays or project work.
The following information gives an indication of the typical proportions of learning and teaching for each year of this programme*:
- Year 1 - 17% scheduled learning, 83% independent learning
- Year 2 - 14% scheduled learning, 86% independent learning
- Year 3 - 15% scheduled learning, 84% independent learning, 1% placement.
How you’ll be assessed
You’ll be assessed by a variety of methods, depending on your module choices. These include coursework assignments such as extended essays, reports, presentations, practice-based projects or essays/logs, group projects and reflective essays, as well as seen and unseen written examinations.
The following information gives an indication of how you can typically expect to be assessed on each year of this programme*:
- Year 1 - 63% coursework, 38% written exam
- Year 2 - 88% coursework, 13% written exam
- Year 3 - 100% coursework
*Please note that these averages are based on enrolments for 2022/23. Each student’s time in teaching, learning and assessment activities will differ based on individual module choices. Find out more about how this information is calculated.
Credits and levels of learning
An undergraduate honours degree is made up of 360 credits – 120 at Level 4, 120 at Level 5 and 120 at Level 6. If you are a full-time student, you will usually take Level 4 modules in the first year, Level 5 in the second, and Level 6 modules in your final year. A standard module is worth 30 credits. Some programmes also contain 15-credit half modules or can be made up of higher-value parts, such as a dissertation or a Major Project.
Download the programme specification.
Please note that due to staff research commitments not all of these modules may be available every year.