Overview

The Bachelor of Anthropology at University of Kwazulu Natal focus on different aspects of human experience, such as how our species evolved, how traditions of thought and behaviour are learned, how and why cultures change and persist.

As the ‘global village’ and its development challenges expand, people who possess different values, religions, customs and perspectives increasingly find themselves competing for scarce resources while trying to live together. For such reasons, there is a growing demand for the expertise and methodologies of people trained in anthropology.

Knowledge of Anthropology is particularly useful in the following areas:

Positions that require specialised knowledge of particular cultures, people or parts of the world; eg research posts in national research institutes and development agencies, human resource departments of large organisations and foreign service.

Education at all levels, where pupils and students come from a variety of backgrounds.

Development consulting and applied research for bodies as the World Bank, World Health Organisation, United Nations agencies, and other non-governmental organisations.

Museums, radio and television, newspaper journalism, film production or other fields that make use of qualitative research methods.

Psychology, social work, town planning, housing, market research, and jobs in the field of race relations, and ethnic minorities.

Medical research, designing culturally sensitive health promotion programmes.

We offer the following programmes in the field of Anthropology:BA, Bsoc Sc, Bsoc Sc hons, MSoc Sc and PhD

Programme Structure

Courses include

Social Anthropology Theory
Anthropology of Development
Anthropology of Rural/Urban Life
Political & Economic Anthropology
Ethnographic Methods (intermediate)

African Societies (case studies)

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-02-09 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-09-30 00:00:00

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Durban, South Africa

Disciplines

Anthropology View 8 other Bachelors in Anthropology in South Africa

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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

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Minimum academic requirement (baseline UKZN)

APS requirement

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

18300 USD / year

≈ 18300 USD / year

Living costs

Durban

South Africa

7800 - 9401 ZAR / month

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