Overview

Course description

The Comparative Religion and Social Anthropology programme at The University of Manchester explores how religion is inextricably bound up with ways of being human.

Religion is here to stay, and there is a critical need to understand how and why it forms a central part of human cultures.

You will explore themes such as ritual, myth, sacred space and iconography as critical features of human societies, both past and present.

You will study topics such as Judaism, the problem of evil, the Bible, social theory, power, and ethnography.

Your first year of study will cover research methods and key issues in Religion and Anthropology.

You will go on to focus on issues related to religion as culture, such as the role played by gender, politics and narrative representation, as well as the developing relationship between anthropology and religion.

In your final year, you will get the opportunity to focus further on specific themes and issues, including writing an independently researched dissertation on a topic of your own choice.

This course produces graduates who have a clear capacity to analyse and understand the many complex roles played by religion in human societies.

These are skills of high value in today's globalised world.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Study of Religions and Theology

Power and Culture: Inequality in Everyday Life

Cultural Diversity in Global Perspective

Key Ideas in Social Anthropology

Ethnographic Reading

Histories of the Islamic World

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-29 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-14 00:00:00

More details

After this date, students can still apply if courses have vacancies, up to 30 June.

Language

English

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Credits

360 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Manchester, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Anthropology Theology and Religious Studies View 143 other Bachelors in Theology and Religious Studies in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

Typical A-level offer: ABB, not including General Studies

Typical contextual A-level offer: Grades BBB, not including General Studies

Refugee/care-experienced offer: Applicants who have been in local authority care for more than three months or have refugee status may be eligible for an offer two grades below the standard requirements.

Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 34 points overall. 6,5,5 in Higher Level subjects

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

27800 GBP / year

≈ 27800 GBP / year
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Citizens or residents

9535 GBP / year

≈ 9535 GBP / year

Living costs

Manchester

United Kingdom

645 - 1197 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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