University of Roehampton, BA (Hons), Childhood and Society and Social Anthropology

Childhood and society Year 1: The 1st year provides the student with a basic introduction to some of the main contributions to childhood and society; courses may include: children in contemporary British society; childhood and literature; introduction to child development; history of childhood; social science research methods Year 2: the 2nd year builds on the multidisciplinary approach established in the foundation year; by taking advantage of the flexibility of the modular system, the student is able to focus their studies according to their own interests; some students may want to use the programme as a preparation for further professional training, whereas others may wish to pursue a more academic line of inquiry. Yea 3: in the 3rd year there are a wide variety of optional modules available allowing the student to pursue particular perspectives including: psychoanalysis, social policy and sociology. Social anthropology Year 1: The student is introduced to the main areas of anthropology in a common course for all anthropology students; the student takes special courses introducing them to the classical field studies of social anthropology (ethnography) and the ideas to which they have given rise (anthropology); the student studies 1 book in detail by a famous anthropologist (such as Mary Douglas or Clifford Geertz) in a course called reading social anthropology; over the course of the year the student also studies the way in which social institutions such as the family, the political system, the economy, education, religion and law-enforcement interrelate. Years 2 and 3: there are a number of core courses the student can study which may include: kinship; research methods, which all anthropology students take; theory and politics; anthropology and human rights; ethnicity; in the 3rd year the student learns about social anthropology and is encouraged to embark on individual small-scale enthnographic projects which are supervised by the anthropologists in the school; some of the specialist teaching in the school includes courses on human-animal interactions, the anthropology of tourism and the ethnography of south Asia; these are just a few of the many Honours level modules on offer in the school.