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 study the following compulsory modules, and then choose one optional module of either Anthropological Ideas or Anthropology Today.
Module title |
Credits |
Being Related
|
15 credits |
Approaches to Contemporary Anthropology
|
30 credits |
Anthropological Methods
|
15 credits |
Ethnographic Film
|
15 credits |
Academic Skills for Anthropology
|
15 credits |
Anthropology in London
|
15 credits |
Anthropological Ideas
|
15 credits |
or |
Anthropology Today
|
15 Credits |
Year 2 (credit level 5)
In your second year, you'll take five compulsory modules and 45 credits of optional modules.
Compulsory modules
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 |
The Goldsmiths Elective
|
15 credits |
Optional modules
You'll then take 45 credits from the following optional module list:
Module title |
Credits |
Anthropology and Public Policy
|
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 |
Goldsmiths’ Social Change Module
|
15 credits |
Year 3 (credit level 6)
In your third year, you'll complete an individual research project. You can choose either to complete an Individual Project or to complete an extended version.
Module title |
Credits |
Individual Project
|
30 credits |
or |
Extended Individual Project
|
45 credits |
You will make up the remaining 75-90 credits (depending on your chosen project) from a list of optional modules. Recent examples of optional modules include:
Module title |
Credits |
Anthropology in Public Practice
|
30 credits |
Psychological Perspectives in Anthropology
|
15 credits |
Anthropology of Health and Medicine
|
15 credits |
Anthropology of Art
|
15 credits |
Anthropology and the Environment
|
15 credits |
Anthropology of Development
|
15 credits |
Anthropology and Gender Theory
|
15 credits |
Anthropology of Rights
|
15 credits |
Multimodal Experiments
|
15 Credits |
Theorising the Visual
|
15 credits |
Anthropology of Violence
|
15 credits |
Learning from Social Movements
|
15 credits |
Borders and Migration
|
15 credits |
Digital Anthropology
|
15 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 - 18% scheduled learning, 83% independent learning
- Year 2 - 13% scheduled learning, 87% independent learning
- Year 3 - 15% scheduled learning, 85% independent learning
How you’ll be assessed
You’ll be assessed by a variety of methods, depending on your module choices. These include coursework, examinations, group work and projects.
The following information gives an indication of how you can typically expect to be assessed on each year of this programme*:
- Year 1 - 50% coursework, 50% 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.