Anthropology and Archaeology study guide 2024/25
What you can study
We are one of the few departments in the UK to combine Archaeology and Anthropology under one roof, and it makes for an exciting, interdisciplinary perspective on what it means to be human. An ability to understand the diversity of human culture, behaviour, and experience across space and time is critical to tackling the key challenges of our contemporary world.
You will find units on:
- archaeology and social, biological, and linguistic anthropology
- migration
- sustainable development
- heritage
- cultural and technological change
Pre-requisites
At UK universities, students specialise from their first year and rarely take units outside their degree subject. This means that:
- Year 1 units are suitable for all students.
- Year 2 units require some university study in the discipline.
- Year 3 units require a strong background in the discipline.
Subject Pathway students
If you have been nominated to Bristol on the Study Abroad (Anthropology and Archaeology pathway), you must take the majority of your credits from this study guide.
Year 1
Pre-requisites: suitable for all students
Teaching Block 1
- Discovering the Past - ARCH10015
- Kin, Friends, Lovers and Others - ARCH10019
- Material Culture - ARCH10013
- People, Culture and Language - ARCH10017
Teaching Block 2
Year 2
Pre-requisites: some university study in the discipline.
Teaching Block 1
- Anthropological Methods - ARCH20048
- Early Human Origins - ARCH20005
- How Societies Evolve - ARCH20064
- Lives on the Move: Migration and Mobility from a Global Perspective - ARCH20066
- Playing Cultures: sports, games and bodily practices - ARCH20072
Teaching Block 2
Year 3
Pre-requisites: strong background of study in the discipline.
Teaching Block 1
- A Planetary Caribbean: Land. Sea. Sky. Plantation - ARCH30053
- Cultural Heritage of the Built Environment - ARCH30051
- Human Challenges - ARCH30034
Teaching Block 2
- Anthropology of Disability and Difference - ARCH30049
- Archaeologies of Landscape, Space and Place - ARCH3NEW. This is a new unit for 2024/25 and the unit catalogue entry will be available soon.
- Bones, Stones and Beyond - ARCH3NEW. This is a new unit for 2024/25 and the unit catalogue entry will be available soon.
- Introduction to Forensic Anthropology - ARCH30039
Application queries
Contact the Centre for Study Abroad inbound team if you have any queries about the application process for the study abroad programmes:
Phone: +44 117 39 40207
Email: cfsa-inbound@bristol.ac.uk