Social Anthropology and History (Hons) University of Birmingham

Overview

The Social Anthropology and History (Hons) course at  University of Birmingham  combines the contemporary, critical, and globally comparative perspective of social anthropology with historical study of modern, early modern and medieval Britain, Europe and the wider world. After a thorough grounding in both disciplines in the first year of your degree, you will be able to follow your interests by choosing from a wide range of optional modules in your second and third years. Your degree will culminate in a final year dissertation in either Social Anthropology or History.

Career

As a Social Anthropology and History student you will have an excellent opportunity to develop skills that are attractive to employers.

These skills include:

• Strong communication skills

• A deep understanding of the past

• The ability to research, analyse and interpret complex information

• Leadership and teamwork

• Handling complex information

• The ability to form concise and articulate arguments

These are key skills that will enable you to pursue either further study in History or Anthropology disciplines or move into employment in a wide range of other careers. Graduates have gone on to careers such as: 

• Adjudicator

• Graduate Research Executive
• Pensions Administrator
• Teacher
• Graduate Intern
• Production Runner
• Parliamentary Researcher
• Event Manager
• Postgraduate study